Seasonal workers dwelling - twin mobile home....

[Justme]

In the end the foundations were not an issue for us.

 

We put it on wooden piles just in case we went down the exempt/PD get stuffed route.

 

I now wish we had gone for proper foundations as they will need sorting at some point. They did initially want to know all about them as we did start to go the PD route just to slow them down to we got to the enforcement exempt time limit.

 

Our pitch is on the minimum allowed.

[SteveA]

In the end the foundations were not an issue for us.

 

We put it on wooden piles just in case we went down the exempt/PD get stuffed route.

 

I now wish we had gone for proper foundations as they will need sorting at some point. They did initially want to know all about them as we did start to go the PD route just to slow them down to we got to the enforcement exempt time limit.

 

Our pitch is on the minimum allowed.

 

Sorry, I only just found your post/ photos.... that looks amazing. Those shingle tiles are wow!!

 

I'm currently looking up a hundred different ways of insulating our twin unit. Any tips on that would be great, if anyone has advice?

I'm looking to have the oak frame completely exposed inside... so looking for a way to insulate externally.

 

cheers, steve

[Justme]

Ours goes like this

 

Inside wood paneling, rockwool, Tyvek, air space, outer cladding.

 

The reason we have no water proof membrane was that the interstitial condensation calcs said it would breath more than it needed to keep moisture levels down in the walls.

 

For the celling we only put barriers over the wet areas & then rock wool. The rest has hand fluffed warmcell (dont do it by hand its a pain) direct over the wood panels.

 

For the floor we added a barrier as the level would equalise over a full year but build up over winter.

 

We are finding that if any thing it breaths too well & the air is too dry.

[SteveA]

Ours goes like this

 

Inside wood paneling, rockwool, Tyvek, air space, outer cladding.

 

The reason we have no water proof membrane was that the interstitial condensation calcs said it would breath more than it needed to keep moisture levels down in the walls.

 

For the celling we only put barriers over the wet areas & then rock wool. The rest has hand fluffed warmcell (dont do it by hand its a pain) direct over the wood panels.

 

For the floor we added a barrier as the level would equalise over a full year but build up over winter.

 

We are finding that if any thing it breaths too well & the air is too dry.

 

Thankyou. I was reading up about Sheeps wool insulation earlier and that's supposed to be pretty good at balancing out moisture levels.

 

Will have a read up about Warmcell now....

 

cheers, steve

[Justme]

Wet blown in by the installer is best as it fills all the gaps & sort of seals things up. Used in walls. Dry blown is ok for cellings.

 

I bought DIY bales but could not find a DIY hireable blower. So I had to hand shread / fluff it. Still got loads to do to get the depth I wanted.

 

Sheeps wool is lovely to install but costly & I have heard bad things about some makes / batches.

[SteveA]

Wet blown in by the installer is best as it fills all the gaps & sort of seals things up. Used in walls. Dry blown is ok for cellings.

 

I bought DIY bales but could not find a DIY hireable blower. So I had to hand shread / fluff it. Still got loads to do to get the depth I wanted.

 

Sheeps wool is lovely to install but costly & I have heard bad things about some makes / batches.

 

hmmm, maybe I should just go for Rockwool batts.

I've gone off using celotex/ kingspan as it doesn't expand to fill gaps, or breathe.

cheers, steve