Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 06, 2022 5:43 pm Hi all, We are looking to build a Rothwell 29 with Carlisle homes in Victoria. I was planning on getting 450mm eaves all around the house but I am worried about how it will affect the natural lighting within the house. The block we have is 14m wide. We will have about 1m either side of the house. With fences typically 1.8m high and 450mm eaves I feel like the house will be very dark. Any thoughts? Re: Eaves on a Small block? 2Jan 06, 2022 6:20 pm our block is the same width, and we took eaves out on some side walls in our house. our reason for doing it was to give us a bit of extra space in rooms like living, bath, WIR etc, rather than provide more lighting. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 3Jan 06, 2022 6:41 pm strannik our block is the same width, and we took eaves out on some side walls in our house. our reason for doing it was to give us a bit of extra space in rooms like living, bath, WIR etc, rather than provide more lighting. Did you extend your house as a result? Our build is 12.8m and we don’t plan to expand on that. Just wondering if the space between the gutters and the fence when we have 450mm eaves will be sufficient to light the house. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 4Jan 06, 2022 8:43 pm astack strannik our block is the same width, and we took eaves out on some side walls in our house. our reason for doing it was to give us a bit of extra space in rooms like living, bath, WIR etc, rather than provide more lighting. Did you extend your house as a result? Our build is 12.8m and we don’t plan to expand on that. Just wondering if the space between the gutters and the fence when we have 450mm eaves will be sufficient to light the house. we did, but the house only exists on the plans so far, so I can't tell you how it affects the lighting. also our neighbors haven't built theirs either yet, so no fences or anything. most rooms that have no eaves don't really need much natural light anyway, and we went for a large fixed glass panel in the living room (2.1m by 2.1m iirc) in addition to the 3m alfresco sliding door and another window. i think our width might be about the same as yours though as we have 1.25m minimum setbacks Re: Eaves on a Small block? 5Jan 07, 2022 10:25 am Personally I don't like the look of small eaves on a house. I'm actually building with 1m eaves, but it's a double story. House design could be a factor to consider too. How many windows are there on the sides, what are the windows for? People sometimes try to minimise the number of windows on the sides if you have neighbours so you don't look at each other all day. If those windows on the sides are for rooms like study, laundry, bathroom, pantry, theater or even bedrooms, I wouldn't worry too much about natural light issue. As long as your main living area is facing the right direction, you should be able to get plenty of light in. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 8Jan 10, 2022 12:47 pm I don't think you can have eaves that big? We had to have gutter on brickwork in some places as we were told the minimum gap between the fence and the house had to be 1m, and that the gap is measured from the fence to the first bit of 'house' (so to the eaves, not necessarily to the brickwork). Long story short, to have eaves would intrude into the 1m space and couldn't happen. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 9Jan 10, 2022 3:40 pm really depends on your council/estate requirements and the block size/house layout. you could have 1m eaves, if you aren't trying to use as much of the space as possible, because you're on small/narrow lot. in which case you'll probably go for standard or no-eaves option to give you more useful house space. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 10Jan 10, 2022 10:13 pm Don't forget the requirements for light and neighbouring houses. There may well be deletes of part of your eves outside your neighbours habitable windows if they are one to the boundary too. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Eaves on a Small block? 11Jun 12, 2022 11:35 pm mcbks I don't think you can have eaves that big? We had to have gutter on brickwork in some places as we were told the minimum gap between the fence and the house had to be 1m, and that the gap is measured from the fence to the first bit of 'house' (so to the eaves, not necessarily to the brickwork). Long story short, to have eaves would intrude into the 1m space and couldn't happen. Update from me! Couldn't find the trimmer - not sure if there isn't one simply because the eave is so narrow. Went ahead with the spring toggles and it all worked out… 7 5835 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7822 Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12110 |