the decision is in part a personal one, but there is a requirements to provide a % of renewables with any new build. so the decision should be made in conjunction with your provisional BER assessment & architectApologies if this is the wrong forum
Just looking for some general advice. I'm at the design stage of a new build - a 4 bed dormer bungalow in a rural setting.
you've asked six huge vague questions which are quiet complicated and require personnel input, i suppose thats why you would need to go to architect, but no doubt their only after your money, but you could easily not bother with them and take advice on building your house from the internetSorry for all the questions but I'm new to all this... when it comes to engineers and architects, they seem to be a 'click' who try to make the most simple of matters very complicated and therefore expensive.....to maxamise their own fee no doubt !
- Should I go for underfloor heating or rads ?
- Oil, gas or geothermal ?
- Is solar panels worth the cost re. pay back time etc. ?
- What is your experience of these.
- Is the passive house system worth the extra initial cost outlay
- Anyone on here built a timber framed house in the last 10 years...would you recommend it ?
please note this is not an insulation approach I would recommend.Hi
...new build with block..... cavity insulation and internal insulated plasterboard ......
As LowCO2design points out, insulate the house properly. .......
please note this is not an insulation approach I would recommend.
assuming block is all that one the cards: 200/300 wide cavity with bead fill, or to a lesser extent 150 cavity full fill rigid & lesser again external wall insulationCan I ask lowCO2design why this is not an approach you would take?
I plan on filling my 100mm cavity and then using 75mm insulated plasterboard on all external walls and on the ceilings combined with insulation between the rafters. Similar to the approach you say you would not recommend - which is why I am curious.
no probsnevertheless I'm happy on what I have at the moment not going to change it now
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