Building your own house.

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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fooking hell i,m glad i live in a tent ---- with a sown in ground sheet:inocente::lol:
 
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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Only problem is uk is breeze blocks and the sand is very fine, lots of cracks after. Also s/c a bit cold but agree on its durability. Worked back home 10 yrs ago for 6 months and they were using 9" cavity blocks with 3 coats of s/c on external, still the same ?
 
Personally, cavity wall using concrete blocks, thermal 50mm+ boards internally ( warmth and strength ), ewi outside and an underground heat recovery system.
Unfortunately I live in London so it's a 3 bed pebble dashed terrace :censored::censored:
 
irish_spread said:
Only problem is uk is breeze blocks and the sand is very fine, lots of cracks after. Also s/c a bit cold but agree on its durability. Worked back home 10 yrs ago for 6 months and they were using 9" cavity blocks with 3 coats of s/c on external, still the same ?
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Mostly concrete blocks i be working over. Float and set internal with 50mm breads on the external walls. On the external of the houses mostly scud scratch and float. Mono looks like it starting to take off again.
 
Concrete poured into insulated forms for the internal skin. 200mm cavity with 150mm slab insulation and 50mm vented cavity. Then either stone or brick outer depending on which would look best for location.

300mm warm roof under timber joists, tiles to suit location. Triple glazed heat recovery windows, with thermal mass internal walls and floors to first floor.

Hopefully it'd be near a river for power generation removing the need for ground source heating. Either way it'd be underfloor heating over 300mm insulated slab on top of concrete.
 
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