THE ULTIMATE SELFBUILD PROJECT
At Polarwall we have seen some very impressive selfbuild projects - but one house stands out in this Pantheon, and that's the House That Jim Built ...
Selfbuilder Jim Sendall started his construction adventure by picking up a valuable piece of land at an excellent auction price from under the noses of local developers. He then designed and drew the highly impressive house from scratch with a sure and confident style.
The house he designed is built into a small quarryside so it is an earth sheltered house with grass roof - but yet at the front it still retains a sense of grandeur and style.
This isnt a small house and Polarwall director Alan Wheeler thought Jim might have bitten off more than he could chew. "When I first saw our formwork being assembled over this large footprint" said Alan, "I knew I would have employed people to do this as the scale of the build would have faced me down like an overfull plate of food"
However, if such thoughts occurred to Jim he kept them to himself and he has finally finished a superb home with very little help and assistance.
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Polarwall on Grand Designs ICF construction systems have been featured twice before on Channel 4’s Grand Designs and it is not too unfair to say that neither system shown on the programme has covered ICF construction in glory. |
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When specialist German basement company Freestand Kellerbau started to review ICF basement systems their first reaction was disappointment at the quality of some of the ICF systems. |
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When it was decided to replace the Grant Thorold Library in Grimsby, the town’s architects wanted to create something special...A living wall of plants |
Read a frank and honest account of a self builder's experience using Polarwall Ray and Linda Thomas have submitted their own account of building with Polarwall. Their house, built in the beautiful Pembrokeshire countryside is fine example of how to build a luxury detached home. |
