and before some smart fucker says it, no, i am not the .5 man...... we had a lad from the company for 2 days ish. we got rained on every day and lost loads of time also i had to go pick up materials and the first day was spent mostly chatting with boss and clients so this is probably 6 man days of work.
When you have time, I'd like to know about the foundation (presumably piles?) and the thickness of insulation. The first house I built had 90mm then 10 years later when I built the next one regs.had changed and they wanted 140mm!
yeah, its good stuff. quite a bit different to how im used to building but it all makes sense and we are picking it up quickly. ive already identified areas that we can and will improve on re how we do things in the workshop pre install. just little things that will save loads of time. all the teams have there own lil ways of doing things and the lad that is helping us on this one for a lil bit does things a bit differently to what i think would be way more efficient, but we will do it his way for now. thats an aspect of building i really enjoy, finding practical short cuts. not cutting corners but streamlining things. it is fucken hard work though, im using different muscles than i am used to using if that makes sense... but i will get up to fitness no prob. the panels are heavy and bulky but im looking at solutions for handling them. there will be another thread about that soon.
the foundations are screw piles. galv steel post with discs on top. i was to be there when they were installing but due to circumstances i couldnt be, which is a shame as id like to know every detail. the floor and roof panels are 90mm rigid insulation with 12mm osb each side and the walls 75mm insulation. the internal walls and ceiling are then lined with a foil vapor barrier pre plasterboard which i believe helps with the thermal valves and makes the place pretty much air tight. the vapor barrier is warm side, as in, on the internal of the insulation to prevent condensation and the exterior has a breathable membrane pre battens and cladding as per a conventional build. tbh most new builds/loft conversions now , building control wants to see a vapor barrier. just to add, the insulation required on a build changes from borough to borough, which is something i find very strange about building in the uk. youd think there would be nation wide building regs. im not up with the regs re insulation, thats between the architect and planning/building control so i just do as per drawing. it does seem that warm decks require less insulation than a cold deck and this panel set up is more akin to a warm deck than cold.
Looks kinda similar to what I was doing a few years ago. But one observation, looks really close to the ground?
it is close to the ground. they tend to build like that over here... i like the nz style better . its alot to do with planning here re the overall height of the build, especially when it comes to granny annexes. its kinda crazy in a location like this... its kinda crazy in general given the amount of flooding they have over here.
I think it depends on the builders, if they iz ickle, then the buildings are closer to the floor so they can get in
can you see the hop up on the left in the first pic? i was using that to climb onto the floor for a bit but my mate pointed out it was the same height as the floor so i stopped....
Just wondered because it is clearly closer to the ground than we can build. Is there a ground membrane under the house? We use that here to mitigate moisture problems on older houses or difficult situations where you cannot have a higher finished floor level. Ply floor or particle board? Looks like it going together well though!
builder types like their abbreviations don't they? I aint got an f,ing clue what you lot are talkin about.
