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The roof line is in keeping with the neighbours’ and planning permission was relatively straightforward to secure.
washing.” Even when you think you’ve got it all covered, there’s always something… n Astrid Madsen Plot size: 685 sqm / 0.17 acres House Floor Area (including basement): 272 sqm / 2,928 sqft Build cost: £246,000 House value: £400,000
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Build up: walls 100/100/100 Blockwork cavity wall with 100mm full-fill EPS bead insulation; floor 75mm screed on 100mm EPS board on T-Beam & Block; pitched roof standing seam metal roof on ply sarking on rafters with EPS board with graphite: 150mm between rafters and 25mm below, then finished with plasterboard and skim; flat roof proprietary single-ply membrane on PIR board on ply deck on joists with unvented airspace between, then finished with plasterboard and skim. U-Values: walls 0.29W/sqmK, floor and pitched roof 0.19 W/sqmK, flat roof 0.18 W/sqmK Windows: double-glazed low-e hardwood timber, U-value of units 1.8W/sqmK
info The companies listed below provide products & services relating to this article. Architect Ian Crockard BSc (Hons) Arch MCIAT, Crockard Building Design, Downpatrick, Co Down, tel. 4483 1566, www.cbd-architecture.com Builder Trevor Nelson, T&J Nelson & Sons, Clough, Co Down, tel. 4481 1259 Insulation Walls Springvale EcoBead, floors Springvale Platinum Floorshield, pitched roof Springvale Warmsqueeze and Warmsark, www.springvale.com, flat roof Kingspan TR26, www.kingspaninsulation.ie
Flat roof membrane Sika-Trocal, www.irl.sika.com Kitchen Grosvenor Kitchens, Belfast, tel. 90 685363, www.grosvenorkitchens.co.uk Windows Baskil Windows (Munster Joinery), Crumlin, Co Antrim, tel. 9077488, www.baskilwindowsystems.co.uk Photography Paul Lindsay at Christopher Hill Photographic, Clarence Street, Belfast, BT2 8DY, tel. 9024 5038 www.scenicireland.com
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