Roger440

Word of caution. The Marshalls ones do NOT have a locking system. No use for real retaining walls. The blurb says 6 blocks high max for this reason Your only options are the A&G stuff i linked to and Tobermore as far as i know. Tobermore currently seems much more expensive for no apparant reason.

Its not cheap, but nor is good timber. And what you suggested isnt good in any way. It probably works out more expensive, but will last multiple times as long. I guess if you will sell within 5 years, then, like most developers, take the cheap option, failure wont be your problem. Personally, i wouldnt ever entertain a timber retaining wall.

100x200 aint no railway sleeper. Sadly its all just marketing guff for a large bit of crap wood, that will be rotted out in 5-10 years. If you must use wood, by real, used, railway sleepers. Full of lots of lovely chemicals, and proper hardwood like jarrah. Better stil, just use these, https://ag.uk.com/outside-rooms/products/garden-walling/bayfield/ Other variants available. Small trench, bit of type 1 and lay them. No mortar. Easy as can be. Ive used these twice, and just about to do another. If i can do it, anyone can. Will last a lifetime.

It seems to me, skirting on the fringes of this stuff, that the BCO's answer to anything not completely standard is a report from some professional or other. At this rate, it will cost more in reports and calcs than to actually build. I cant even fit some insulation to my wall without a suite of reports to keep BCO happy, that cost more than the insulation! I wonder where it ends?

Another vote for FH Brundle. Their delivery charge is a tenner, seemingly regardless of what i have. Then the drive from birmingham to mid wales to deliver. In their own vans. Always responsive, always helpful. It will never catch on....................................

Kind of inevitable, but that was rather earlier than anticipated. Still, someone will have got rich off it.

Harsh! Not quite sure its pointless tat. Its how i get about from A to B. And carry stuff. It performs those tasks very well and has done so for 22 years. Thats significantly more than then most of the consumer tat people are installing in their houses.

To be honest, i just dont get it. I want simplicity in my life. Clever technology only ever goes wrong, breaks down, and then, is no longer supported. First rule, no electronics unless i absolutely have no alternative to achieve the outcome. Home automation though, no, still dont get it. I guess im not a target customer for all this pointless tat 😂

I dont think it is. These same people, on a cold winters night, wouldnt leave their front door open, and then wonder why its cold! The concept is that simple. I cant imagine there are many people so dim as to be unable to grasp this. Bone idle, disinterested etc, possibly.

Its worse than that though isnt it. It seems that most cant understand that if the air on the outside of the insulation can get behind/go round the insulation, its not insulation any more! If you cant grasp that, then as you say, they are morons. OP's brick layers included.

If anyone did this on my house, id chuck them off site. But then, we dont know what you asked for. It probably keeps the rain out?

Thats correct. Specifically the qualifications/credentials of said installer. Which, as its me, the correct answer is none, beyond 16th edition from 1990. And can confirm its a question on the G98 form. Mandatory field.

Interesting. As i intend to do it myself, im sure they wont accept a blank box though however disinterested they might be.. So i have to put something in that box. Question is what? Ill be doing G98.

I bought some gapo tape for a small area in the loft where i need access to the water tank. As above, the cost of the tape is simply eyewatering. It might be good, but to use this on any serious quantity is nuts. And its still a bugger to do, though marginally less of a bugger than without.

What did you do where it asks for the installers qualifications/credentials? Im going to do a self install, but im not qualified. (well i was, in 1990 under the 16th edition, but i doubt that counts for much!)

Iceverge is spot on here. Its what id be doing in this situation. Out in the real world, without exceptional levels of detailing, this can never work. Ive seen a coule of videos by builders showing, proudly, that they have fitted this stuff. And whilst not as poor as this effort, its clear to anyone that the air will get behind the insulation. Sadly, the BCO, nor anyone else except the OP, has any vested interest in the thermal performance of the completed building. So long as the boxes are ticked, thats all that matters.

Yes, insulation under the floor would be nice. But to dig up a perfectly servicable floor to insulate is unlikely to make any economic sense. You could use an overlay system, but that can create knock on issues with the extra floor height. Or, you can hire a machine to grind grooves in the floor and fit the UFH pipes into those. Yes, you will lose heat downwards, but you will be doing that with rads too to a lesser extent. If the floor is uninsulated, then its uninsulated. I will be cutting grooves. Even as a DIY job, in my small house, if be looking at £5k plus to dig up and insulate the floor and replace the concrete. Ill be dead by the time i see break even on digging up the floor in reduced heating costs. I will say, having done UFH before, its so much better than rads, especially with an unisulated floor as you will always have colder air at floor level. UFH will dispense with that.

ill remember that. But dont hold your breath, its likely to be 2027 before i get that far. Outside and barn work first. Got to get ones priorities in order!

Sounds almost too good to be true! Be sure to keep us updated if you do get to see this used. As im planing to strip and refurb my house in one hit without living in it (so completely empty), might be perfect for what i need.

In which case, given your other challenges seems like a no brainer to me.

+1. Never made any sense to me either. Extra build up depth, extra costs, for no gain that i can see. Beyond a faster responding UFH? Still seems popular though.

All good stuff, though way over my head!

£1600.

Well, i guess if you gear it down enough, anything will work! Not really getting in to ramp modifications. Ill live with what i have. Anyone need a really nice 2 post 3 phase screw lift?

Lifts are cheap! £20k for a connection from 50ft away is robbery. Its not happening. Plus its even more expensive (as though that were possible), and uncapped. Yes, almost 6 meters to the apex. Working on the solar. Need a tame electrician to sign of my install though...... Not sure DNO will accept my qualifications! The hobby might be expensive, though its not that bad as you think, i do it all myself, But over the next 20 years, unless i do something im going to spend over £70k on electricity at todays prices. And prices can only go up. And i really would like 3 phase, which a genset would give me.