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[*][URL="http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18026185&postcount=325"]Terminating the Cat 6[/URL]
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Welcome to my house building thread. This is not a "how to build" thread but rather a documentation of our ongoing build, a 4 bedroom detached house due for completion October 2010. This thread has been a long time coming since I didn't think people would care if I started a thread full of pictures digging foundations etc :D

The brief is to build a home big enough for us to live in for the forseeable future, to kit it out with lots of gadgets and technology but to hide it all away for maximum minimalism. I chose under the stairs as the Node-zero for all the equipment.

This is the floor plan we chose. I cannot claim any of the glory as we ripped it straight from a show home and stretched it to fit our plot. Great success!




Anyway, this is what we started with..

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It's a pre-fabricated bungalow. Think of an Ikea house, all flat pack and held together with bolts and not much else. The garden is a reasonable size and has a water course running between another plot of land. We found it in the local paper due for auction. It's in a good area, so we took a gamble that we could get planning permission and put in an offer (June 2009) to the seller before it went under the hammer.

6 months of planning applications, bat surveys and delays later and we finally got planning permission! (December 2009). Now, the fun bit. Demolition.

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As the planning application took longer than anticipated we lost our ideal window to build. The weather was against us and so the subltle de-construction was out the window. In the space of 2 months it took to clear the site and dig the footings we had heavy snow, rain, more rain and frost.
 
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Nice one! Subscribed to thread :D

Your plans look great....I'd love to build my own house. So what sort of tech you going to be installing?
 
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So, on to the digging phase (yes, it was a candid shot! haha)

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Trenches dug, and the blocks next.

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Now, as I wanted all the services and gadgetry under the stairs I decided to get the BT line re-directed underground. Thankfully, I know an Openreach engineer who give me some 50mm ducting for the job. You can see the draw ropes and the 90 degree bend which appears tight in the corner of the soon-to-be nerve centre.

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You can see the compacted stone going in, the damp course laid over the top and finally the concrete slab laid.
 
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Fantastic,

Would you be willing to share costings? it's one thing i've always wondered how expensive it would be for this kind of project, as it'd be a much preferred for me in the long term than buying someone else's design!

Tom.
 

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Moving along from the ground works. More blocks arrived shortly after.

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Didn't take the guys long to lay the blocks. At this point in time we're in early March 2010 and we had several weeks of dry weather :)

The insulation in the cavity is standard foil backed boards. 3 or 4" I believe.

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It's also at this point where you think "ahhh, be in soon" as the progress day-to-day seems to come on.
 
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Nice one! Subscribed to thread :D

Your plans look great....I'd love to build my own house. So what sort of tech you going to be installing?

Multi-room audio system
CAT6 gigabit network
HD video distribution system
Discreet IR control

I'll explain more as we get there, but to give you an idea I have 88 network cables throughout the house that handle TV, internet, phones and IR control, a pair of speakers in every room and dedicated 5.1 system in the living room.

Fantastic,

Would you be willing to share costings? it's one thing i've always wondered how expensive it would be for this kind of project, as it'd be a much preferred for me in the long term than buying someone else's design!

Tom.

I'll try. I don't want to go in to too much detail but the budget for this build is £72,500, excluding the cost of the land itself (£80,000).
 
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Multi-room audio system
CAT6 gigabit network
HD video distribution system
Discreet IR control

I'll explain more as we get there, but to give you an idea I have 88 network cables throughout the house that handle TV, internet, phones and IR control, a pair of speakers in every room and dedicated 5.1 system in the living room.

Sounds like it's going to be the business!:cool::D
 
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Multi-room audio system
CAT6 gigabit network
HD video distribution system
Discreet IR control

I'll explain more as we get there, but to give you an idea I have 88 network cables throughout the house that handle TV, internet, phones and IR control, a pair of speakers in every room and dedicated 5.1 system in the living room.

OM NOM NOM! :cool:
 
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Looking good keep the post coming.

Im also in the process of building my place.

Have you planed to install Heat recovery ventilation? it well worth it and changes the feel of the whole house.
http://www.allergyplus.co.uk/

Also if you are on the gas grid Eion will pay half the cost of a GSHP
http://www.eonenergy.com/At-Home/Products/Technology-And-Initiatives/HeatPlant/

If you plan to use any sort of ASHP The mitsubishi ecodan products are probably the best on the market.

I got my lutron grafik eye switches from ebay, they cost me around 270 for the 6 zone from a Sell in america. They are really worth every penny especially if you can find them so cheap.

Take a look at Contrl4 or Hal3000 for the home automation. Kwikset locks integrate very well with Contrl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431gl0q84Jg

Good luck
 
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First real milestone hit. The joists are set for the first floor.

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Looking inside the living room and kitchen (respectively) really changed when the joists were on.

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Some of the internal walls took a back seat while the lintels and joists were tied in.

We were more concerned with getting the building water tight while the weather was holding! One picture also shows the inevitable driveway coming. Doesn't look like much because the fence is recessed but you will be able to drive around the side of the house eventually.
 
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Multi-room audio system
CAT6 gigabit network
HD video distribution system
Discreet IR control

I'll explain more as we get there, but to give you an idea I have 88 network cables throughout the house that handle TV, internet, phones and IR control, a pair of speakers in every room and dedicated 5.1 system in the living room.

Coudl you not have used some sort of bluetooth system for control rather than ir?
 
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you have a stream next to your house too :O

This looks good, is there a door to get from the lounge to the kitchen from the utility room? As i think you might regret that in the future :p
 

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Coudl you not have used some sort of bluetooth system for control rather than ir?

Possibly. As it runs over CAT6 it was no real chore to chuck some cable in and go hard wired.

you have a stream next to your house too :O

This looks good, is there a door to get from the lounge to the kitchen from the utility room? As i think you might regret that in the future :p

No. The utility will be full of cheapy kitchen units and appliances so the best we could have done would be a kitchen/serving hatch, but I'm not a fan.
 
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