The piece of insulation you picked up to put in the outer wall was meant for the inner walls (Steel studs), it is 60 cm to account for the extra width. The piece you were thinking about it 57,5cm which will fit perfectly in between the horisontal 2'2' in the outer wall. We usually frame everything with 60cm center to center, which will make it 55,2 cm between each stud. Other than that, great video! It's cool to hear your thoughts on how we do it here in Norway :)
I wish I could employ builders who built to Scandinavian standards in the UK? Is the 60cm related to cabinet size in the EU. Kitchen cabinets are usually 60cm and IKEA uses 60cm 90cm & 1.2m? Is this a standards thing? BTW I live in Oxford where about 80% of people voted against Brexit. Thankfully I have dual citizenship, but being outside the EU sucks everyday. And afaik Norway isn't EU but... I annoying that LED SAD lamps & Infrared SAD heat panels have only become availble in the last 10 years. If they were available when I was 20 I would have started learning Norwegian. I know you all speak English, but to be a part of the community you need to speak the local language, which is why I am learning Portugese because everybody round here is from Portugal or Brazil.
Love watching the various construction methods around the world. I’m from Western Australia and even across our country (more so in the residential space) there is a vast difference in how we build.
Half my family live in Oz but I never been to Western Australia its honestly the only thing I know about your area is from things like Jet Lag: the game. My Cousins company builds awnings & shutters for commercial buildings and the depth of the technology is a wonder to behold, a lot of which, ironically comes from Europe. I am not even in the Trade, I became intrested in construction and Design as a kid and I find all of this fascinating!
Oz builders need to pick up their game and build better esp since the government is pushing more high rise apartments to satisfy the housing shortage. If they build like this these apartments would sell very well. But our dodgy builders will never do this and all these apartments if they get build will be a disaster.
Something I always notice in overseas construction- Europe, Japan- is the quality of their lumber seems much higher. Thicker, usually wider boards and almost furniture grade, like it’s been planed and milled. Too much of US lumber is super warped, rough finished, knotty.
By code at least 75% of the insulation needs to be on the outside of the vapor barrier in Norway (used to be 2/3). I believe also every new bathroom needs to be built like a waterproof unit.
I love Steve calling it as he sees it. I saw a recent 5 story complex being built out of wood California. It kind of surprised me, because I hadn't seen something that tall in wood frame and would have assumed aluminum/steel would have been cheaper and easier to build to earthquake code.
Wrote a long respons but lost all i wrote since windows update had other plans.... But all the stuff you guys review are been studdied over 60 years of knowledge. The way American build would roten or mold away with in 2years. The climate is so diffrent with the temprature that can be -15celsius at the morning and up to 10+ in the day time. And back down to -15 at night time so the condense issue is wild here. Thats also why we have so much space between the cladding and the gips to remove moisture. Many places in U.S they dont even have air space between the cladding and zip system. That would not work at all here. If u do so its like 6month and u can alrdy smell the mold. The out side is vapor barrier tight but breath able al the way into the plastic on the inside wall to remove any trapped moisture. I know in U.S u guys have difrent ways to do it in each Stat, here in norway whe have ppl that spent 10 000's of hrs to make a hand book that we all can follow to prevent bad stuff from happening. if u follow that book the house would not even have 1 % chance to not last 30-50 years without a mold /water issue. If u got any questions dont hasitate to ask i been a Carpenter in Norway for 25 years.
poly on the inside is to prevent as much damp as possiable getting into the walls, if any gets inside there the gipsym sheets are able to soak it up and dry with the extra venting, thats why its space between clading and outer wall.
I understand the trough to the flat roof. It there for a second drain. In the UK you should have 2 roof outlets to a flat roof. The overflow is too small.
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 steve I wanted to ask. What if they had cantilevered out a simple glass or perspex roof over that outside area protecting it and the people below from the worst of any rain? Btw thankyou for all your work on the channel, I love your work all around the north east. If I ever come home to Boston I would definitely be contacting you (when I was little we would play at the local park which had the swan boats on it & ate a Brighams Ice Cream, they were the happiest days of my life despite being a Boston Globe Spotlight kid). Hugs
Steve, needs to think about his preferred Zip system. Vapour barrier on the inside. Then a highly breathable system to the outside. Which works in a cold climate. Would not work in the UK. We are not as cold bet damper and higher humidity.
