Shahin Kiyomarsi - 2016 GBC BLDG3070 Holiday Home

Holiday Home in druxberge term project bldg 3070 november 23, 2016

Shahin Kiyomarsi - 100982632 Noah McCann - 100937661

Holiday Home in druxberge “HOLIDAY HOME IN DRUXBERGE” FROM THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 ISSUE OF DETAIL REFURBISHMENT MAGAZINE GIVES THE READER A VIEW INSIDE A REFURBISHED, TWO STORY VACATION HOME IN DRUXBERGE, GERMANY, A SMALL VILLAGE WITH A POPULATION OF 408. WHEN THE SHUTTERS ARE CLOSED, THE BRICK BUILDING STEPS BACK TO 1930, APPEARING AS THE BARN STALL AND HAYLOFT IT ONCE WAS. WHEN THE WOODEN SHUTTERS ARE OPEN, A TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE. THE REFURBISHMENT HAS INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS, THE

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CONVERSION OF WHAT WAS ONCE PASSAGEWAYS INTO GLAZED DOORS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE ADDITION OF INSULATION.

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ROOF TILES (RECLAIMED) 40/60 MM BATTENS 24/38 COUNTERBATTENS 22 MM SOFTBOARD SHEATHING WATERPROOFED 180 MM FLAX INSULATION BETWEEN 80/180 MM SOFTWOOD RAFTERS, VAPOUR RETARDER 20 MM TONGUED AND GROOVED ROUGH BOARDING PINE RAFTERS, ROUNDWOOD, PINE (EXISTING) 12.5 MM GYPSUM FIBREBOARD

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MM SOFTWOOD FLOOR PLANK HEMP SEPARATING STRIPS 100 MM LIGHTWEIGHT LOAM IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION/STRAW BETWEEN 160/80 MM SOFTWOOD BEAMS 12.5 MM LOAM BOARD 5 MM LOAM RENDERING

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INFERIOR PURLIN, PINE

(EXISTING)

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MM BRICK MASONRY SEGMENTAL VAULT WITH STEEL BEAMS (EXISITING) 20 MM LOAM ROUGHCAST PLASTER 60 MM SOFTBOARD THERMAL INSULATION 15 MM LOAM FINAL RENDERING 2 COATS

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MASONRY WINDOW SILL OF UPRIGHT COURSE OF BRICKS HORIZONTAL BARRIER: PU-WEDGE STONE FOUNDATION (EXISTING)

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MM BULGARIAN TRAVERTINE MM CEMENT SCREED WITH UNDERFLOOR HEATING 30 MM IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION 80 MM XPS THERMAL INSULATION SEPARATING MEMBRANE, 2-PLY 150 MM REINFORCED-CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE SEPARATING MEMBRANE, 2-PLY

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OAK WINDOW WITH DOUBLE GLAZING, OPERABLE SASH, PIVOTS UP TO 180°

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MM STEEL REVEAL WINDOW IN BATHROOM)

(NEW

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MM OAK PARQUET, WHITE-OILED 50 MM CEMENT SCREED WITH UNDERFLOOR HEATING 30 MM IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION ≤ 100 MM CEMENT SCREED LEVELLING COURSE 0cm

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2cm

scale: 1:20

THE KEY FINDINGS IN THE

“EXTERIOR

THAT

ARGILE RESEARCH

PRESENTATION SUGGESTED

INSULATION PROVIDES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF……ENER-

GY EFFICIENCY AND COMFORT”

FLACHSHAUS

AND

(STRAUBE, UENO, SCHUMACHER, 2011) FALKENHAGEN, THE CONTRACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS

PROJECT FELT THAT ADDING INSULATION TO THE INTERIOR WALLS AND CEILING SPACES PRESERVED THE HISTORICAL EXTERIOR AND MET THE NEEDS OF A HOME THAT IS ONLY USED FOR SHORT STAYS.

INTERIOR BY

INSULATION WOULD ALLOW THE STRUCTURE TO HEAT UP QUICKLY.

