Bought a field, building a house
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Good progress ,OP, well done.
Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
gangzoom said:
Rushjob said:
PeteTaylor99 said:
emicen said:
dhutch said:
Mahahah. What tiles are going on?
Marley Edgemere, lots and lots of Marley Edgemere 
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.ferret50 said:
Good progress ,OP, well done.
Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
Any asbestos in the build ?Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
As a point of interest, I also remember some aluminium framed system that was developed for schools after the war using redundant aircraft aluminium.
RATATTAK said:
ferret50 said:
Good progress ,OP, well done.
Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
Any asbestos in the build ?Nothing new regarding timber framed homes, our place was built in 1945 using a timber frame with tongue and groove cladding inside and out
Inside was then lined with hardboard. Outside got chickenwire and render!
I removed most of the hardboard and replaced with plasterboard, though.
The frame itself was built by one of the newly redundant Spitfire/Lancaster builders......
As a point of interest, I also remember some aluminium framed system that was developed for schools after the war using redundant aircraft aluminium.
No asbestos found, ceilings were fibreboard with polystyrene tiles added later...again now mostly plasterboarded/skimmed.
Sorry OP
Solar install next before the tiles start going on. Initially we had been planning 13 panels mounted landscape along the ridge with some panels dropped in to the valleys. Additional pairs on the southern most aspect of the garage roof would give 17 panels total.
17 Viridian Clearline Fusion panels would have been 6.89kWp, more than satisfying the required 3.5kWp in our SAP calcs.
Being honest, I was always somewhat in 2 minds about this layout, the lack of symmetry and the number 13 not sitting well with my OCD.
However, fate intervened and landscape mounting kits were not to be found anywhere in the UK in the quantity required. Measured up in real life on the roof, it was just possible to wangle enough space for Longhi panels in portrait using GSE in-roof mountings. Also meant we could get 15 on the main ridge line, expanding the system to 19 panels in total.
The Longhi panels have a higher output per panel, so the new system would be 8.27kWp
Naturally the day the solar went on, the sun was notably absent
17 Viridian Clearline Fusion panels would have been 6.89kWp, more than satisfying the required 3.5kWp in our SAP calcs.
Being honest, I was always somewhat in 2 minds about this layout, the lack of symmetry and the number 13 not sitting well with my OCD.
However, fate intervened and landscape mounting kits were not to be found anywhere in the UK in the quantity required. Measured up in real life on the roof, it was just possible to wangle enough space for Longhi panels in portrait using GSE in-roof mountings. Also meant we could get 15 on the main ridge line, expanding the system to 19 panels in total.
The Longhi panels have a higher output per panel, so the new system would be 8.27kWp
Naturally the day the solar went on, the sun was notably absent
We got some windows! Annex skylights needed installed before the roofing works started.
5 triple glazed units, roof design with semi vaulted ceiling necessitated custom sized windows.
Wandering round the scaffolding a bit further, catslip dormers formed and ready for metal sheeting.
Looking in from the top of the scaffolding over what will be the dining area. All these steels will be plated in wood before windows going in.
Some more lead details.
5 triple glazed units, roof design with semi vaulted ceiling necessitated custom sized windows.
Wandering round the scaffolding a bit further, catslip dormers formed and ready for metal sheeting.
Looking in from the top of the scaffolding over what will be the dining area. All these steels will be plated in wood before windows going in.
Some more lead details.
I'm not a roofing pervert, honest, just pretty much all I have to show for everything thats happened oin our lives for the last 4-6wks, is lead work and some tiles... 
The tiles started going on. Given the strength of winds we get and the level of exposure, we opted for clipping every row rather than the more often used tactic of every other row.
Eastern side of the annex first as there's no valleys or lead there.
West side needs to wait for the lead work in the valley but pallet upon pallet of tiles laid out.
Other end of the house, the lead work on the garage complete meant whole sections could be boxed off there
More lead work being completed obviously...
Still plenty of tiles to go on
Interesting experience actually. You would think that being able to offer companies a big job would be attractive but alas the complete opposite applied. We approached several who just said flat out no because it was too big a job and they would have to put their whole crew on it which would interrupt the drumbeat of smaller jobs from repeat developers etc.
The tiles started going on. Given the strength of winds we get and the level of exposure, we opted for clipping every row rather than the more often used tactic of every other row.
Eastern side of the annex first as there's no valleys or lead there.
West side needs to wait for the lead work in the valley but pallet upon pallet of tiles laid out.
Other end of the house, the lead work on the garage complete meant whole sections could be boxed off there
More lead work being completed obviously...
Still plenty of tiles to go on
Interesting experience actually. You would think that being able to offer companies a big job would be attractive but alas the complete opposite applied. We approached several who just said flat out no because it was too big a job and they would have to put their whole crew on it which would interrupt the drumbeat of smaller jobs from repeat developers etc.
All 3 roof finishes finally in one shot. Tiles on the pitched elevations, EPDM on the "flat" roof sections, folded steel on the catslip dormers.
Masons have been able to get started on some of the stone work. Some walls are full height stone, but there's a stone band pretty much everywhere else.
Looking through these I have realised I really don’t have many pics of the stonework. They’ve actually done quite a lot.
Masons have been able to get started on some of the stone work. Some walls are full height stone, but there's a stone band pretty much everywhere else.
Looking through these I have realised I really don’t have many pics of the stonework. They’ve actually done quite a lot.
Mr Magooagain said:
Are the sip panels just sitting on the damp course? Or have they been anchored somehow?
Sorry if you’ve mentioned it in past.
There are ties, I can’t remember the technical name for them at the moment, you can see the top of some of them in this shot extending down in to the stone between the window openings. Similar to the ties used to secure roof trusses to the top of brickwork.Sorry if you’ve mentioned it in past.
They are screwed / nailed on to the kit and extend down to be built in to the base of the external wall. There's then kit ties all the way through the blockwork and/or stone.
emicen said:
Mr Magooagain said:
Are the sip panels just sitting on the damp course? Or have they been anchored somehow?
Sorry if you’ve mentioned it in past.
There are ties, I can’t remember the technical name for them at the moment, you can see the top of some of them in this shot extending down in to the stone between the window openings. Similar to the ties used to secure roof trusses to the top of brickwork.Sorry if you’ve mentioned it in past.
They are screwed / nailed on to the kit and extend down to be built in to the base of the external wall. There's then kit ties all the way through the blockwork and/or stone.
A lifetime ago I built a timber framed extension to a 16 th century thatched house and had to bend galvanised straps over a plinth and fix onto the concrete over site before screed was applied. It was a bit testing.
Great progress going on there.
Cannot wait to see the glazing go in. Some amazing looking spaces inside with fantastic amount of light coming in!!!
Google Earth just updated their maps that covers a new build estate near us from a 'premium' house builder. The difference between what house builders are building and OP really is night and day.
Sadly most new houses built now seem to have simply no consideration of architectal interest or surroundings. Maximising profit seems to the goal rather than building amazing homes like what OP is doing.
Google Earth just updated their maps that covers a new build estate near us from a 'premium' house builder. The difference between what house builders are building and OP really is night and day.
Sadly most new houses built now seem to have simply no consideration of architectal interest or surroundings. Maximising profit seems to the goal rather than building amazing homes like what OP is doing.
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