Mat or steve., Have you ever seen a ground (first) floor wet room, with a tiled bath sunken through the slab into the ground with a strong stanable on hatch that operats like a hatch between floors on a boat or ship to allow it to be used as either: A. As a seated shower with the hatch up or B. A standing shower when the hatch down and locked? The rest of this disabled & wheelchair accessesable wet room will have a height adjustable toilet and sink using Linak height adjusters. We're also planning a railing system for a rope and lift. And were wondering about fitting InfraRed heat panels? Does any of this sound familiar to you? Because any help would be greatfully appreciated Thanks
@@bobnomura2068 the space on top there are (If they done it after the book) calculated by the heavy'est rain they get in a year in that area. So the size is adjusted for that square-meter size. The hole sideways is an emergency if the main one cant keep up in extreme weather that are not common in that area. Also why there is not 2 main once is since this is so high up. Leaves are not able to blow up there in big quantity, and if it did it will have boards all over it with "tracks" underneath that will prevent the leaves to be clogged up. Also a half a year clean up maintenance will be required done by either house owner or a service caretaker by law.
Waser dryer closet had no vent? Was there a vent for the bathroom unit video did not make clear? How do they support the exterior decks as roofing membrane seemed to not have any support points for decking? Does decking just lay on top of roof membrane? After terrace is decked what provisions are made for access to drains and gutters?
@@raystormont washer and dryers in Norway dont require vents since we dont use gas only electric. It is a gap behind the cabinet that let the air out in the room and it is a big fan sucking all air out of the bathroom. Also aircondition vent so in newer house there is up to 3 vents in a bathroom. The exterior decking can variate but are either a tile system or wood boards on floating 36mm ''woodtracks'' . Either a hatch or a tile to lift of to get access to the drain system. :)
Different approaches dictated by different climate zones. Norway has climate zone like Alaska. You will never build Alaskan house like you build in Texas. If humid hot air gets to the insulation bats it freezes and made insulation worthless and there’s no quick way to remove water from the wall. So they had to keep hot humid air away from walls
Who thought it was a good idea to run the flex conduit DIAGONALLY in the wall?!?! Enjoying the coverage - now you should do a review of US methods by some European builders 👷
Lovely Norway. I worked there for 14 years as a pro carpenter. I know a lot about their contruction system.
Best place on earth. I miss that.
The piece of insulation you picked up to put in the outer wall was meant for the inner walls (Steel studs), it is 60 cm to account for the extra width. The piece you were thinking about it 57,5cm which will fit perfectly in between the horisontal 2'2' in the outer wall. We usually frame everything with 60cm center to center, which will make it 55,2 cm between each stud. Other than that, great video! It's cool to hear your thoughts on how we do it here in Norway :)
I wish I could employ builders who built to Scandinavian standards in the UK?
Is the 60cm related to cabinet size in the EU. Kitchen cabinets are usually 60cm and IKEA uses 60cm 90cm & 1.2m? Is this a standards thing?
BTW I live in Oxford where about 80% of people voted against Brexit. Thankfully I have dual citizenship, but being outside the EU sucks everyday. And afaik Norway isn't EU but... I annoying that LED SAD lamps & Infrared SAD heat panels have only become availble in the last 10 years. If they were available when I was 20 I would have started learning Norwegian. I know you all speak English, but to be a part of the community you need to speak the local language, which is why I am learning Portugese because everybody round here is from Portugal or Brazil.
@@annakissed3226 in Norway we usually build in modules of 60cm, I'm guessing the cabinets are produced to fit these modules
Love watching the various construction methods around the world. I’m from Western Australia and even across our country (more so in the residential space) there is a vast difference in how we build.
Half my family live in Oz but I never been to Western Australia its honestly the only thing I know about your area is from things like Jet Lag: the game. My Cousins company builds awnings & shutters for commercial buildings and the depth of the technology is a wonder to behold, a lot of which, ironically comes from Europe. I am not even in the Trade, I became intrested in construction and Design as a kid and I find all of this fascinating!
Oz builders need to pick up their game and build better esp since the government is pushing more high rise apartments to satisfy the housing shortage.
If they build like this these apartments would sell very well. But our dodgy builders will never do this and all these apartments if they get build will be a disaster.
Something I always notice in overseas construction- Europe, Japan- is the quality of their lumber seems much higher. Thicker, usually wider boards and almost furniture grade, like it’s been planed and milled. Too much of US lumber is super warped, rough finished, knotty.
By code at least 75% of the insulation needs to be on the outside of the vapor barrier in Norway (used to be 2/3). I believe also every new bathroom needs to be built like a waterproof unit.
@@trulsher not anymore just the wet zone but most ppl still doing a 100 % waterproof unit
I love Steve calling it as he sees it. I saw a recent 5 story complex being built out of wood California. It kind of surprised me, because I hadn't seen something that tall in wood frame and would have assumed aluminum/steel would have been cheaper and easier to build to earthquake code.
Me too!!
Wood is better for earthquakes. Metal requires a suspension in the foundation
@@echtogammut ye metal is the worst for earthquake....
Wrote a long respons but lost all i wrote since windows update had other plans....
But all the stuff you guys review are been studdied over 60 years of knowledge.
