Amazing, so glad there are people like Andrew out there to try something new. As people have commented it might not cover the footprint of the concrete etc, but regular housing is worse by far. And if someone doesn't try new ways, we'll never know how to improve.
As much as I love the design of this house and am happy that it is working as predicted, the one fundamental flaw of it is that whatever emissions are being saved by not burning fossil fuels for winter heat will probably never recoup the carbon intensity of the massive amount of concrete and steel in the building. Even 'green' concrete isn't particularly green except in comparison to the regular kind.' Still, a lovely design and a very liveable and unique home, and that is a value all by itself.
He didn't need to build that massive structure to support all that earth on the roof...and the water which gathers on it and weighs even more. All he needed was some lightweight insulation and place the mass to store the long-term heat elsewhere.
Andrew, to his credit, is deserving of respect. He did exactly what he said he did. He put his money where his mouth is. Add to that the fact that he was an expert in his field and decided to push that expertise that bit further, but he had the necessary fundamental scientific knowledge to pull it off. His foresight in inserting probes around the home to monitor it to record its performance is admirable. I'm very pleased that it is working for him and is testament to his research and accurate calculations. Simultaneously, his wife too deserves a lot of praise for what she has contributed to the home. I don't only mean in the choice of decor and style, but in being a very solid, grounding influence and very much a realist and balancer between scientific experiment and creating a warm (in atmosphere) home. She is very much the brake to Andrew's accelerator. Whoever designed the landscaping outside deserves much praise. I thought it was absolutely stunning and blended the outside with the inside perfectly. An impressive build and one that will over time, save them a lot of money in heating costs. So it is going to be very much an economical home as well as an ecological one. With one proviso though. That the building is able to withstand being half-buried in the ground without the need for major structural renovations in the future.
The most beloved Christmas gifts, a nice home restyling, a nice home design inspiration, a brand new home, a second home, for guests and visitors, another touristic atraction for an extra business, yeah, you are a huge inspiration for everybody guys, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year of love for smart structures building & never give up spreading good vibes of a kind. I was watching the other day some TV documentaries about cops jobs in Scotland. Those remote farmers lands are so delightful, what about helping them restyle cottages for being more attractive for visitors and tourists? The A-frame kind of rooftops are so cool, so Nordic, so Viking, so good looking... why feeling sorry to have a pointed roof? More room for guests under the roof. That reaches the porch and let them have farmers room under the porch as well. Using documentaries to explore...architectures is always so much fun, you can find new customers and from my behalf... everybody visit gorgeous Scotland, yeah, looks stunning. Those mountains are .. .scary😢😢😢
If the walls are 14C, then they're not "radiating heat", they're cooling the house... When a temperature of a surface is below room temperature, then it is taking away heat...not heating it up. Pretty fundamental stuff.
That last shot of Kevin on the roof... I would warry about the kids being up there all the time. Also, they need convection or solar power. 14C is miserably cold. Healthy temp is 19 to 23C.
⚠️ The project is quite literally groundbreaking and the promised results astonishing, BUT the owner should be crystal clear on what he's actually achieving, in order to prove the ecological advantages and not just try to do business and sell his own solutions. He very clearly installed a heat pump and made no mention of that. That's obvious considering the amount of piping that was layed down in the exact manner you would with a radiant system, even providing a large water tank. And obviously he needs a reliable source of hot water for washing and, in fact, he doesn't tell how he manages that! Then he says -we've got a few ways we can boost the temperature...- and he only talks about a little wood stove, that's not ecological by the way. I'm very much a fan of the show but here the owner's business got entangled with the narrative and things weren't told exactly right. I think the great strength of the show is the honest and deep storytelling that lies beneath construction endeavours like these, don’t loose that @granddesigns! ❤
It's preposterous for them to claim that 14C walls will heat up the house, or any room in it. Surfaces colder than room temperature cool it down, not heat it up! Astounding for a program like this to spread such misinformation. Their comparison graphs were for sure made using old, incredibly badly insulated houses instead of normal, well-insulated modern homes costing a fraction of his mass of concrete which also has to carry huge earth loads (plus the moisture which gathers in the earth). I don't believe for one second his claims of the budget either.
I have to disagree with your claim that a wood stove isn't ecological. It can in some cases not be that, but in many cases they very much are. Well-burning stoves with water circulation and an ecological wood source is very ecological...especially as a heater only meant to be used a few times a year.
@@Mantaray911I have no clue why he thought that lots of concrete on the ground helps anything in any way...that concrete won't transfer the heat into the embankment well at all, and concrete doesn't store energy over a whole season either. All he needed was some insulation, and if he wanted to transfer heat he could've used a heat pump.
