Stone Settlers Cottage
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Stone Settlers Cottage
Exterior walls 400mm stone, Interior walls Iron Bark timber, they do not reach the rake ceiling providing cross flow ventilation through the French doors and windows in each room, Peak of roof vented with solo fan.
Our home also has features below;
- Pedestal fan 12volt for cooling
- 5.2, required value 3.2 ceiling rating
- Thermal Breaks and Batts ceiling type
- About 70% saving cost
- Cross ventilation for fresh air
- R6 for energy rating
- All the timber used in the house was sourced from dead standing ironbark trees. No live trees were milled at all. All stone was aquired from the property as well as the timber and sand.
- Solar PV off-grid (renewable energy)
The architect of this house is Reg Wilson Building
The builder is Reg Wilson Builder Qld No 17021 homeowner
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
- Active heating cooling:
- pedestal fan 12volt
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (flat panel)
Wood fire wetback
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
Greywater system
Low flow shower heads
Low flow taps
Storage connected to
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Tank
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 30000
- Storage connected to
- Whole house
- Sustainable materials:
- All the timber used in the house was sourced from dead standing ironbark trees. No live trees were milled at all. All stone was aquired from the property as well as the timber and sand.
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Timber
Windows
Doors
Paving
Kitchen/bath cabinets
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- thermal Breaks and Batts
- Ceiling Rating:
- 5.2, required value 3.2
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- Stone
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- No insulation required, density exceeds 320kg/sqm
- Energy star rating:
- 6
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV off-grid
Energy storage
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $28710, objective of this house was to build it under $30,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- 70%
- House Size
- 127 m2
- Window and Door Types
- Low-e, films
- Universal Design Features
- Multi-generational
- Number of bedrooms
- 2
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Edible garden
Composting
- Healthy home features
- All painted surfaces are natural and safe surface treatments.
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Reg Wilson Builder Qld No 17021 homeowner
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