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As built does not meet as intended and now are you saying that the intention wasn't even there.
It is not a big surprise, but sad :cry:
But when you're trying to retrofit a house to near Passivhaus levels the quickest and easiest is mostly not the right way. Despite being a special project, despite being a self-build, despite being for his son, despite me being mostly in control as designer and project manager, despite me being there to explain everything, and despite making him constantly rip things out and do them again I have made hardly any difference to his attitude.
And it's delayed our project immensely because I would make certain things wait until I was home on the weekend to make sure they're done properly.
I don't know how much this one experience translates to the industry but it's made me think that our existing housing stock will probably never be up to par and if you want something built right you need to get it made in a factory, shipped to site and put together by someone joining the dots.
But when you're trying to retrofit a house to near Passivhaus levels the quickest and easiest is mostly not the right way. Despite being a special project, despite being a self-build, despite being for his son, despite me being mostly in control as designer and project manager, despite me being there to explain everything, and despite making him constantly rip things out and do them again I have made hardly any difference to his attitude.
And it's delayed our project immensely because I would make certain things wait until I was home on the weekend to make sure they're done properly.
I don't know how much this one experience translates to the industry but it's made me think that our existing housing stock will probably never be up to par and if you want something built right you need to get it made in a factory, shipped to site and put together by someone joining the dots.
TOP POST above.
says it all, sadly.