"Embiggens" ... it's a perfectly cromulent word!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 203Jun 15, 2012 9:52 am Cool, but notice they don't say anything about the price of such a design. Also wish they had provided a plan so we could see the placing of the courtyards....! Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 204Jun 15, 2012 9:58 am And the funnel they go on about! Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 205Jun 15, 2012 10:00 am More of a funnel effect......the shape of the landscape "funnels" the air in the direction they can utilise with the house design. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 206Jun 15, 2012 10:02 am Treeseachanger Cool, but notice they don't say anything about the price of such a design. Yeah, unfortunately the price of things like that will continue to be disproportionately high until there's enough demand to justify mass production of some description. I have wondered, over these last few months of house-hunting stuff, whether it'd be enough of a poiint-of-differentiation for one of the project-home builders to offer proper real smartly-designed houses as part of their range; not just showing in a bit of extra insulation and some double-glazing, but maybe just a set of standard designs that're optimised for (I dunno) 8 basic possibilities for your block's street-frontage facing (ie. N, NW, W, SW, etc). That range would obviously cost a bit more than the base-price on a similar-sized design that curerntly exists; but given how many people are willing to pay extra on top of a less-well-suited basic design to try & embiggen their houses' "green cred", you'd think there'd still be a market for it (and it'd have to be cheaper than tacking extra "green" stuff onto a "non green" design). We had a brief squizz at the Ichijo Homes display-home at Homeworld 5 (Sydney) a few months ago, but they've still designed it with no thought to facing or the block it's going on ... it's extremely well insulated, has PVC windows, has roofing panels made out of photovoltaics, the walls are constructed from modular well-insulated panels that have self-cleaning tiles as part of the "module", etc etc ... but the actual house design isn't "flexible" for block facing. Plus the house itself costs ~$1m to build. *edit* I might have to have a squiz at a Burbank Homes site (don't think they exist in Sydney) out of interest, although gut-feel says they probably still only offer insulation & double-glazing rather than designs that're optimized for specific facings. Although I'd love to be wrong! Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 207Jun 15, 2012 10:05 am Burbank have the 'future range' which are their greener designs min 7 stars that's why we went with them over the other volume builders. Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 208Jun 15, 2012 12:04 pm Hickinb0tham (SA) also offer a range of affordable architect designs made to make the most of the northern orientation. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43937&start=0 Bought a block in Golden Grove - Jan 2011 Finally finished our design, Mar 2012, *yay* Signed with ADH council consent June 12 Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 210Jun 15, 2012 2:41 pm nice looking house can't wait to see it finished Is that a chimney wall in the front? https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43937&start=0 Bought a block in Golden Grove - Jan 2011 Finally finished our design, Mar 2012, *yay* Signed with ADH council consent June 12 Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 211Jun 15, 2012 5:49 pm So mono pitched for you is raked for me. Looks very impressive Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 212Jun 15, 2012 6:09 pm greenfish So mono pitched for you is raked for me. Looks very impressive and skillion for me We all have a similar roof but different words SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 213Jun 15, 2012 6:26 pm Skillion here too. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 214Jun 15, 2012 6:31 pm Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 215Jun 15, 2012 6:33 pm That has two skillions. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 216Jun 15, 2012 6:36 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 217Jun 15, 2012 6:54 pm Wikipedia says something along the lines of: Wikipedia A skillion roof is normally a single sloping roof surface, not attached to another roof surface. Skillion roofs are sometimes called a shed roof, a flat roof, in Australia or a lean-to in the UK. It then has a couple of wee pictures to illustrate: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I had no idea of what the builders were referring-to, 'til this thread made me look it up. Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 218Jun 15, 2012 6:56 pm well proved wrong again. No surprise Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 219Jun 15, 2012 6:57 pm A skillion roof is the quintessential Aussie lean to addition seen on a lot of old cottages etc... greenfish well proved wrong again. No surprise Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: House Orientation - Cool house in summer, warm in winter 220Jun 15, 2012 6:58 pm Skillion is the roof and raked is the ceiling, also used to refer to angle (eg. our highlight windows are raked). SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 0 641 Hi, My first post here. I got an plot of land that is at an angle to the road & facing South-East. I read a planning guide on house orientation and the attached layout… 0 124 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. 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