Isotex build in south east Cornwall

[SteamyTea]

1 hour ago, keith65 said:

And yes Cornwall last stop before nowhere

Apart from The Islands of Scilly.

[keith65]

Very true 

[keith65]

Time has seamed to have gone so quickly and work has not keep up.

I thought I would have finished a long time ago but still working through, but some light at the end of the tunnel.

Have managed to make the stairs and first fix pluming and electrician has finished first fix then all the plaster boarding and skimming done what a Christmas. My arms did not know what hit them. Now onto second fix so have fitted the kitchen and bathroom out and put in the feature wall behind stairs. Plumbing all finished just need to get the SAHP hot water system commissioned, and second fix electrics has started and also have started to lay the LVT flooring. I used the Eger flooring with the protective covering and did not realise you can`t glue the flooring straight on top so have hade to lay 6mm ply down first but as i am using it on the stairs have also had to add to stair treads to keep the rise the same. 

[Surfiejim]

Hi Keith. Thanks for documenting your Isotex build. I'm down the road in St. Agnes and hope to start a similar project very soon.

I'm interested in the insulated raft foundations. Did you find this method  reduced costs over all?

[Nickfromwales]

On 16/09/2022 at 18:34, Jamie Kent said:

I'm interested in the insulated raft foundations. Did you find this method  reduced costs over all?

The insulated rafts are more about low energy / high performance, ergo the reduced heating costs for the life of the dwelling is usually the where most attraction to this type of foundation comes from.

[GSN]

Hi Keith,

 

I was reading up on your build as currently in the process with an architect of designing a fairly large single storey ~190sqm “outhouse”, in the garden (new build) as well as an extension to our existing house too. Plans are to be finalised and sent to planning but I recently attended the Grand Designs show at the NEC and came across Isotex which interested me greatly as an alternative way to build. I will be in contact with one of the Italian owners whom I met at the show about it all but wondered whether you had any final thoughts about it all, whether you would use it again as a build method, whether anything that you had not considered before about the build changed your thinking and whether you would do anything differently. 
 

I am grateful for your time and I hope you are enjoying your build otherwise. 
 

BW

Nags

[BotusBuild]

On 07/04/2021 at 07:47, keith65 said:

The second pour was a couple of weeks later so drekley as they say.

Coming to this late. my two pours in SE Cornwall were about 12 months apart. Very drekley 🙂

[Chanmenie]

20 hours ago, GSN said:

Hi Keith,

 

I was reading up on your build as currently in the process with an architect of designing a fairly large single storey ~190sqm “outhouse”, in the garden (new build) as well as an extension to our existing house too. Plans are to be finalised and sent to planning but I recently attended the Grand Designs show at the NEC and came across Isotex which interested me greatly as an alternative way to build. I will be in contact with one of the Italian owners whom I met at the show about it all but wondered whether you had any final thoughts about it all, whether you would use it again as a build method, whether anything that you had not considered before about the build changed your thinking and whether you would do anything differently. 
 

I am grateful for your time and I hope you are enjoying your build otherwise. 
 

BW

Nags

Have you looked at the EPS ICF products ? 
I was going to build with Isotex but having been ripped off by Insulhub, and not wanting to pay the high delivery costs from Italy I looked at alternatives, I have now built with an EPS bock manufactured in the UK, which I believe is a superior product, in terms of insulation properties and ease of airtightness