Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:14:12 +0000 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=210903#Comment_210903 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=210903#Comment_210903 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:47:19 +0100 ringi https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=210909#Comment_210909 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=210909#Comment_210909 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:18:10 +0100 Gotanewlife
I guess I have 200-250+ m2 of land laid to gravel, £3.5k before I start whew]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217558#Comment_217558 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217558#Comment_217558 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:29:57 +0000 gravelld
Energy related - they appear to build chimneys by default.

But I thought the most ridiculous thing was aesthetic - they actually built a bricked up window, I assume to make it look like some window-tax effected property. On a four month old house!

I suppose you could argue, given it was N facing, that was better for energy saving!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217561#Comment_217561 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217561#Comment_217561 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:09:42 +0000 snyggapa
could the chimney be as fake as the window?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217562#Comment_217562 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217562#Comment_217562 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:17:45 +0000 atomicbisf https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217565#Comment_217565 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217565#Comment_217565 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:48:04 +0000 gravelld
Just seems lazy to me. It's not impossible to work out an asymmetric design. Bricking it up is ersatz.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217567#Comment_217567 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217567#Comment_217567 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:05:49 +0000 atomicbisf Posted By: gravelldFour windows. Bottom two windows are there, TL window is there, TR is bricked. You can argue that to form the grid the window needs to be there I suppose.

Just seems lazy to me. It's not impossible to work out an asymmetric design. Bricking it up is ersatz.

Oh yes, it's only necessary for classical designs, which in any case I don't think are appropriate for most new builds.

Going back to meters, ours are in a purpose made built in cupboard that was built with the house. Originally both the electricity and gas came up through the concrete floor, but at some point the original gas pipe has been capped off and a new one put through the wall from outside. It seems a better solution than having the meters outside.

Ed]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217609#Comment_217609 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217609#Comment_217609 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:45:29 +0000 djh Posted By: gravelldEnergy related - they appear to build chimneys by default.
Thank Prince Charles for that particular energy-carbunkle.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217803#Comment_217803 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217803#Comment_217803 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:28:32 +0000 rhamdu https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217805#Comment_217805 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217805#Comment_217805 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:40:01 +0000 tony https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217808#Comment_217808 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217808#Comment_217808 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:54:52 +0000 rhamdu Posted By: tonyOften if not always they are not only thermal bridges and also act as thermal siphons drawing heated air out of the home.

goes without saying!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217816#Comment_217816 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217816#Comment_217816 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:14:55 +0000 borpin Posted By: atomicbisfIn Georgian times they built fake windows to make a facade look regular even if it was not possible to put a window in where one was needed to make the building symmetric a so maybe that was what was going on.In Edinburgh they bricked up windows as there was a 'window' tax!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217818#Comment_217818 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217818#Comment_217818 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:18:00 +0000 borpin https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217912#Comment_217912 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217912#Comment_217912 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:09:58 +0000 gravelld https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217913#Comment_217913 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217913#Comment_217913 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:18:01 +0000 atomicbisf Posted By: gravelldIs it just the UK that has such conservative aesthetic tastes? I find it a bit cringeworthy.

I think the UK has very conservative aesthetic tastes, compared with other countries, and has for a long time. Think of all the mock-tudor houses of the 1930s when cutting-edge architecture involved geometric shapes in concrete etc.

Ed]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217969#Comment_217969 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217969#Comment_217969 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:25:38 +0000 fostertom https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217976#Comment_217976 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=217976#Comment_217976 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:16:53 +0000 bot de paille

Regions like Brittany are the worst for this, where they have decided that EVERY SINGLE BUILDING MUST BE WHITE (with a black roof). I like Brittany but have to turn that part of my brain off whenever I am visiting. Certainly couldn't work there under such architecturally fascist restrictions :)

And just to put this into a context outside of a rant, I certainly believe that these anaemic planning laws have a negative impact on implementing low energy building design.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218051#Comment_218051 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218051#Comment_218051 Sat, 24 Jan 2015 20:38:01 +0000 gravelld https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218062#Comment_218062 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218062#Comment_218062 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:12:51 +0000 beelbeebub
They arrived on pallets with pre installed lead flashing and were nailed onto the roof battens by the roofers, then tiled around.

To be fair, although i don't like "fake" stuff on buildings, these were a good idea.

-quick to go up, took about half an hour.
-no air leaks
-looks like the real thing from ground level

The only issue i could think of was the fibre glass "bricks" pattern would age differently from tne real bricks of the house (at the mo they match). But in 25 years time if they look crappy, it'll be a doddle to remove and tile over.

If a planner insisted on a chimney to look right, i'd use these!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218064#Comment_218064 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218064#Comment_218064 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:22:17 +0000 SteamyTea I often wonder why we don't use GRP more on buildings, it has a lot going for it.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218066#Comment_218066 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218066#Comment_218066 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:41:59 +0000 bot de paille https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218068#Comment_218068 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12596&Focus=218068#Comment_218068 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:15:33 +0000 SteamyTea Different when you are customising things though.]]>