A oday, ideas bouncing around in my head. First on the exact location of the house. We are particularly fortunate to have several options to locate our home. The terrain is vast and cadastre allows us "a lousse" for the siting of the building. The first choice that we made was in a wooded area of land where drainage should be to ensure a dry field. The wooded area is ideal for the type of building we want to do, but as the building will be autonomous, we must think about the wind turbine will be installed to provide us with much of the electricity needed for the proper functioning of the house . A wooded area is always less than a windy prairie. That's why I wonder if we should not implement our house on the edge of the meadow that lies about 150 meters higher. At this point the winds would be more favorable.
Then comes the idea of the slab. As the basement traditionally built houses with typical Quebec are expensive, inefficient energy heated and difficult, we opt for a concrete slab foundation with sole protected from freezing. I inquired recently about the concrete slab-cutters developed by Archibio . The idea sounds interesting. But, after calculation, it seems that the design of a concrete slab-cutters use a lot of concrete, so it will necessarily be a higher cost. A concrete footing with traditional 29-feet on 29 feet (9 meters by 9 meters) uses approximately 12 cubic meters of concrete. The concrete slab-cutters of the same size would use 25 cubic meters of concrete. At $ 160 per cubic meter, the calculation is quickly!
The structure is post and beam assembly to mortise and tenon, that's for sure. Early in my reflection, I thought it would be nice to isolate with Airmetic Soybeans , the cost has discouraged me. We are talking about $ 3.50 square foot (about $ 34 per square meter). I then thought rockwool . Not bad, but quite expensive too. I finally came across an isolation technique developed by the Research Group of Ecological foreshore (see video below) which is to insulate with straw. Straw is a healthy material, economical and environmentally friendly. The use straw as insulation does not new either. I will explain in detail the principle of GREB in another post. In the meantime I invite you to watch this movie that introduces the philosophy of Greb.
Alex
Then comes the idea of the slab. As the basement traditionally built houses with typical Quebec are expensive, inefficient energy heated and difficult, we opt for a concrete slab foundation with sole protected from freezing. I inquired recently about the concrete slab-cutters developed by Archibio . The idea sounds interesting. But, after calculation, it seems that the design of a concrete slab-cutters use a lot of concrete, so it will necessarily be a higher cost. A concrete footing with traditional 29-feet on 29 feet (9 meters by 9 meters) uses approximately 12 cubic meters of concrete. The concrete slab-cutters of the same size would use 25 cubic meters of concrete. At $ 160 per cubic meter, the calculation is quickly!
The structure is post and beam assembly to mortise and tenon, that's for sure. Early in my reflection, I thought it would be nice to isolate with Airmetic Soybeans , the cost has discouraged me. We are talking about $ 3.50 square foot (about $ 34 per square meter). I then thought rockwool . Not bad, but quite expensive too. I finally came across an isolation technique developed by the Research Group of Ecological foreshore (see video below) which is to insulate with straw. Straw is a healthy material, economical and environmentally friendly. The use straw as insulation does not new either. I will explain in detail the principle of GREB in another post. In the meantime I invite you to watch this movie that introduces the philosophy of Greb.
Alex
