Ralph

We'll see how he works out. Apparently getting him on a job is like nailing jelly to a wall but his work is good. It's not leaking so I guess I can wait.

Cheers, much appreciated.

Wood burner goes in this year and Stihl had a workout on that. The steel comes on roll so it does have to be formed on site. I don't have cross sections or anything other than the diagram below. I believe it's a single fold so "should" be easier to replace. Thanks for the offer but I may have found someone who while not Greencoat installer may be able to repair if not replace.

Cheers, it was nicer until this landed on it.

I'm afraid it was lack of forethought and leaving the contractor and roofer to get on with it.

I think this may be my approach, thanks for that.

It's a bit complicated, basically it happened before we moved in so site insurance only covered the house and not the garage as it was a completed structure.

Yeah, here you go.

I think I might have boxes of them in the garage.

I did not think about this much but my UFH manifold for the ASHP does not have flow gauges and looking at it does not look like there is a fitting for the manifold. From a bit of Googling it looks like a Robot low temp manifold, without a pump. It's a Daikin Altherma 3 8Kw with the integrated tank. It seems to be running fine so I've not really questioned it. Flow rates are controlled by the unit. Any thoughts?

That would explain things. Makes me wonder if I can DIY it

That's a fair point, I did have one installer say that they would just leave the panel on, lay a new one over the top then crimp onto an existing one. Not sure about that but to be honest I'm at the point where a few ripples is not going to bother me, especially as it's on my garage.

I get the impression that needing a repair is not that common but it's a fair point. I think part of the issues is the licensing of installers. North East Contracts said they could not do because the did not use the Greencoat "system". As far as I know standing seam would be done in pretty much the same way across materials unless is was Snaplock or similar. I assume they just don't want a small job.

I need a couple of panels of Greencoat plx replaced that were damaged when a tree come down. Most of the metal roofing contractors are around Glasgow and Edinburgh (I'm a few hours north) and none of them seem interested in this small job without charging a mint, not even the people that did the original roof. I have enough spare steel, just need someone to do it. It's a long shot but does anyone know of any companies in Angus, Aberdeenshire or Tayside that I could try? Thanks

I have some friends who are seriously worked up about stoves being banned, in a "pry it from cold dead hands" kind of way. You would honestly think someone was going to pitch up tomorrow, rip out the stove and swap their pick ups for Nissan Leafs with rainbow flags across the bonnet.

Seems to be dividing along political lines, like everything else these days.

Nice!

I'm a transplant from Moray, it would be Cullen Skink and the Rowie

The hunting and preparation of maybe.

I did a bit of work down there and it was fun for a time. Cultural highlights here would be a talk on antique farm implements.

Another reason I'm glad I don't live in London 😀

Our planning officer and neighbours were much happier when we changed our design to a "modern barn" In fact it was described in the design statement as a minimal barn structure with a traditional form met with a contemporary finish. I very much doubt a farmer would think it looks anything like a barn but planning were happy.

$486 AUD and that's before any postage or import costs, I might pass.

Last thing I read estimated 200,000 UK installations per year in 2020. The installer I know can't even come out to do estimates until July. No one is banning them.

In the likes of Sweden they use more wood burners than we do but they produce less emissions. It seems to be a combination of culture and pride, they've had stoves for a long time and no self respecting Swede is going to use unseasoned wood, never mind OSB. They also have better trained and regulated chimney sweeps and you need them to sign off on an installation before you use it.