Nickfromwales

Formally known and referred to as 'non-domestic' RHI. 20 years of payments too so not to be sniffed at, albeit at a far lower rate than domestic RHI.

Does the seller say a minimum break qty ?

Apple have brought out the iHammer

Tbh this may be one where you just walk over to the table lamp and switch it on with, say, your hand

It’s the ( lack of ) constant 240v at the 2-amp outlet that’s the bugbear.

Does Z-wave not offer something. Give them a ring maybe?

I don't like the systems I've seen where the clips occupy the corners, simply because I want to be able to see the gaps at the junctions / intersections. Quite like the system in the vid as you can put them where you like, but REALLY don't like the price! I'll have another look at the UK systems as I have a couple more floors to lay 'for prosperity'.

Good to hear, and probably just air-locked, hence me asking if they'd purged it. You can see a hose attached in one pic, is that now disconnected?

Hi dave. Deffo run a 110mm soil pipe to the foul network outside ( NOT the rainwater ) and reduce to 50mm after the 110mm rises above the slab. As it’s a kitchen sink not a bath / other I’d avoid running anything smaller bore tbh. You could go for 50mm but then you have to have the reduction done underground outside which isn’t great. When the 110mm rest bend turns to vertical your pipe will be pointing up out of the slab. Get a 110mm x 50mm reducer and take that immediately into a 50mm Y branch ( T ). Into the 45/d off spur of the branch you put the sink etc and the vertical 50mm outlet of the branch goes to a rodding eye for access. I’ll do a pic in a mo.

It certainly is starting to look good. You and I both know that finishing is the devil, so do a snag list and itemise the final leg Just do one at a time and you’ll be done in no time. Nearly there, and it can be done for Xmas. I’ll get that UFH manifold packaged up and posted. Got the memory of a goldfish sorry ?

“Geothermal” ( aka pipe in ground ) passive brine loop.

What I always do ( as it’s a one man or one man plus slave job then ). You can also just screw a 5x2” to the underside of the plate to create a shelf for the joist to sit on. One screw down from the top, through the joist into the plate, and then drop the shelf back off to fit the hangers.

Yup. I didn’t say it looked nice, but I don’t like ikea kitchens either. The reason for all the exposed pipe work is because they don’t give plinth space or service voids Thats crap.

Ikea. Plug n play is their ethos, and that knockout looks very factory to me

And steel toe cap boots of course. “Safety first!”

Speedo’s on back to front is my normal workwear. ???

They probably don’t know either ?

I’ll fuel up the batmobile ?

The good old days. I made a lead lamp up with an ES 250w bulb. Melted the b&q lead light I bought to put it in, ”What’s that smell of burning rubber ?”

If there is a pump circulating water between the TS and the manifold pump, check the pump isolation valves are fully open.

What are the two readings on the two gauges?

Has the system been purged? eg has cold mains been used to force all the air through the loops. Next, are all the isolation vales open? Follow the pipes from the thermal store all the way to the manifold and see whats in the path. Confirm that they're all open / functioning etc. Hopefully you'll have a 2-port zone valve between the TS and the manifold to stave off unwanted heat loss during the non heating season. Still be interested in that slotted valve to the right of the head.

Note the position of the thermostatic head with marker pen, and open it fully anticlockwise. Give it 20 mins and check for heat. If still no heat, get a flat blade screwdriver and turn the slotted valve, ( on the adjacent pipe to the right of it ), again anticlockwise, and see if that gets things shifting.

Is the manifold all open? Do you have actuators? One rail has the actuators and the other should have flow gauges. The flow gauges turn anti-clockwise ( 3 revolutions maxinum !! ) to allow / regulate the flow. Check these are not tight closed ( try turning clockwise, if they move then they’re open ).

Water. Primer. Mop. Pour SLC. Pub. ?