Repurposed 80 year old farm shed
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House Notes – Repurposed 80 year old farm shed
Repurposed 80 year old farm shed, using recycled hardwood and recycled wood fibre board Pavatex.
The shed has been converted into a gallery space for events as well as being guest accommodation. Pavatex is a completely sustainable material, highly insulative R4, as well as being vapour permeable and high heat decrement delay. It’s a tongue and grove board that can be rendered, with internal and external applications.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
Passive solar designed home
Thermal mass
- Passive heating cooling:
- Pavatex is highly insulative high heat decrement delay
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Pavatex itself is recycled
- Sustainable materials:
- Pavatex defines a sustainble material. Recycled Australian hard woods used for all other building work.
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Appliances
Doors
Insulation
Roofing material
Timber
Windows
- Insulation Type:
- Under roof
Internal walls
External Walls
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- Pavatex
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R4.0
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- Pavatex
- Internal Walls Insulation Rating:
- R4.0
- External Walls Rating:
- R4.0
- External Walls Type:
- Pavatex
- All-Electric Home?
- No
- Total cost of home when constructed:
- existing / historical part of property
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $65,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $4000
- House Size
- 84m2
- BAL Rating
- BAL – Low: There is insufficient risk to warrant specific construction requirements.
- Roof
- Metal (Colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Timber
- Wall Materials
- Pavatex
- Window and Door Types
- Sliding windows/doors
- Universal design accessability
- Adaptive design
Disability access
Multi-generational
Wheelchair Access
- Universal Design Features
- 80cm minimum door opening width
100cm minimum door opening width
Contrasting colours and material for vision impaired
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Composting
Native plants
Water wise plants
- Healthy home features
- Chemical free cleaning products used
Cross flow ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV)
Lime render/wash
Low VOC paints/sealer/varnish
Natural oil sealer/finishes
No carpets
- Healthy Home
- Pavatex
- Housing Type:
- Repurposed shed
- Project Type:
- Repurposed shed
- Builder
- Balanced Earth
- Designer
- Balanced Earth
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