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[Tim_C]

Hi everyone - I'm Tim

 

Newbie selfbuilder here, in the early stages of planning our self-build project in South Wales (But currently living in Bristol). Looking to build a family home to passive house principles, and avoid any Grand-designs style crises during the process!

 

Excited to be part of this forum, which is a great source of info! I look forward to picking your collective brain more as we make our design choices and progress with the project. 

[Dreadnaught]

Welcome. @Nickfromwales comes from down the coast in Wales.

[Nickfromwales]

4 hours ago, Tim_C said:

Hi everyone - I'm Tim

 

Newbie selfbuilder here, in the early stages of planning our self-build project in South Wales (But currently living in Bristol). Looking to build a family home to passive house principles, and avoid any Grand-designs style crises during the process!

 

Excited to be part of this forum, which is a great source of info! I look forward to picking your collective brain more as we make our design choices and progress with the project. 

Hi and welcome.
 

Glad you're not looking to bother with the PH cape and matching slippers, as you probably need to live 1.5x to get all that extra bother and cost back.

 

Timberframe or ICF or other in mind? 

[Tim_C]

54 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Hi and welcome.
 

Glad you're not looking to bother with the PH cape and matching slippers, as you probably need to live 1.5x to get all that extra bother and cost back.

 

Timberframe or ICF or other in mind? 

 

Thanks for the Welcome!

 

Potentially both Timberframe and ICF.

 

The plot is sloping, so needs a lower ground floor which dug into the hilside and partially below ground level. Working assumption at the moment is a raft foundation, tanked ICF lower ground floor then timber frame 1st/2nd floor. Definitely would be interested to hear if anyone on the forum has experience of this, given it's less common.  

 

 

 

 

[Nickfromwales]

5 minutes ago, Tim_C said:

 

Thanks for the Welcome!

 

Potentially both Timberframe and ICF.

 

The plot is sloping, so needs a lower ground floor which dug into the hillside and partially below ground level. Working assumption at the moment is a raft foundation, tanked ICF lower ground floor then timber frame 1st/2nd floor. Definitely would be interested to hear if anyone on the forum has experience of this, given it's less common.  

Quite a few on here have done basements by a 3rd party, and then plonked a TF atop, as most TF companies won't touch a basement (or anything sub / semi-subterranean) with a shitty stick.

 

May be a lot simpler for you to go with ICF all the way, but with timber for posi joists / internal walls etc. One point of contact for responsibility / coordination / liability, reducing risk massively (and avoiding errors and the blame game).