different ways to build a house
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In these two videos, it is not hard for us to find that the normal older of building a house is usually starting from the bottom and finishing at the top. We can also see that the way they use to build the house is similar. Firstly, they transported the material they need to the certain place and then they built the house at the place straight away.
However, there is another way to build the house which is different from the way I show above. Some people will divide the house into a few parts and they will build all parts in the workplace. Then they transport each part of the house to the certain place and install them together. The video on the right will show you this process.
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tips for building a house
- The longest land in an east-west direction maximises heating and cooling efficiencies.
- The house can get sunlight in winter if there is not any big obstacles like trees and buildings.
- The living areas are always faced north while the bedrooms faced south.
- The living areas should always face north.
- It is the best to have most of windows facing north. (Because we mainly capture the winter sun)
- It is better to make about 1/3 to 1/2 glass of the north wall. (So that we can get more heat in winter)
- The east and west facing windows should be made as small and less as we can.
- The south facing windows need to be modest in size. (It needs to be not only small enough to limit heat transfer in winter, but also big enough to allow cross-breezes in summer)
- Having a garden is good to control the heat and cold.
- It is good to plant low growing deciduous trees to shade north facing windows.
- Tall trees can be planted on the west side. (Because it can offer shade from the hot afternoon sun and still allow cool sea-breezes to flow underneath.)
- We need to measure and plan where the trees should be planted to avoid branches drop on the roof.
- Using water-wise ground-covers and shrubs can also cool the house down.
- Verandas and pergolas can be used to provide extra summer shade.
- All windows should have thermal curtains with close-fitting pelmets.
- The security screens should also be used for the windows.
- We need the eaves. (Because is one of the most important ways to keep the searing high summer sun out, but let the low warming winter sun stream in.)
- The correctly sized eaves can provide a balance between winter sun and summer shade. (Measure the distance from the line of the eaves to the bottom of the window and times that figure by 0.7.)
Information Source: https://www.synergy.net.au/at_home/energy_efficient_designer.xhtml