Nickfromwales

I’ve fitted a few of these, very happy with them. https://www.brinkhrv.com/sky300

It’s a <£200 day out for the training and subsequent “qualification”. I have been meaning to do it, but life continues to distract me.

This will be the best £4k you ever spend sir.... Please do. I've done a few pools for clients over the years, next one is outdoors in ICF, and am ever curious (and keen to brush up where any opportunity presents itself).

The Panasonic’s are up on a factory plinth anyways. I set these on blocks if the client specifically asks, also allows the typical concrete slab to go bye bye, much easier on the eye with a bit of nice landscaping around.

Listen to your SE! Anything short of their current proposal would be what worried me here, plus they won’t put even the hairs of their crown jewels onto the chopping block of assumption, why would / should they? This one is absolutely fundamental, as the downward and outward forces at play here are significant to say the least. If this is done even slightly poorly you risk losing the integrity of the house you’re putting it into. Best not to tar them with the same brush…..

The tail doesn’t wag the dog though 🙃.

You are a rare gem in the industry. Normally the blame avoiding is staggering, and the ones levying charges for rectifying self made feck-ups is probably the most intolerable behaviour I have witnessed.

Who fitted them incorrectly? Get them to do it!?

Fitted a good few Panasonics, and I just bolt them down to the concrete and hard plumb with copper. As above, you’ve got to stick your head in front of it to prove it’s running, but the caveat is that you design it to be relaxed, not running flat out. Zero vibration or notable running sounds / nuisance. Very impressed with them for the money, and they do cooling out of the box Tres bien!

Amen reverend

Rubi’s own discs are a wise investment. Speak to your local tile shop staff for types and direct recommendations.

In your own words, “look harder”

MVHR has centralised filtration at the unit. Cleaning or replacing the filters can be done faster than making a cup of tea from scratch. Multiple units in different locations adds to this ‘problem’, as anything that air flows through will attract dust that needs removing, so that is at every trickle vent, plus the fan filters, worse if the fan is in an attic space. MVHR is the better solution, afaic, because of the ease of (self) maintenance and the heat recovery.

Yup. Same as the iBox. 👍👍. Happy days.

Are you saying this was poured down the drain as a way to clean up at the end of the day and dispose of the excess goop? If so......................what a cock.

Are you able to use AeroBarier? just needs the house pretty empty and a lot of covering up furniture, and robust masking off all floors and flat surfaces. Got a masonry refurb down to sub 0.2 ACH before xmas!!!

If these are like the Grohe iBox, then hot is linked to top outlet, and cold is linked to the lower outlet, by the temporary blank facia. This gets removed and disposed of when you fit the actual face plate, after tiling. They set it up this way so you can purge the hot and cold pipework at that stage, to clear debris. If the hot and cold are pressurised atm, have you checked the outlets aren’t now also pressurised?

Resin some bolts in or use Rawl/Hilti bolts, and she’s there for life. Leave threads exposed which are long enough to reach the fitting, and chop off to length as required. Can be fortified by removing the EPS and replacing it compacfoam 400, to the same depth as the EPS or a bit more if that prevents cutting it excessively, and bolt through that and into the concrete to create a solid CF > timber wallplate.

1/2” blank plugs in both outlets, then leave on for a morning on one, the afternoon on the other.

External insulation will offer zilch in terms of airtightness, if you have a cavity.

Spare bucket full of water is how you clean the whisk. 30 seconds spin each way, like new. Use standard set and you’ll have 2 hours of open time to toddle along with. 🤝

Yup. No grotty silicone to scrub the pee from Beer reduces accuracy…….

Vanity was an Italian import, but imo the hung pans look very exclusive. Plenty of shapes and sizes to choose from.

They usually do a design / supply / commission package for self builders who want to DIY, so just ask for a rudimentary layout / design; all you need is the number of ducts and location of terminals, but it’s pretty simple to work out. If you have any long runs to bedrooms, double up on the duct to quieten the airflow as much as possible.

I know CVC are crazy busy atm. Just swap from 92mm round to ‘oval’ (rectangular) duct to pass the steel and then covert back to round. Done it plenty of times. Some examples of my MVHR installs… Hope these examples help. 👍