Grand Designs - 18th Feb

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ah, a sustainable architect

another one...

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architect tries to defy the laws of physics

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the herringbone looks briliant, shame they couldn't have had that as the soffit finish

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glazing contractor said:

anyone know if the austrian manufacturer have any capacity?

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Swilly said:

£10k damages i reckon

with the contractor and structural engineer pointing the finger at each other whilst HSE read the method statements

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£25k PS +/- 300%

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Snake the Sniper said:

sleep envy said:

£25k PS +/- 300%

Investment banker isn't he?!

well he's certainly no quantity surveyor

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not sure about certain details (like the flange on the underside of the handrail to the stair and the stair itself) but that's one great house

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dfen5 said:

J111 said:

dfen5 said:

Plus the report to the school and social for the injury (it's procedure for children attending A&E)

Yes, and one day he might go outside, where there are cars ! and tarmac ! and broken glass ! and dog st ! Oh noooooo ! (no, it isn't)

Yes, it is. Prove me wrong.

does it matter - the world is full of hard surfaces

I'm certainly not going to design my house with toddlers in mind


50% over budget, nice work

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Plotloss said:

80 bags on an arch and 99p light switches?

Felt they could have done a bit better with the lighting as a whole, would have been nice to see it at night though.

nowt wrong with MK

know any decent lighting designers?

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jazzybee said:

I've stayed in houses in Europe that seem so much warmer and quieter than here in the UK, with triple glazing and good insulation and I wonder why we cannot do the same. There must be a business opportunity to manufacture triple glazed units like those in the show in the UK if they had to import from Austria.

creating a passive building is techincally very difficult, time consuming and very expensive

I've done a few cost studies and for resi applications it adds the best part of 40% to the superstructure costs

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Plotloss said:

Well, that's a bit of a lie, I know a very good one, mind you I'm compelled to say that as he's fking enormous.

do I know him?

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V8mate said:

BREEAM assessment.

which grade are you looking to hit?

also, have the new regs been issued?

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cardigankid said:

you could do worse than look at the St. Pancras Hotel, designed by Sir GG Scott in about 1870.

scotal said:

cardigankid said:

Curious you should mention St Pancras, because that is a building with genuine passive ventilation, and designed in about 1870.

Lemme guess, the big hole in the end where the trains go in and out?

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V8mate said:

scotal said:

cardigankid said:

No, you cock, its the hotel, where the stairwells at the end of each corridor are designed as natural warm air stacks.

Ahhh. I went in there on a tour before they started work on it.... not once did they mention that. You're interesting. ETa If a little brusque.

Maybe you bring out the worst in people.

How was I to know he meant the hotel? St Pancras means trains to me, but I take your point......

small detail I know but...

Andy M said:

The car port:

for their green Mk IV astra - nice

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seemed obvious to me what he meant especially considering how a station is passively vented...

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is that my rock?