Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 27, 2020 4:42 pm Hi all, I’ll be building a residential home early in the new year. I’m currently working on the design and am after interior and exterior product recommendations suitable for a modern design in a coastal location. I’d like to use as many non-toxic/minimally off-gassing/sustainable products as practicable, keeping in mind they need to be comparable to ‘conventional’ materials in relation to cost, labour input and durability as this will be built entirely by tradies. I have decided against straw bale, mud brick and earth ship builds as they’re not going to give me the modern look that I’m after. Hemp seems to be too hard to source at the moment for the exterior, but I am looking into hemp insulation batts for walls and ceiling. If my budget can stretch, I’ll put in a couple of rammed earth walls. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 29738 I ended up going with 'Andrew Belic Construction Co.' https://www.instagram.com/andrewbelicconstruction/ 2 59639 Hi We have finally decided to complete a KDR on our corner plot in NE Melbourne suburbs. Given its a corner plot approx. 400 sqm just a standard design may not fit the… 0 8445 |