Monolithic Wall

kboc

I was speaking to a guy from a TF company. We were talking about the possibilities for a future build. If I do go with TF it will be for factory quality control and speed of build. The guys I was talking to said they have built some TF houses in 7 weeks, from starting on dead block work to client moving in.

I said I wasn't keen on wet trades if they could be avoided, for speed purposes only. I suggested external timber cladding on a monolithic wall build up, but, I would not rule out a plaster finish, and I suspect the planning authorities would prefer a plaster finish. He suggested a general method of some sort of OSB/ply board on the outside with a plaster finish applied.

I know the description of the wall make-up is very loose. Would plastering onto a board throw up the same issue as with plastering in EWI.

Thanks,
K

sydthebeat

what does your planning permission allow you to do?


others have posted here about single leaf timber frame cladding systems being a serious issue when getting the house insured.

CJhaughey

We weren't allowed to have external timber cladding, planning dictated that we had to have a plaster finish.
I wouldn't be keen on having plaster applied to an OSB/Ply board, it would need to be impervious to water or it will rot.
Our build has a Masonite outer with a 20mm batten and Blu-clad board fixed to the battens, then Fibreglass reinforced synthetic render.

kboc

sydthebeat wrote: »

what does your planning permission allow you to do?

Don't have it yet!!!
The planning authorities are very conservative and restrictive in Northern Ireland, so i am preempting their thoughts.

others have posted here about single leaf timber frame cladding systems being a serious issue when getting the house insured.

I did see that thread on boards.ie, i did a bit of investigation and it should not be a problem in NI.

Thanks,
K

Mellor

Monolithic? Are you sure?

kboc

sydthebeat wrote: »

Monolithic? Are you sure?

yip

beyondpassive

Have you considered a renderboard rainscreen or block outer leaf on a 50mm cavity outside the timber frame?

kboc

beyondpassive wrote: »

Have you considered a renderboard rainscreen

Are they expensive?

or block outer leaf on a 50mm cavity outside the timber frame?

increasingly looking like this option.

beyondpassive

kboc wrote: »

Are they expensive?

Can be expensive, there are two very good Timber frame companies in <SNIP> well worth talking to.

kboc wrote: »

increasingly looking like this option.

its a good detail if done right. <SNIP>

kboc

beyondpassive wrote: »

Can be expensive, there are two very good Timber frame companies in <SNIP> well worth talking to.

These are the guys who suggested this to me.

beyondpassive

kboc wrote: »

These are the guys who suggested this to me.

Ya I saw their work in Mount Merrion in Dublin, very impressive. They did an I stud with cellulose fill. Does this suit your budget. Are you going close to Passive and very airtight?

That project was a monolithic wall with Render onto the softboard, which I wasn't a fan off but it passed the WUFI hygrothermal analysis for worst case scenario. However I think that is down to the East coasts more benign climate. I'd always go for belt and braces and have some sort of Cavity.

muffler

I have unapproved 2 posts above and will come back to this later today.

kboc

muffler wrote: »

I have unapproved 2 posts above and will come back to this later today.

Any further progress on this, this is 8 days later?

muffler

kboc wrote: »

Any further progress on this, this is 8 days later?

You can see all posts again, right? I never realised that I was subject a stopwatch.

If you take the time and bother to read the dates and times of the edits below the posts you will see that it was done the same day as I stated.

kboc

muffler wrote: »

You can see all posts again, right? I never realised that I was subject a stopwatch.

If you take the time and bother to read the dates and times of the edits below the posts you will see that it was done the same day as I stated.

oopps

My fault, sorry.