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SPRINGHILL IS A DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBERWELL SE5 OF A PAIR OF NEW-BUILD HOUSES - SPRINGBANK AND PADDOCK HOUSE.

THIS BLOG DOCUMENTS THE BUILDING PROCESS FROM APRIL 2012 TO DECEMBER 2013

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Friday 28 September 2012

Billy Lloyd's photograph of a slip-cast mug mould in a pottery works in Stoke. 
Billy will be making the light fittings for the houses.
The light fittings will be manufactured (slip-cast) then crafted (turned on a wheel), meaning each will be unique.
Part of a 1982 lithograph by Friedensreich S Hundertwasser.

Friday 21 September 2012

The staircase.

Thursday 20 September 2012

Reinforcing bars are drilled into the piles and two layers of steel mesh laid over the Clayboard.

Clayboard wrapped in polythene is laid on the excavated clay.
It is designed to resist damaging clay heave by forming a void under the concrete slab.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Richard, Pawel and Chris


Clay texture.

A panorama of the dig.
The yellow plastic chamber is the sump for the basement waterproofing system.

Tuesday 18 September 2012

The inboard piles are being broken down to basement level.

Monday 17 September 2012



You know who you are!

The piles being cleaned.

The latest archaeological find.

Paul Klee-like scrapes on the digger bucket.

We have come across a lot of these large stones in the clay.
We think they are Septarian Nodules.

We are excavating back to the contiguous piles.
These will be cleaned and the basement wall cast against them.

Excavating the clay.

The Big Dig from below.

Wednesday 12 September 2012

The windows are to be generally "tilt-turn" type, allowing secure ventilation and easy cleaning.
Double draughtstrips will ensure the level of airtightness we expect.

A trip to Essex Woodcraft to inspect the sample window they have prepared to our design.
We will be refining the details over the next few weeks.

Tuesday 11 September 2012

The Big Dig...

Monday 10 September 2012

The Big Dig starts...

Sunday 9 September 2012

Sunday sunrise over Grove Park.

Saturday 8 September 2012



A late summer stroll in Dulwich, one mile down the hill from Grove Park.

Friday 7 September 2012

Thursday 6 September 2012

Summer evening silhouette at the back of the site.

The rainwater tank in position.
It is being part filled with water prior to being surrounded in pea-shingle.

Shadows in the hole dug for the first of the rainwater storage tanks.


Sunday 2 September 2012

The rear retaining wall.

Twiglet makes a site visit.

The Site accommodation gains a first floor.
The second box contains WCs and canteen.