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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:08 pm Post subject: New House

Hopefully within the next 2 weeks we'll have a plan in with planning department for a new house.

For those that have been to ours we're rebuilding at the top of the field the existing house is in, this is about 15-20 mtrs higher and will be sheltered from the north by our woods.

The house itself will be earth sheltered to the north (this will be the front of the house) and the rear will have a large amount of glazing, this is S facing and we'll get a nice view of the surprisingly wooded areas out that way.

Construction will be concrete pads supporting timber columns supporting a sprayed concrete shell, the slab will be limecrete and this will be laid after the shell is up. There won't be any load bearing walls so all of them will be stud partition filled in with sprayed hemcrete.

The earth sheltering goes all the way up the N face and onto the roof, so form the front it'll look a bit like a tellytubby house, the back will look totally different.

Although there's a fair amount of concrete in the structure the house as it stands will (I'm told) emit something like 7kg CO2 annually, if we get consent for a wind turbine we'll go into negative figures.

No pics of anything yet, will keep you updated.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: New House

tahir wrote:

Although there's a fair amount of concrete in the structure the house as it stands will (I'm told) emit something like 7kg CO2 annually, if we get consent for a wind turbine we'll go into negative figures.

Best of luck, how did they come by this figure? And is it possible to work it out for our own houses?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:13 pm Post subject:
Don't ask me, the man had a big (really big) spreadsheet with u values and blah-de-blah, he put in lots of values and came up with that figure.

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: New House

tahir wrote:

...and will be sheltered from the north by our woods.

I know that living in Essex you're not used to civility and culture, but trying to protect yourself from it...?

Best of luck to you, squire - sounds like a good structure. Had any advice about the limecrete?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: New House

Northern_Lad wrote:

Had any advice about the limecrete?

What kind of advice? The architect and structural engineer were both worried about pouring a limecrete slab, that's why it's going to be done once the structure is in place.

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: New House

tahir wrote:

Northern_Lad wrote:

Had any advice about the limecrete?

What kind of advice? The architect and structural engineer were both worried about pouring a limecrete slab, that's why it's going to be done once the structure is in place.

There's a hairy bloke in west Wales who's had experience with them I believe.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:19 pm Post subject:
Oh yeah, I've spoken to him about lime in general

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:22 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Oh yeah, I've spoken to him about lime in general

You realise you don't get a refund on that time?

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:23 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Oh yeah, I've spoken to him about lime in general

Don't you mean he talked at you for 3 hours?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:24 pm Post subject:
It's the risk you take

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:25 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Don't you mean he talked at you for 3 hours?

No, that was about sheep, our lime discussions were conducted via email

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: New House

tahir wrote:

The earth sheltering goes all the way up the N face and onto the roof, so form the front it'll look a bit like a tellytubby house, the back will look totally different.

Sounds good. Are you La La?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: New House

Behemoth wrote:

Sounds good. Are you La La?

Yes Po

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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Location: Lancaster

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:29 pm Post subject:
An eco house. Well done Tahir. Hope you enjoy your new home.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 12:31 pm Post subject:

boisdevie1 wrote:

An eco house

I guess so, I just think it'll be a house that sits well in it's surroundings and will be designed sensibly.

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