Roger440

Id have to agree with this. I have them on the back of my house, (but real slate on the front), and they have been there since the 70's. They are fine. Ok, some moss on them, but otherwise OK. I had to take a few off recently for an unrelated reason. i just put them back on. When we bought the house, i mentioned to the wife that maybe we should re-do the back in slate. Reality, until i read this post, id never given it another thought. I dont stare at the roof everytime im outside. My wife is always moaning that i try to do everything perfectly, when, often, it just isnt necessary. I struggle with that concept.

Absolutely this!!! Theres a lot of installers getting rich quite quickly. Always the same with any government scheme. Heat geek might be well ahead of other in the technical aspect, but they appear to be on an equal footing with others at taking the taxpayer for a ride. Same as my "free" 4g internet connection. About 250 quid on the open market. But they pay the installer 850!!!! And he does three a day. I guess the money run out now so they are onto EV charger installation. Funded by the welsh government. Again.

This doesnt appear to be clear. This house that you have built, are you saying its still under contruction, and that you need to deal with the rainwater run off from the roof? How much land does it have? I dont think id be telling anyone about the existing soakaway. Thats a whole can of worms you probably dont want to open. However, nothing in your post suggests its not working, so the ground conditions cant be too horrendous. Where did water run off prior to building go?

Why the NHL 3.5. Thats not particuarly permeable. Its not like you need the strength.

The new owners may well create a problem as the IWI build up will no longer be breathable. But thats on them If you are nice, like i was, i left the next owners a "house book" advising them what to do and which walls it was applicable too.

I guess it probably doesnt matter from a practical point of view, but the two things that would concern me are, 1, given the stabdard of work, what the standard of mortar mixing like? You dont need poorly mixed/weak mortar here. Also if thats the standard or work they can achieve, i cant imagine it would improve later. Personally, id sack them.

You would have to imgaine there must be some degree of corruption, simply because the sums of money at stake can be huge. With that much at stake, persuading the planner with sums that could take months or years to earn, looks like an easy solution. It will be interesting to see where the leeds case leads.

Limewash. Doesnt get cheaper or more breathable than that.

I think you may be waiting some time. As above, there is no plan, and no clue. Just fuzzy words. They have used up 8% of there term already.

Id say Joe90 is bang on the money.

Ive owned a few houses, granted none were that new, but none had "plant rooms". Not necessary, more of a nice to have id suggest.

Can i ask what the logic is that drives that decision?

How much? Just use the Jeremy spreadsheet on here. Will give you a good indication.. I did. Ill be dead before i reach any kind of payback to digging up the floor. Perfection is nice, how ever, some pragmatisim is required unless you dont have bedgetry contraints. If you think you will sell in 10 years, dont even bother doing the calcs. You wont reach payback in that time.

Would you use the intello over a woodfibre and lime build up? As opposed to not having the VCL at all as is normally suggested?

All very nice, but in reality, wishful thinking. Developers are interested in profit, not the running costs. There is simply no incentive to be interested.