Selfbuilder & Homemaker – July – August 2019

CONTENTS

JUL/AUG

2019

PRODUCTS

FINANCE & INSURANCE 47

SITE PREPARATION

Drainage & Septic Tanks 50

Plant Tools & Workwear 50

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS 51

Bricks, Blocks & Cement 58

Floors 58

Timber Frame 60

BUILDING ENVELOPE 61

Doors & Windows 62

Glass & Glazing 71

Roofing & Cladding 63

HEATING, VENTILATION

& SERVICES 79

Fires, Fireplaces & Flues 79

INSULATION 87

INTERIORS 93

Bathrooms & Kitchens 91

Floors & Floor Coverings 91

Interior Doors & Ironmongery 95

Paints, Coatings & Sealants 97

Stairs, Balustrades & Lifts 95

LANDSCAPING &

EXTERNAL SURFACES 98

Pools 98

CASE STUDIES

20

Bridging the centuries

Perseverance and compromise paid off for Clare and Mark Gittins when they took on

the virtual rebuild of a derelict cottage just outside Rotherham

38

Traditionally eco

An eco-afficionado achieved his dream to cre ate a Passivhaus home in Leeds, but it

had to be traditional in style so wasn’t plain sailing

52

A new life in Newquay

It was a decade in the making, but London couple Jeff and Wendy East finally

managed to achieve their idyllic family home on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast, which

started from a crumbling bungalow

64

Back to nature

The world of home improvement is nothing new to Athena and Mark, but their latest

project – which refurbished and extended a house to help it nestle into a Sussex

nature reserve – proved a big challenge

80

Reclaimed retreat

A timber cabin in the woods, designed as a tranquil Cornish rural retreat, has been

carefully crafted from reclaimed, natural and sustainable materials

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