Precast concrete not working in this application makes no sense. I suspect the full story is that the specific precast concrete blocks which some local company has in their production repertoire doesn't work. Or that the design of the roof structure is such that it doesn't lend itself to a design based on precast blocks. Precast concrete can be used in large apartment buildings, and the seams & overall design can be made robust enough for just about any structure.
His theory of gathering heat with his inefficient methods during the summer makes no sense: that requires uncomfortable heat in the summer, and the passive (or mostly passive) transfer of that 'heat' to the surrounding mass is incredibly slow. Plus, his use of mass was inefficient, requiring lots of cost, structure, and concrete. There are so many more efficient and effective ways to gather, transfer and store heat...and it doesn't have to work through your living room.
It stays at a fairly constant temperature throoughout the year (briefly mentioned at the start): just as it's much warmer in the winter, the soil will be much cooler than the surroundsin the summer , thus cool the house by drawing out heat.
@darylwilliams7883 you mean...someone with common sense???? Im not climate change denier. Climate has been changed as longs as that planet has been. Im saying all that carbon hoax has NOTHING to do with climate change. You can actually buy carbon generator from store and put it in your green house that tomatoes grow faster. Im a denier of all that crap they shovel down our throat. I have common sense. I can come my own conclusion based on logic and Simple evidence
Every single "hut" in Africa has a wood burner 🤣🤣🤣 hence all the trees are chopped down, then goats and cows denude the ground cover, then the rains wash away the soils 😢😢😢
англичане всю историю воспитывались в условиях экономии топлива. . поэтому этот дом экономичен. /потому что хозяин свои деньги заработал трудом , и знает что делает/ а вот фотобатареи-это сомнительный источник энергии. через 10 лет они умирают/деградируют. дом интересный..
I suspect that you are spouting rubbish.Why on earth you think that grass isn't good for the environment is mind boggling. The grass on his roof is not a lawn, it is natural. Weeds and all. It will more than likely be a very ecological habitat and weeds will flower thus attracting bees and other insects. Personally, I think his wife is exceptionally proud of Andrew as he has proven that he was right. Her input was also clearly visible and that does not suggest to me a tyrannical madman as husband and very much a good working marital partnership. The programme referred to him as an 'eco-warrior', but in reality, all that he is doing is trying to do his bit on a daily basis to limit his impact. Simple things like using a perfectly useable old watering can. He then used his scientific expertise to create a home based on solid physics and it was clearly demonstrated to be working. Why do you take issue with that?
@@andrewjones-productions His concepts were not proven to work, and they were also misrepresented for some reason. Read the other comments for more on the subject.
Amazing, so glad there are people like Andrew out there to try something new. As people have commented it might not cover the footprint of the concrete etc, but regular housing is worse by far. And if someone doesn't try new ways, we'll never know how to improve.
Kevin is such a good presenter. What an amazing project and plenty more to come from the house too.
Thank you so much for adding these fantastic builds to TH-cam. Wonderful!
As much as I love the design of this house and am happy that it is working as predicted, the one fundamental flaw of it is that whatever emissions are being saved by not burning fossil fuels for winter heat will probably never recoup the carbon intensity of the massive amount of concrete and steel in the building. Even 'green' concrete isn't particularly green except in comparison to the regular kind.' Still, a lovely design and a very liveable and unique home, and that is a value all by itself.
Yeah not really a ‘green’ house when you’re using steel and concrete
That's always the issue with new build. Arguably better to renovate old buildings with eco materials.
@@davidwiseman7774 He mentions earthships in the video and of course they're made with recycled tires, soil and whatnot...
Not to mention burying polystyrene in the ground 🤔
He didn't need to build that massive structure to support all that earth on the roof...and the water which gathers on it and weighs even more. All he needed was some lightweight insulation and place the mass to store the long-term heat elsewhere.
Indeed one of the best episodes of Grand Design
Not at all
Andrew, to his credit, is deserving of respect. He did exactly what he said he did. He put his money where his mouth is. Add to that the fact that he was an expert in his field and decided to push that expertise that bit further, but he had the necessary fundamental scientific knowledge to pull it off. His foresight in inserting probes around the home to monitor it to record its performance is admirable. I'm very pleased that it is working for him and is testament to his research and accurate calculations. Simultaneously, his wife too deserves a lot of praise for what she has contributed to the home. I don't only mean in the choice of decor and style, but in being a very solid, grounding influence and very much a realist and balancer between scientific experiment and creating a warm (in atmosphere) home. She is very much the brake to Andrew's accelerator. Whoever designed the landscaping outside deserves much praise. I thought it was absolutely stunning and blended the outside with the inside perfectly. An impressive build and one that will over time, save them a lot of money in heating costs. So it is going to be very much an economical home as well as an ecological one. With one proviso though. That the building is able to withstand being half-buried in the ground without the need for major structural renovations in the future.
