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Forum: Canada
Aug 26th 2011, 9:48 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,580
Posted By NWAB

Re: Citizenship test

My wife and daughter are both Canadian by birth. I'm British. I down loaded some old question papers and had a spot quiz with them. Looks like there gonna have to give up there passports they...
Forum: Canada
Aug 6th 2011, 12:15 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thank you Atlantic Xpat for your post,

Apparently according to all the manufacturers instructions and ‘you tube’ vids your ment to be able to put the gyproc straight onto the ICF block to...
Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2011, 10:51 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thank you Sarahanne for your post,

It’s going to be a long process, but eventually we’ll get there and hopefully will end up with the ‘ dream home ‘ that we want. Any project of this size...
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2011, 1:07 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

no not recieved e mail try sending it as a private message on this..
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2011, 11:53 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

the basement will be done with ICF blocks it's quite an easy construction method and as you say quite a high R value problem is the R value you get is all you can get unless you put up internal stud...
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2011, 8:44 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thank you Inse for a very useful and informative post

Aiming for R40-50 in the walls I’m finding really hard to achieve closes I’ve got so far is using a product called ...
Forum: Canada
Jul 31st 2011, 3:05 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

it's those 'big boys toys' :)
Forum: Canada
Jul 31st 2011, 12:21 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

I did a quick note pad calculation last night of power costs. Full of assumptions of course.

Based on a monthly electric bill of $200 and a rise of 5% per year in cost for electricity over the...
Forum: Canada
Jul 31st 2011, 12:07 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thanks for your post Mr Bean,

As I said in post #34 I too am sceptical about the performance of heat pumps particularly at extreme low temperatures think I might also look at the relative cost...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 1:23 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

thats the thing with all this 'eventually' I've waited 13 years to do this, now the time is right, i'm gonna take early retirement when i'm 55 and build my own house instead of someone elses....
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 12:54 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

you can get a pipe turbine that lays on the river bed the flow goes down the pipe and turns the generator. there also fish friendly
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 12:26 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

you probably can. There are loads of hydro generating systems out there.
when i first met the wife 13 years ago we looked at a plot of land about a hundred miles north from the one were looking at...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 11:14 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thanks for the link Greenhill,

I have looked into storing the power in batteries my concern is that battery technology is lagging so far behind PV tech. The batteries seem to be very expensive...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 7:31 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

those PV panels look interesting. I'll have to cost them out much better than huge great panels all over the roof
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 7:22 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Ok lets put this septic tank to bed shell we.. The code requirements for a septic system for a 6 bed house. roughly

Daily allowance lpd 4 bed = 1705
Additional bed @ ...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 1:29 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

As far as heat pumps are concerned James. The father in law fits them in NB according to him it’s best to go with air source, the one’s he’s fitting are a fraction of the cost of ground source...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 1:10 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

:lol: Like minds James
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 1:02 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Bellanova

yep you sure do have to do your homework PV panels are expensive the secret is to use them as much as you can it can mean a change in life style run your washing machine, dryer,...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2011, 12:24 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thank you James, yes it's nice to get a positive comment.

You might find this web page useful in you project http://www.electrospec.ca/lib.repr.htm

If there is one thing i've learned after 30...
Forum: Canada
Jul 29th 2011, 6:24 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Opps my bad 1783
Forum: Canada
Jul 29th 2011, 6:20 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

my wife is Canadian her family moved to NB in 1860 i'll go with what they tell me thanks
Forum: Canada
Jul 29th 2011, 5:43 am
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thank’s guys. Most of you have reaffirmed my conviction that this is definitely the right move! It’s weird I have spoken to many Canadians, about this project over the past 13 years and...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2011, 3:03 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,702
Posted By NWAB

Re: Advice for a new member

Hi John, just sent you a private message hope i can be of some help
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2011, 2:29 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

Thanks for the comments guys. To put the 6000 sq ft in to prospectus the house is about 50 ft sq about the same as three terraced houses in the UK, because I’m building and designing the house my...
Forum: Canada
Jul 27th 2011, 2:04 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 9,956
Posted By NWAB

Re: Self build in Canada

been to Kents many times when I used to commute to Canada after I first met the wife out there 13 years ago.Spent 3 years going back and forth between the UK and Canada before she moved over to the...
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