External finishes

[pauldoc]

Hopefully someone can help me with this!

My project has a few external finishes, ceder,render and stone cladding. The stone cladding is approx 40mm thick. 

It is a timber frame sitting on a block and beam floor. 

Now my dilemma is I was hoping not to have an outer block work skin, it makes more sense economically I think.

This has caused some head scratching with the architect as I think in his mind it would have had this. 

Looking on this forum it seems a lot of you are of the same opinion.

However, I have an issue at dpc as the render board and cladding above will sit back and not flush with the block work below the dpc. Due to the fact that there are telescopic air vents.  I hope that makes sense?

my architect has suggested a block work plinth around the bottom about a metre high clad in stone cladding as a solution. My builder said trim the vents but I don't think this solves the issue. Do I need to have a block work skin or does someone know an alternative solution?

 

[PeterW]

As they say....

 

A picture paints a thousand words !! Have you got a section drawing ..?

[pauldoc]

   I am trying to copy one onto here but I am on my iPad so trying to figure it out....bare with?

[pauldoc]

Hopefully this file is readable

it shows the set up without the block skin or plinth

i will try to post the idea they have come up with

[pauldoc]

This is one of the solutions