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Starting House Design 2 – Bubble Diagram 2

Author: Brian Ashworth February 1, 2012

Once you have a basic bubble diagram you can then start to develop it by: Drawing Circulation Routes Think about your block how will people approach the front door. What rooms do you want to overlook approaching visitors. Where do…
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Electrical Planning – Bedrooms 2, 3, 4

Author: Brian Ashworth February 1, 2012

Secondary bedrooms are usually considered less important that the main bedrooms but that doesn’t mean that the electrical planning doesn’t need to be considered. You need to think about possible the possible occupiers of the room over a wide range…
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Bedrooms, Electrical

Mission Control

Author: Brian Ashworth February 1, 2012

Although we have a study in our house most of the organising the household, paying our bills, writing letters and using the laptop happens on the kitchen counter. So do we really need the study? If I was going to…
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Kitchen, Kitchens

kitchen, Mission Control

Starting House Design 3

Author: Brian Ashworth January 31, 2012

In two other posts (Bubble Diagrams 1 and  Bubble Diagram 2) I have described how you can start a design using bubble diagrams. When you are happy with the bubble diagrams then you can start working on how the floor plan will…
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Types of Solar Panels for Electricity

Author: Brian Ashworth January 28, 2012

From some of the adverts you see you would think there is only one sort of solar panels…. in fact there are several alternatives. The type of panels generally available are: Monocrystalline solar panels The highest cost but the most…
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Solar Electricity

PV, shade, Solar power

What Will It Cost?

Author: Brian Ashworth January 28, 2012

When you are setting your budget for a new house, it’s not only the cost of the house and land, but all the other things that you might not have thought about. If you haven’t considered these you might find…
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Solar Electricity – Is It Worthwhile? (2011)

Author: Brian Ashworth February 11, 2011

Since this post was written in 2011 there has been many changes; in subsidies, the cost of systems, and  Power Supplier charges. For the  an updated post see:  Solar Electricity – Is It Worthwhile? (2014) There is a lot of…
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