ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
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Hello everyone,
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
apokolok schrieb:
Is it possible to omit the stud wall behind the washbasin entirely?
The pipes should also be able to be installed inside the wall. As far as I remember, this is only a 10 cm (4 inches) interior wall made of sand-lime brick – chasing it horizontally for a 50 mm (2 inches) drainage pipe would be crazy.
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pffreestyler10 Jan 2020 11:09Can't you build the stud wall yourself? Materials might cost around 40 euros and it takes about 1-2 hours. It's really easy, even for those with less experience in DIY. You'll get a nice hourly rate out of it.
Scout schrieb:
That is just a 10cm (5 inches) interior wall made of sand-lime brick, as far as I remember – chasing it horizontally for a 50mm (2 inches) drain pipe would be crazy.On the contrary, since it is probably non-load-bearing at that thickness. Instead of chasing, you would make a recess. The pipe goes directly into the wall. Wrap it with insulation wool if desired, then apply reinforcing mesh and plaster over it.
With a 50 mm (2 inch) pipe plus an additional 10 mm (0.4 inch) for installation, only 40 mm (1.6 inch) of wall thickness remains over a length of about two meters. Since the wall is presumably already built, creating a recess at this stage is out of the question. So, the wall chaser would have to be used... which means the upper two meters of sand-lime brick will rest on a 40 mm (1.6 inch) thick base... no thanks!
Furthermore, when pipes are installed flush within walls, the absence of impact sound insulation, such as proper pipe casing, can result in the transmission of installation noise to the wall and into adjacent rooms where noise protection is important. If a completely impact-sound-free flush installation of pipes cannot be guaranteed, it is recommended to install pipes in front of the wall.
If it is done this way, the tradesperson will rightly raise their concerns in writing.
Furthermore, when pipes are installed flush within walls, the absence of impact sound insulation, such as proper pipe casing, can result in the transmission of installation noise to the wall and into adjacent rooms where noise protection is important. If a completely impact-sound-free flush installation of pipes cannot be guaranteed, it is recommended to install pipes in front of the wall.
If it is done this way, the tradesperson will rightly raise their concerns in writing.
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