{"id":55,"date":"2007-08-20T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T20:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2007-08-20T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T20:38:56","slug":"new-house-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"New House 2 (Picture heavy post)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it is finally time to show off some pictures! Look what we have done! The starting point was that we had decided that when we got back to Norway we had to do something with our flat to make it nice and comfortable, not to mention more practical. If we were going to continue living in Norway, and not in London, at least our flat had to be ok and \u201dhomey\u201d. So the idea was to paint the walls and build a workspace in the living room, some space both for studying and creative work, and a relaxation zone. Well, the people renting and living in our flat while we were gone told us that last winter (which was a really cold winter) they had an extremely expensive electricity bill. We got scared about the thought of having to pay such a bill and decided to put the money into the flat itself and reinsulate the walls. We also decided to reinsulate the floor, but after opening it we saw that the insulation was well done and we decided to keep it as it is. The original wooden flooring turned out to be so beautiful that we want to keep that as well and not cover it up again; we just hope we won\u2019t loose too much heat because of it. The plan is to paint the floor, when we get there…<\/p>\n

Now the creativity towards the new house project somehow escalated and suddenly we had tore down a wall… And this is just the beginning of the story. So let me try to explain the pictures, starting from the top and referring to the drawing from last entry when I describe the space. The first picture is of the wall between the living room and the kitchen that we tore down. The second is taken with my back towards the kitchen and out towards the living room when we put up the foundation boards for the new walls. The third is of the bottom left corner in the living room before we put the insulation in place, and the four shows how that was done. The insulation that we used is quite special. Everybody who lives in northern countries knows how important insulation is and how much difference it can make in how much energy we use to keep warm. Lately attention has been drawn to the environmental effects of producing the insulation and research has been done to find alternative solutions. I don\u2019t know so much about the topic, but I know that in Norway you usually use one of two kinds of insulation. Either the one called Glava that has crushed glass as it\u2019s main component, or Rockwool that has crushed stone as a major component. This year consumers have been offered a third alternative called Ultimat<\/a>, and which is the one we chose to use. This insulation is made of recycled textile waste, is actually nominated to two environmental awards, and it was invented in Norway. The fifth picture is of the top living room wall after insulation. So far, so good…and then we\u2019ll see if the next entry will be about knitting or about the new house.<\/p>\n

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N\u00e5 er det endelig tid for \u00e5 vise fram bilder! Bare se p\u00e5 alt det vi har gjort! Utgangspunktet var en id\u00e9 om at hvis vi skulle reise hjem til Norge for \u00e5 bo der en stund s\u00e5 m\u00e5tte vi s\u00f8rge for at leiligheten ble mer praktisk og ikke minst hyggeligere. Planen var \u00e5 male noen vegger og bygge en arbeidsdel i stua som b\u00e5de kan brukes til studier og til mer kreativt arbeid. De som leide leiligheten mens vi var i London fortalte at sist vinter, som riktignok var en ekstrem kald vinter, s\u00e5 hadde de f\u00e5tt en enorm h\u00f8y str\u00f8mregning. Bare tanken p\u00e5 \u00e5 m\u00e5tte betale en slik sum til Elverket skremte oss til \u00e5 tenke i nye baner og vi bestemte oss for \u00e5 reisolere veggene for \u00e5 gj\u00f8re leiligheten varmere. Tanken var \u00e5 reisolere gulvet ogs\u00e5, men etter \u00e5 ha \u00e5pnet det og sett hvor bra stand det var i, ombestemte vi oss. Vi har lyst til \u00e5 beholde tregulvet slik det er n\u00e5 uten \u00e5 dekke det til igjen, og h\u00e5per bare at vi ikke mister for mye varme p\u00e5 det. Planen er \u00e5 male gulvet, n\u00e5r vi kommer s\u00e5 langt.<\/p>\n

For kreativiteten vil ingen ende ta og n\u00e5 har prosjektet eskalert fra sin spede begynnelse til \u00e5 bli s\u00e5 omfattende at vi til og med har revet en vegg. Og enda er vi bare ved historiens begynnelse… La meg pr\u00f8ve \u00e5 forklare bildene, jeg begynner p\u00e5 toppen og referer til tegningen i forrige innlegg n\u00e5r jeg skal pr\u00f8ve \u00e5 plassere bildene i rommet. Det f\u00f8rste er av veggen mellom kj\u00f8kkenet og stua som vi rev ned. Det andre tok jeg med ryggen mot kj\u00f8kkenet og ut i stua n\u00e5r vi satte opp lektene til de nye veggene. Det tredje er av det nederste venstre hj\u00f8rnet i stua f\u00f8r vi la inn isolasjonen, og det fjerde viser det samme hj\u00f8rnet etter at det var gjort. Isolasjonen vi valgte og bruke er noe for seg selv. Alle som bor i nordlige land vet hvor viktig isolasjon er og hvor mye den har \u00e5 si for energi forbruket v\u00e5rt. I det siste har det ogs\u00e5 blitt rettet oppmerksomhet mot selve produksjonen av isolasjon og dens milj\u00f8skadelige effekter. Jeg vet ikke s\u00e5 mye om dette temaet, men jeg vet at i Norge s\u00e5 bruker man vanligvis en av to typer isolasjon. Glava som hovedsaklig best\u00e5r av knust glass og Rockwool som er laget av knust stein. Tidligere i \u00e5r fikk vi ogs\u00e5 muligheten til \u00e5 velge et tredje alternativ som heter Ultimat<\/a>, og som er den typen vi valgte \u00e5 bruke. Denne isolasjonen er laget av resirkulert tekstilavfall, har blitt nominert til to prestigetunge milj\u00f8priser, og gjett hva…den er oppfunnet i Norge. Det femte bildet er av den \u00f8verste stue veggen etter at vi har lagt p\u00e5 plass isolasjonen. S\u00e5 langt, s\u00e5 godt….s\u00e5 f\u00e5r vi heller se om det neste innlegget blir om strikking eller om hus.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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