spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Not done floors yet they are to be done then skimmed. And raised in the lounge with block and beam.
spikeislander's permitted develpoment
- Thread starter spikeislander
- Start date
suffolksmallholder
Member
- Location
- Suffolk
@spikeislander Another important & often thought about only at the last minute item is your water pressure. Perhaps in Beds you may be ok but often in the woop-woops pressure is low and with washing up water running, the children having their bath and you trying to take a shower all at the same time makes for a poor flow. Retrospective fitting of a cold water tank is not easy.
With volume usage condensation on the outside of a tank is a killer because of the differential between the incoming cold and your internal temperature.
Consider a dedicated high-as-possible position which allows for easy access to service the ball-valve and replace the tank in 30 years time. Isolation valves for the hot & cold feed can be in the airing cupboard......Coffin tanks are good for this. Remember the loading too in the structurals. The dedicated area should be well insulated fron the heat in the house and also from freezing outside temps. Even the access door.
SS
With volume usage condensation on the outside of a tank is a killer because of the differential between the incoming cold and your internal temperature.
Consider a dedicated high-as-possible position which allows for easy access to service the ball-valve and replace the tank in 30 years time. Isolation valves for the hot & cold feed can be in the airing cupboard......Coffin tanks are good for this. Remember the loading too in the structurals. The dedicated area should be well insulated fron the heat in the house and also from freezing outside temps. Even the access door.
SS
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Thankyou @suffolksmallholder I appreciate your input and please keep it coming. As you say addressing things early is often the easiest. We built another house a few years back but things have changed so much most of it is irrelevant now.
Hopefully one more week and we will be drilled up and can concentrate on it 100% then. But I must say the builder and structural engineer who lives local loves coming over and keeping his eye on things. He's retired now and likes to get out of the house. Water has yet to be dug in so can't check but I might ask engineers what pressure we can expect as it's coming a fair way up hill.
Hopefully one more week and we will be drilled up and can concentrate on it 100% then. But I must say the builder and structural engineer who lives local loves coming over and keeping his eye on things. He's retired now and likes to get out of the house. Water has yet to be dug in so can't check but I might ask engineers what pressure we can expect as it's coming a fair way up hill.
couple of things,triple x gold for extra insulation and roofing felt all in one then you put 100mm solid insulation inbetween, good system.if fitting between rafters use layers of fifty mm easier to fit and you fit it better,get a foam gun and fill in the gaps.if poss get a pressurised hot water system work showers etc all over house,insulation is the key to your project being warm and cosy and cheap to run
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
As we have finished drilling (to early in hindsight) we are making good use of this freak weather to get the electric ducting in. It's unbelievable how dry it is for November!
Might have been a pain for farming but really helped this job!
Might have been a pain for farming but really helped this job!
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Bye bye brickies.
. To be fair they were good lads and one come back today and had a tidy up . Even caught him with a brush!
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Stunning.
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Thankyou
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Pulled out water and secondary electric cable to run some power down to the gates at a later date.
Little bit heath Robinson but I didn't fancy wrestling two big rolls of water pipe.
Little bit heath Robinson but I didn't fancy wrestling two big rolls of water pipe.
- Location
- south norfolk
Every time I have to roll out pipe I threaten to make a wheel to make it easier.still not done it.amazing the amount of people who grab an end and walk of with it ending up with a massive string of pipe that's hell to unwind
Nick...
Nick...
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Yes this wasn't too bad . It's an old potato bag turner from out tattie days.
Very impressed by your build @spikeislander. How many m2 when finished? Looks big? Slightly jealous, nothing springs to mind here to convert...
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
It's not got an inspiring shape but is a reasonably big box. Was a 12 x13m shed gone 3 floors but might not do much in the top and some of lounge is open to top, but big enough I suppose.
We were lucky I admit. Now thinking of having a go at this in a few years it's a few hundred yards away in a valley would make a cracking holiday let? Just need to strengthen it etc before I try so the structure is strong enough as I think they are using that as a reason to reject?
We were lucky I admit. Now thinking of having a go at this in a few years it's a few hundred yards away in a valley would make a cracking holiday let? Just need to strengthen it etc before I try so the structure is strong enough as I think they are using that as a reason to reject?
- Location
- West Kent
We have been advised that heating upstairs shouldn't be necessary so will just fit underfloor heating downstairs.
What are these ultra-insulated houses like in the summer? I can't stand a hot bedroom and am a little concerned our new house will be like an oven in the summer.
We have no central heating in ours just a couple of woodburners and it's stifling when they're both working , it's stuffed with insulation , too much imo.
In the summer it's fine , insulation keeps heat out as well as in if you get my drift .
- Location
- south norfolk
In my pig shed ive done,see nicks permitted devolopment if you not seen it,there is tons of insulation everywhere.the first buyer who has been in 4 months now finds it very satisfactory.when it was really hot during the summer the insulation kept the heat out and even with huge windows its easy to open sky lights to let the heat out.now its getting cooler the heat pump is just ticking over keeping the home at the required temperature.the owners are very happy with it
Nick...
Greenbeast
Member
- Location
- East Sussex
is there not a time limit on Class Q permitted development?
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Not sure tbh my mate the land agent didn't say. But I know now that it has to be structurally able to be converted so I will sort out the frame etc before I submit, although not to worried as finances are stretched as it is without doing another.
TripleSix
Member
- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Just a consideration with foil backed insulation, it can ruin your mobile signal....
spikeislander
Member
- Location
- bedfordshire
Ah Cheer's for that certainly a consideration