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Building Requirements

  • 08-09-2015 9:57pm
    #1
    Bscan86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    I'm wondering can anyone please explain the following scenario in plain English?
    I have a site and want to build a house on it. What are the heating, insulating and air tightness regulations which must be adhered to? I've tried looking them up but I find that they're worded in a way I struggle to interpret. Many thanks for your replies.


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  • #2
    Strolling Bones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Strolling Bones


    People study and train hard to learn such things. It IS complicated.
    So like most of us use a Doctor if we are ill , not study medecine - you should hire a BER Assesor for your stated need.


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    the specific requirements you mention are covered on Part L of the Building Guidelines http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,27316,en.pdf

    And whilst daunting at first, it can be broken down into sections on the various elements.

    Table 1 and Table 2 on page 17 and Diagram 1 on page 19 go a long way to distilling the u-values for you.

    Section 1.5.4 on page 23 tells you the basic info about airtightness, with the backstop value you need to aim for.

    If for no other reason than helping you deal with experts you may employ, it's not a bad idea to get used to the language in use anyway. Naturally a good architect and/or BER assessor would help you here.

    It is only with those aspects looked at do you look at heating at all. Depending on how you approach your build, maybe you won't need any (happens).

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