Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 21, 2015 11:31 pm Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 7Oct 11, 2015 7:41 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76666 our custom build on 25 acres Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 11Oct 18, 2015 11:59 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 13Oct 28, 2015 9:01 am So close to finalising the floor plan which is exciting. I will try and upload it shortly. Still have to finalise the layout for the laundry and kitchen. Kitchen - thinking of putting the fridge into the walk in pantry and having a bench in there also for the toaster and kettle. Will have to have an exhaust fan also. Laundry - plan on switching the linen and the tough walls around. Not sure how we will arrange it other than that right now. A few questions for you: Bench tops - would you switch out the stone in the bathrooms and laundry and opt for laminate to try and save some money? Cladding - we were toying with the idea of having rendered styrofoam rather than brick cladding for the thermal benefits 'Giant Esky' Wondering if anybody have any experience or comments in relation to building a single story out of styrofoam? Its rating (generally) as an R4 which will make a huge difference with the double glazing. Do people put R2 bats into the walls also or just keep it as the styrofoam? One of the builders we are looking at are happy to switch out the bricks for the styrofoam rendered at no additional cost. Does that sound right? Obviously styrofoam is substantially cheaper but apparently adding the render brings it in line with bricks. Thoughts? Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 16Nov 01, 2015 9:59 am i would try to squeeze a sink into the wc somehow our chn, one in particular decides if her brother or sister are having a shower she will use our ensuite instead. not happy when i have just gotten to sleep and she turns bedroom light on to see her way 0 4982 I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4504 I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6481 |