I’ve looked at home automation…mainly YouTube.
We are demolishing today and I don’t feel we decided on how to automate the house. I feel the ground floor would benefit from this as this is a high cost build .
Loxone seems to be the way .
Any non technical experience of the use and installation? Please
We live on sandy soil and plan to demolish the house .
so far …addressed points raised in planning and in discussion with architects
Party wall notices
Building regs in progress
any hurdles to watch for ??
plan heat pump and mvhr
not sure home automation
Thanks . I can see that planning has allowed many builds despite objections in Poole and where refused , appeals have worked .
just taking over 8 months to get to planning . All that work on reading about the build is going out of my mind .
The plans are agreed and going to pre-planning before submission to council . There should be some hurdles in this conservation area , but architect seems positive.
Thanks .. my builder showed me his ufh plan and it was very similar . He had not identified the kitchen unit array as he was busy and had a choice .
he reckons I will need the pipes run in the second floor bedrooms etc . It is mentioned to avoid the attic rooms on the forum site. Do you agree that the heat will rise there from below ?
Thanks so much.
that ducting has been puzzling me and also avoiding dead zones for smell in open plan kitchen/diner .
there has been reports of loud fan noise if the pump is overworking and siting it to avoid noise and get good outside air temperature ..ie not the hot summer air or coldest north winter air . Any ideas on your design on these and the size of pump. Also sealing noise transimission through large holes for ducts seems a problem to attend to.
Good to know . I think the idea of a recirculating extraction hood is good with mvhr. Just not sure if effective at removing spices and fat smells in open plan settings .
Thanks for posting . My room has a similar need and there are 2 more rooms that need some sound proofing from a big open plan kitchen diner . Please update us a it must be done before the build ..
Thanks to all posts. This has been an issue I struggled with . The sketch software are. Very useful and the pdf on sound blankets are instructive. From my reading you need putty pads on sockets and down lighters and mass vinyl sheets help . My needs are a room off the open plan kitchen /diner and a bedroom floor .