RETROFITTING, THE ORIGINAL TIMBER ROOF FRAMEWORK WAS PRESERVED AND SPACE CREATED BETWEEN THE RAFTERS FOR

180

MM FLAX INSULA-

TION AND THE ADDITION OF A VAPOUR RETARDER LAYER. THERMAL INSULATION

(60MM)

SOFTBOARD

WAS USED ON THE INTERIOR WALLS WHICH

ALLOWED THE ORIGINAL BRICK EXTERIOR TO BE MAINTAINED. MAL

(60MM)

INSULATION

HEATING

ON

THE

WAS

INSTALLED

LEVEL.

GROUND

BELOW

THE

LIGHTWEIGHT

XPS

THER-

UNDERFLOOR

100MM

LOAM

IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION WAS PUT BETWEEN THE LOFT AND THE SECOND STORY AND

30MM

IMPACT-SOUND INSULATION WAS INSTALLED IN THE

SPACE BETWEEN THE GROUND LEVEL AND THE SECOND STORY. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN

10°C,

JANUARY

TO

MARCH

IN THE RANGE OF

WITH 0°C TO

THESE INSULATION ADDITIONS PROVIDE ADEQUATE COLD CLIMATE

INSULATION.

FLAX

INSULATION IS A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CHOICE AS IT

HAS ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND APPLICATION ADVANTAGES.

AS

FLAX IS A NATURAL FIBER, IT HAS NO

EMISSION OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS, IS IT BIODEGRADABLE, REGROWS AND THEREFORE DURING ITS GROWTH, CONVERTS CARBON DIOXIDE INTO OXYGEN.

FLAX

INSULATION IS IN

ROLL FORM AND THEREFORE REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF SEAMS WHICH IS A POINT OF HEAT LOSS.

OLDER

BUILDINGS

TEND TO HAVE INCONSISTENT JOIST WIDTHS AND THEREFORE A ROLLED FORMAT OF INSULATION ALLOWS FOR QUICKER INSTALLATION. FOR

PPE

BEING

A NATURAL FIBER, THERE IS NO NEED

OR VENTILATION DURING INSTALLATION.

INSULATION HAS AN ESTIMATED SERVICE LIFE OF

SOFTBOARD

ONCE

FLAX

YEARS.

THERMAL INSULATION IS A GOOD ECO CHOICE

FOR THE WALLS OF NON-TOXIC

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AND

HOLIDAY HOME

NON-IRRITATING

IN

DRUXBERGE

FOR

THE

INSTALLED, IT HAS ZERO EMISSIONS.

AS IT IS

INSTALLERS.

SOFTBOARD

IS

BOTH THERMAL INSULATION AND REDUCES NOISE TRANSFER FROM ROOM TO ROOM.

SOFTBOARD

IS LIGHT WEIGHT WHICH

IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL

1930

STRUCTURE

MAY NOT HAVE THE STRUCTURAL ABILITY TO WITHSTAND

XPS

THERMAL

SCREED

AND

INSULATION

UNDERFLOOR

USED

UNDER

HEATING

IS

THE

A

TRAVERTINE,

GOOD

THERMAL

SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHT. CEMENT CHOICE

BECAUSE OF ITS ABILITY TO ACT AS VAPOUR BARRIER AND AIR BARRIER, ITS

R

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VALUE OF

AND ITS ABILITY TO REDUCE THERMAL BRIDGING;

HOWEVER ENVIRONMENTALLY, CORK INSULATION PANELS OR SEMI-RIGID MINERAL

WOOL

PANELS

WOULD

HAVE

BEEN

A

BETTER

SUSTAINABLE

CHOICE.

CORK AND MINERAL WOOL ARE NOT MADE FROM PLASTIC OR PETROLEUM. XPS IS MANUFACTURED USING THE BLOWING AGENT HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCS) THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING. ALTHOUGH EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS ARE CONVERTING TO NON-OZONE DEPLETING AGENTS, TOTAL ELIMINATION FROM XPS ISN’T SCHEDULED UNTIL 2020.

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UPGRADES WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE ON THIS WALL IS TO INCLUDE

THE APPLICATION OF A DRIP EDGE TO STOP WINDBLOWN RAIN FROM PENETRATING UNDER THE SHINGLES.

ALSO

WE WILL ADD WEEP HOLES TO THE

EXISTING BRICK WALL ALLOWING MOISTURE TO BE EXHAUSTED FROM WITHIN THE WALL.

MORE

FLASHING WILL BE ADDED TO TAKE WATER AWAY

FROM THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

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