The way American build would roten or mold away with in 2years.
The climate is so diffrent with the temprature that can be -15celsius at the morning and up to 10+ in the day time.
And back down to -15 at night time so the condense issue is wild here.
Thats also why we have so much space between the cladding and the gips to remove moisture.
Many places in U.S they dont even have air space between the cladding and zip system.
That would not work at all here. If u do so its like 6month and u can alrdy smell the mold.
The out side is vapor barrier tight but breath able al the way into the plastic on the inside wall to remove any trapped moisture.
I know in U.S u guys have difrent ways to do it in each Stat, here in norway whe have ppl that spent 10 000's of hrs to make a hand book that we all can follow to prevent bad stuff from happening. if u follow that book the house would not even have 1 % chance to not last 30-50 years without a mold /water issue.
If u got any questions dont hasitate to ask i been a Carpenter in Norway for 25 years.
poly on the inside is to prevent as much damp as possiable getting into the walls, if any gets inside there the gipsym sheets are able to soak it up and dry with the extra venting, thats why its space between clading and outer wall.
I understand the trough to the flat roof. It there for a second drain. In the UK you should have 2 roof outlets to a flat roof. The overflow is too small.
Did you check out the famous "art-silo" which is right next to these apartments? Or the house of culture?
Yes - it was very cool. I put a few shorts on my channel
@@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 steve I wanted to ask. What if they had cantilevered out a simple glass or perspex roof over that outside area protecting it and the people below from the worst of any rain?
Btw thankyou for all your work on the channel, I love your work all around the north east. If I ever come home to Boston I would definitely be contacting you
(when I was little we would play at the local park which had the swan boats on it & ate a Brighams Ice Cream, they were the happiest days of my life despite being a Boston Globe Spotlight kid). Hugs
Just a few miles from Kristiansund is the Island of Frei. My grandfather was born there. I still have family there
This is Kristiansand, about 10-11 hours drive between these cities.
My hometown
It was beautiful!!!
Name of the town is Kristiansand, not Kristiansen as written in the description.
PS. It's "Kristiansand", not "Kristiansen" (in the description)
Steve, needs to think about his preferred Zip system. Vapour barrier on the inside. Then a highly breathable system to the outside. Which works in a cold climate.
Would not work in the UK. We are not as cold bet damper and higher humidity.
Steve’s a little skeptical. :)
He's jealous 😂
Mat or steve., Have you ever seen a ground (first) floor wet room, with a tiled bath sunken through the slab into the ground with a strong stanable on hatch that operats like a hatch between floors on a boat or ship to allow it to be used as either:
A. As a seated shower with the hatch up or
B. A standing shower when the hatch down and locked?
The rest of this disabled & wheelchair accessesable wet room will have a height adjustable toilet and sink using Linak height adjusters. We're also planning a railing system for a rope and lift. And were wondering about fitting InfraRed heat panels?
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
Because any help would be greatfully appreciated
Thanks
Was hoping for an answer to Steve's ruminations about drain on the top floor deck...
@@bobnomura2068 the space on top there are (If they done it after the book) calculated by the heavy'est rain they get in a year in that area.
So the size is adjusted for that square-meter size. The hole sideways is an emergency if the main one cant keep up in extreme weather that are not common in that area. Also why there is not 2 main once is since this is so high up. Leaves are not able to blow up there in big quantity, and if it did it will have boards all over it with "tracks" underneath that will prevent the leaves to be clogged up. Also a half a year clean up maintenance will be required done by either house owner or a service caretaker by law.
Waser dryer closet had no vent? Was there a vent for the bathroom unit video did not make clear? How do they support the exterior decks as roofing membrane seemed to not have any support points for decking? Does decking just lay on top of roof membrane? After terrace is decked what provisions are made for access to drains and gutters?
@@raystormont washer and dryers in Norway dont require vents since we dont use gas only electric.
It is a gap behind the cabinet that let the air out in the room and it is a big fan sucking all air out of the bathroom.
Also aircondition vent so in newer house there is up to 3 vents in a bathroom. The exterior decking can variate but are either a tile system or wood boards on floating 36mm ''woodtracks'' .
Either a hatch or a tile to lift of to get access to the drain system. :)
@@Punchdown1337 Thanks
"Americans go on Safari in the North".. * queue bongo and flute music *
Different approaches dictated by different climate zones. Norway has climate zone like Alaska. You will never build Alaskan house like you build in Texas. If humid hot air gets to the insulation bats it freezes and made insulation worthless and there’s no quick way to remove water from the wall. So they had to keep hot humid air away from walls
Who thought it was a good idea to run the flex conduit DIAGONALLY in the wall?!?!
Enjoying the coverage - now you should do a review of US methods by some European builders 👷
20:24 sign say no loitering ! (joke)