I've noticed that many of the posts from our western friends that their houses are generally constructed from solid internal brick walls and also more of a larger block brick.
My question is, why is this?
Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Perth Building standards 11Jan 03, 2015 8:50 pm Stewie D I think your drawing the same conclusions as me in regards to this double brick idea in WA. Me, I just finished the nightmare of a double story timber framed house in WA and I must admit it was a surprise to most suppliers/ subbies etc that a builder would build his own place out of sticks!! I am a builder but a chippy by trade and it makes perfect sense to me but not many others round here! We easily achieved 7 stars and the flexibility is beyond compare. My neighbours double brick two storey house with massive west facing windows is beyond me... Re: Perth Building standards 12Jan 03, 2015 8:56 pm ![]() How the hell does a home using double brick walls with an R rating of R 0.5 achieve a 6 star energy rating when using the BASIX equivalent for a brick veneer wall have to achieve around R 2.0 minimum ????? You ask too many questions Grasshopper! 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using siphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost, siphonic, eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Perth Building standards 15Jan 03, 2015 9:26 pm Crazyk it would make life easier from my perspective and certainly from a green perspective. I believe the change will happen here due to the cost of building and the cost of renting etc while you build among other things I don't think we are ready yet though, and we certainly don't have enough trades familiar with timber framing (sounds stupid huh!!!) to cover the volumes of homes we would have to build to start making it competitive. My own place was quite simple in design, yet I feel I was always charged a "novelty" fee because everyone was so unfamiliar with the concept. I had to sit numerous trades down and explain the reality and simplicity of this design before they would revise their price which in most cases was more than I pay for double brick homes! ![]() Re: Perth Building standards 17Jan 03, 2015 9:53 pm Having tinkered with the energy rating software, the thing that makes the biggest difference is the size of the windows facing east and west. You tend to forget that it gets cold in winter, and heating is actually the biggest cost. Cooling is actually relatively easy when you take advantage of the cooling prevailing afternoon sea breeze. Standard builders will just game the system until they get their 6 stars. viewtopic.php?t=72683 Re: Perth Building standards 18Jan 03, 2015 10:41 pm trixee im not sure what you mean about the windows? I understand the principle but is the software taking into account the location, orientation, composition and operation of the windows in a building in perth and if it's brick/timber? I thought this post was a brick bashing arena!!! Re: Perth Building standards 19Jan 03, 2015 11:26 pm To a certain degree double brick is entrenched in wa psyche. It's marketed as the bees knees from a building perspective It's taught at building school rather than the east coast way When selling a house because of this psyche it sells easier than an East Coast frame home style. And so the circle continues. (Ok so I have made some generalisations but I hope you get the picture.) Until the circle changes, more homes of this style are built, home buyers accept it, building companies stop promoting DB as the be all end all and there are tradies available to build frame homes it will continue. The change will happen over time, the "pods" that many perth builders are using as second story are the first sign that the market is changing and starting to accept frame homes. Interestingly away from suburbia and especially in places like Karratha, Exmouth and Hedland, frame homes are all the go. Re: Perth Building standards 20Jan 04, 2015 12:54 am Yep it definitely costs more but just look at buyers snub their noses if the house is not double brick. Its crazy, but its the mentality unfortunately. 2 12513 We are having a bathroom reddone. The builders are putting down two coats of waterproofing and then screed and then another coat of waterproofing. This is what I have been… 0 4862 I am trying to find lighting for kitchen, dining areas but looking online, I don’t know if there are specific details I should be looking at to make sure any lights I… 0 19681 ![]() |