How to build without central heating
The most widespread standard to building a house that doesn’t require a centralised heating system comes from the Passivhaus Institut. Here are the basic precepts. To qualify as a passive…
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Passive house costings
Passive house examples: cost breakdown In this day and age anyone building or extending knows that a high level of insulation and airtightness have become practically mandatory. So we thought…
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Breaking even on a passive house
Back in 2010 building to the Passivhaus standard on a budget was not a challenge for the faint hearted, but for Justin O’Keeffe of Co Wicklow there was no other…
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Build cost estimator
The most commonly asked question nowadays is ‘how much does it cost to build a house?’ The answer to that of course is, ‘for what exactly?’ Anyone considering a self-build…
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