Westbury Renovation a Few Years Later
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Westbury Renovation a Few Years Later
We bought the house in 2008 with the express intention of renovating in a sustainable manner. It was opened in 2010 to 2012, with many visiting to explore the improvements.
Now we would invite people to see how it has stood the test of time these six years later. The home features heat pump hot water, natural floor finishes, low VOC and natural paints, pumped-in wall insulation, secondary double glazing, draught proofing, Mega Anchor footings, composite wood deck and additional external shading. We have also added an Earth bag entertainment area with a cob pizza oven. The pizza oven may well be running over lunchtime!
Additional features include:
- Lowest emission wood fire available
- Efficient lighting
- Cross-ventilation
- Drip irrigation
- Edible garden
- Draught proofing
- Hard wax oil flooring finish, clay paints, zero VOC external paints
- Solar PV grid-connected
- Bamboo flooring, WPC decking, cellulose insulation
- Greywater system.
Designed by Lateral Drafting (now Natural Energy Designs).
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross-ventilation
Shading
- Active heating cooling:
- Lowest emission woodfire available
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Low-flow shower heads
Low-flow taps
Hot water recirculation
Drip irrigation
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
- Window Protection:
- Awnings (external)
Pelmets
- Sustainable materials:
- Bamboo flooring, WPC decking, cellulose insulation, clay paints
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Appliances
Basins/sinks
Doors
Kitchen cabinets
Light fixtures
Paving
Rocks/stone
Sleepers
Timber
- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
Ceiling
External walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Bulk – cellulose fibre
- Ceiling Rating:
- R3.0
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R1.0
- External Walls Type:
- Bulk – cellulose fibre
- All-Electric Home?
- No
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid-connected
- Size of PV system:
- 3kW
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $50,000 + extension cost
- House Size
- 190m2 approx.
- BAL Rating
- N/A
- Roof
- Metal (colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Timber
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
Double hung
Sliding windows/doors
- Universal design accessability
- Wheelchair access
- Universal Design Features
- 80cm minimum door opening width
Hobless showers
- Number of bedrooms
- 4
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Composting
Drip irrigation
Edible garden
Permaculture
- Healthy home features
- Chemical-free cleaning products used
Low VOC paints/sealer/varnish
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- Continual Improvement
- Open with support of
- ATA Tasmania North Branch
- Builder
- Owner
- Designer
- Lateral Drafting
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