Europeans often have thick walls that then have foam insulation added to the outside. 1m is relatively thin.
They come to Australia and have a lot of trouble finding a building style that has thick enough walls. One I spoke to recently wasn’t happy with double brick; double block (think breeze blocks, but solid) would be close
What. Anything above 50cm is rare, and I’ve never heard of a house having 1m of outer walls.
ftr, I live in a 120yrs old house (location is in Germany), walls are about 45cm (double-walled, just brick). Adding insulation will increase this to about 60cm .
I’m planning on building a new home, walls will be about 40cm (inner sheeting + 24cm wood framing + 6cm outer insulation + 6cm facade). Anything above that and you’re about to enter Passive House land, and why would you go beyond that
Europeans often have thick walls that then have foam insulation added to the outside. 1m is relatively thin.
They come to Australia and have a lot of trouble finding a building style that has thick enough walls. One I spoke to recently wasn’t happy with double brick; double block (think breeze blocks, but solid) would be close
What. Anything above 50cm is rare, and I’ve never heard of a house having 1m of outer walls.
ftr, I live in a 120yrs old house (location is in Germany), walls are about 45cm (double-walled, just brick). Adding insulation will increase this to about 60cm . I’m planning on building a new home, walls will be about 40cm (inner sheeting + 24cm wood framing + 6cm outer insulation + 6cm facade). Anything above that and you’re about to enter Passive House land, and why would you go beyond that