Discussion
The Don of Croy said:
I appreciate that fitting around noggins would be more fiddly, but watching them pounding the stuff individually to whatever standard didn't look like the best solution
You’re confusing your view of the ‘best’ solution with theirs - that is the cheapest solution, i.e. the one that you can call on your unskilled neighbours to do.Bonefish Blues said:
Wish said:
Another wonky thrown up mess that they will never be able to sell.
I like the ideal of streets building their own homes, but in reality they just don’t work.
2 kids one bedroom is an issue, for sure - although they could convert the study I guess.I like the ideal of streets building their own homes, but in reality they just don’t work.
We didn't get to see many rooms in the latest one and with unfinshed works in the kitchen etc I would guess they still had a fair bit to do
Saleen836 said:
I did wonder if they put the two kids in one room due to other rooms not being finished?
We didn't get to see many rooms in the latest one and with unfinshed works in the kitchen etc I would guess they still had a fair bit to do
When Kevin did the design summary with the 3d floorplan at the beginning, he said there would be two bedrooms. It stuck me as bonkers at the time, but they don't look like very large footprints.We didn't get to see many rooms in the latest one and with unfinshed works in the kitchen etc I would guess they still had a fair bit to do
I'm guessing the preponderance for open plan is that it's cheaper that putting up internal walls, doors, lighting circits and so on. Plus, you can often get away with fewer windows.
The Don of Croy said:
Annoying ecomentalists.
Flavour of the month, so no problem.
Question, why could they not form the hemp compound into blocks or panels and then install them?
No point as the “blocks” would be very weak, hempcrete as a material is 1/3rd to 1/10th of the strength of an aircrete (celcon / thermalite) block. You need to form a primary structural frame typically out of timber to build with hempcrete or to use hollow blocks are then infilled with conventional concrete as a form of ICF.Flavour of the month, so no problem.
Question, why could they not form the hemp compound into blocks or panels and then install them?
Self builders rarely consider the cost of the time they spend building vs contracting out to builder with fixed(ish) costs and a fixed completion date. However I suppose someone buying in a timber kit from Scotframe or Potton that goes up in a few days doesn’t really make good TV.
Bit odd that she wasn’t around for the final filming?
I can’t see how that system is viable, they’ve spent £200k building a 2 bedroom timber frame house, with 7,000 man hours free labour, plus I suspect a lot of free time from their architects. The plywood could have easily been ruined in poor weather.
No idea why they didn’t either spray the cladding panels, or char them. I did like the balustrade and stair detail however.
I can’t see how that system is viable, they’ve spent £200k building a 2 bedroom timber frame house, with 7,000 man hours free labour, plus I suspect a lot of free time from their architects. The plywood could have easily been ruined in poor weather.
No idea why they didn’t either spray the cladding panels, or char them. I did like the balustrade and stair detail however.
Muncher said:
Bit odd that she wasn’t around for the final filming?
Indeed! Thought there was something not quite right from the start. She seems to have saved all the money for the deposit and was very quite. A young couple building their first home, so should have been designed as a two bedroom at the very least. "I just do what he tells me" I thought was telling in the relationship - plus the second bed in what I assume was meant to be the snug.I do hope they work things out though.
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