Bought a field, building a house
Discussion
gangzoom said:
Looks fantastic, so mainly a timber frame construction but the gables are steel supported? What kind of cladding are you going for?
Are you going for passive house efficiencies? For the next project energy efficiency I think will be higher up the priority.
Timber frame is pretty much the norm up here, smattering of steel throughout but primarily supporting the full height and double height window sections.Are you going for passive house efficiencies? For the next project energy efficiency I think will be higher up the priority.
There’s a mix of stone, rendered block and composite cladding going on. I’m still running a bit behind with the updates, stone masons are onsite this week starting on the stone base line.
Passive was briefly discussed but we both thought it would be a bridge too far on this one. That being said, it’s been an interesting challenge trying to meet the ScotGov building regs for big enough trickle vents.
So yes, next up was more snow, nothing like as deep but a lot wetter. Thankfully the new roof section and completed second floor hadn't been damaged by the earlier storms and vastly reduced the amount of weather entering the building.
Managed to get round all the completed sections with the lad who will be fitting the windows and took measurements to enable us to order the first batch of windows and doors. Splitting the order up will help with delivery lead time and also means we can get the section above the garage water tight and boxed off for the foreseeable future.
Discovered the drain holes I had stabbed in the roof panels of the shipping container had been doing their job and there was a good inch of water in the catch box below. That of course means whilst the drain holes were working, the roof was still leaking. Leaking quite considerably given it's a 64 litre storage box so an inch in the bottom isn't exactly a tea cups worth!
This time round, brushing the snow off the roof skudded off some sizeable chunks of moss and the source became rather obvious...
Initial plan was to podge some plumbers mait in it but remembered I had a tin of Bostik bitumen fibreglass stuff that would be a better plan. No more water ingress since so fingers crossed that's it for the winter and come summer it'll get some proper repairs done.
Next up roofing, walling, more partitioning etc etc etc
Managed to get round all the completed sections with the lad who will be fitting the windows and took measurements to enable us to order the first batch of windows and doors. Splitting the order up will help with delivery lead time and also means we can get the section above the garage water tight and boxed off for the foreseeable future.
Discovered the drain holes I had stabbed in the roof panels of the shipping container had been doing their job and there was a good inch of water in the catch box below. That of course means whilst the drain holes were working, the roof was still leaking. Leaking quite considerably given it's a 64 litre storage box so an inch in the bottom isn't exactly a tea cups worth!
This time round, brushing the snow off the roof skudded off some sizeable chunks of moss and the source became rather obvious...
Initial plan was to podge some plumbers mait in it but remembered I had a tin of Bostik bitumen fibreglass stuff that would be a better plan. No more water ingress since so fingers crossed that's it for the winter and come summer it'll get some proper repairs done.
Next up roofing, walling, more partitioning etc etc etc
8-P said:
This going to be quite a place. Did you put a small space for a lift?
Garage lift is one area that needed compromised on a bit.With the ridge height limits, generally we are only allowed 1.5 stories, so if we raised the garage internal height enough to properly accommodate a lift, it would have forced the living area above to move in the attic conversion kind of direction. Everything would have needed to be moved in to the roof space and the roof profile would then have extended down the walls [hopefully that description makes sense, brain isn't fully caffeinated yet this morning].
We did have a discussion about having the southern most bay double height and no living space above, even potentially putting a window in so you could have put the car on a ramp and lifted it, giving you something to look at. However, the logistics of fitting a lift in along with a section garage door mechanism were going to be a nightmare without extending that bay leaving the doors unsymmetrical, also would have meant having no windows on that end or windows to nothing would have looked weird as well. Ultimately, we came to recognise that whilst we thought it would be kinda cool, when we one day come to sell and move on, its likely anyone looking to buy would be thinking of that as a granny flat and likely wouldn't appreciate the feature
I'll have a moveable scissor lift for the centre bay, anything mechanical that wuold demand more than what can be done on a scissor lift, I have access to a workshop with ramp anyway.
Edited by emicen on Wednesday 19th February 08:29
Snow gone, rain forked off for a change, sun decided to come out. Bit of a walk around the ground floor:
Standing in the garage, this would have potentially been where the ramp/double height section would have been. There's lintels still needing to go in above the doors, although the centre one looks somewhat letterboxy, it is a 5.5m wide door.
This will become the plant room for the garage, likely all elec distribution for the garage and living space above will be located in here, stairs to the garage starting on the right and curving round the back wall.
What will become the “music room,” as in, movies usually include a soundtrack.
Front entrance and double height section.
Looking from the front entrance through the dining area out to the north.
Dining area double height.
Rear open plan area going from the kitchen, through the dining area over in to the lounge.
Studio and gym, these are going to get a lot lighter at the end of the month when the roof lights get delivered.
Standing in the garage, this would have potentially been where the ramp/double height section would have been. There's lintels still needing to go in above the doors, although the centre one looks somewhat letterboxy, it is a 5.5m wide door.
This will become the plant room for the garage, likely all elec distribution for the garage and living space above will be located in here, stairs to the garage starting on the right and curving round the back wall.
What will become the “music room,” as in, movies usually include a soundtrack.
Front entrance and double height section.
Looking from the front entrance through the dining area out to the north.
Dining area double height.
Rear open plan area going from the kitchen, through the dining area over in to the lounge.
Studio and gym, these are going to get a lot lighter at the end of the month when the roof lights get delivered.
Part 2, first floor;
Over the garage, some would call ti a granny flat, I call it where I'll get evicted to should I ever really p
s off the Mrs
Looking in from the corner of bedroom 5's ensuite. Going to be a pain in the backside when theres actually a wall here and we can't just cut through from the garage!
Master in the background, WIC and ensuite in the middle, bedroom 5 in the foreground
Gaping chasm will be replaced with a staircase and open void [eventually!]
Dining area void from above
Standing in bedroom 4, looking back to bedroom 2
Bedroom 3 now walled and roofed up, flooring was a little bit WIP
Aiming to get a better grasp on my pictures in the next few weeks. Upstairs partitions are now significantly more complete.
Over the garage, some would call ti a granny flat, I call it where I'll get evicted to should I ever really p
s off the MrsLooking in from the corner of bedroom 5's ensuite. Going to be a pain in the backside when theres actually a wall here and we can't just cut through from the garage!
Master in the background, WIC and ensuite in the middle, bedroom 5 in the foreground
Gaping chasm will be replaced with a staircase and open void [eventually!]
Dining area void from above
Standing in bedroom 4, looking back to bedroom 2
Bedroom 3 now walled and roofed up, flooring was a little bit WIP
Aiming to get a better grasp on my pictures in the next few weeks. Upstairs partitions are now significantly more complete.
sidekickdmr said:
Looking great, well done!
Whats the overall construction, a lot of timber in there, is it a steel frame timber construction method?
Whats the finished external wall finish? Cladding? Brick skin? Render?
There are details earlier in the thread - page 4 if you’re on 20 posts per page.Whats the overall construction, a lot of timber in there, is it a steel frame timber construction method?
Whats the finished external wall finish? Cladding? Brick skin? Render?
Roof on finally! (Bit snide saying finally as if progress hasn't been rapid but that's just how it felt). Few more windows and doors able to be measured up as well which is useful.
If we were to do it again, would definitely focus on making the roof simpler!
First batch of stone arriving. At 2.5sqm per bag, fag packet math suggests we'll be seeing north of 50 bags all in
If we were to do it again, would definitely focus on making the roof simpler!
First batch of stone arriving. At 2.5sqm per bag, fag packet math suggests we'll be seeing north of 50 bags all in
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