Building your own house.

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If you guys were building your own house. What would you do differently.
Would you do 400 centres on the joists?
Use wallboard insulation on all external walls?
What would you finish the walls with internal and external.
 
Sand and cement all internal no stud walls all block. concrete floors upstairs. I would fix 90mm warm boards on top of the sand and cement on the external walls. I would finish the walls with airless plaster. External of the house stonework.
 
i would have brick and stone external.

prob dryline and skim internals. as im getting lazy on float and sets.

and have a gardener who is a model so i can watch her for diet coke break while im in the hot tub!!!
 
Porotherm clay blocks for me, 4" ewi, d'n'd walls everywhere but float kitchen

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zolco said:
Nope, I'm not fan of it either but maybe less mess that's why I prefer it, and hate the smell of hardwall as well.

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Ha Yeh it does smell like my old man's arsey farts is tough coat any better never had the chance to use it
 
Is anyone doing any ewi who I can tag along with for a week or two to brush up on the know-how, haven't done any since 2005 and doing our house this June or July.

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i have built several homes but not one for over 20 years.
if i was to build today i would consider a timber frame kit. you get a fixed price from oversite up to plastering.
double plasterboard exterior walls, with knauf aqua panel exterior with a thin coat render, i an convinced this gives the highest quality external finish.
liquid floor screed over under floor heating.
with the new regs i would not build in the countryside.
 
malc said:
i have built several homes but not one for over 20 years.
if i was to build today i would consider a timber frame kit. you get a fixed price from oversite up to plastering.
double plasterboard exterior walls, with knauf aqua panel exterior with a thin coat render, i an convinced this gives the highest quality external finish.
liquid floor screed over under floor heating.
with the new regs i would not build in the countryside.
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Why wouldn't you build in the countryside?

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zolco said:
Why wouldn't you build in the countryside?

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the problem of the heating system.if there is no gas in the road, you can not have oil because of the footprint left in the environment. you then need to drill down to receive heat from the earth s core, which goes into a machine that works like a fridge only in reverse. to supply your heat.
a local drilling co. was telling me that there areas [south of gatwick] that you can not get through the bedrock.
 
malc said:
the problem of the heating system.if there is no gas in the road, you can not have oil because of the footprint left in the environment. you then need to drill down to receive heat from the earth s core, which goes into a machine that works like a fridge only in reverse. to supply your heat.
a local drilling co. was telling me that there areas [south of gatwick] that you can not get through the bedrock.
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We live on the "countryside" we got no services whatsoever other than leccy and phone/Internet, we getting the water from a well from next-door farm, heating is oil and is bang on, it's a big outlay once a year but we pay less for heating than some who I know on gas. To have oil you only need double skin bonded tank and to be a few meters off the road and buildings. Obtaining planning is the biggest problem, difficult to get any if you fall into green belt or conservation area, but not impossible. Trouble is with ground source heat, if it's done well and as it should be, very difficult to get any return on it, big outlay once but then you got cheap heating/hot water/cooling.
I wouldn't change where we live, m25 is only 5 minutes, 3 pubs in a mile radius - not that I visit any very often, town centre 5 minutes, got 4-5 neighbours so not busy I can easily do naked Thursdays. Real problem is the lack of policing, fly tipping is on a daily basis.

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i was talking about a new build, yours is not a new build.
i am very surprised that you are still able to use well water i thought that was knocked on the head years ago. you are happy so enjoy!
 
malc said:
i was talking about a new build, yours is not a new build.
i am very surprised that you are still able to use well water i thought that was knocked on the head years ago. you are happy so enjoy!
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Oil got fitted 15 years ago, it most likely changed then since. Well is analysed regularly as they use it in a brewery so no issues there. You can get LPG tank installed if you happier with gas, there's always a way around it.

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zolco said:
Oil got fitted 15 years ago, it most likely changed then since. Well is analysed regularly as they use it in a brewery so no issues there. You can get LPG tank installed if you happier with gas, there's always a way around it.

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there is always a way around everything but it has to be cost effective.
 
theclemo said:
Sand and cement all internal no stud walls all block. concrete floors upstairs. I would fix 90mm warm boards on top of the sand and cement on the external walls. I would finish the walls with airless plaster. External of the house stonework.
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Yep I had to block up a few doorways when i did my place and the local builders were laughing because I actually blocked them up....
 
Got planning for my 2400sq ft house in 2004 and finished it in 2008/9. Then the downturn came and fast forward to 2016 and I'm wanting to renovate the fcuking thing :( Hate the kitchen layout and wanting to knock the wall between it and utility room to make it bigger and build the utility larger out the back of house. Dislike the tiles in 3 of my 4 bathrooms (2 ensuite). Wanting to pull all ceilings and install insulated plasterboard. Want to do EWI and pump the void in cavity. Going to know my large block built wall and large pillars and build a traditional Irish dry stone wall at 1.5m high x 50m long with 2 massive pillars. Want to knock my side living room wall and install an L shaped glass wall for better solar gain and to take in the outstanding unspoilt views. Going to build a large floor to ceiling stone fireplace. Also need a large garage!


Depresses me even thinking about it. Busy as f**k at the moment, plenty booked in, lots priced so if all goes well, I'll get a start at some of the jobs in winter time if things are quiet.
 
hail hail said:
Got planning for my 2400sq ft house in 2004 and finished it in 2008/9. Then the downturn came and fast forward to 2016 and I'm wanting to renovate the fcuking thing :( Hate the kitchen layout and wanting to knock the wall between it and utility room to make it bigger and build the utility larger out the back of house. Dislike the tiles in 3 of my 4 bathrooms (2 ensuite). Wanting to pull all ceilings and install insulated plasterboard. Want to do EWI and pump the void in cavity. Going to know my large block built wall and large pillars and build a traditional Irish dry stone wall at 1.5m high x 50m long with 2 massive pillars. Want to knock my side living room wall and install an L shaped glass wall for better solar gain and to take in the outstanding unspoilt views. Going to build a large floor to ceiling stone fireplace. Also need a large garage!


Depresses me even thinking about it. Busy as f**k at the moment, plenty booked in, lots priced so if all goes well, I'll get a start at some of the jobs in winter time if things are quiet.
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I wouldn't fill cavity if you do ewi and vica versa

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