Nickfromwales

He found it in a holiday let, and just happened to have a pipe cutter in the glovebox.....

Just time the heating to do an hour on then 2 hrs off, then repeat.

Walls first for any plant areas afaic. Doing this atm for the MVHR plant room: Rear wall was caulked with intumescent caulk and painted before fitting the units, all A1 fire rated, and the rest is getting caulked and painted ad I go. On this job I had to install the full wet plumbing early so the ASHP & UVC could go in early, so I painted a panel of PB and drilled it, then mounted it and then boarded the rest of the room. Painted it because of OCD and the fact it’s near impossible to paint around these things after the fact. I plastered it the week after and then the full install of the UVC etc went ahead.

I’d have asked the cheeky twat for his official complaints procedure. And then asked him to officially respond as to how a neighbour could bully him into trying to push this condition retrospectively.

Fakro are bell-ends too, as their reed switches are on flying leads, 4 tiny wires…….which are ALL feckin WHITE. Cheers you muppets!

Too small a diameter for b regs to moan about fire breach. And don’t fold them, turn them in a loop to not damage the cores!

https://www.underfloorheating-uk.co.uk/ultra-proprimer-multi-surface-primer-5l?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17338911325&gbraid=0AAAAAoLvRhE8xAMg9zKPv4sDYKebcUBvm&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn8i2xMT4lAMV9pFQBh1_tiSiEAQYAyABEgJ7pvD_BwE

Ya 👍

Quite ‘faffy’? It’s a brush….. Or go buy battens, and plasterboard, and cut them, and make mess, and shape that lot to fit the space. Faffy?????? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

How much closer??

Automatic fire suppression systems aren’t ridiculously expensive (mist vs sprinklers) so if I had a building like this for storing / working on vehicles or storing significant amounts of ‘stuff that goes up real good’, then I’d fit a mist system. For all of my domestic clients projects I specify a 3-core cable from the house smoke detection system to both attached AND detached garages, so anything not smouldering / smoking / on fire is immediately obvious to the occupants, eg it is flagged as early on as is possible. Fitting a (wireless) ‘locate’ button in at least one strategic position within the house is also something that I spec (recommend), so basically upon hearing the smoke alarms all going off, every one of them in unison, where you’re possibly awaken, startled and worried, you simply hit the locate button; this action will silence every smoke detector except the one(s) that was triggered, meaning you can then make a bee line for the problem area to tackle the cause. If the house falls entirely silent, that’s your prompt to get your arse out the door, el pronto, to the detached garage / outbuilding where you’ll then hear that one wailing. Most modern homes now have plant rooms, attic plant areas, detached garages and out buildings, so it’s far simpler to have this ‘locate’ facility imo, so you can find the issue in seconds vs running to every room / space that (you can remember) has one. I recommend installing one inside a kitchen cupboard unit too, as with large homes with vaulted ceilings, if you burn the toast, you then don’t have to climb on stuff to press the ‘hush’ button on the detector (giving a 7 minute mute) as these wireless units also allow you to hush and test.

If a fire is about to flame-grill you, you’d be out the window like a 21 year old. I have advised exactly this for one of my current clients, eg that they stash drop down ladders in each of the FF bedroom fitted wardrobes, the type that hook onto the window frame and unroll to give a ‘rope ladder’. For £55, there’s no reason not to have at least one of these on the FF. I’ll take that over a pair of broken legs all day long.

This is such a no brainer! @Kevan Marshall, move it over 400mm and save all this feckin about!!!! 🤷‍♂️ Iirc, the 1000mm rule would be the absolute dimensions, so remember to allow for overhangs / gutters and downpipes etc.

Mid sections of pipe runs not haunched? To prevent deflection. Foreign objects like a 1/3 of a patio slab or a house brick, visible when migrating the spoil and back-filling.

Have you haunched with a sand & cement mix, to set the pipes in situ? After that you should have 100mm of pea shingle under and 100mm over, and only pick out any obvious foreign objects.