do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
Thanks again dymo
By 'flat sheet' do you mean sarking - or is there another product I don't know about?
You mentioned before that an air gap is important between the…
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
OK - I'm finally ready to build. Wondering if you have any ideas what I should specilfy for the concertina radiant foil and batts (my builder not sure what I'm…
do-it-dog posted:Builder in Sydney
What a great post. This is the perfect forum for recommending (or not) particular builders. I've had some disastrous building work done in the past as well as some reasonably…
do-it-dog posted:Tile v's tin roof
A californian bungalow will look silly with a tin roof
do-it-dog posted:ceiling heights
The higher the better particularly downstairs, 2400 is too low for me.
do-it-dog posted:Hi, and question about high voltage power lines
If I can see them or hear them I'm not into it.
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
dymo - thanks for your great advice as always. I get more info from you experienced guys with first hand knowledge than any other resource. I guess that's what these…
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
Thanks again dymo. Sorry for all the dumb questions. And should we use a radiant heat barrier in the roof and the walls?
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
Dymo - do you reckon it's possible to insulate a house/cabin sufficiently using galv iron cladding and roof?
We'd really like to use straw bale but suspect we are in a…
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
Yeah I like those articles a lot. Thanks.
Although they are specific to WA and I'm in NSW (and the equivalant NSW govt site isn't as good) - should it…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Hey thanks Dymo. You are clearly right onto us.
The whole purpose for our move to the country is that we love camping - in the bush, exactly in the…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Do you reckon it's possible to do without either - or am i just being naive? I don't particularly want electric lighting. Wood fired stove, gas fridge?
Maybe I'm in the…
do-it-dog posted:Help: A variation fee if it's not in the contract?
I'll be very interested to hear what happens. Please keep us posted!
do-it-dog posted:Help: A variation fee if it's not in the contract?
As far as the variations go, as Casa2 said, he can't charge you for variations unless you have specifically agreed (you and the builder) and signed for each one.
do-it-dog posted:Advise on building a cost effective bush cabin?
Thanks Steve. Really like that house and everything they've done to make it efficient. I hope to use most of their ideas. Nice design too.
We're lucky in that our site…
do-it-dog posted:Help: A variation fee if it's not in the contract?
overthebuilding process. Any chance you can hold the builder off until your solictior gets back in less than 2 weeks time. Your builder isn't going to be working over Xmas…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Dymonite how come you know so much about this stuff?
do-it-dog posted:Help: A variation fee if it's not in the contract?
So "lock up stage" means no internal walls???!!!!! I never knew that.
I had better change my terminology when I'm talking to builders and asking for quotes.
do-it-dog posted:Timber Floors and Decking
I'm with you hammerhead but a lot of people do it groove side up - like our other builder and you see it laid like that a lot. I hope…
do-it-dog posted:Timber Floors and Decking
We put a deck on last year and used merbau. We had it laid flat side up and it looks sensational. Get your guys to lay it flat side up…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Thanks Dymonite for the info and the link. Interesting to read the debate about this on the Envirotalk forum.
I think you are right and we'll get the electricity connected for…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Thanks for the info.
Casa2 that's kinda what I thought - that there's probably no economic justification for using solar at the moment. I'm about to build and while I'd…
do-it-dog posted:Solar vs electricity
Anyone know the cost differences in using solar panels or electricity? Is solar cost effective? I'm having a hard time making sense of the info on solar company websites. I…
do-it-dog posted:Advise on building a cost effective bush cabin?
My partner and I are moving from a big place in the city to build a small cabin on some land near Bathurst NSW in the hope of having a…
do-it-dog posted:Smallest gap size usable with ceramic tiles?
borg I haven't heard that reason before. Can't remember what the last tiler told me but the reason the one before that gave me was that they would pop off…
do-it-dog posted:Smallest gap size usable with ceramic tiles?
1.5 -2mm I think. we just had our bathroom tiled with the smallest gap possible and it looks like 1.5. I'm like you, I like tiles as close together as…
do-it-dog posted:Passive Solar Advice
Awesome! Have been researching passive solar principles lately but haven't come across any info as comprehensive as yours. Will re-look at my building plans. Thanks!
