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in Building methods, Cost savers, Design, Energy Efficiency, Airtightness & The Environment, Heating systems, Insulation and airtightness: Watchpoints, On site, Podcast, Pre design, Renewables & Sustainability, SB+ Podcasts, Ventilation and heating systems: WatchpointsEp 41 – Passive House design with PV Panels
Episode 41 – Rodger O’Connor explains how he designed his home to be super energy efficient, including his insulation and airtightness strategy, choice of heating systems, photovoltaic panels and how he managed the build. Read the full article and see the images here. Favourite More
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in Budget & Financing, Cost savers, Design, Direct labour tasks, Getting started on site, On site, Podcast, Pre design, SB+ PodcastsEp 40 – Material Price Increases
Episode 40 – Padraic Rogers of mybuildingsupplies.ie talks through how material prices increases are affecting self-builders: – Causes for price increases– What materials are hit the hardest and by how much– Shipping costs– What self-builders can do to reduce the impact of cost increases Favourite More
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in Building methods, Cost savers, Design, Direct labour tasks, Direct labour vs main contractor, Getting started on site, On site, Other key structural decisions, Podcast, Pre design, Roofing & External finishes: Watchpoints, SB+ Podcasts, Securing planning permission, Site access, Site assessmentEp 39 – Anne & Paul Dyer’s underground house
Episode 39 – Seasoned self-builders Paul and Anne Dyer share how they managed to get planning permission in an area with a presumption against development (hint: it took a while), and how they hand built their underground house, leaving only specialist work such as tanking the roof and walls, to specialist trades. They discuss:– Wildflower […] More
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Tendering a construction project
To go to tender, or tendering, is the most common selection process to find a main building contractor. Most self-builders who choose to hire a main contractor to oversee all the work on their self-build project will go to tender, unless they are sure of who they will be hiring. A standard tender process should […] More
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Cheap Irish Homes
RTÉ’s Cheap Irish Homes co-hosts Maggie Malloy and Kieran McCarthy are on a quest to help renovators find the dream project to turn into a home. Here they share their top house hunting tips. Maggie Molloy on……. Location versus potential It’s funny how these two words mean such different things to different generations. Before my […] More
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Is it still possible to build a house for less than €120,000
We just finished our own self-build in the past 12 months and I would say it is completely feasible but that’s if you don’t count your own time; break the build down into bite sized chunks: Site clearance. Foundations: strip vs raft (slab), shuttering, steel mesh and concrete. Up to floor level: trunking, service pipes […] More
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