Nickfromwales

How many places need packing, and by how much? Some pics of the main offenders would help, and also what’s the other side exactly, where you can’t get to, to gauge the impact of an expanding product going that way.

PS, if airtightness is dealt with meticulously, then a lot of these 'problems' evaporate. Ventilation heat loss is the biggest wallet/occupant comfort killer, fabric one can be almost set aside if you get AT + MVHR with a good spec.

Ok, so what you need to do is grout and grout again, and then check it over to ensure there are zero gaps for cold air to even attempt to rise through. Then with cold air infiltration dealt with you don't have major issues to deal with. If your ok with the cost go for 2x PIR, but you can go for 100mm EPS and then 100mm PIR over, as the cost benefit vs your lifetime will be negligible tbh. Then the ~86mm on screed. But............. If you want long term cost savings, not short term ones, then have ~100mm concrete slab on top, and go all PIR for the residual build up; so 111mm of concrete and 175mm of PIR. It'll swing the maths around to long term lower running costs, comfort, and open the option of batch heating up. UFH design can be tweaked to sympathise with this option to squeeze every last drop of juice out.

If you’re worried about combining the ease of escape with protection against accidentally falling out (perhaps in a children’s bedroom), you are still allowed to add accessories that help prevent this. Fire escape windows are allowed to have both key-locking handles and child-proof stays. Simply, the stay must be releasable, so you can still be safe and secure. We believe it is worth considering the complexity of combining a key-locking handle and a releasable restrictor on the same window. Whilst very secure and child-proof, some windows can require both hands and perhaps some practise to be able to unlock and release the window quickly. Not ideal in a stressful situation.

Amen. Can they also use some of the stuff I am utterly convinced about or just "feel in my bones" too?

There are lots of surveys to choose from! Big one for me is geotechnical, to ascertain soil/ground conditions well in advance, in case you need a 6-figure foundation which blows the project cost into orbit. Whilst they're there at it, add to it a ground contamination survey so at least you know what it'll cost to get out of the ground and that you don't need a huge volume of muckaway and new material imported to replace it.

So many people don't consider just quite how much of a PITA these things are to fill, and just how much hot water is needed, plus I have sat in a few and I'm not short, and there's just no way to hold yourself comfortably in any other position than 'laid back and drowning'. I fitted one for a lady who was vertically challenged, and honestly she needed a lifeguard to be with her. Just insane amount of water, and an age to fill up too, but god help you if you have a combi instead of a good UVC!!!.

Agreed. Then down to personal choice.

A small gap will (imho) look like you ordered the glass wrong. Either a decent gap (aka an off the shelf item as per the norm) or go all the way and make your missus sign a contract that she has to reach up there and clean the glass while you watch TV and consume cold ales. Also, you should factor in that all the time you attempt to clean the glass where it meets the ceiling, you’ll end up wiping off the paint. Furthermore, how you seal that there is anyone’s guess. Me personally, I can’t stand the idea of glass > ceiling, but don’t say I said that.

If these guys are on a price, then offer a few hours of extra dosh for them to do this the way you want. TBH if this detail is left out when you ask them to quote, then you cannot expect champagne work on lemonade money. The one thing I would refuse to accept is them using silicone to set the bath in with. It degrades over time whereas a non silicone sealant such as CT1 will live forever and prevent slow leaks occurring over time/movement. CT1 is twice the price of decent silicone, 3-4 times more than cheap silicone, so offer to pay for or supply the CT1.

With being £45k in so far, it may be time to set a budget for legal expenses, and agree that it’s to be set fire to if the case isn’t won (vs it being lost).

I was just applying for Dragons Den….. are you saying I should maybe hold off?

Give it a few months and these will be on display at one of the exhibition weekends lol…..marketed as “your last line of defence”

Legs just screw on, and most are compatible. Just don’t do what I did one fateful morning, and get your apprentice to pass you the short pan head screw you asked him for, and then switch off and fire in the longer one he gave you by mistake, as he was texting his girlfriend, and then shoot straight through the bottom of the bath. I always batten the wall, for flimsy baths, but it’s just good practice generally unless the bath comes with very good mounting brackets. B&Q type crap usually come with a couple of flimsy metal clips which are useless, these go in the bin. Set the bath to the height and level, and push into place. Lean under and mark the X and Y on the internal corner of the underside of the bath edge, then same at each outer corner. Install the battens appx 100mm short of the ends of the bath to allow for panels to go on. Set the battens 2mm lower than you need and then peel back the plastic protective wrap along the edges that meet the wall; only peel back over the edge and tape these down. Then get pvc electrical tape and mask the edges of the bath leaving none of the coat deck exposed. This is to allow you to CT1 the bath in, for it to be displaced and be tooled in for life, and then you peel the masking off before the sealant begins to cure. Apply the CT1 (clear) to the top of the battens and put plenty on, that absorbs the 2mm set down of the battens. The bath flexes and drops very slightly when you fill it with water and add a human being, so the CT1 gives a little tolerance there. More CT1 goes on the wall, and very slightly above where the bath deck ends. Push the bath into position and wiggle it as much as you can to get the CT1 to take and displace. Leave it as is to show where there’s not enough and use an uncut nozzle on the CT1 tube to inject more as required. For clean up use lots of cheap baby wipes. 2 passes and bin and go get another. Cleans up quickly and easily, if you don’t try to use the same wipe 10 times because you’re a tight arse. Once cleaned back you apply more CT1 to the wall, one fat bead right around and just past the ends of the bath, then get a scraper and tool the wet CT1 onto the wall, spreading it so it contacts the previous goop and so it forms a 30-40mm skirt around as an upstand. Then one last wipe clean and then remove the pvc masking tape. Then leave 24hrs to cure.

I’ve fitted a few ‘composite’ baths, and they all seem fine tbh.

You can still have one, just out in the back garden is the best place for it. Last Of The Summer Wine styleeee!!

Very true, unfortunately.

Simple. You just put the static on a couple of extra blocks and hire an above ground poop tank, as we do with bigger welfare units on site. No need to tell anyone anything then.

Perfectly fine.

Yea, ended up fitting one and I decided to stuff a load of surplus rockwool around and under it. Client looked at me as if I was mental, and I said you’ll thank me later. Metal baths are just horrid things imo.

That’ll take some doing…..

I’m no expert, maybe try more gin? Probably was, just I ended up answering it…… My knee jerk I’m afraid, as all too often decent folk are told by “professionals” to do things and spend money that they didn’t need to, so I just thought you’d been given duff advice. Keep learning yes, but always keep asking!

If you lose If you win, they pay 100% of your legal costs as part of the claim.

No. You'd regroup and find a way to the finish line, as we don't give up. Go to court and get an impartial judge to reside over these matters. It's pointless communicating any further with this individual. He clearly thinks you are down there and he is up here. I hate wankers like this tbh. I had the unpleasant task of representing a client on site this week, to meet, and then formally dismiss his builder (PC) for the longest list of faux pas and errors in ignorance that I have seen for a good few years. The moment he realised he could no longer bully and manipulate the client was just sheer joy. It was to the point where I almost lost it and wanted to say "do you realise I hear this shit from my 4 kids on a daily basis, so your version won't get you an inch of traction"... He flapped about, face went a bit red, then a bit of awkward silence and looking at the floor for inspiration......then he realised his time was up with bull-shitting and consuming the goodwill of another. Go to court, with immediate effect. My 2 cents.

They'll never take me alive......