Building Value

For most of our customers, cost of construction is only one of several factor’s important to them as they consider their plans. Ovens & King promise to our clients is to deliver outstanding value through our extensive expertise, competitive pricing and attentive & genuine attitude to customer service.

A home built by us not only embodies the latest in cost-saving efficiency measures, it will also be constructed from high quality materials that will suit your lifestyle and stand the test of time.

We employ thoughtful and intelligent building methods that get you the best result and fastest timeframe, always remembering that it costs no more to offer the best advice and a professional standard of quality customer service.

Please browse our client projects for testimonials to see what others say about Ovens & King Builders.

Efficiency & Sustainability

Ovens & King Builders are passionate about sustainability. We aim to offer all our clients the latest in energy efficiency measures to ensure that your new home is one that you not only enjoy living in, but that saves you running costs, and reduces the impact on the environment, well into the future.

Most Australians live in homes that work against the climate, rather than with it. Many of these homes use much more energy and water than is actually necessary. The materials they are made of can be responsible for damage our health and the environment.

Poor design choices mean the average family home is hot in Summer, cold in Winter and comparatively expensive to run. Well-informed choices of materials and building methods can significantly change the amount of energy embodied in the structure of a building, and save you money both during and well after construction.

Using a builder that embodies sustainable practice is fast becoming a smart economical choice as well as the responsible one for the environment. Ovens & King are committed to including efficiency measures in all our homes and building practices, and have been acknowledged for our expertise in efficiency and sustainability with several housing awards. We are an accredited MBAV Green Living builder and have built energy efficient homes up to a rating of 8.4 stars.

Speak with us to get the best advice on including smart choices in your new home.

Building Methods

  • Light Timber Frames
    • Appearance can range from the ultra modern to the traditional weatherboard house
    • Allows for a range of design solutions to achieve environmentally friendly housing in all climatic zones
    • Low thermal mass
    • Extensive use of plantation grown timber
    • Termite resistant treatments are commonplace
    • Variety of claddings including:
      • Timber weather board
      • New generation fibre cement claddings such as Scyon
      • Natural edge weatherboards such as Radial Sawn Timber
      • Corrugated Iron, Colorbond or Galvanised
      • Manufactured timber board claddings such as WeatherTex
      • Rendered Styrene cladding systems
    • Thermal performance can be very high, depending on the total building system.
  • Brick Veneer & solid brick
    • A wide variety of natural colours and textures, stable and colour-fast
      • High compressive strength
      • High thermal mass
      • Reverse brick veneer can result in high performing buildings with lower than average energy demands for both heating and cooling
      • Moderate thermal resistance, greatly enhanced by adding foil or bulk insulation
      • Excellent sound insulation, particularly for low frequency noise
      • Clay brickwork does not burn
  • Mudbrick – single & double skin
    • High thermal mass
    • Very good sound insulation properties,
    • Non combustible
    • Lowest impact of all construction materials in terms of a carbon footprint
    • Need protection from driving rain
    • Should not be exposed to continuous high moisture
    • Improve their thermal performance by creating two skins of wall and insulating the space between
  • Straw Bale
    • Rendered with cement or earth so that the straw wall is sealed up
    • Built with a Structural frame or as a Load bearing structure
    • Very low thermal mass capability
    • Excellent insulative properties
    • Effective sound insulation
    • Fire resistant if tightly packed and covered effectively with a skin of cement render
  • Rammed Earth
    • Very strong in compression and can be engineered to achieve reasonably high strengths
    • High thermal mass
    • Very good sound insulation properties
    • Non combustible
    • Usually cement stabilised offering high durability
    • Colour is determined by the earth and aggregate used
  • Hebel panel (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete)
    • Good compressive strength
    • Moderate overall level of thermal mass performance
    • Very good insulation properties
    • Very good sound insulation
    • Suited for fire-rated applications
    • Requires coating to inhibit moisture pentration
    • AAC building systems may have lower embodied energy per m2 than a concrete alternative

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