Published Quarterly, the SelfBuild magazine has a proven track record of targeting the right people through our unique distribution. The magazine has achieved a reputation among Architects and
Self-Builders throughout Ireland with high quality content and relevant advertisers.
We sold over 4000
copies of
SelfBuild, Extend & Renovate Magazine at the show in Cork this year!
Another new record for the SelfBuild Show.
Featuring in 2012...
Latest Case Studies
SPRING 2012
(Copy deadline: 2 Dec 2011, publishing 24 January 2012)
• Over the Counter: Timber • Building in... Connaught
• How to create a wildflower meadow • Kid friendly homes
• Building a home with materials sourced in Ireland and
refurbish a cottage with vernacular materials •
International inspiration • Co Cork extension case study
• Co Antrim extension case study • Create a ‘feeling of
space’ • Window & door furniture SUMMER 2012 (Copy deadline: 16 March,
publishing 17 April) • Over the Counter: home
automation • Building in... Leinster • Alien attack - how
to tackle invasive species • Self-build nightmares:
what can go wrong • Agrement/standards • International
inspiration • BER, how to comply with flying colours •
Heathfield hall case study • Skerries case study •
Countertops • Creating more space within existing
footprint • Laying floors AUTUMN 2012 (Copy deadline: 15 June,
publishing 17 July) • Over the counter: wall
coverings • Building in... Munster • Autumnal colour -
foliage and why plants change colour • International
inspiration • Eco-build on a shoe string • Straw bale
construction case study • Accounting • How Builder’s
Merchants operate • Ranelagh refurbishment case study
• Typical extension designs • How to make shelves •
Wallpapering WINTER 2012 (Copy deadline: 14
September, publishing 23 October) • Over the
counter: heat emitters • Wood burning stoves •
Building in... Ulster • Soil not toil - organic
principles and how to tackle its limitations •
International inspiration • Sustainable communities •
Sanitary ware • 50k domer bungalow renovation project
in Cork • Treating wood problems • Extensions pitfalls
In 2004, Adrian and Arlene Gleeson decided to build an eco-house in their home county of Limerick. Learning as they went, they incorporated a number of sustainable design principles, including becoming self-sufficient. So much so that they’re now even considering installing a wind turbine!
Patrick and Louise Menary extended and refurbished their 1830s semi-detached family home out of necessity; there was a damp problem and they needed more space. What they didn’t realise was that they’d catch a bug - the self-build bug that is! Less than two years after having moved back into their house, they’re already hungry for more...
