The roof will be planted with wildflowers and grass in March/April. We used the same method as before – layers of geotextile, insulation, pond liner and soil. On Day 5 we began work on the living roof. Any later would lead to loosing tools and making mistakes. The only problem was fading light which curtailed the working day around 4 pm. We had some beautiful, crisp, dry, sunny days in mid-December which were ideal for this type of construction. We wanted to allow natural light into the pump house as it will be used as a nursery for plants/small shrubs, maximising the south facing aspect. The triangular windows are thick perspex salvaged from a skip. On Day 4 we moved all the pieces up to the site and began cladding them with the off-cuts from the site office. We now moved all the sides up to our site to be put together. The structure was extremely solid and plum. It was important to do this on a level surface so that it would fit together properly. On Day 3 when we had made all four sides, we braced them to keep their shape and drilled the holes for the bolts. It took about 3 days to make the four sides. We assembled the four sides in the farmyard and moved them to their final location, where they were bolted and nailed together. The skills we gained from building the much larger site office were employed here to design and build the pump house. We wanted to build something interesting. We wanted it to be a feature as well as having a practical purpose. We decided to try to do something different with ours, as the location of the building was quite prominent, and we had lots of off-cuts which we wanted to use. They are generally windowless and featureless. Domestic pump houses tend to be quite dull buildings.
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