ICF_needing_brick_cladding

Thanks again @Iceverge and @Bitpipe, I'm really grateful for your knowledge sharing and suggestions. I'll spend some time considering your replies and the related info/concepts. Apologies for the delay, I've been sidetracked with spending £6k on surveys (CMRA boreholes and contaminated land assessments)! The CMRA went well, fingers crossed the CLA on 18/06 does too. Either way, I hope you're thoroughly enjoying the start of summer! It's been suggested to me that I could couple the ICF walls (I can't seem to shake off the desire to build with ICF) with a SIPS roof. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Perhaps I ought to begin a new post on the subject. I'm even wondering whether I should willfully make the overheating issue far worse by having a wider windows on the top floor (maybe even a glazed gable as the full height lounge is almost asking for it) to exploit the view. Then maybe sliding doors with the two in the middle moving outwards and obviously a barrier. I'm getting carried away really but worth considering all options at this stage.

Thanks for your reply Nick. Real bricks would add a fair bit of thickness to the house and as the gable with of the house is only 7.5m it's something I'd like to avoid. I do think that could be cheaper than brick slips though, as bonkers as it sounds. Cheers

Thanks for your reply @Bitpipe. I didn't realise there were modeling tools for such things - I'll investigate. Overheating wise, I'm thinking of having the top floor landing full height and having a velux to let the hot air escape. Same in the top floor lounge. I'd also hope the MVHR could help to cool the house in summer but not sure how effective this would be. No slab strategy yet. Was thinking beam and block due to the slope. Thanks again

Thanks for your reply and suggestions @Iceverge. I'll take a look at Tonyshouse. I can only have obscure glazed windows on the east side of the building so I'm not overlooking neighbours. Cheers

Thanks for your reply. I have actually. Sent a link or two off to a Warranty company to approve earlier this week. The response (from the Build Zone related company) was that as long as it's ok with Building Control then all is well. The bricks I need to match are an unusual and fairly light colour - they look cheap and nasty. I'll have to investigate further whether it's possible to get close enough to a match with BER. I need to provide the planning dept. with a 1m2 board with the chosen solution so they can approve it.

Thanks folks. @Russell griffithsthat's a fair question. The house is for me to live in and I could happily live there forever. However, I probably would sell eventually. The response to my plans from local estate agents has been very positive. I appreciate they're unlikely to get much business otherwise. It's a popular area and the views are good from the gable end.

Thanks everyone for your replies. The planners steered me towards another end of terrace - the pre-app was for a detached house. Also, if it was detached it'd need to be stone clad given the other houses at right angles to the terrace.

Hi Folks, hope you're all well. I've recently received full planning permission to build a new three storey end of terrace house in the side garden of my existing house in Leeds. There's a decent amount of space so the new house will be about 50% larger (about 200m2) than the existing 3/4 bedroom house. It will be just 6 metres from a 40mph road though. I'm thinking of using ICF because it's a MMC and it's quite airtight etc but mainly because it's good with external noise. Obviously I'll need half decent windows too (please sing out if anyone has fitted windows in a house near a fairly busy with good acoustic results). My main concern with ICF is the expense and warranty fuss of brick slips (the front and rear elevations must be clad in brick to match the existing houses - totally understand that but sadly they are the ugliest bricks man has ever conceived and I'll likely have to spend a fortune making the new house look ugly too). Can anyone recommend an ICF system that works particularly well with brick slips and and particular brands of brick slips. I contacted the LABC warranty folks. At first glance, they don't think the Elastolith acrylic brick slips that I'd seen will be acceptable and generally favour a brick slip system with a cavity behind it - not good news as that'll increase the wall thickness and fuss. Anyway, any advice would be much appreciated. I love the idea of building the house in ICF but the cladding issues are really putting me off and I may have to revert to brick and block. Also wondering whether to go for brick and block on the ground floor and metal web joists on first and second floors to make fitting the MVHR easier. Any other suggestions? In a related issue, also unsure whether to go for underfloor heating on the ground floor only or all three floors. Currently trying to tweak the design with some fairly minor non-material amendments. I'm still going (thanks if you've made it this far) - I also have to have a phase 2 physical Coal Mining Risk Assessment and a physical Contaminated Land Survey (about £6k/granite worktops). It's in a high risk area for coal mining (as apparently 15% of the UK is) and there were three small Victorian terraced houses on the plot previously that were demolished to make way for the new, ugly, 1975 terrace here today. Any advice on that front would also be appreciated. Many thanks, Pete 20004 A-23B Site Plan As Proposed 17-Dec.pdf 20004 A-25B Elevations As Proposed Sheet 1 of 2 16-Dec.pdf 20004 A-24B Plans As Proposed 16-Dec.pdf