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I'm starting to suspect the concrete slab is too high against the brickwork? see picture showing it just below the air brick

Thanks for the replies, the patio area is made up of a 1m wide concrete path and a patio area in the middle. The patio area appears to have sunk over time, and basically acts as a reservoir when it rains, slowly draining through the joints.

I'm after some help to figure out what's going on with the brickwork on our single skinned outhouse please. Pictures attached show view from inside and outside. It seems like the inside of the brick is coated with some sort of waterproofer? From the outside it looks like there's some sort of DPM installed 2 courses up. As you can see the cement around this DPM is much darker than than rest and seems to be holding water much more than through the rest of the brickwork. In wet conditions this seems to be a point of water leaking through to inside. Does this setup look correct? Should I just be looking to cover the brickwork in some water sealer or does the brickwork require greater attention? Thanks.

Good evening, Is anyone able to offer some advise on a landscaper / garden designer for our garden in Bristol? Alternatively open to ideas if anyone has some good ones. We've basically got a patio with huge drainage issues, leading on to a raised lawn. A couple issues here being the raised lawn is up against the wall on our out building which I'd like to reduce and there are no steps up the raise lawn (approx. 30cm). My rough plan is to: - raise the man hole to the same height as the lawn, and fill around. - take raised lawn back away from the building, and install a drainage channel all the way across - install central steps up to raised lawn. Thanks

Thanks for the response. The roof definitely feels a bit conservatory like. The outhouse is an original feature with these houses, most houses have the original corrugated roof still fitted. Linked to house through a single uPVC door.

There's no brick course on top of the door or window on the left of that picture. Only the 120mm deep metal frame, shown below, runs across the whole length. The outhouse is separated from the main house by a UPVC door.

Conor, Thanks for the information. Pitch angle seems to only be about 4 degrees. Not sure why its so blurry, but i've attached an image taken from the outside. Sorry to be a pain, but are you able to elaborate on the works I'd need to do, to put a proper roof on? Looking to get a good understanding of the work required before I get quotes in etc. Thanks.

Good afternoon, We currently have a totally glazed out house roof and due a variety of reasons; leaking and hugely cold in winter, we are investigating changing this to a standard tiled roof. The outhouse is only single brick construction. On removing some internal trim at the roof / wall connection, it seems there is a metal strip joining the two. Below this metal strip for just about half the outhouse length is a window and door directly, no brick or lintel. My question then is with this construction, how will we go about installing rafters for the tiled roof? Is it possible? I've attached a couple images to hopefully show what I'm trying to explain. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. Heating is delivered by radiators. ASHP quotes came in way beyond what we can afford currently unfortunately. Really like the idea of getting the cylinder in and potentially swapping over in the future, with the bulk of plumbing already complete. Is the consensus to stick with a combi boiler then? I've approached WH Cylinders and they've been really helpful and suggested their Superflow direct electric unvented cylinder. Does this sound right? The suggestion was to have 2 x 3kW immersion heaters if I could split the power from the PV, which I think the eddi can do. Is there any schematics of how this setup would be achieved?

Good afternoon, Looking for some advice on which route to take. Our 17 year old combi boiler is on its final legs and will shortly need replacing. Rather than just swapping like for like I'm trying to explore all avenues to ensure we've futureproofed ourselves a little bit. We have a 5.46kWp PV system installed. Due to quotes received ASHP isn't an option currently, so we're looking at alternative options to maximise self consumption of generated electric. Two options that occur to us are: installing a new combi and preheating the DHW water with a direct electric unvented cylinder Changing to a system boiler and using some thermal store option, possibly a Gledhill Torrent or Mixergy, which could benefit CH & DHW . With young children our hot water usage is quite high with daily baths year round. I'd be grateful for any advice or suggestions on which option I should take, if indeed any of these. Thanks.

Thanks for all the comments, advice taken on board. Would there be a case for installing something like an iboost & Megaflo Eco Solar PV ready unvented cylinder for hot water only? Just looking to maximise what we can get out of the solar system, but appreciate there are limits to what we can expect to generate, particularly in winter.

Thanks for the comments. As I see it then. Park the ASHP idea for the moment Increase insulation / air tightness. Likely to be more guidance required around this. Regarding the DNO, I'd assumed the solar installer would be checking compliancy, should I request evidence before proceeding? Disappointed to hear about the Aereco potentially being a poor option. Aereco was suggested as an option by the Energy Trust which shared with me a document indicating the same performance as an 80% heat recovery system. And although the complete install won't be cheap at nearly 5k to supply and fit, I understand it is still cheaper than an MHVR system. I have looked into an MHVR system from BPC, but even their approved installers don't won't to install it, citing quality issues.

Good evening, I could really do with some of the expert help on here to point me in the right direction. Currently renovating a 1960 terraced house. Current plan is to install solar (5.46kp) and an Aereco dMEV system. Have been looking to add an ASHP but keep going round in circles whether its a complete waste of money in our circumstances. Currently running on a gas combi-boiler that's around 15years old, but doesn't seem to have any running issues. Main reason for installing ASHP would be to hopefully make use of the solar electric generated, and hopefully live as off grid as possible. We have had a heat loss survey completed as required by the ASHP companies we've contacted. which shows a Coefficient Of Performance of 3.68 and a peak heat load of 8.92kW and a recommended 12kW ASHP. The terraced property is approx 115m2. Are we completely wasting our time looking at ASHP as a viable alternative presently? I've read a few posts suggesting money would be better spent reducing heat loss further and to hold off on ASHP. We can definitely add more loft insulation and insulate the suspended ground floor. Are there any alternatives to ASHP which we could look at to make use of the solar generated power to heat our water or rooms and would suit our situation better? Thanks.

Good evening, This forum has been a source of great information for quite a while. Currently trying to retrofit a terraced house, including solar, MEV and ASHP. We've been working hard to get at least three quotes for all jobs, which hasn't been easy given an apparently very busy time for all installers at the moment, and currently at an impasse with ASHP installers. We've had a heat loss survey completed and received our first quote for ASHP. If anyone is able to recommend an ASHP Installer in the Bristol area that would be really appreciated. Thanks.