Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 7Jun 14, 2014 10:02 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 9Jun 15, 2014 1:01 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 10Jun 15, 2014 5:42 am Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 11Jun 15, 2014 7:22 am Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 15Jun 16, 2014 1:18 pm Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 16Jun 23, 2014 1:10 pm Looks fantastic! You are very lucky to get such a big beautiful block so close to Sydney, too cold for me though! It's great that you are planting natives and restoring the environment, I could have gone down that path but all that work and waiting till the place looked great sounded too hard, and I just wanted to buy a block that was already covered in trees! It's great that you've gotten council approval for what is an unusual build. I was wondering if there would be an advantage in having a gap of a few metres or more between the containers - which could be roofed or completely enclosed - so that you aren't having the walls of the containers doubled up next to each other? Or is there an advantage to having them together eg. insulation, strength? I know someone who was planning to build 3 in a U shape and having the internal area like a courtyard, which sounded nice... Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 17Jun 23, 2014 7:08 pm Hi Keffufal - I have seen some container builds which have done just as you said - putting space between containers.
Here's a great one in Costa Rica: http://www.homedsgn.com/2011/06/16/containers-of-hope-a-40000-home-by-benjamin-garcia-saxe/ I can't say whether one is better than the other - but my reasoning for three side by side was simply that I thought it would be easier for me so I didn't have to build the floor, roof and one end wall in the space! As for walls being doubled up - they are coming out anyway so it means just removing 2 extra walls. Here's what it will look something like (from http://www.8747house.blogspot.com ) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 18Jun 25, 2014 1:16 pm Typical - had to pick the day of wildest weather all year for the delivery of my foundation tube forms.
Winds with gusts up to 84kmh and rain verging on horizontal and the DINGBAT who delivered the tubes failed to call me when leaving Sydney per arrangements (so I had time to get out to site) and just left them outside next to my containers. First thing I see driving up to my front gate is a 4 metre metal tube more than 200 metres down the hill! They must weigh around 40kgs and it was a struggle on my own to drag it back up the hill and get it inside one of the containers in the wind. The other 11 weren't a lot easier either! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Damaged tube - hopefully I can still use most of it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 19Jun 25, 2014 11:01 pm Oh how frustrating! Can't imagine trying to move that in the wind we've been having. Drove a bit down the hume today and was being pushed all over the road Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 20Jun 26, 2014 3:57 pm What a fantastic idea for a build - can't wait to see more <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> 1 10479 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17518 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4584 |