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biff
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« on: December 16, 2010, 08:06:10 PM »

having spent my working life in the building industry and seen the changes brought about by new material and methods,most of which are good,i finally have to admitt that being a traditionalist by nature and a brickie by trade has somehow held me back from introducing more up to date thinking.i have moved with the times but only along newly advertised but conservative lines.
     it came as a bit of a blow to learn that brickwork is the least stable form of construction during landslides or earthquakes and is most deadly when put under laternal thrust.,so some time ago i decided to design a house which would withstand huricanes and flooding yet retain some semblence of a quiet country cottage.
     the site would have to be elevated and the sleeping quarters underground with only a small cottage type affair showing above ground.the construction would be of hollow concrete beams built upright from a base footing, the beams each 1 mtr wide by 5 mtrs high and 200mm thich(hollow pre-stress) would be held together with steel girders upon which the first floor,s beams would rest, built like a lego kit for simplicity but very strong, the roof would be double skinned profile sheeting giving a tiles effect, the underground half would be sealed with an butyl sheet with a sump drained automatically with solar powered pump.it would be insulated along the lines of the passivehaus with a heat recovery system installed and insulation of the highest spec.
    our present house was built in 2002 and was the results of experience gained over 45 years. the insulation bill for this house was initally 3,600euros. it was money well spent because it is the easiest house to heat i have ever lived in.however having built my own house no less than 6 times i would dearly love to build this new love affair.however we are very comfortable here and i have to accept that it is not going to happen now. no one with any sense would build a new house in ireland,especially with all the ghost estates and houses being repossessed.
                                                     just dreaming again,, biff
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 11:20:10 PM »

Well you know what they say...


If you want to make your dreams come true - wake up.  hysteria
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 11:32:53 AM »

that is a good saying countrypaul,
              sadly it would be the ultimate shot in the foot to build a house that would be worth less on completion than the material it took to build it and it would not be green either,. facepalm
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