Tremendous as always. Wonderfully hosted and produced.
The most beloved Christmas gifts, a nice home restyling, a nice home design inspiration, a brand new home, a second home, for guests and visitors, another touristic atraction for an extra business, yeah, you are a huge inspiration for everybody guys, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year of love for smart structures building & never give up spreading good vibes of a kind. I was watching the other day some TV documentaries about cops jobs in Scotland. Those remote farmers lands are so delightful, what about helping them restyle cottages for being more attractive for visitors and tourists? The A-frame kind of rooftops are so cool, so Nordic, so Viking, so good looking... why feeling sorry to have a pointed roof? More room for guests under the roof. That reaches the porch and let them have farmers room under the porch as well. Using documentaries to explore...architectures is always so much fun, you can find new customers and from my behalf... everybody visit gorgeous Scotland, yeah, looks stunning. Those mountains are .. .scary😢😢😢
I had to comment on this one. This is quite impressive for real. From theory to practicality.
What a fantastic man! Setting an example for all of us
Terrible manlet
If the walls are 14C, then they're not "radiating heat", they're cooling the house... When a temperature of a surface is below room temperature, then it is taking away heat...not heating it up. Pretty fundamental stuff.
Brilliant stuff!!!!!
Great respect to Margeretha to put up with this experiment. Many couples would have breaked up during such stress.
That last shot of Kevin on the roof... I would warry about the kids being up there all the time. Also, they need convection or solar power. 14C is miserably cold. Healthy temp is 19 to 23C.
All of this is outrageous: them claiming that 14C walls will heat up a room is such a bold-faced lie...
⚠️ The project is quite literally groundbreaking and the promised results astonishing, BUT the owner should be crystal clear on what he's actually achieving, in order to prove the ecological advantages and not just try to do business and sell his own solutions. He very clearly installed a heat pump and made no mention of that. That's obvious considering the amount of piping that was layed down in the exact manner you would with a radiant system, even providing a large water tank. And obviously he needs a reliable source of hot water for washing and, in fact, he doesn't tell how he manages that! Then he says -we've got a few ways we can boost the temperature...- and he only talks about a little wood stove, that's not ecological by the way. I'm very much a fan of the show but here the owner's business got entangled with the narrative and things weren't told exactly right. I think the great strength of the show is the honest and deep storytelling that lies beneath construction endeavours like these, don’t loose that @granddesigns! ❤
Well said! Never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative eh 😅
It's preposterous for them to claim that 14C walls will heat up the house, or any room in it. Surfaces colder than room temperature cool it down, not heat it up! Astounding for a program like this to spread such misinformation.
Their comparison graphs were for sure made using old, incredibly badly insulated houses instead of normal, well-insulated modern homes costing a fraction of his mass of concrete which also has to carry huge earth loads (plus the moisture which gathers in the earth).
I don't believe for one second his claims of the budget either.
I have to disagree with your claim that a wood stove isn't ecological. It can in some cases not be that, but in many cases they very much are. Well-burning stoves with water circulation and an ecological wood source is very ecological...especially as a heater only meant to be used a few times a year.
@pistonburner6448 I agree it can be. My point was primarily that it's not clearly the first source of heat in that house 👍
I could never live in 14-16C temperatures inside. Anything under 19-20C is miserable.
Didn't notice any ventilation system!?
I would have covered it with solar panels and used heat pump.
Exactly. But he used tonnes of concrete and steel instead...and called it a green, eco build. You can't make this stuff up😅
I'd like to see how the ventilation really works...how severe will the issues with the air quality and mold be?
@@Mantaray911I have no clue why he thought that lots of concrete on the ground helps anything in any way...that concrete won't transfer the heat into the embankment well at all, and concrete doesn't store energy over a whole season either. All he needed was some insulation, and if he wanted to transfer heat he could've used a heat pump.
A wonder not only by construction but by costs !!!
I wonder if there's any current data on heating the house?
Amazing house, and for 310,000 pounds, what it cost, it's even more amazing
When it rains, as it does in England, will the extra weight mess up the plans of the roof ?
