Nickfromwales

IIRC, there’s 120mm of EPS EWI and a thin coat render going all sides around on this job. Does that change the ‘importance’ of how these things have been done or if they’re now virtually redundant, also with full fill glass and blown bonded beads in the new / original cavities? I’m struggling to see how any moisture would ever get in here, if the EWI is done well and the render is mastic sealed to a decent depth of soffit too?

Yes. That’s the order of events. If you can fit the thicker plywood then the level of the floor will improve a little more, but in honesty even at 12mm the plywood will still just follow any undulations. Prep work is always the main thing, and (as I am not there) my first thing to do would be to get the floor checked, as is, for high spots and remove those first; a metal paint scraper may suffice, but don’t go mad. Use a 2’ or 4’ spirit level and drag it over the floor in both directions and see if it catches or bumps over something, and remove. The floor looks quite frayed from the pics so prob just needs a bit of a once over to check for lumps / splintered bits of the surface sticking up etc. Next thing is to walk along each joist (you’ll see where the screws / nails are that hold the original boards down) and see if there’s any squeaks or creaks. Anywhere there’s an original fixing you can add a second if you can see movement. Don’t add any anywhere else as there may be pipes or cables That would need another new thread here lol. When you screw the ply down you need screws set in every 150mm and all max 150mm apart like a grid (4.0 x 25mm wood screws for 6mm ply, or 30mm for 9mm ply) and the heads of the screws must be just slightly sunk into the face of the plywood. Like this. The screw holes were filled and sanded back as that floor was a very thin B&Q type self adhesive ‘plank’, but for yours you can omit the filling as the composite won’t show them like thin LVT does. In terms of the acoustic underlay, the better the underlay the quieter the foot traffic noise will be downstairs. Get advice from a local flooring outlet and buy the best one you can. Visit a few as some may just try to sell you dead stock, and gauge the advice / product. If unsure, ask here again. You’ve got the skirting boards off so happy days, but using a multitool to perform undercuts at the door linings etc makes a good job great. YouTube vids will explain in pictures and words, so please do spend a morning watching how installers start, set out, and cut and then lay, and you’ll see what not to do to get it looking A1. Enjoy ! 😊

Don’t now, ffs. You know he takes his meds at 9. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Less than the last time I argued it out for a client down this neck of the woods then! We’re just getting to the point where there’s more folk than H2O available to get to them. Expansion happens but the infrastructure seems to follow in its shadow, or not.

That’s crazy. The WC have a duty to provided a minimum flow rate / pressure etc. You could have just fitted a dumb accumulator (no moving parts or electrical equipment) and that would work plenty good enough.

The ‘rain chains’ look cool.

The Stiebel Eltron one we did in Leicester is accessible remotely. I was on Teams discussing a new project with the suppliers recently and whilst on there the chap supporting me for that dialled into it and did a refresh and shared his screen. This was another with buffer, mixers, and all the faff etc, single room stat and no actuators. Best SCOP it had hit (been in about 3 years now, maybe in its 4th) was just shy of 5.4. I’ll take that all day long. I’ll see if I can get a print out of it, as I want to use that to show other prospective clients, and post it here.

@vk2003 I'd suggest contacting Lightwave and ask them to support/replace/resolve, as I have had a very good experience with them so far, and a client has about 1/3 of their house running on their kit. So far I've been quite impressed tbh.

If you want a brand, then Warmup for cable/mat and a very good controller. The 3ie and 4ie (iirc) are good, with learning algorithms to predict how long it takes to get the floor to the desired temp at the desired time, so if it takes an hour to get to the temp you want at 07:00, it'll learn to switch the floor on at 06:00 etc, same for turning off (again iirc). Speak to their technical guys to get more clarity.

You can expect you left foot to be warm and the right cold. DO NOT do this! Just buy a 50w/m2 kit on a mat and do it properly plz!!!

Defo best advice. We always buy a battered upvc door off gumtree etc local to the projects and only swap that out at the very last minute. Have one here atm covered in Passive Purple, so I doubt gumtree will work to get it sold back on now lol. For the sliders @Benpointer, I usually make a plywood shoe that sits over the threshold and keeps the slider open fully, making sure that trades step on that and not the shiny new threshold with muddy boots etc. You simply lift this on/off at the start and end of each day, and make yourself sheriff of the keys so no numpty can open it and wreck it for you. You need eyes in the back of your head as you get the niceties installed, as otherwise even a simple extension lead getting wound back through an open door or window will remove the paint off the frame.

You can use one of these link and then one of these link, which will get you from 28mm copper to 32mm waste.

Respectfully, that info would have been appreciated a little earlier on in the thread…… Agreed, that changes the dynamics here.

So he needs / has individual room control, which requires no human input other than telling the stat to be no hotter or cooler than the set point. Without them the rooms (bedrooms in your stated case) would heat up or become too cool, influenced / affected by external or internal factors such as sunshine. I think in open spaces and thoroughfares it’s relatively easy to control, but in rooms that have doors which are routinely kept closed, I’m really not sold on any notion of a) doing away with FF heating, or b) having absolutely zero control over the temp of the space; other than attempting to manage temp via flow rate, which most wouldn’t be able to do, or be even slightly enamoured with the idea of doing.

Debate is good. Fill reading this can then make more of an informed decision based on the balance of the boatload of information exchanged here (BH). Plus I’m quite stubborn, so good to reflect on my own ideas when challenged, more so when it’s backed by evidence (someone’s done it, moved in, and is living with it for eg) which is gold dust.

Not really? Radiators have thermostats in each room / space, in the form of thermostatic radiator valves, meaning each space can be controlled individually as per the temp set on ‘the stat’, so that’s actually converse to your favoured methodology?

Nope. As you have movement a grout will just deteriorate and crumble away. Use a mastic as it is a dynamic not static deck.

Not my problem. Lots of odd balls out there tbf, and most would like to do something themselves with full and free rein, whilst then they’d object to others doing similar. I’ll go make another coffee whilst the world continues about its business.

Ok. In reality, all you need to do is provide a rodding point outside of the footprint of the new build / founds, so you can through-rod it. In terms of it getting blocked, any decent jetter will get in there and clean it out in an hour or less, and if its got no history of blocking I doubt there’s any real issue. If it was my job I’d get a full camera inspection / video survey done before to look for crack / roots / imperfections that may cause problems downstream and get those sorted before covering it over. In honesty / actuality, I have zero idea why you care even slightly about this. It will not / cannot affect you in any way whatsoever, other than a jetter asking permission to open your manhole to be able to jet theirs in the event of a blockage occurring. If it did block, it still wouldn’t affect you in terms of yours still functioning correctly.

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Nice progress. Why the Aquabox? Shit water pressure/flow from the mains?

The floors with OSB, TBH, are pretty bad. I'd lay a 6mm plywood over all of these, and then you should be fine to just lay the product straight on top. You may want better acoustic control for the first floor, so consider using this (LINK) for that. It'll also take out any minor defects / bumps and lumps. For the concrete floors, I doubt you need sound insulation, just an EPS type of underlay (LINK) that you tape the joints with, and that will act as a moisture barrier. You may want to use XPS insulation (LINK) to give better thermal insulation, which will also do the job of moisture barrier, if that floor is particularly cold. This can be bought in different thicknesses, so if you can get 10mm or more down, then the more you put the warmer the floor will be / feel. The thicker stuff will also help with lumps / bumps on the concrete floor too.

Yes, just needs to be scruffed up with some 40 grit.

Maybe good if you can post a link to the exact product in mind.