Building an Eco Barn

An oak timber-framed barn for an organic farm in the Forest of Dean.

19 meter x 10 meter barn

Timber frame

Power float finish concrete floor

150mm Kingspan insulation below concrete floor

Underfloor heating, this is set within 150mm of concrete to act as a slow release thermal store.

400mm deep warmcel 500 between 400mm I beam’s in roof

140mm deep warmcel 500 between walls

Oldroid XV green roof system to barn roof

Sarket Board layer above I Beams

Sedum mat roof

Oak frame veranda for work area under cover

Underfloor heating linked to a biomass district heating system

100mm Copper gutter and rain chain down pipes