No mention of black - doesn't black absorb heat ? 😊
How eco-friendly is all that concrete and steel? All those tonnes of concrete...just for 4 people...wow.
should last forever though .... how long does an eco timber house last ....how much maintenance does it need ?
Why did the owner not reveal that he installed a heat pump...? This is a deceptive story...leaving out important facts to further a narrative.
the stove wasn't connected ...... but it will need boost heat i'm sure
310,000 is pretty amazing
If you believe a word they say...
Precast concrete not working in this application makes no sense. I suspect the full story is that the specific precast concrete blocks which some local company has in their production repertoire doesn't work. Or that the design of the roof structure is such that it doesn't lend itself to a design based on precast blocks.
Precast concrete can be used in large apartment buildings, and the seams & overall design can be made robust enough for just about any structure.
Every home in india that's 100% has Layer of earth on its roof.
Concrete-Bitumin-Earth layer-Bricklayer/Tiles.
Where did you get that BS from? Have you even been to India??
Please add other languages. Turkish🙏🏻
Jeez there are some eccentric people in the UK!
His theory of gathering heat with his inefficient methods during the summer makes no sense: that requires uncomfortable heat in the summer, and the passive (or mostly passive) transfer of that 'heat' to the surrounding mass is incredibly slow. Plus, his use of mass was inefficient, requiring lots of cost, structure, and concrete.
There are so many more efficient and effective ways to gather, transfer and store heat...and it doesn't have to work through your living room.
All the talk about storing summer heat for winter but nothing about how livable it is in summer.
It stays at a fairly constant temperature throoughout the year (briefly mentioned at the start): just as it's much warmer in the winter, the soil will be much cooler than the surroundsin the summer , thus cool the house by drawing out heat.
Andrew is punching well above his weight.
He buried his house alive😅
Merhaba neden dil destegi eklenmiyor ?
Sand battery
😂😂🤣
1:43 Sorry, how is he an eco warrior? The material he chose to build with is concrete.
Maybe he's a double agent.
What the hell you western people have with that carbon? It's food for plants. Middle school science class.
Egregiously stupid climate change denier talk.
@darylwilliams7883 you mean...someone with common sense???? Im not climate change denier. Climate has been changed as longs as that planet has been. Im saying all that carbon hoax has NOTHING to do with climate change. You can actually buy carbon generator from store and put it in your green house that tomatoes grow faster. Im a denier of all that crap they shovel down our throat. I have common sense. I can come my own conclusion based on logic and Simple evidence
@darylwilliams7883 why my response comment was erased? Truth is hard?
@@chrisbrug7924 First try speaking some truth, then see how people react.
@@darylwilliams7883 in other words. You are too coward to debate. You just erase comments. Coward.
The eco warrior talks about putting a wood burner in! Without doubt, the most polluting way to heat a house.
Not really. Good modern wood burners let out fewer emissions than the wood would have released while decomposing in nature.
@Frontbumlover69 yea right! ....why are so many communities banning wood burning stoves then??
Every single "hut" in Africa has a wood burner 🤣🤣🤣 hence all the trees are chopped down, then goats and cows denude the ground cover, then the rains wash away the soils 😢😢😢
@@CG-99 i don't know maybe cause wood stoves in US pollute more cause you don't got regulations?
@@Frontbumlover69 you aren't making much sense here
An ugly 1960’s Library ( Stevenage or Dagenham), next to a beautiful Period Property 😢
англичане всю историю воспитывались в условиях экономии топлива. . поэтому этот дом экономичен.
/потому что хозяин свои деньги заработал трудом , и знает что делает/
а вот фотобатареи-это сомнительный источник энергии. через 10 лет они умирают/деградируют.
дом интересный..
Suspect she will get tired of dealing with him and leave.
You'd think an eco warrior would know thay grass isn't actually good for the environment
I suspect that you are spouting rubbish.Why on earth you think that grass isn't good for the environment is mind boggling. The grass on his roof is not a lawn, it is natural. Weeds and all. It will more than likely be a very ecological habitat and weeds will flower thus attracting bees and other insects. Personally, I think his wife is exceptionally proud of Andrew as he has proven that he was right. Her input was also clearly visible and that does not suggest to me a tyrannical madman as husband and very much a good working marital partnership. The programme referred to him as an 'eco-warrior', but in reality, all that he is doing is trying to do his bit on a daily basis to limit his impact. Simple things like using a perfectly useable old watering can. He then used his scientific expertise to create a home based on solid physics and it was clearly demonstrated to be working. Why do you take issue with that?
@@andrewjones-productions His concepts were not proven to work, and they were also misrepresented for some reason. Read the other comments for more on the subject.