When Dan Runyon of emigrated two decades ago, he knew it wasn’t forever and he knew that when he did return it would be to self-build an angular house.
Dan chats about his self-build project including:
- Inspiration from abroad and how he tackled researching for the project
- Details of the angular roof design and how he got around planning restrictions with a traditional frontage
- Balcony design at the back and how he had to cross brace the free standing gables front to back
- Choice of heating and hot water, why he decided against solar
- How he built his home to get low energy bills with full dteails on insulation
- Issues with overheating and how he tackled them
- Dealing with drop in temperature in winter: the big freeze
- Issues with windows warping and how he tackled it
Overview
House size: 2,600 sqft
Plot size: ¾ of an acre
Build cost: €250,000
BER: B1 (85 kWh/sqm/yr)
Airtightness: 1.64 ACH @50Pa
Heating and hot water: air source heat pump
