**HL Construction Studies 2013 Before/After**

stephenjmcd

whats the fireplace drawing look like, we never did it, also why say fireplace, you cant predict it

LostBoy101

stephenjmcd wrote: »

whats the fireplace drawing look like, we never did it, also why say fireplace, you cant predict it

http://www.constructionstudies.ie/last-minute-lookovers-2013k.pdf It's on page 11 I think.

007driver

does anyone know how many drawings we are supposed to know,?

007driver

stephenjmcd wrote: »

whats the fireplace drawing look like, we never did it, also why say fireplace, you cant predict it

from looking through past exams I would predict the fireplace or suspended timber ground floor

LCstudent17

007driver wrote: »

can you bring in a calculator

Yes you can

stephenjmcd

Fingers crossed for suspended timber floor , much easier and we never did fire place

MartyP

hoping for decent exam.
chimney/suspended floor
u-value with heating cost
site safety
insulation
regular passive house question

Mickab1994

So ****ed for this exam!!!!

mayoman1995

Mickab1994 wrote: »

So ****ed for this exam!!!!

just learn uvalues passive house redesign and plumbing

LCstudent17

Can we answer an extra question?

mayoman1995

LCstudent17 wrote: »

Can we answer an extra question?

yeah but its tight enough for time

Sean1996

well ive looked over suspended solid, suspended timber, fireplace, cill so im hoping for anyone of these but fireplace the most

stephenjmcd

Well it was a stairs not to bad but had to do it from memory as hadnt looked over it , site safety was straight forward then environmental q was fine and redesign then house , did u values but did anyone think the wording was very odd on it , tough q I feel

stephenjmcd

Also is it a total score from all 3 exams that gives you your grade, I heard if you failed one part you failed the whole subject

Sweeney143500

That was the worst Construction exam I've ever done, didn't even go near the 1st question!

007driver

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Also is it a total score from all 3 exams that gives you your grade, I heard if you failed one part you failed the whole subject

its your total, from the chief examiner report you can see that people fail the paper but still pass the subject

stephenjmcd

007driver wrote: »

its your total, from the chief examiner report you can see that people fail the paper but still pass the subject

Ah ok, never read it , hopefully of doing well now

MartyP

wtf with the stairs? did nazi that comming, did jew?

LCstudent17

I thought it was ok.

Michael___

Paper was alright .... safe to say the people who did stairs as their project walked out happy -_- ..... that chimney question </3

Sporty_Kate

Saw Q1 on the Stairs.....Felt like flinging myself down the stairs!!

LCstudent17

Anyone else just make up a drawing for the stairs?

stephenjmcd

LCstudent17 wrote: »

Anyone else just make up a drawing for the stairs?

Did it from memory so it's not accurate I wouldn't think

stephenjmcd

Anyone find the u values question quite strange in its wording

Peanut Butter Jelly

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Anyone find the u values question quite strange in its wording

Yeah, and it was long as hell, took me 55 minutes to do.
Don't know how the hell I got the paper finished to be honest.

stephenjmcd

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Yeah, and it was long as hell, took me 55 minutes to do.
Don't know how the hell I got the paper finished to be honest.

Did take 55 mins , took bout 20 for me but dunno how right my figures were , I was used to working out one simply u value

dorcan

Anyone ele pissed of that the u-value question only had part a as maths i really needed it to be nice. Apparently in question 1 the herrring bone strut wasnt meant to be show because of the direction of the t&g boards. Is this true.

MartyP

got something like 0.13 and 0.17 for the uvalues

dave2610

MartyP wrote: »

got something like 0.13 and 0.17 for the uvalues

Same

stephenjmcd

dave2610 wrote: »

Same

Think I got 0.13 and just over the 0.18