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Summary

Peter Goolden has designed and built an exciting green home close to Glastonbury’s Chalice Well and Tor. As well as a high level of insulation it has an air-source heat pump working in conjunction with a heat recovery ventilation unit. Peter intends to add a solar facility into the air source heat pump, as there is now a conversion kit available. The lounge boasts an innovative wood-burning stove that incorporates its own heat recovery unit. There are also light pipes to enhance daylight illumination and a wonderful living roof.

Green features in the home

• Air source heat pump
• Heat recovery ventilation
• Wood burning stove with heat recovery system
• Light pipes
• Living sedum roof
• Double glazing
• Insulation in walls, roof and floor
• Low energy lighting

Green features outside

The garden is not yet created

Suppliers used and recommended by owners

• Ground worker - Ian Lang Plant
• Block work - stone work - structural floor - installation of external doors & windows and glue laminated beams - Kingston and Harvey
• Glue laminated beams - Structural Timber
• Roof coating system Liquid Plastics applied by Warners
• Green Sedum roof Green Fix
• Electrics Paul Thorne
• Plumbing and underfloor pipe work G.P.Davies
• Plastering and 'K' rendering Quantock plastering
• External doors and windows Anderson
• Internal joinery - materials supplied by Station Yard Joinery
• Kitchen units and appliances Miele
• Wooden flooring sullied by Wollens
• Fireplace Mendip Fireplaces
• Blue Lias stone including special cills and hearth supplied by A. Purnell
• Mondraft light tubes
• Diakin air source heat pump and ventilation supplied and installed by Bestaire Conditioning.

To find out more

To contact the owners for more information about this property, email petergoolden@btinternet.com

Directions

Entrance drive is situated on the Chilkwell Street roundabout in Glastonbury opposite the Rural Life Museum

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