Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 4Mar 06, 2015 6:14 pm Custom build Northern NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72217 Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 5Mar 06, 2015 8:19 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=75302 Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 11Mar 17, 2015 9:35 am Small footprint in Eliza Ponds, Spearwood WA Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 12Mar 17, 2015 10:18 am Quote: I dont know if you get a star rating as part of your BASIX in NSW Kind of. You have to pass the thermal assessment stage as part of your Basix requirements which takes into consideration insulation to walls and ceilings as well as shading to E, N & W facing windows plus a few others. If you are after thermal mass plus a raised floor on a sloping block then one thing to consider is having a concrete suspended slab on a brick sub-floor area. But as Tristanium says, having the verandahs there is the big stumbling block to using the concrete slab for thermal mass. If you decide to go raised timber platform floor then the brick ring wall and decent insulation to the floor will get you a pretty good result as well. Stewie Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 13Mar 18, 2015 8:04 am yeah we would definitely be putting in underfloor insulation if we go ahead with this design, just seems to hard to get builders that seem confident in doing it. The ceiling will all be high and raked and to flow into window light wells similar to photo but some of them will actually open that run through the centre of house to allow light into all rooms. A friend who does shutters is also confident of a system to close off them if required in sections, so if you want your bedroom dark you can. Given the architect something different to work out but he thinks there wont be any issue with thermal mass and winters here are not that cold due to be so close to ocean. Re: Concrete Slab House vs Raised Timber Floor House 14Mar 18, 2015 10:34 am Quote: yeah we would definitely be putting in underfloor insulation if we go ahead with this design, just seems to hard to get builders that seem confident in doing it If you have enough clearance under your floor ( anything greater than 1m but we've worked under houses a lot lower too ) then do it post build. Poly sheets cut to size and fitted between the joists is probably all you need for a temperate climate like yours. Stewie isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 17525 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15909 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5153 |