Minimum distance from the base plate?

I rather wonder: How expensive and complicated will that be? Credibility is another matter (but I am just an amateur). Why not stick clinker slips directly and stay within the building envelope?

Yes, that is an alternative, but I'm not so sure if the straps look that good...

Hello Simon,

I think you are getting carried away with something there. The additional thermal insulation is generally tolerated, but with a new building this approach is usually not taken. If you still intend to do so, however, that is not a problem, the base slab is not considered as an external dimension.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

Yes, that is an alternative, but I'm not so sure if the thin bricks look that good...

Have you already seen new houses with thin bricks? There is no noticeable difference compared to facing bricks.

I am by no means an expert... with us, the clinker was not placed directly on the floor slab, but on a ring that was separated from the floor slab by about 10 cm of rigid foam.

Hello Dirk,

but that is not a problem, the base plate does not count as an external dimension.

Learned something new again; I thought a protruding base plate also counted as the outermost component

Rhenish greetings