Kiwi building a Scandinavian house

[timbatrader]

link to youtube video of where we are upto today roof beams for the lounge and truss's for the rest of the house arriving tomorrow not sure if we are going to be ready to put them straight on

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[timbatrader]

We have had a lot of rain recently which is slowing thing down but we have the truss's up and the beams they were heavy things to get up without any lifting gear just three old men

 

[Gaulithan]

I respect the fact that minimalism and functionality are taken as a basis in designing a Scandinavian-style facade.

In addition to wood, bricks and various concrete elements are used for construction; I really like this combination with wood. The preference is given to natural colors: beige, brown, gray-green, and earthy black. After construction, the walls are lined with wooden battens, panels, or facade boards. Use any stylized wood materials. If you have not yet proceeded to the interior, perhaps you will like these ideas for staging for homes.

 

[timbatrader]

Been busy getting the roof ready this house has roof system new to me it has two layers of building membrane under a steel roof first layer is an expensive beatherable membrane directly on top of the rafters/roof truss's then a 20mm thick cavity batton then purlins conventional building membrane and the the steel

 

[Rustyiron]

I think that what's called (here), a "cold roof". The thinking is that the air space separation reduces the house "lost heat" from transferring to the roof causing ice dams, and does basically the reverse in the summer heat hopefully keeping the house cooler also. I know that the heat is also hard on any underlayments and to some extent, the wood itself.
Looks great and you must be looking forward to moving day.

 

[EddieWalker]

Seems like it's going quickly. On the roof, do you have an R rating for the open are where it looks like 2x6's rafters?

 

[timbatrader]

Seems like it's going quickly. On the roof, do you have an R rating for the open are where it looks like 2x6's rafters?

the area with the 6 x 2 rafters lounge dinning & kitchen has exposed beams and timber sarking for the ceiling with R3.6 fiberglass insolation

 

[timbatrader]

I think that what's called (here), a "cold roof". The thinking is that the air space separation reduces the house "lost heat" from transferring to the roof causing ice dams, and does basically the reverse in the summer heat hopefully keeping the house cooler also. I know that the heat is also hard on any underlayments and to some extent, the wood itself.
Looks great and you must be looking forward to moving day.

Ice is not a problem here we do get the occasional frost here but never any ice or snow I think the extra membrane under the roof is more about if the roof leaks there is a layer of protection to stop the roof framing getting damaged or going rotten. A few years ago after they had relaxed some of the building code to make housing more affordable New Zealand had a "leaky house crisis ". Lots new houses leaking and growing toxic mold so they changed the code again. Lots of belts & braces attitude to everything and cavity battons behind cladding so any leak can drain away and have ventilation to dry out internal wall spaces

 

[timbatrader]

I haven't added anything for a while so did a quick walk through with the phone

 

[EddieWalker]

Might be my computer, but I can't get the video to play.