RDodds89

Hi, dragging up an old post here. But instead of rendering onto the insulation boards, could you baton and then clad with UPVC/cement boards? At the beginning of doing a DIY extension, at the moment with the idea of a warm flat roof, so the idea of external insulation on the walls is tempting too. Thanks

What size roughly are you going for? Bedrooms?

Did you get a rough price on the screws? They seem to be w popular thing now

Good space then mate!

Have you had a rough cost for the 11 x 8m office? What floor space does it give you?

The house in picture has a timber floor yup. It’s sitting on concrete blocks, timber joists then osb boarding. Then just built directly on that. I went to visit that house wen it was -1 and snowing, all they had was a wood stove on in lounge & it was roasting, they also had smart electric heaters in bedroom but I’ve spoke to owner a few times over winters and he very rarely needs the heaters on. I was only going to go concrete flooring to fit underfloor heating and possibly leave the living area as polished concrete, fit carpet in the bedrooms.

So you can just fix your treated sole plate directly onto concrete? Well with the dpc under it

My thoughts are (tell me if I’m wrong, which is more than likely) If I put in a heated passive slab, with a block ring around it, build a 6x2 timber frame, osb on outside, house wrap & larch cladding. Then insulate between studs, maybe even thin pir boards fixed to stud wall on inside with ply/plasterboard fixed on top. Roofed with fibre cement sheets. Without the little details, would that be a sufficient shell to start with?

I’ll have a look at there page, thanks. Ye I joined this forum to see if I can try & price up what it’ll roughly cost me to build. If it’s going to sky rocket, I’ll just have to let the dream go for now. Im in SW Scotland, Dumfries.

Ah you didn’t, I was just under impression 600mm was the norm

Ah so the boards need to be able to span the 600mm spacing, well the gap between the 50mm boards. Aw I see now, the blue strips are the battens Ha

Did you lay the engineered oak direct on top of biscuit mix? I intended on using 8x2 c24 for joists, then pack them with kingspan or similar and 18mm ply or osb. What size of battens are you using to put the pipe on?

Timber joist suspended

So just trying to build up a plan for everything and costing.... If I was going to be building a timber lodge on a block and joists(so crawl space under), how would I prepare that for underfloor heating? What do I need under it & what types of flooring can I put on top? If well enough insulated, Would I need it in every room? Bedrooms? The only UF heating I’ve dealt with is an electric mat under my bathroom tiles at the moment.

Resale shouldn’t be a problem(I hope). 1. I don’t think I’ll ever want to move, so if I’m there 40 years, it’s no worse than paying £200 a month rent. 2. If I do divide the plot, build a bungalow/dormer to sell on, I’ll technically get my plot for free, which I’d hope should be worth a bit if I ever did need to sell up. Thats is the dream/wishful thinking anyway haha

This is 1 I went to see in York, would love something like that.

Can only hope! I just hope they allow me to finish with timber clad & not require brick/render. It’s in a rural setting, near trees & farm land so hoping it would ‘blend in’

It doesn’t have PP at the moment, but it had it 12 years ago for 4 houses, so I’m hoping it’ll get it again. There’s old buildings, water and power so it’s primed for it!

Hey guys & girls, had a read through a few posts today so thought I’d join to try and gain as much information and experience I can. Ive been looking at building my own house for years now & ive finally found a plot of land to go ahead with. It’s 3 acres, which I’m intending on selling some on or possibly building a house to sell on. The home I want to build for myself, I’m looking to do it within a budget, I’m doing this more for the land than the quality of house if that makes sense. The idea ive had in my head is to build a timber lodge, 16m long & 9m wide, single story, apex roof. 4 bedroom, 1 bath with a semi open kitchen/diner/living area. I thought timber frame with cedar cladding, if it wasn’t too expensive, with air source heating, again if it was worth it in the long run. Well, hope this gets me a start on here & if I need to give some more info, feel free to ask. Thanks.