mattgibbs

Well it is not finished yet but I as Nick said I have noticed that if you put your ear to the wall you can easily hear what's being said outside. But we have faced a number of issues. I really dislike having 9mm osb as the thing everything needs to grip on to. We have 85kg per sqm of brick sips hanging on the outside walls and I do worry if 9mm Osb can take it. Also we are currently working on the inside doing an airtight membrane and the battons over the top which is fine, but the moment you try to screw anything substantial to the wall like CLS the screws just won't grip due to how thin the walls are. Ive also noticed our huge sips roof panels dont seem to perfectly line up. Lastly the main benefit of Sips seems to be the build time but once your factor in the year that it takes to really nail down the sips design, get it manufactured and then to site, it really isn't much faster. I would also never touch ICF after seeing someone down my road build one. Timber frame seems to be the most tried and tested sustainable way forwards in my opinion.

I had not thought of doing it that way to be honest. Using the slab as a heat battery is an interesting idea but our heat pump won’t be oversized enough to do this. how do you control the internal temperature if it gets to hot or cold when using weather compensation instead of a thermostat?

I’m glad you saw this post as I have gone back and read many of your comments regarding Loxone which has inspired me to do as much of the system as I can myself. What you’re saying definitely sounds like the simplest solution and while Loxone is great, it does almost seem unnecessary for heating. I suppose I could still use the thermostats in the rooms to control the blinds to prevent overheating

Sorry for the late reply but having a sips build now up and weather tight I would not chose the sips system again. Without a doubt if I were to do it again I would go down the timber frame route mostly due to the many issues that have arised directly because of the sips panel structure.

Hi everyone our self build is pushing ahead and I am now looking into the Loxone system and will soon need to be Installing wet UFH followed by an ASHP. As part of Loxone we will have a thermostat in each room as well as controlled blinds and I am wondering wether to bother with the Loxone value actuators and have Loxone control the heating for each room individually using the stats but short cycling is one of my concerns. Or should I keeping heating and Loxone separate and not complicate something more than required. Im interested to know your thoughts of how you think the best way to control the heating would be if you were using Loxone in your home.

The warranty which was provided by the manufacturer after the job was completed just states that any modifications need to be approved by the manufacturer. I really don’t see why they wouldn’t let me use another approved installer

I could do but I figured this would add a huge amount of weight to the roof and would require some engineering calcs also. I just think the manufacturers recommendation is wrong

We recently have had our Flatroofing membrane finished by an approved installer of one of the ‘big two’ roofing weatherproof manufacturers. Without going into detail, things did not end well with the installer. We now wish to install a solar fixing system that is welded to the roof but the manufacturer have said we need to use the same installer or our warranty will be void. They would not even allow us to use a different approved installer which seems very unfair to trap us to the will of the original installer. our warranty states that modifications to the roof are fine so long as we have the manufacturers approval. Can the manufacturer force us to use the original installer for this addition?

Hi Craig, Sorry for the reply 5 years after you wrote this. My inspector just refused a set of RC2 doors, where did you find out that they should accept RC2 as I cannot find anything on this? many thanks

Thanks for the tip, we had a few quotes and found some included this in their quote and others have said we need to arrange it ourselves

Hello Everyone. My wife and I are building our dream home after purchasing a plot of land inhabited by sand lizards over 2 years ago. We are doing as everything we can ourselves although we have employed a local Sips contractor to construct the frame, followed by professional roofers to ensure we get an IBG for the flat roof. Im excited to be a new member for this forum where I will undoubtedly be spending many hours researching various topics.