Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Green House 3Aug 26, 2010 9:54 am Building at Warner Lakes in sunny Queensland. Building with Bold Properties. Building thread is here! - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38957 Blog is here! - http://campoutforland.blogspot.com Re: Our Green House 10Sep 03, 2010 2:46 pm NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Our Green House 11Sep 03, 2010 2:55 pm Hey boiselfish, the front lounge is 3.5 by 5.5 m excluding the walk through hall part so I hope that makes it useable... You are right about the massive garage, it has been very difficult to fit everything with such a monster block of the front width used up... Thanks for the comments... Re: Our Green House 12Sep 04, 2010 8:05 am Hi felicity, Looks good. I like your landscaping. I think the ensuite bathroom is much better on the west side of the WIR but I think the actual layout might need work. It might be better to be able to walk straight through from the bedroom to the toilet. Currently you have to zig zag a little. My 2 cents. Quote: The big block in the garage is parking for a boat... It isn't very green but my husband loves it and would love to have it stored under cover if this is restricting the design, tell him to sell the boat!!!! Just joking... MJ Re: Our Green House 13Sep 04, 2010 7:56 pm Hey MJ, yeah selling the boat is a great idea now I just have to convince 'you know who'! The ensuite needs work like you say. I had the WIR on the outer wall (west) as insulation but it probably doesn't help that much and it does work a lot better with them switched around. The tricky bit with the ensuite is the shower. We saw a really cool double walk through shower in one of the display homes ages ago(can't remember which one) and it really seemed like an awesome idea. The difficult bit is to get it to fit with the extra length and 2 doors... It may be one of the things that gets dropped from the design due to cost etc but it would be nice if we could fit it in somehow... Any ideas? Cheers, Felicity Re: Our Green House 15Sep 05, 2010 11:05 am Valid point free will (about demolition) but there are some serious issues with the house.... All the wiring and plumbing needs replacing... a lot of the rooms and windows face the wrong way... the rooms are all too small and the floors have warped due to water under the house... The floor, roof and walls are uninsulated and it has aluminum windows. We have also been told with the age of house there may be asbestos. So we would pretty much have to gut the house and remove the north and east walls... It is a good point, so I will have to look at demolition guys that recycle... Or if we ever get around to actually doing this we could give the bricks away... Re: Our Green House 16Sep 10, 2010 6:04 pm okay so have had a look for recycling demolition companies... Has anyone used Pace Demolitions? (http://www.pacedemolitions.com.au) They apparently sell the materials from demo's at their yard... That should make it a bit greeener... Re: Our Green House 17Oct 30, 2010 8:39 am We were looking at using Ecoblock for the build but not all builders will work with it. Instead it has been suggested to use Hebel blocks and render... So I was thinking that we could add a layer of foam and sarking insulation to the outside of the Hebel before the render to achieve the same benefits as Ecoblock... So I wanted to know if anyone as used Thermawall or Koolwall over hebel? of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 23758 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 23834 |