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indeed. I try not to assume but when I do it often comes back to bite me. im not the best person to ask but i believe yes. But if you’ve got a plumber who will always install cheapest available option then you may want to put some effort into specifying better quality valves (or expect leaks at some point).

Ok, so I could have been more specific, but really, specifying a manifold without valves is like specifying a car without wheels. I didn't think I needed to be that specific 😒 The problem is my trades always want to do everything at least cost because that's what they always do. It's just frustrating. Assume nothing 😬 Can valves be inserted here at the junction, or is it entirely new manifolds?

What did you specify/agree to for this installation? Has he put isolators at the other end? That would be what I’d imagine an uncreative plumber not used to installing manifolds would do. (afaik isolators somewhere are a requirement, exact location isn’t) I don’t see the logic in doing it that way. You want a way to isolate leaks. Best place to do that is at the branch point of the circuit (*). Gonna be a pain in future if you want to change things as is. So I would put my foot down in your position and have them fitted at the manifold. * whether you want a second isolator at the end of the pipe is a question. If they are already there I don’t think I’d bother removing them. My experience with isolators is that they have leaked more than I’ve needed to use them as isolators, so I think I’d be inclined not to duplicate. Though from reading here it sounds like the leak issues are common with cheapo/screwfix type isolators. Higher quality ones are good.

The biggest advantage of a manifold is the isolation valves in my opinion. They allow parts of the system to taken offline while the rest stays active. No a no valve manifold is a missed opportunity. Just look at Screwfix they offer a couple of different options.

I had assumed my plumbing manifolds would be fitted with individual isolation valves. Assuming my plumber has no intention of fitting valves to these manifolds, then please tell me that (a) it doesn't matter, or (b) an alternative product with valves. Three of our HW (showers and bath) pipes are wider diameter than the rest.

Gently electric sander on it with water . Not perfect but much better 👊🏻

You'll be digging deep in to the pockets. Have you considered a ducted unit or is that not practical?

Not necessarily. It all depends on the ground, the design strategy and the resulting slab thickness. There is no one answer. But my instinct on good ground is screed (with heating pipes) over pir over concrete over stone. Tolerances getting tighter all the way. No groundworkers walking on pir or ufh pipes. The weakest part of that construction is the pir and the slab is obv much stronger but taking little load. I don't really know isoquick but feel it is a relatively conservative design, reducing risk for the novice but at some (considerable?) capital cost. Structural rafts on poor ground are a different matter. I can't recall ever using one, preferring beam and block (or plank) instead of stone and slab.

Simply via their website form, nothing fancy ! I’m a bit worried about cost, hoping for 6 units….

my world! I mean home custom Alexa intelligent system....

You also need to consider how to hold them open and secure them closed, gain ventilation as well as if they would be an issue should a fire break out.

But it would seem it genuinely does give you cheapest compute answer. Equally it has knowledge of technioques etc but it never makes the leap to them as a suggestion. But as soon as you say "why dont we use....." suddenly it kicks a whole new path in to explore. Problem is it thinks all my suggestions are good - as it's designed to pamper human ego. What you really want is to say "no, this is the wrong approach because...". I tell it off it should tell me off.

I think I get better paths!

and this is not just making a joke. It’s likely that the training corpus for the llms has the best responses in relation to professionals who don’t tend to use that language. By swearing at it you likely trigger different statistical paths within the training that have less optimal outcomes.

maybe swearing at a computer program isn’t the most effective tactic

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Indeed. Our insulation was covered whilst waiting to be installed. Once installed the builders seeming happy to let it get soaked. I had to buy hessian to protect new blockwork from frost and polythene to protect the cavities from a November when it just never seemed to stop raining. It was also interesting to see the brickie diligently protecting all unlaid blocks from the rain. Overheard him telling a workmate that if the blocks got wet they would weigh more, and then you couldn't build so many courses in one day because of the extra weight bearing onto the new mortar joints. We had a load of efflorescence when the blocks dried out. Builders seemed to have no site protection gear whatsoever. I had to buy all sheeting, tarps, hessian etc. It was me protecting the road when the concrete lorries came. When we realised we were going to have to get rid of the builders I compiled all the receipts for the QS to offset against the completed works 😁

I can't comment on your specific question but, more generally: We're in the build phase of our house so have taken out a warranty with a well-known provider. They did their first inspection recently and we were then informed of the outcome. The areas where we were 'non compliant/more information needed' were vaguely worded so I called them up. It took three "I'll just pass you on to my supervisor" discussions until I got to someone who could answer the questions. Even then they still couldn't actually explain what their own questions actually wanted. So we passed a load of information to them that we thought would cover their queries but then were told we needed a site report. Up until this point, no mention had been made about a site report. Planners didn't ask for it, the warranty company themselves hadn't asked/mentioned it. We don't have one because no-one has asked for it and nothing untoward came up from the geotechnical reports. But now it seems we're going to need yet another report. I explain all this to demonstrate/support your general point that warranty providers - like all other insurance providers - are both ineptly manned by uninformed people and will do everything in their power to avoid actually paying out a claim.

I'm I used Claude to help with mine. Had ~600 invoices/receipts and so many companies seem to make it difficult to just know the proper company name and VAT number. I got Claude to research the proper names and associated VAT numbers and put them in the spreadsheet. Still waiting for a response from HMRC so will see how it goes. Not sure about your last point - the house needs a kitchen to habitable, so the number must be at least 1 on that alone. If they're asking about utility rooms in the same question, then it seems logical that the answer would be 2 if you have one as well. I took the question as them trying to gauge what the realistic spend for your build would be. Submitting a 200k reclaim on a 500sqft house with a small kitchen seems far more irregular than on a 10,000sqft house with main kitchen, chefs kitchen, annex kitchen etc.

Exactly. Give yourself an unrestricted project and the house never gets done because you're too busy!

I think you’ve missed a key part of the specification which is to keep @Pocster occupied and provide an easy distraction from finishing his house. Everything following that is just part of the journey. 😜

The plot is flexible but the objective is the same. Super home assistant with voxel landscape backdrop!!!

already have timber

various reasons including easy access to gutters, full blocking of the sun, and cost