Nickfromwales

Timer to come on as setback; can deliver the temps you want, when you want them, and switch off midday Sunday to allow the space to be heated residually until cold.

Click ‘mode’ is what I use on 99% of my projects. Quite a nice looking item a-la MK logic. https://www.electrical2go.co.uk/click-scolmore-white-plastic-mode-13a-double-switched-socket-with-type-a-c-usb-4-2a.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21780069279&gbraid=0AAAAADiZC_kA49_IENKVCmHNNxnGmWfmR&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6LSNwLjDlgMVwKRQBh2FbAu7EAQYASABEgLGbvD_BwE

Mini bar?

Just after levelling the ‘wet plant’ room, I took this pic of my current clients build. You can see the access coupler 100mm or so above FFL. This offers rodding access from there to the IC with complete ease. Not going to happen. You are fine to ‘chill out’.

Porcelain is ridiculously hard, and if laid ‘bed & butter’ aka solid bed then a dropped spanner will literally bounce off them. Ceramic is a categoric “NO” for this application. Also, in a workshop, the floor will get marked either way, so +1 for tiling from me. You could even select a 15-20m2 area and put electric under tile heating and spoil yourself. My future garage / workshop / man-cave would have UFH and split A2A AC (heating and cooling) without a second thought.

I disagree completely. Wet nursing someone isn’t a help, it’s a hinderance.

It’s not harsh, it’s just direct; we’re all helping but it’s pointless fluffing any pillows. The man wants his house finished, and if I sound critical it’s just because if I see a flaw I say so. “Zero varnish” is how one previous client described me in a conversation, but quickly followed up by saying that is one of the reasons they wanted me to work with them. “No BS”. Also, nobody’s perfect. It’s how I operate these days, for self build clients, eg to get the best possible outcome, the soonest, with the best people; you often have to stay focussed on a single task to get it done precisely, vs having too many plates spinning. >90% of self builders are doing so to get a flawless home, free from the very issues / compromises that sparked the idea, so “I get it”. Is it right or fair to have to baby-sit these individuals, as well as pay them, probably not, has history repeated itself for @Spinny and others here, yes, it has, and it’s often reported to be time consuming, stressful, and costly. My above ‘harshness’ is just a binary nudge towards reducing or deleting these types of occurrences. Because that’s an additional plate that you’ll have spinning, detracting from what should be getting 100% of your attention. Nothing to do with dust, simply all about zero distraction; leaving the room for 4 hours for the floor layer to ‘go rogue’ was clearly a huge mistake.

If you want (need) to micro-manage at this level then the blame lands in your lap, sorry. You 1000% should NOT have had ANY other trade on site whilst the floor was being laid. You want things done in an extremely particular way, beyond the comprehension of most ‘typical’ trades, which means you need to engage in hand-holding; each plank laid down as you wish, then it gets drawn around with a sharpie, then each plank has a piece of masking tape applied so it is numbered, when lifted the number is written on the floor (inside the sharpie rectangle), and both are complimented with an arrow so the installer knows which way around to then fit each plank. Zero ambiguity, zero personal preference, zero chance of it going any other way. History keeps repeating itself here, so either change what you’re doing or don’t expect a different outcome. Sorry to be brutal, but without this info you won’t succeed. I am principal consultant on site currently and I take this approach with the trades that require direction from me. I explain that it may sound like I am teaching my father how to (expletive deleted), but that is how it is, take it positively or walk away. The good ones actually appreciate this as they can push back, stating that the additional quality etc will add time & money, which my client agrees to and accepts. Sometimes trades just need to know (be told) if it’s a sprint or a marathon.

Can the manifold at the 'middle' be raised to become the highest point of both sets of loops?

Ah, yes! Tired brain and long days atm, sorry.

The loops are fine as is, just need to come back to the central manifold location, and obvs make that a bigger manifold as required.

Sorry, 28mm pipes to the manifolds, which can be set into the top of the insulation.

Why 2x manifolds? Just done 16 ports here, same manifold location, so doubt you need to spend out on the second setup.

10/10 for plumbing, but I am very much at odds with the location!

Beware the great (PH) believers, aka salesman. I fear you may regret this decision......

Thank goodness, lol.

On existing installs, or on new? Or both?

Thanks for the heads up. Could members please use the Report function for anything dodgy, as we mods then get an alert. I will now put this account on ice, thanks.

Was it an MCB that tripped, or an earth fault device such as an RCD or RCBO? May be a good idea to take an MCB to a single socket and have the freezer running off that, to avoid future nuisance tripping. PS, if it’s tripped once, it’s likely that it’s a slow developing fault condition and it may be on borrowed time. With a freezer for bulk food stuff, I’d seriously consider a new freezer, if this one’s into double digits of old age.

🤣 He’s defo as mad as a box of frogs, but you’ve decided to enter this 4th dimension, and now you’ll never leave…... we’re trapped here forever. ”Send help!” Lol.

You could buy a decor end panel, or squeeze the “designer” for a free one, and line the rear of the cabinet.

Less shadows the way it is now.

Or manage without any such faff and just have water travel down a pipe, on demand. No tenant is going to use a stopwatch to see when the shower gets hot…..

The white CT1 has a tendency to discolour, from previous experience, but may now be improved / resolved. Also, CT1 is an absolute pig to even attempt to tool or shape / finish so I’d avoid for that application.

If the water is flowing then you need an abstraction license, iirc? In summer, if water throughput is minimal, and you use cooling, then you will raise the temp of the lake. Prob zero issue in winter where water is more likely to be flowing more abundantly.