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The perils of lunchtime daytime tv. Looking at the build method of a bungalow shown partly completed on TV. Newbuild solid single skin blockwork structure due to be externally insulated and rendered - but it didn't look like passive slab base. From visible details it looked like strip foundation with a conventional screeded floor ( might have been slab or beam and block under). By the look of it there are a couple of courses of a different blockwork at the ground transition - some sort of thermal blockwork maybe to offset heat loss at foundation. Standard thermalite? or is there some wonder-product block with better characteristics?
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There was a good education on how not to do self-build on Homes under the Hammer this morning. It is the first example in this programme, and about 20 minutes in for the outcome. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ny6bx My favourite: 'I photographed all the noggins, and then deleted all the photos. Then when my plumber asked where my noggins were, they were harder to find." And a lot more. To be fair, they just about broke even ignoring their own time, and plan another one.
