Took a trip to the Potton showhomes yesterday in Little Paxton. In retrospect, not entirely sure why. Potton's design are so flexible that none of the three homes are what we'd end up with, so there's little point looking around at room sizes and configurations - that's all up for grabs. Also, the three were all built in the 1990s and have dated horribly in places. Thirdly, it wasn't just the cosmetic look that had dated - the technology has since moved on and Potton can design out vertical supports which pop up, off-puttingly, in the middle of bathrooms.
Given what Potton are good at - the timber frame - is hidden under the surface, what I was really interested in was almost entirely plastered over.
I suppose one thing I gleaned was that the internal walls sounded horribly hollow. But any construction method would leave you trying to fix a shelf into plasterboard these days, not just timber frame. I suppose you could fix 12mm marine ply to the studwork where you know you're going to be putting things up on the wall.
Oh, and they couldn't be arsed to offer us a cup of coffee.
Given what Potton are good at - the timber frame - is hidden under the surface, what I was really interested in was almost entirely plastered over.
I suppose one thing I gleaned was that the internal walls sounded horribly hollow. But any construction method would leave you trying to fix a shelf into plasterboard these days, not just timber frame. I suppose you could fix 12mm marine ply to the studwork where you know you're going to be putting things up on the wall.
Oh, and they couldn't be arsed to offer us a cup of coffee.
Wall sounds were a concern with our SIPs build, but we've managed to build a house where only a few internal walls are studwork, and the rest SIPS.
ReplyDeleteFixing to 22mm OSM seems to be pretty secure - nothing has fallen off yet!