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Octagon home

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hr Member Posts: 6,106
in THE MAIN WALL
even his interior walls are block and brick. These folks move here from Englang about 4 years ago, during the Mad Cow dilema. He had to leave all his tools behind.

The first slab with 4 inches of foam below came our a bit rough, so they decided to pour a new thin slab and add radiant. We InsulTarped, and meshed, the entire slab, 1/2" PAP, then a coarse scratch mortor bed, encasing the tube, for the tile set.

A wood boiler will be the primary source, with a small LP water heater for back up and as a buffer to the wood burner.

DHW from an indirect tank. Probably add a solar panel for summer time DHW production to get away from wood burning.

hot rod

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  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
    Too bad

    That the bricks made for outside corners at other than 90°angles aren't made anymore. Looks like that house will last many generations! Great roof!
  • Unknown
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    Rems Curvo Again

    I love to see how you are implimenting that fine tool. Some day I'll have the impulse to just say "what the heck" and buy one for myself. I'm afraid I'll have too much fun with it though.

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  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    Dig those Swooopy 90's :)

    Looks great :) I like the swoopy turns.
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
    R-value ?

    Whats in the walls ? What do they do for insulation in the walls ? A cement or block wall will suck the heat right out of a home.

    Funny, we build out of wood and the Europeans build out of stone. Nice looking house.

    Scott

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  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    R value

    He wrapped the entire block shell in a 2" foam then a 1" air gap, then the brick. I suspect as good or better than a 2X4" framed wall when you add the values. Sure is solid and quiet. A lot different feel than the stick and waferboard homes typical in this country :)

    I like the low maintenance aspect of the brick and tile roof.
    Should be a cozy home for many years. That shape is a bit of a material waster, however. Lots of angles and small cutoffs in every material.

    hot rod

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  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    :)

    Funny how God gives us similar experiences. Did the overhead electrical drop:) you guessed it! the pannel was on the other side of the building.home owner/physicist reasearch engineer:) 2"ridgid in 11 'ty 6 degree bends:) the walls were over a foot thick and so were the entrance doors:) what heat loss? :) warm the place up in summer....:)
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