Plinths wall , Garden Wall , Bricklaying ... PART2

 So after the Transport of the Materials was done , It only needed the beams spreading, bit of insulation in between and above , Underfloor heating in and a bit of a plinths wall built around the whole thing... and done. How long can this take - maybe 4-5weeks ?

(spoiler alert- took 16weeks) 

My Groundworkers took on the job of spreading out the Beams and filling in the insulation while assuring me that they would have the plinths wall uo "in no time" 

Turns out that "no time" means exactly 16 weeks in builders-speech.

All start was easy. Spreading out the Beams (HEAVY!) and filling in the Insualtion (LIGHT!)

Running pipework through the floor - including preparation for the ASHP and planning out the outer wall/plinths wall to take the timber frame later on - this was one of the most difficult parts to wrap my head around as almost all drawings are designed for a Brick outer leaf so it usually goes :

-inner wall (brick or timber)

-cavity

-Brick skin (outer leaf)

In our case, we wanted the Entire timber wall across this setup (as our walls are 350mm timber I-Beams)

and than a back-vented cladding to the outside... 

But how?

(see last photos of result of the wall preparation for this)

 

Some steps in between:

 

Inner load bearing wall- t-block

 

Membrane/Barrier between layer1 and layer 2 of insulation.

Second Layer of Insualtion and some pipework:

Underfloor heating on top of second layer insualtion .

I originally planned to do UFH myself and already bought the manifold and pipes for it but ended up having my plumber do the entire job.  It just is a matter of having enough time for all these things and if there is 1 thing i drastically underestimated , it is how much time every little step takes.

And last but not least, the Plinths Wall finally done ... It aint pritty but it stands .

(1 of the labourers doing the work was so embarraced about his level of bricklaying that he asked me to delete his face off any pictures )

So now we just have to pour concrete and pray that the frame is going up a bit faster and that the carpenter i made an agreement with is a little bit more "on point" then this crew... 

Plumber was excellent - not 1 bit to fault there.