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​ROSE HOUSE

A highly insulated, timber-framed family home in Kingsdown, Bristol

An existing cottage within an old walled garden was demolished to make way for a new, highly insulated, timber-framed family home with a simple clean design, which combines new Cedar cladding, Velfac windows, square Aluminium guttering and reusing tiles and bricks from the old cottage.
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The new house has been built to very high airtightness levels - 0.5ach - and uses a Nuaire MVHR system. The timber frame structure was built on site, clad in Isoplaat wood fibre boards and insulated with WARMCEL - walls and roof - at 0.15 U values.

​Although the house needs very little heating, the polished concrete floors downstairs has underfloor heating, and a wood stove in the living room provides additional warmth.


Solar Thermal Evacuated tubes provides a back up to the hot water system.  Reclaimed oak flooring was fitted in all the bedrooms upstairs and with Marmoleum to all bathrooms. A bespoke birch ply kitchen was made on site & finished with ply and formica worktops.  At the rear of the house lies a full length deck and brise soleil built of locally sourced Western Red Cedar.

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​"​This type of low energy, air tight construction demands skills that are rare within the construction industry and demands a thoughtful and knowledgeable contractor. Greenheart were meticulous in their approach to detailing throughout. ​This care was borne out both in the quality of the finishes and in the level of airtightness achieved at the end of the process."

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Rose House in Homebuilding & Renovating magazine
Greenheart Sustainable Construction
Studio 2, St Andrew's Road, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5EH
info@greenheartuk.com 
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