This personal viewpoint is my opinion on how to maintain the self-building industry in Ireland. This plan of action could easily be implemented as an adjusted form of SI80 In order to maintain the self building industry (remember that 60% Read More …
I’ve written about this a lot already and below is the post from the BRegsForum which details the current situation regarding self-builders and the SI80 Building Regulations Amendments: http://bregsforum.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/self-builders-to-be-phased-out-under-s-i-80-bregs/ This post therefore concentrates on what you can do if the Read More …
Yesterday’s Room to Improve on RTE1 with Dermot Bannon MRIAI became a Twitter trending topic in Ireland last night and is a great source of discussion between myself and fellow tweeting architects. And yesterdays episode raised a very important issue Read More …
The forthcoming changes in the Building Regulations in March 2014 (S.I. No. 80 of 2013 BUILDING CONTROL (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2013) have big repercussions for residential self-builders. Nearly 60% of houses constructed in Ireland are self-builds (source NaSBA) and with the Read More …
OK I’m sorry. Yesterday I let my potty mouth get away with me. I swore. And I apologise. My only defence is that I received my first ever letter (in 10+ years of working in Ireland) from Building Control following Read More …
Following on from the ‘The Americans are like us, but they are different: Framing vs Cavity walls’ post; I was getting ready to criticise the level of insulation in US framed walls compared to that in the UK and Ireland Read More …
This problem has been coming up a lot recently, especially with self builders. The question is in what circumstances can you fully fill the rafter depth with insulation. Here’s the Advice Note No. 5 on Roof Ventilation and Insulation It Read More …
As well as the forthcoming changes to the Building Regulations in March 2014; last week saw the signing into law of the new Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE FOR HOMEOWNERS Read More …
I doubt if this will be the last post on the 2013 Building Control amendment but I thought it interesting to share the RIAI statement on the welcome of the changes but also caution. HERE’S THE STATEMENT FROM THE RIAI Read More …
Another step closer… Here’s the previous post on the Building Control Amendment Regulations 2013 (it also references other posts I’ve written on the subject). Only additional news is that the Amended Regulations were announced yesterday by Minister for the Environment, Read More …
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