Sustainable building & eco houses courses

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Cob clay pizza oven building with David Alty: a 'Quirky Workshop' at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns near Penrith and Ullswater

Cob clay pizza oven building with David Alty: a 'Quirky Workshop' at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns near Penrith and Ullswater

In-person course

Covid19 update: offering over 100+ courses in Cumbria & the Lakes, we hope to resume all 'in person' courses in late July 2020. During lock down, we've upgraded a listed barn into a beautiful spacious workshop studio, enabling courses to take place with 2m distancing, hand washing and two staircases. It's possible usual catered lunches may not be included for summer courses, depending on circumstances at the time. About the workshop: Over this busy one day course (originally a two day affair) you will together learn how to build a...

Build a Small Wind Turbine

Build a Small Wind Turbine

In-person course

Drawing on over ten years of experience in teaching people how to build small wind turbines, Tom has developed a new design, customised to help you learn the most practical and theoretical skills in a short amount of time. Learn to build an electricity generating wind turbine from simple materials, using a range of hand tools and techniques. You will carve a wooden blade, turn a copper coil, manipulate powerful magnets and fabricate a metal mounting together as a team. Once all the parts are brought together the complete turbine...

Build A Wood-Fired Outdoor Cob Oven

Build A Wood-Fired Outdoor Cob Oven

In-person course

Buckinghamshire

Join us for this 2-day outdoor oven building course, where you will learn how to make a traditional cob oven with a reclaimed brick and flint base, and a cob top. This is a unique opportunity to learn how to build a cob oven for your garden - a real must for us all now that we will be spending more of our time at home over the summer than we had planned. Outdoors and socially distancing in accordance with government guidelines, the group will collectively build a beautiful, functional...

Compost toilets

Compost toilets

In-person course

A Beginner’s Guide to the Compost Toilet – understanding the biology behind humanure. Get a foundational understanding of the principles, benefits and limitations of compost toilets on this one day course. During the day we will explore the components required to make a compost toilet system work, the biology of composting to maximise performance, and the cultural trends governing our attitudes towards toilets. Topics covered include: • Off the shelf systems from ‘bucket and chuck it’ to more advanced systems • Impacts of urine separation and chamber layout on output...

Earth oven building

Earth oven building

In-person course

Join us for this practical, hands-on day where you learn the subtle arts of working with cob. Anyone can learn how to build their own oven, using natural low-impact materials that are easy to come by. Course content: During the course you will gain practical skills and experience of materials, construction, and the use and application of earth ovens. You will learn how to build a cob oven from scratch, build a sand former, puddle clay and sand, and knowing when it is ready to build with. Learn where to...

Eco Refurbishment

Eco Refurbishment

In-person course

Refurbishing our homes to make them more energy efficient is one of the key aspects of effective action on climate change. Learn from one of the UK’s leading experts in eco refurbishment and discover what key improvements you can make. Topics covered include: • Solid wall insulation • Insulating materials, from the commonly available to the cutting edge, including the practical issues and compromises associated with each • U-values of materials and understanding the heat loss of buildings • Renewable energy options and sustainable water systems taught through specialist tours...

Fixing your damp house

Fixing your damp house

In-person course

Learn from an experienced conservation builder how to spot and tackle damp problems in your home. This course will help you to recognise the warning signs of damp problems, where past conservation efforts may have gone wrong and to explore the different techniques and methods you can use to reduce or eliminate the problem. Part of the course will be run as a ‘building surgery’, where you will be able to get consultation and advice on how to make your home nicer to live in, cheaper to run and more...

Introduction to timber frame building

Introduction to timber frame building

In-person course

Build a traditional mortice and tenon timber framed structure This is a collective learning experience to construct a traditional timber framed building full of character. Perhaps you have plans for a building project of your own, or would simply enjoy to try a new skill together with others. Taught by brothers Joe and Fred Farey from Elwy Working Woods, you will learn about the timber you will be using, the design process and the basic techniques of timber frame construction. Over five days, you will collectively build a simple frame...

Reedbeds and waste water management

Reedbeds and waste water management

In-person course

Off-grid sewage and water treatment systems. If you’re living or working in a remote location and need low impact, eco-friendly options for waste water management, CAT is the place to come for inspiration and advice. Our water and waste system is entirely off the mains supply, and this day course gives you the chance to learn from our 40 years of experience in this area. The course explores the technicalities, design and implementation of reedbeds and alternative waste water treatment systems at a domestic level. Topics covered include: • Primary,...

Self-Build Project Management

Self-Build Project Management

In-person course

If you’re thinking of building your own home, community space or other self-build structure, it pays to be prepared. Find out how to create a project plan for your build, which key elements you should include, when key tasks should happen and how long they are likely to take. You’ll also learn key dependencies between tasks so you can establish a critical path and calculate the total time for your build. Topics covered include: • How to create a project plan • How to create a budget plan • How...

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