THE MARSHMALLOW HOUSE

Koos and his team from PFC-Sprayfoam were back on site the last couple of days, applying their expanding closed cell spray foam insulation to the exterior of the brickwork. The insulation was sprayed inbetween the timber battens, directly onto the brickwork, to a minimum thickness of 25mm. This means that the walls can now act as an internal thermal mass, isolated from the external extremes of temperature. The house is now effectively watertight, draught proof, and very well insulated. We believe this to be the only house in Cape Town [perhaps in all of South Africa] which is insulated in this way and to this standard. The same sprayfoam insulates the roof, we have 50mm polystyrene insulation below the ground floor slab, and all windows are double glazed. We expect this home to be super comfortable in both hot and cold weather, no more need for air conditioning or heating!

Applying the sprayfoam insulation to the north elevation

The PFC Sprayfoam team at work

The south elevation nears completion

The Marshmallow House

COOL POOL

The pool structure was completed this week. The concrete blocks were plastered with a waterproof plaster mixture, and this was then covered with a white swimming pool marbelite plaster. A 150mm strip of mosaic tiles was mounted at the waterline, and topped with a coping. We started filling the pool at 16h00 on Friday, and it was full by 14h00 on Saturday. The water meter shows that it took 32000 litres to fill. All we need now is for the weather to warm up a bit, and we can take a dip!

Friday 4PM, filling begins

Saturday 2PM, 32000 litres later