Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

lostinrates

I think alf must be lost some where in wilts. She has a choice of cake today, if she makes it here


We just fed the dogs , in cluding some steak with freezer burn. The big girls are delighted. Dog dog whose been 'sight houndy' about food for a few days has eaten it faster than I have seen her eat anything. But the kiwi isn't interested. Idiot.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Just came back from another meeting with stonemason... TOTAL reality check about the ranch... especially as things have got to have insulation either on the outside or on the inside...


too complicated to try and explain on here,, So we got to lose the fireplace in that room.. AND cant have the stone wall exposed...


BLOODY regulations.... they don't bloody consider people like us, who are trying to keep as much of the original building exposed


going to have another cuppa, and stuff my face full of cake/chocolate

lostinrates

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Just came back from another meeting with stonemason... TOTAL reality check about the ranch... especially as things have got to have insulation either on the outside or on the inside...


too complicated to try and explain on here,, So we got to lose the fireplace in that room.. AND cant have the stone wall exposed...


BLOODY regulations.... they don't bloody consider people like us, who are trying to keep as much of the original building exposed


going to have another cuppa, and stuff my face full of cake/chocolate

Hmmm. Well, I think your exposed stone is gorgeous, but......interior exposed stuff usually does little for me. Are your interior walls stone? Can they stay exposed?

Why do you have to lose the fire place though?

choille

Good to hear from you Rhiwfield. Sounds a good idea with the gardener.

The sake cup sounds really intriging.

Not a bad day here again. Outside day & got a ash tree sawn (not a very big one!) & dragged up the croft - feeling jiggered now & ready for the last of the venison with pancakes this evening & salad I think...MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm

CTC - Yep, that's the way it is. Hard, but true. I did try & warn you.

Better_Days

Our new 'henterprise'
Just got to think of some names for them and keep them warm until they grow more feathers.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Choille we knew we had to insulate, BUT talking to various people, you can get away without insulating certain walls, if you go over board on loft insulation etc...


Its also going to be a compromise due to cost... and time... IF we want to potentially move in sometime this year...


The Fireplace in the other room, when we re-built that wall the fireplace will be re-built in stone...


Alfie has been here, and you really needed to actually see the place to see the place to realise how fantastic it could be if a) we had loads of Wonga and b) if this bloody stupid insulation thing didn't have to be done to old houses... I totally believe that a house of a certain age, should be allowed to be exempt...


I personally think this will cause different problems in the future for our type of house....

Davesnave

Better_Days wrote: »

Our new 'henterprise'
Just got to think of some names for them and keep them warm until they grow more feathers.

Can you get a cable to them for a reptile mat, or something similar?

Not too bad at present, but if we should have a cold snap....:eek:

Those are the 'before' shots. I'm sure we'll all look forward to some 'afters.' Well done for taking them on. :T

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Choille we knew we had to insulate, BUT talking to various people, you can get away without insulating certain walls, if you go over board on loft insulation etc....

It's the same with window areas. We wanted more here as we always benefit from whatever sun's going, but to get even the relatively modest increase we wanted, there had to be some horse trading.

choille

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Choille we knew we had to insulate, BUT talking to various people, you can get away without insulating certain walls, if you go over board on loft insulation etc...


Its also going to be a compromise due to cost... and time... IF we want to potentially move in sometime this year...


The Fireplace in the other room, when we re-built that wall the fireplace will be re-built in stone...


Alfie has been here, and you really needed to actually see the place to see the place to realise how fantastic it could be if a) we had loads of Wonga and b) if this bloody stupid insulation thing didn't have to be done to old houses... I totally believe that a house of a certain age, should be allowed to be exempt...


I personally think this will cause different problems in the future for our type of house....

It did used to be in Scotland that you could 'trade off' certain areas, but that all stopped. The people that you should really be speaking to are the Building Control at the Council offices in your area.

The amount of times we've heard builders etc changing plans that have been done for clients, building what was easiest for them, the builder & telling the clients that they didn't need to do this & that can beggar belief. The client then finds that they can't gain a completion certificate or plans have to be redrawn to show what actually has been built & sometimes amendment to Planning has to be gone through & that can be refused in principle.
So always best to err on the side of caution & find out from a Building Standards/Planning officer/Technician etc what is actually legally required. You can get them out on a visit for free.

phoebe1989seb

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Alfie has been here, and you really needed to actually see the place to see the place to realise how fantastic it could be if a) we had loads of Wonga and b) if this bloody stupid insulation thing didn't have to be done to old houses... I totally believe that a house of a certain age, should be allowed to be exempt...


I personally think this will cause different problems in the future for our type of house....

Totally agree with your last point CTC - breathability needs to be considered imho

Tbh, although we've never owned anything newer than a Victorian house (previously owning Tudor and currently Georgian), I wasn't aware that Building Regs state that if you renovate a *thermal element* (eg external wall) this will trigger a requirement to upgrade the thermal insulation of that element at the same time*......quote from Planning Portal.....

What a pita

I guess the ranch isn't listed? Surely if it were, you wouldn't be forced by Building Control to do this? Why the hell do they think that old buildings with all their quirks, foibles and history should be treated exactly the same as new builds? I'm all for making things efficient - but detest solar panels on old buildings with a vengeance - but even so! Grrrrr!

Personally I'm with LIR and am not a fan of internal exposed stone in large quantities - a little here and there is ok - but if that's what you want it's a blooming nuisance if having the external render stripped off has left you wide open to adding insulation on the inside

Our Previous owner - we're not listed btw - had stripped back virtually all internal walls to bare stone and we couldn't wait to cover it up! Luckily our external walls (dressed stone blocks to the front and rubble stone at the back) was already exposed - I do like that, lol - although the back had been painted - meaning no issues with *renovations* in the eyes of Building Control there, thank goodness

We employed an independent Building Inspector - not affiliated to the council - and he never mentioned anything about this, but guess that was 'cos it didn't apply in our case......