islandboy

Hi, We are just finishing off plaster boarding the ceilings in out new build and Im scratching my head a bit about how to conceal the MVHR ducting that comes out of the top of the unit. We have a Zehnder 350 unit with about 16 x 90mm ducts running from it into the ceiling void ( we have open web joists), but as you can imagine its like a spaghetti junction! Does anyone have any experience on how to make it tidier in order to plasterboard round them? As it is downstairs building control have stipulated it needs to be double sheeted for fire protection so the tidier we can make it the better. I will try and get some pictures tomorrow and post them to help describe the issue. Many thanks in advance. Adam

Hi, Does anyone have any experience of testing new plumbing with air? All I can find online about it is don’t! Im hoping to ensure that the pipework is leak proof before going any further. If anyone has tested their plumbing with air, can they advise to what pressure they took it and how long they held it for? Many thanks

Hi all, To cut a long story short our septic tank soakaway has packed in, again! My thinking for this happening again only 4 or 5 years after replacing the last soakaway is that in the winter the water table is high causing the effluent to remain static in the soakaway and turning into sludge meaning long term damage to the soakaway leading to thermal failure. What I am planning on doing is replacing the septic tank with a sewage treatment plant and pumping the effluent to a raised soakaway. Ive got a good idea of how to construct the raised soakawy but Im struggling to find anywhere that actually sell the necessary parts to construct the field drain. I was intending to use 110mm perforated twin wall pipe. The pipe is easy enough to source but I cant find the parts, should I just use normal 100mm soil pipe parts? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.