Built an annexe, now tackling a house

[Chantal]

Hi there all, due to the death of my dear Dad we needed to support Mum, and so built her a wood passive-principles place in 2016. I oversaw the build.

 

The main chalet bungalow (that I grew up in) is where we've been living for 2 years, alongside Mum in the garden. Its proved too poor in construction to remedy it, so that decision has been to rebuild. 3 years in the preparation, we're hoping to demolish in April.

 

We're looking at an economical build using Heluz blocks to ensure a passive- build. The economy of these will hopefully offset the huge cost of excavating and piling the sloping site to enable us to add a lower ground level, turning it to a house without looking different in the road. The pre-app has gone through smoothly, now to face the reality of living in a trailer tent, and funding the project.

Specifically I'm looking at Kingspan Standing Seam roof and MVHR unit again.

 

Looking forward to reading all your plans and thoughts!

Chantal

[Onoff]

Welcome. What's a Heluz block then?

[Ian]

3 minutes ago, Onoff said:

Welcome. What's a Heluz block then?

They're a clay block very similar to Porotherm. All new Lidl stores are built that way.

[Guest Alphonsox]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[Chantal]

http://www.heluz.com/

 

They're a clay block, with insulation already inside. they dog tooth together, and then a glue rather than mortar is applied between layers. So having seen it done its pretty impressive, and my builder has built a 4 bed house ready for roof in 4 days with the system.  We like it for this reason plus its only 1 process to arrive at passive approach. I'll be looking at lots of other things like piling and metal roofing on here, its all new to me!

 

Edited September 23, 2018 by Chantal