Grand Designs returns....

[woody]

I thought it was ok, it's not what I would have done but if you told me I had to live in it for a year I wouldn't be terribly upset.

Cant believe that the council insist on coal tarring every barn conversion, surely that argument that Kev gave would put that one to rest PDQ.

Agreed, total joke.

I missed that part, what were his arguments? Wasn't keen on the guild hall at all this week.

[Rich H]

The only reason all farm buildings were black as farmers used to get coal tar for free from the gasworks (Heat coal you get coal gas/town gas, coke and coal tar) so that was around 150 years ago, before that they painted the buildings with whatever they wanted.

The council says it's traditional but basically it was a bad habit that they have perpetuated.
As a result it ended up (Like they all would) looking like a giant black shed and, as it's black it'll remain like that for years.

[BiggestNizzy]

The only reason all farm buildings were black as farmers used to get coal tar for free from the gasworks (Heat coal you get coal gas/town gas, coke and coal tar) so that was around 150 years ago,

My old man used to get sent down to the Gas works as a kid to get that for painting the fence, he's only 67 (but it was free)

[bertieduff]

Am off to the Grand Designs Exhibition at the NEC tomorrow. Hopefully an interesting day out.

[Rich H]

Try not to catch pregnant

[Dominic]

Try not to catch pregnant

Thanks for that Rich, I now have a horrible image involving Bertie & Kevin.... ahhhhh my eyes

[bertieduff]

No worries...my virginity is intact!

Couldn't get near Kev or Gorgeous George for drooling females....how come architecture wasn't so sexy when I studied?

[MacK]

Couldn't get near Kev or Gorgeous George for drooling females....how come architecture wasn't so sexy when I studied?

Maybe it's just you Bertie.

[kenny]

Weekly bump...

Kevin McCloud oversees the efforts of Jonathan Belsey, a scientist who is trying to build a carbon-neutral home for his partner and their four daughters. The design and building is risky because it features untested technology and an uncompromising choice of materials, and he soon finds the costs spiralling out of control.

[kenny]

Great, sacked his Architect and Main contractor 5 mins in, this is about to tits up big time

[BiggestNizzy]

It was a good idea badly executed, it needed more money spent on it, maybe in 10th years time they will have fixed it

[kenny]

Nearly twice over budget, looks like an industrial unit on the outside and a prison on the inside with no privacy at all, a vain eco smug concrete bunker with barely functioning photovoltaics and a windymill that rarely turns and when it does it uses more electricity than it generates, so not eco friendly at all and come winter those concrete blocks certainly wont be retaining heat longer than a few hours and it will be fckin freezing. Awesome. What a cocktard.


Nice big garage though.

[jen]

I didnt like it at all. Tbh, Im getting a bit bored with this series........

[Mr Momo]

Did I hear His Houseship say "Ego House" ?

[Scotty C]

it had a nice view from the small window in the utility room.

Nice enough lay out, but for 500,000 I would want something a bit better then that Unit.