Barossa House
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House Notes – Barossa House
This house has been owner built, we have an avid interest in permaculture and through that the house has arisen. The block of land is just under 1 acre with an extensive orchard and vegie patch.We have utilised water catching to help boost the subsoil moisture using road run off. This year we have landscaped the creek with a check dam.
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
We also have a new woodlot to supply firewood through coppicing.
The house is made from structural timber framing construction, brick veneer and timbercrete.
Double glazed windows and films have been used on widows to reduce the heat/coolth transfer regulating the air temperature within.
PV system is connected to the grid and we use evacuated tube solar hot water system to heat our water. We have a 1.5kw solar array on the shed with solar hot water collectors on the house.
Ceiling fans have been installed to help circulate air movement and a wood fire to help heat in winter.
Insulated ceilings, walls and floor to reduce heat gain and loss.
The cladding is a combination of calitris and colorbond. Some walls are double thickness and some are reverse brick veneer. The house is heated by a wood stove however on sunny days it is usually too warm to light it.
Next to the house are two rainwater tanks filled from the main roof.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
- Active heating cooling:
- Nectre bakers oven wood stove
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
Stormwater management
Low flow shower heads
Low flow taps
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Concrete tanks
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 45,000L
- Water harvesting and saving
- Swales and check dam in creek
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Window sills recycled red pine, refurbished pantry door, oak cabinets, re-use of weatherboard for bench top and kitchen table
- Sustainable materials:
- Bricks, one door, window sills
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Bricks
Timber
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Flat and raked
- Ceiling Rating:
- R4 insulation with aircell total summer R6
- Floor Rating:
- N/A earth coupled
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- Weatherboard (calitris) colorbond
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- R4 external R 2 internal
- Energy star rating:
- 7.9 Stars
- House Size
- 135m2
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
Low-e, films
Clerestory windows
- Number of bedrooms
- 3
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Edible garden
Organic
Permaculture
Composting
- Healthy home features
- All Porters paints, bio products varnishes, linseed oil
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Owner Build
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