Detailing

If a material or detail has lasted through time, why reinvent the detail, copy it, ok some of the materials have changed, but the detail works.

A good detail needs to be worked on, refined and thought about before entering it into CAD

Look before you leap. Take a walk, look for similar buildings or material use, and take time to  study, the building in question

Do not be afraid to stand and sketch, so take your A5 pad, a few pencils and sketch

Sketching is part of life you may say just take a photo with your phone, yes its quick and easy, but to understand the detail your looking at, sketching allows thought, it also helps to sketch before you CAD, stopping, thinking, using a rubber, altering, layering, learning to draw a line, Architects and Technologists draw in a particular way, with tools that say something to the observor. 

Sketching alows an idea to fester, to develop, to become, CAD inhibits that skill, a pencil and rubber, perhaps a few colours a roll of dtail paper overlaying a previous thought, 

In this look at the building regs we will delve into the law, the detailing in detail, (pun intended ) and discus why, there are two slides to look at the first is a more general overview and the second a more detailed look at the Law.

What are the Building Regulation, Inspectors and approved Inspectors, Agrement, Bylaws and more

A global overview of the building regulations, the various ways the regs are used, and a little look at the global use of building regulations

A manufacturors control system, or proof that as manufacturers materials are fit for perpose.

In this set, I show the need to collect details, you see, or even prepair, the ways we can store them and use over and over again. Good details  should not be copied and pasted but used as an aid memoir 

Digital offers so much sharing, linking tagging and adding notes when you see this detail inplace.

Oh this is it, I have tried all the others for me some worked, some did not, but Obsidian, well its well out side the box

Do not think you know everything, or can remember every detail you have ever seen, I and a lot of my colleagues collect construction books, this is my thoughts of some of the books I have and perhaps would like in the future

Just how important is understanding the impact of weather on your site, have you accounted for it in the design and gant chart

Some building do not have windows, but most do, this slide set looks at their use and methods of detailing

Silicon, is the worst of all materials, yet used correctly it can ease a problem, This slide set looks at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and ways to use it correctly. Plus do you realy need to use it, is there a better way.

In this slide set, I also look at the way we deal with materials that need to move, and the differing movement rate and the reasons why. In the following slide set on the use of Silicone, I look at its use to overcome some of the bad practice in applying this material.

Sound is so often overlooked in Architecture, yet its is one of the major complaints in hotels, flats and housing in general, I also take a loopk at how door detailing can overcome a weak spot in a walls design.

Glass is one of those materials we can not do without, yet until recently is was prone to damage from the slightest knock. but now Gorilla Glass has changed all of this from the conversations of Apple with a glass manufacturer to the product that is changing the world. I have unclused several presentations to co

Its not one subject but many, so this section will have many different slides seamingly on the same subject, but as always view each and you will see the differencr, this first lecture set is about Rain 

Water will flow it can clig to surfaces, travel along small gaps and cause havoc, this lecture set loots at one aspect of trying to control this with a good understanding of drips. Its a work in progress, so I will add to this in the coming weeks, keep chacking back

As I expand on this topic I will look at all uses of brickwork, old and new, so hold on whist I add to the lecture, it going to be  be several slide sets its such a big topic

This is the start, the understanding of Bonds and the importance of their use to bind two leaf od a wall together to form one solid wall. You may ask why bother is all cavity now, but you will need this when you do refurb work on an older building with solid brick walls

In this slide st, I explore the use of Cavity brickwork, and its modern day use, plus how it has to integrate into the older solid brick walls. Its early days, I have a lot to add, so keep checking in to see updates

Motars, First Lime then Portland Cement Mortar, but do not mix the two together, in this lecture set I will first look at Lime then Portland Cement Mortar and a final lecture on Refurbishment  where the two different materials will meet and how they need to be handled.

Although not specificly used in detailng, they offer designer a way of describing a good health and Safety script to follow in installation of many materials