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I would be delighted if I could get one at £45 an hour! Send him my way.

I have bora on induction. There are people on here who prefer other manufacturers but thats personal preference. I liked Bora best so thats what I had. I had always cooked on gas and insisted I was having gas in new build (domino was what I was going for) then I had experience of induction in rental house. Would not go back to gas if you paid me and that is astonishing coming from someone who was so committed to gas we paid 13k to get mains gas in!. My advice would be try to find some way of living with an induction for a few weeks and see how you like it.

I wanted one of those swanky welfare units but sanity prevailed. We built the garage first. We had a portaloo that was it until the garage was built. They all sat in their vans anyway. When garage was eventually built and electricity available they just used it to charge their phones, still sat in their vans for lunch etc. I put a fridge and first aid kit in the garage and gave them a kettle, mugs etc. That was rarely used they preferred their own drinks or to get from a nearby coffee shop. We didnt keep any tools on site and they had to take responsibility for their own kit. For secure storage you could look at a container, you can hire quite cheaply and they deliver and take away at the end and it is very secure.

Welcome to the rollercoaster world of self build. It can be beyond stressful, it can be hugely uplifting and euphoric and everywhere in between...sometimes all on the same day. This forum has saved my sanity and my pocket on more than one occasion. Huge generosity of spirit for sharing and great camaraderie. You will not be alone on your journey as you have all of us here with you.

Thank you @Ferdinand thats sound advice. My advice was also don't mess with it or offer and we will sort it out down the line. He is in panic mode after the down val and having to find more £'s (from the bank of Aunt and Mum). he want to use it as woodworking workshop but he can wait a while for that. He is 23 and a superstar tree surgeon, works 7 days a week if he can, can't fault him on his work ethic so don't mind chipping in a bit but not bottomless and he knows that and is hugely upset to have to ask for help after working so hard to save for his house. I feel more comfortable about it myself now after all you guys good info as per. Thank you. Oh and if anyone needs tree work he is the man. Will be Cardiff based at new house (moving over from Hampshire) but will travel reasonable distance.

Thanks @PeterStarck that looks a useful bit of kit.

Thank you @JSHarris I can feel quite a lot of air from all of them. I thought it shouldnt be so fierce. Will have a chat with engineer about it. This is new company I have found not orginal installer.

When they come to swap my exchanger for the enthalpy unit they are going to recalibrate my airflows as I am using the F7 filters and manual says there is a loss of pressure when using these so it needs to be redone. I feel like Ive got quite high airflow as it is so I’m going to ask engineer to go through it with me properly, I think I must have the system on high a setting judging by airflow.....my desk is right under a vent and its uncomfortable.

Thank you thats great

Sounds great ha ha.....am I a mile off in guessing at circa 2k?

@Willster yes expensive I cant quite remember but circa £600 ex vat (reclaim allowed). The water here is yuk. My water is better than my neighbours and we come off the same main. It doesnt seem to remove the scale as such but it does appear to change it so it is not crusty and doesnt stick. Any water marks on a surface can be wiped off with a cloth. my window cleaner has used it and says it is good water. Its hard to describe really but shampoo, soap etc work as they do in soft water areas not as they usually do do in hard areas like here. I have stopped using my filter jug for tea and coffee water as the tap water makes good drinks. I have not descaled washing machine as I used to have to do regularly and use much less salt in dishwasher. Its kinder to skin too. Houseplants like it better too. The water from my outside taps (that does not come through halcyon) is definately different. I have no real understanding of how it works I am not at all scientific all I can tell you is that having used it for nearly a year I am happy with it.

Thank you @newhome I have passed on the link.

Thanks @JSHarris not corrugated walls they are smooth. It hasnt come up on mortgage valuation but on a visit today it came up. Vendor is very tricky and not reasonable.....it was downvalued on mortgage val and has been work to get them to agree to meet on difference. If we start throwing in asbestos surveys now it will all be off. Nephew hysteria saying will it cost 15k which is what his mate has told him (mate is labourer on building site so must be knowledgable LOL), I guessed at about 2k but have no basis beyond gut feeling for that. This is a pic from rightmove.

Not for me but for my nephew who is looking at buying a victorian terrace house and the rear garage appears to be asbestos erected in 1960’s we think.. Its sound but he may want to remove it, Anyone got any idea on cost of removal, its a single detached garage at the bottom of the garden and the access is easy via a rear shared driveway.Any help appreciated as he may have to review his offer price for the house. he is first time buyer and not a lot of cash to spare.

@Willster hello and welcome. I have the Halcyon device fitted and I am entirely happy with it.

In my view not only where the factory is there are things that make Italian kitchens different to German kitchens to British kitchens they have small but significant style differences. Different levels of quality available in all. @Triassic my units hail from Italy, my granite from Italy, my oak from Denmark, my designer from Paris. The whole lot sourced through a design studio in Warwick England. Guess that makes it a mongrel like me with my Welsh/Italian/Irish heritage.

I have an Italian kitchen. It is wonderful quality and designed and fitted perfectly. In my last house I had a perfectly acceptable mid range kitchen but because we ran short of money on the build at the time it was a compromise kitchen. I sold the house with the compromise kitchen still in place and almost as good as new. I waited a long time for ‘my’ kitchen and I love every inch of it.

we have an extract in the walk in wardrobe. Our hall is semi open plan so is covered from other areas. We have extracts in guest w.c, both bathrooms, plant room, utility room and walk in wardrobe plus 2 in kitchen area. We are approx 200sq m single storey house 8 extracts and 6 air inlets.

I will have to use more sophisticated test methods, thanks for the suggestions. The weird thing is I had a really long shower and no leak at all it was only the cleaning the water off the glass screen that caused the seepage so maybe the fixing as you say...as suggested will try a smear across the top of it tomorrow and see what happens

So I failed the water test. Thought I had cracked it but post shower cleaning down the screen with the squegee and a small amount of water appeared on my test paper the other side of the glass. I had an extra long shower with none appearing so go figure! Its a better result than professionals got though much less water so not feeling too despondent. When I can get the mental energy to start scraping it all off again will have another go meantime back to the sponge in the corner.

@newhome this is my latest one. It has a built in applicator which is ‘easy’ to use, well it is easy compared to a gun and I practiced on cardboard for a few days and did really well but it went to pot when I got onto the job proper. I used clear for mine as that is best in the location I have. I saw the £80 lot used cheapest screwies stuff although it was clear as I had specified it had to be clear. Such a small job has turned into a mammoth task feel so bloody useless!

Ok so all cleaned off and dried (with hairdryer) decided to have another go myself.....its not a thing of beauty @Onoff it makes you look like Michaelangelo to my bad Picasso LOL. Yet to water test, that comes tomorrow. Demented.com

+1 for wall cupboards

I have Internorm, no blinds though. Nice windows absolutely rubbish install and threshold issue still not sorted. Never again, could have saved many £k’s with other suppliers who seem to have better....or at least some..... after sales service and better installers.

I am a long way behind @Onoff in the silicone skills dept..... I am following his masterclass so I can learn this very difficult art