Location
Hall Bank, Linton
Ross-On-Wye
HR9 7RR
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Opening times
Opening times: Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th November. Tours starting at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm. Closed for lunch at 1pm
Please note:
> Limited parking 3-4 cars in lane and on drive
> Steps from drive to front door
> Downstairs toilet
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Nigel and Heather welcome you to their rubblestone home in Linton. With a slate roof it was converted from redundant agricultural building in 1996. They have web access to most data so you can see real life information. The internal wall insulation has been done DIY and they're currently working on the window reveals making a visit perfect for insulation DIYers along with anyone else wanting to learn more about green technology or how to future proof a solid wall home.
Modifications:
- Solar pv with FiT tariff plus additional pv panels not part of FiT
- Pylontec battery back up system
- Air source heat pump - with micro bore CH
- Mixergy hot water tank
- Pod point ev charging point
- Roof insulation - kingpin + blown cellulose fibre
- Internal wall insulation
- Smart Meter with Octopus Mini
- Widows replaced with triple glazing
Motivation to retrofit:
To avoid fossil fuels and reduce our carbon impact.
We had a survey through Future Ready Homes and some of these measures came from that.
Approximate cost:
ASHP @ £14K less £7.5K grant. Battery @ £5k
Approximate savings:
PV with FiT has paid for itself.
We have not costed out savings as this was not the reason why we made changes.
Benefits:
> More comfortable and controllable heating
> Much improved and efficient hot water
> Virtually self sufficient in electricity in the summer including EV
> Ability to utilise octopus agile tariff
Who did the work:
Tipsgrove Eco (heat pump), Rawington Ltd (windows) and ourselves (insulation).
Next steps and considerations:
> Solar room to capture and retain southern sun
> Improve integration of technologies
> Further improve internal insulation
> Retrofit heat recovery and ventilation
Considered a bio mass boiler and thermal store for heating but this would require more space. A hybrid gas/ASHP running on bio gas was also rejected due to lack of outside space and no grant to help with costs.
