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Hi I'm based in Scotland and currently submitting my completion paperwork to BC. They have asked for a sound test on intermediate floors....I was under the impression a sound test wasn't needed? Anyone have this request before and who/what is needed to do one? I have actually installed resilient bars, accoustic wool, accoustic PB as we have 3 children (and have photos). They have requested a couple of other things so don't want to push back and p them off just yet. Many thanks

I have had one "it's within tolerance" when I had a load of beads inside one of the panes.....outside tolerance appears to be if it was full to the top...

Googled - don't think it's roller wave. It's more like 2 sharp lines have been cut with a stanley knife (horizontally) and the area between them is fuzzy

Hi - I've got a 4mX2.3m 3G Internorm sldier that was installed about 9 months ago in our new ICF self build. One of my contractors just pointed out that I have horizontal lines across the top half of the window which give you a fuzzy optical illusion. I've cleaned up the window and he is right. It's impossible to get a photo but it's like horizontal bands of fuzzy glass. It seems to be the inner pane - up close I can now see - it looks like a perfect straight horizontal lines in the glass. Any idea what could be causing it? Or how to get a picture so I can show the installer? Thanks

Update - Internorm said the water between the outside pane and the seal is normal....

Hi all - we have powder coated external MVHR vents in rendered walls. Did anyone find a good way to tape up the vents without pulling all the paint off? We've already had a bit of paint come off (mastic man on a ladder!). Thanks

Our PV installer got our export MPAN through the DNO (in about 3 days!) and I gave it to EDF......but we are now on week 6 waiting for EDF to process the MPAN! I've called and emailed weekly. They have said that they will backdate payments to the first photo I sent them with my export reading on it.....we've also given them about 2000kw in the last few months! So maybe take a photo of your reading if you haven't already.

Hi We have a terrace on our flat roof. We need to find some sort of decking/tiles that will sit on feet (on top of a fleece to protect the roof). Problem is we don't have a lot of room for build up - Millboard want 100mm but I think we are 70mm max (for feet & decking/tile). Any suggestions for a thin and lightweight decking/tile that could work? Thanks

I've got some water in my Internorm HF410 windows. It's not such big droplets as yours - more like a line of condensation between the outside glass and seal. It's only on 2 big fixed units, not the opening ones. My builder says it doesn't sound normal so is contacting Internorm to see what they say.

We have 2 rooms upstairs (living and our bedroom) - our room has least opening windows, living has a slider.....had to put it somewhere so went for the bedroom.

Thanks - it's sitting beside the MVHR boost switch so not the best looking wall.....

Anyone discover any cheaper/better looking options that those mentioned in the thread already i.e. Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Monitor (scotlandhomesafe.co.uk) Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Monitor (scotlandhomesafe.co.uk) Thanks

I'll let you know next week....it apparently can pick up a pinprick hole! So have been recommended to do it, before the Green Roof goes down.

The green roof part of our build goes on next week. Build up is Joists, Ply, vapour layer, insulation, membrane. We used Bauder. Next week they do electronic testing to check for any leaks before the sedum goes down. The green roof buildup (not the normal flat roof build up) seems to be coming out about £150/m2 - we are doing 30m2). Delivery of the material to site and getting it up on the roof is a costly part - Bauder green roof comes in rolls.

Hi - Any recommendations for a percolation tester for surface water near East Lothian? Or is it really a DIY job? We have built a house on very sandy soil and as the scaffold is coming down we are ready to sort the surface water drainage. We knocked down a house built in the 70's and discovered the rainwater was discharged under the house (no issues) but had thought it was fed into a local burn. Original plan for new house was to discharge into the local burn but during groundworks last year we discovered the burn doesn't actually run through the end of our garden (it's a bit further over into a neighbours garden). After discussion we decided it would be a soakaway. BC and Scottish water happy with that and said we just needed percolation test. I'd love to get it done quickly so we can get the soakaway design sorted and get the drainage lines dug up in the garden while I have a mini digger in for services. Thanks