Post by oblertone on Jan 6, 2019 11:06:35 GMT
My daughter, her partner and my grandson are (hopefully) about to move into their first house and having experienced my WFO on many occasions they've asked for one as a moving in present. The problems arise in that I live in Devon, and they'll be in Essex which means building time will be either sporadic or fairly short lived; this has caused me to ponder how to build something that I could complete in a relatively short period of time.
My own build is mobile and took 18 months to finally complete, they would like a permanent structure in a shorter time frame and it's this that has led me towards thinking of a 'dry' build. The basic plan goes something like this:
Apart from the first and last tasks I think that with assistance I could complete the main build in a week and using a pre-cast modular oven and dry vermiculite it could be ready to go in short order with minimal drying-out.
What say the collective ?
My own build is mobile and took 18 months to finally complete, they would like a permanent structure in a shorter time frame and it's this that has led me towards thinking of a 'dry' build. The basic plan goes something like this:
- Dig out and lay suitable plinth (one day)
- Single block walls to cooking floor height
- Cooking floor and cavity entry supported by pre-cast lintels
- Paving slab base, vermiculite board
- Precast modular oven, double skin flue
- Exterior walls raised to above dome height
- Wood framing to support waterproof membrane and slate roof
- Entire cavity filled with loose vermiculite
- Lead top-hat flashing for flue
- Membrane and slate roof covering
- Exterior rendered, tiled and/or painted (TBC)
What say the collective ?
