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Just to the most you'll ever see, so if 23 was producing the desired output then you're done. TBH after 2 years I doubt if it'll make a blind bit of difference as that's pretty much 'cured' now for sure.
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ASHP- struggling to warm house in the cold weather
Nickfromwales replied to Jude1234's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
Flow temp of the manifold is a critical bit of info here. Need to find out if the ASHP is getting useful heat to the manifold and then the manifold is conveying that to the UFH loops. Does your manifold have temp gauges? If not can you get 'baby head' thermometer strips and fix them on to get a yardstick? UFH needs surprisingly little to get it all warmed through, so how thick is your slab? -
Bath Surround / Boxing In, and concealed pipework
Nickfromwales replied to Onoff's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
That's what I would do. Must say, its all coming together nicely . Yes to the silicone around the spots, not grease. Silicone would clean off no problem if needed, whereas the grease will just end up doing nowt. 5 LEDs across the front is 'spot' on. -
What is this bit called and where do I buy them?!
Nickfromwales replied to divorcingjack's topic in Underfloor Heating
Oh dear...….. I wonder where he thought the hot water was coming from, if he thought that was for UFH -
Shower drain, help required, please.
Nickfromwales replied to TheMitchells's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Yup. Or if not, can you take it to a drain by dropping down the outside wall? If the drains are combined ( foul and rain ) then you could go and tap into the downpipe with a snow box. -
Diy underfloor heating, supplier
Nickfromwales replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Plumbing
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Glad I couldn’t afford it ?
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Yup. OCD / ADHD whatever. Brain decides to start going through lists and the frame has to get up with it. My oldest is the same. I wonder where he gets it from ?? One of those is regular, and the other ( more expensive ) is flexible. If it’s UFH or porcelain tiles then it’s flexible every time. Regular only if it’s a dumb slab and ceramic tiles.
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Shouldn't that be 'I think I might have to grout'? Still not sure what gout is, but hopefully massively reducing my intake of beer and not wolfing steaks down will remove some risk.
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Another option to extend the site of an AAV is to reduce from the 110mm to 2 x 50mm runs, or 4 x 32mm runs and route the groups of smaller bore pipes where the 110mm cannot be run. Create the opposite adaptation at the AAV end to get back to 110mm and fit the 110mm AAV there. You only need a 34 mm cavity for that.
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If you have vented the TP then no need whatsoever for rising vents to atmosphere. I suspect your designer has done that because they would look terrible if they stopped a metre up from the branch and had AAV's on them. As to burying in the concrete core, I imagine that would require your concrete section to be thicker there to compensate, unless, possibly, you went to galvanised steel with a decent thickness wall. You can reduce the size of the rising SVP to 80mm if there is only one WC connected, so you'd likely need to do a drop for each WC to get the smaller diameter, ( if that would help swing it with the SE ). Not something we can answer here I'm afraid. As for specifying alternate routes for the stacks, its all a bit hopeless without sectional drawings to see what obstacles lay in the way of other routes. All academic without those. Make sure the bath run is done in 50mm not 40mm as the run is excessively long for a bath to discharge. With 50mm you'll get an air break, with 40 probably not. Can be mitigated against by carrying the 40mm past the bath trap and up to the attic and fitting a 50mm AAV. Also, using the 50mm would mean you could connect all the baths / showers / basins into one single run, subject to fitting an AAV at the end of the run as aforementioned. An anti-syphon trap on the basin would be preferable with the smaller bore SVP's should you end up going that route.
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Plumbing questions (15mm all in? Pipe runs....)
Nickfromwales replied to oranjeboom's topic in General Plumbing
Tape the ends of the pipes with cheap electricians insulating tape to stop any crap getting into the pipes as you work them through the build. The outside diameter of the pipe is critical for getting the o-ring in the fittings to seal well, so if you drag the pipe and create a linear scratch along its length expect to get problems later on in the second fix. The o-ring squeezes onto the outside, so water would happily track along any linear imperfection. I cringe when I see plumbers yanking it through tight holes in timber joists. -
@joe90 On a dry dusty floor I always mop the whole floor first with 25/75 flexi primer/water until saturated. That'll dry more or less in front of you, and then you're good to lay. After mixing up ( standard set if its a big area and I'm on my own ) I have a bucket of 50/50 and a sponge and dampen the area I am about to lay. Haven't lost a patient yet, and have never used SBR. A lot of people, mostly plasterers, swear by SBR, ( I think they use it in their tea / coffee instead of milk TBH ) but if there is a product for one job and a product for another, then buy the one that says so on the tin AFAIC . I've used Mapei by the bucket load so no issues there, and many others such as Bal ( expensive ), Ultra ( my first choice as I've used mountains of it with fantastic results ), Kera, Granfix, and other 'knowns', but the only one I would actively steer clear from is Unibond. Had some proper shite results with that and whatever you do, don't EVER buy their ready made floor adhesive in a tub!!!! Utter dog? As always, butter the back of the tile so its completely covered, and lay your notched bed on the floor, ( if the floor is good enough for one notch ), or butter, bed the floor, and then bed the tile too ( if its a poor floor that's needing making good but SLC is overkill ). Contaminants like plaster or plasterboard dust are not your friend, so mop the life out of the floor with loads of good old H2O wherever there is evidence of that. TBH a dry floor is your biggest concern so refer to my first and you should be fine.
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Then leave the concrete as is
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Negatory, ghost rider. Use the float
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Wet room over Wunda EPS Overfloor.
Nickfromwales replied to Nestor's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
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Bath Surround / Boxing In, and concealed pipework
Nickfromwales replied to Onoff's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
In a nutshell, yes. It'll never get full static pressure as its only dealing with dynamic flow. Will be fine. -
Wet room over Wunda EPS Overfloor.
Nickfromwales replied to Nestor's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
It will be documented here for prosperity. "In for a penny...….." -
Wet room over Wunda EPS Overfloor.
Nickfromwales replied to Nestor's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
That’s pushing your luck imo. A screed at that thickness will need to be bonded with a very good primer. If I was doing a Wetroom former ‘hand-crafted’ then I would be using a flexible tile adhesive to bench it all in. ( just so happens that the next en-suite will be receiving a bespoke 900mm x 2700mm Wetroom walk-in shower test made from scratch by yours truly ). Wish me luck. ?? -
Fixing down a low profile shower tray
Nickfromwales replied to Besidethewye's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
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Pretty good numbers to be fair Let’s see what the wee beastie produces on a bright clear day. Good result.
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Input or output temp ?
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If all the TRV’s are knackered then we’re pee’ing in the wind here ma’am. ?
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SolarEdge gets my vote. Good inverters with dry capacitors, and long warranty. SE inverters also feature 'export limitation' so anyone unsure of getting a yay from the DNO may wish to use them as a means to get a bigger system installed.
