Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
Sockets 3' from the ground and plenty of them.
New farm house design
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
when I was in Australia, I worked on a rice farm in the Murray Irrigation Area. First day, I did as you say, opened my curtains and windows in my bedroom and went off to work. End of the day, my room was like a sauna, I was told, keep the curtains shut all day, and the windows too, to keep the sun and hot air out.
Doing it for the kids
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A safe in the floor
Potential for GF wet room and wheel chair friendly doors
Ducts to a central cupboard for data
Potential for GF wet room and wheel chair friendly doors
Ducts to a central cupboard for data
Flood zone??
I had an old friend who had a 13amp plug put in her big old fashioned farm kitchen in the ceiling, so she could plug in an iron or kitchen utensils when working on the huge central table. Personally, if a new build might be worth running underfloor power to do this?
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That's only for heat waves. In proper hot countries it's what people have done for years.
But it's the thinking that opening the windows to let in 30C air will cool you down is equally as daft as in winter letting in -3C air to warm you up.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Do not fit one of those modern shower trays that have hardly any/no upstands all the way around.
Your plughole will block, the room will flood.
On the topic of flooding, I would always raise the floor level a bit from the surrounding area, don't ever make it so flood water can run into the house.
Your plughole will block, the room will flood.
On the topic of flooding, I would always raise the floor level a bit from the surrounding area, don't ever make it so flood water can run into the house.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I thought that was building regs (part M), but building regs is only 18", electrician on the extension here put them at 20" or so (centre line), which I think is fine.
- Location
- Hereford
Built a new 4 bed home in 2016 . Started April 2016 moved in April 2017 .
Oak frame house with groundsource under floor heating ,bore hole water ,solar panels ( but not on the house ,we built a shed to put them on)
Welcome to come over for a trip and see if you want .
Have since extended it to make an annexe for FIL .
My biggest bit of advice is don't skimp on anything . If it's your home then it's worth doing it properly .
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I have always thought you don't have to buy the most expensive fittings to get a wonderful house, the design is far more important. As an example, the plastering lecturer in college was building his own house and fitting ogee skirtings, his neighbour (who owns quite a few houses), said to Richard "don't put those in, use pencil round skirtings, otherwise that's all your profits gone!".
- Location
- Hereford
Agreed but we weren't building for profit as such but for us . We tried to build quality but not extravagant .
The house we built we were quoted by a reputable 'oak frame' company not too far from us as £365k from foundations to key .
We did it for about £240k by doing it all through local contractors .
........I did bugger all cos the OH said she wanted it done properly !!
you have your own set of skills
Most houses and appartments have a floor water outlet in every room to prevent flooding here in Australia. Its good idea and the screaming never gets too intense with a leak
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
In flood prone areas here the biggest issue is flood waters coming up through the downstairs loo as the sewer system floods. Gross!
I'm not in a flood risk area but am still glad my house sits a bit higher than the surroundings and so does the new one I built. We might not get floods as such but in extreme rain events no water is coming in from anywhere. Houses on hillsides or even just slopes can get water coming in just from runoff, it always strikes me as a major design fault for that to happen.
Just a mile down the road from me there are several houses that flood quite regularly for no real reason other than poor design or poor drainage maintenance.
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I remember here, it snowed and filled a ditch/culvert with snow (amongst other things), when it started to thaw, the water did not flow through the culvert, but over the yard. I was really surprised. I built up the bank of the ditch after, so if it happens again the water will not end up coming through the yard. It opened my eyes to how run off can affect an area.
A lot of talk regarding boot rooms etc. Depends on your situation. If you really can separate clean from dirty areas, go for it. But so many farmhouses I go to, the "front door" is never used, everyone trudges through the grotty boot room to get to the house. Same when leaving, the farm route gets used so often that, even when in Sunday best, the keys are that way, the car is that way, that door needs locking anyway - out through the boot room.
My compromise has been to have a boot and farm clothes cupboard, just off the tough floored main entrance hall. Heated mat for boots in the bottom and lots of hooks for coats. Most importantly, an extractor inside the cupboard that's connected to an MVHR unit that takes away moisture and smells drawing air out and away from the cupboard and the main house. It is a compromise though so maybe you can do a better job in a new build. No conflict with trying to keep a grotty/nice entrance though.
My compromise has been to have a boot and farm clothes cupboard, just off the tough floored main entrance hall. Heated mat for boots in the bottom and lots of hooks for coats. Most importantly, an extractor inside the cupboard that's connected to an MVHR unit that takes away moisture and smells drawing air out and away from the cupboard and the main house. It is a compromise though so maybe you can do a better job in a new build. No conflict with trying to keep a grotty/nice entrance though.
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Don't forget a strong ring by the back door to tether a boat to 
ollie989898
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Can you cook sausage rolls in it? If not, I'm out.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
when I was on the rice farm in Australia, the whole area had been built from scratch in the 60's I think, anyway my employer had put two driveways to the farm, one for the house & car, and a second for the farm yard, good idea so you never have to walk or drive through a farm yard if not going out to work. I sometimes came across farm yards/buildings at work here, where they had surrounded the farm house with farm buildings!
Unfortunately, Pembrokeshire County Council only allow dwarves to live in new houses, they’re very keen on storey and a half houses!
With changed weather patterns, locations , runoff and flood possibilities have to be high on the priorities of anyone going for a new build