Project info

Find out more about Stuart & Katie’s project in Co Antrim...

Suppliers

Architect

Mark and Jack Cassidy at C3 Architects, Co Antrim, tel. 9266 2555, mobile 075 4365 4495

Contractor

Sam McNiece at S L McNiece Ltd, County Armagh, tel. 3752 3421

Quantity Surveyor

Clarke Faulkner at W T Orr and Partners, Co Tyrone, tel. 8676 9520

Structural Engineer

David Graham at Add Consulting, Co Armagh, tel. 3760 0200

Kitchen and utility

Phillip at Cardy Kitchens, CoAntrim, tel. 9267 8884

Bathrooms and tiles

James at Hillsborough Tile and Bathroom, Co Antrim, tel. 9268 3330

Ensuite vanity unit

Danny Ogge at Dogwood Designs, Co Mayo, ROI mobile 085 269 0032

Polished concrete floor

Concrete: 100mm minimum thickness

Zircon Concrete by RTU, concrete colour: Roman Court, substrate: insulation

Grinding/Polishing process: Thomas Ringland of Remarkable Polished Concrete, remarkablepolishedconcrete. co.uk, mobile 07510934306, surface finish: powerfloat, cream finish and no exposure of aggregate, then polished.

Built-in bedroom furniture

Fusion Robes, Co Down, tel. 9045 9337

Windows and doors

Rationel AURAPLUS range

Photography

Paul Lindsay, paullindsayphoto.co.uk]

ROI calling NI prefix with 048, mobile prefix with 0044 and drop the first 0

Spec

Walls: 455mm cavity walls with 150mm cavity to include full fill pumped EPS bead insulation, to achieve a U-value of 0.21W/sqmK or better.

Pitched roof: Concrete roofing tiles or slates suitable for 35deg pitch on 50x38mm treated battens at centres to suit selected flat profile slates on breather membrane on 150x50mm C16 grade timber rafters at 400mm max. centres. 100mm PIR board between rafters with 50mm PIR board below rafters throughout the main dwelling. To achieve a U-value of 0.17W/sqmK or better.

Floor (bedroom block): Selected carpets / ceramic floor tiles on 100mm sand/cement screed. 1200 gauge vapour barrier on min 100mm PIR Insulation boards used in conjunction with preformed perimeter strips on radon barrier on 150mm concrete slab. To achieve a U-value of 0.15W/sqmK or better.

Floor (open plan block):

Polished concrete floor incorporating under floor heating pipes. A252 Steel reinforcing mesh on 40 / 50mm concrete spacers (castles) laid above wet underfloor heating pipes, clipped into insulation. 1200 gauge vapour barrier on 100mm PIR insulation board used in conjunction with preformed perimeter strips on radon barrier on 50mm concrete slab. To achieve a U-value of 0.15W/sqmK or better.

Windows and doors: mix of double and triple glazed, aluclad timber, average U-value 1.2W/sqmK

Air permeability: 3.98 m3 (h.sqm)

Words: Astrid Madsen