Great video. But your floor slab should have had a plastic sheet underneath it, to keep the moisture out. It would also be good to cover the rendering process, since that it likely to be difficult for an unskilled builder.
I built my house with YTONG in germany (its pronounced yoo-tong, not it-tong). it is a lot more difficult than this video leads you to believe. I also designed our house(with the assistance of YTONG architect) and there are a lot of things I would change if I was doing it again. Hint: an off the shelf design is easier since you need to do less cutting. If you have any questions, just ask, ill be happy to advise.
@@zerder7949 in germany, after building any house its common to apply a final waterproof expoxy coating on the outside. Its like a thick paint and can be put on with a roller. it remains flexible so it doenst crack in heat or cold and can be coloured. Some people put a layer of bricks on the outside instead of the epoxy paint, so it looks like a brick house but is insulated like a Ytong house. Ytong will soak up water if it sits in it but you should not be building any house without water protection. Classic bricks do not insulate so if you live anywhere you need to heat or cool the house, I would definitely recommend Ytong. Ytong /Xella also make cheaper blocks called "kalksandstein," they are light but do not insulate. I did not realise that and built my interior walls with expensive Ytong when I coudl have saved money by using kalksandstein. Some people only build the shell with Ytong and the interior walls with sheetrock/plasterboard, thats the fastest and cheapest method. They sell various thickness blocks, I think 36cm wide (inside edge to outside edge) is the minimum thickness you can use without having to add styrofoam facing to the house for the necessary level of insulation. In the UK and US, they dont seem too bothered with insulating houses, -their heating money to throw away!
@@lornwell3669 180m2 The cost of blocks, glue and windows was about 80k€ (8yr ago). We live in an area with very high water table so cellars are not feasible. Ppl do build AAC houses with cellars but the cellars are usually concrete not AAC. That 80k was the cost of the materials and did not include plastering, heating, plumbing, electric. But did include materials and labor for the roof. I built all the brickwork myself and paid for Windows to be installed
Hi Mr Herr, you say "there are a lot of things I would change if I was doing it again". what are the main ones? I am going to build a 100sqm house in South Italy, just one floor, no cellar, flat roof. I'd like to hear from people with experience what are the main do and don't 's and the 'golden pieces of advice'. thanks
its not necessary to use ytong for the staris or the roof. We did neither. Wooden stairs and standard roof. Also, dont carve lateral wiring channels in the walls, just run the wires along the bottom edges of the walls then a channel up to switches etc. The final floor covering (Screed) will cover the wiring.
Informative but presented easier than it really is. I am sure people mess up several times before making that perfect cut for the swirling stairs. The "comedy" sections are not funny to me, rather annoying. My next build will be with ytong.
@@ritaantoniou7441 it was in my next post. Copied here: its not necessary to use ytong for the staris or the roof. We did neither. Wooden stairs and standard roof. Also, dont carve lateral wiring channels in the walls, just run the wires along the bottom edges of the walls then a channel up to switches etc. The final floor covering (Screed) will cover the wiring.
Great presentation. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share your knowledge and experience with us. Greetings from Croatia.
Great video. But your floor slab should have had a plastic sheet underneath it, to keep the moisture out. It would also be good to cover the rendering process, since that it likely to be difficult for an unskilled builder.
I built my house with YTONG in germany (its pronounced yoo-tong, not it-tong). it is a lot more difficult than this video leads you to believe. I also designed our house(with the assistance of YTONG architect) and there are a lot of things I would change if I was doing it again. Hint: an off the shelf design is easier since you need to do less cutting. If you have any questions, just ask, ill be happy to advise.
Hi, do you have problems with the isolation? I mean, with water infiltration or anything, do you recommend y-tong or classic brics, Thank you :)
@@zerder7949 in germany, after building any house its common to apply a final waterproof expoxy coating on the outside. Its like a thick paint and can be put on with a roller. it remains flexible so it doenst crack in heat or cold and can be coloured.
Some people put a layer of bricks on the outside instead of the epoxy paint, so it looks like a brick house but is insulated like a Ytong house.
Ytong will soak up water if it sits in it but you should not be building any house without water protection.
Classic bricks do not insulate so if you live anywhere you need to heat or cool the house, I would definitely recommend Ytong. Ytong /Xella also make cheaper blocks called "kalksandstein," they are light but do not insulate. I did not realise that and built my interior walls with expensive Ytong when I coudl have saved money by using kalksandstein. Some people only build the shell with Ytong and the interior walls with sheetrock/plasterboard, thats the fastest and cheapest method.
They sell various thickness blocks, I think 36cm wide (inside edge to outside edge) is the minimum thickness you can use without having to add styrofoam facing to the house for the necessary level of insulation. In the UK and US, they dont seem too bothered with insulating houses, -their heating money to throw away!
@@Ifixitagain hello, what are your square meters and the final cost of building? i guess you didnt build a basement also?
@@lornwell3669 180m2
The cost of blocks, glue and windows was about 80k€ (8yr ago). We live in an area with very high water table so cellars are not feasible. Ppl do build AAC houses with cellars but the cellars are usually concrete not AAC. That 80k was the cost of the materials and did not include plastering, heating, plumbing, electric. But did include materials and labor for the roof. I built all the brickwork myself and paid for Windows to be installed
Hi Mr Herr, you say "there are a lot of things I would change if I was doing it again". what are the main ones? I am going to build a 100sqm house in South Italy, just one floor, no cellar, flat roof. I'd like to hear from people with experience what are the main do and don't 's and the 'golden pieces of advice'. thanks
its not necessary to use ytong for the staris or the roof. We did neither. Wooden stairs and standard roof.
Also, dont carve lateral wiring channels in the walls, just run the wires along the bottom edges of the walls then a channel up to switches etc. The final floor covering (Screed) will cover the wiring.
very nice and simple way of building
Pro tip: you can watch movies at Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Duke Jay Definitely, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself =)
@Duke Jay Yup, have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :D
Won't the mortar create thermal bridges?
Informative but presented easier than it really is. I am sure people mess up several times before making that perfect cut for the swirling stairs.
The "comedy" sections are not funny to me, rather annoying.
My next build will be with ytong.
vous ne levez pas le treillis quand vous coulez, donc pas noyé dans le béton, il ne sert à rien
Lego for adults
wrong, its a good deal more difficult than lego there are lots of things they dont tell you. I know I built my house with ytong.
@@Ifixitagain Hello
What do you mean?"there are..don't tell you"
@@ritaantoniou7441 it was in my next post. Copied here: its not necessary to use ytong for the staris or the roof. We did neither. Wooden stairs and standard roof.
Also, dont carve lateral wiring channels in the walls, just run the wires along the bottom edges of the walls then a channel up to switches etc. The final floor covering (Screed) will cover the wiring.
@@Ifixitagain Thank you very much
I live in Greece
@@ritaantoniou5838 ah lovely place Greece. Skopelos my favorite. Any other questions feel free to ask👍