MikeSharp01

A friend has a problem with her flush, no pun intended, and I need to get a new siphon. What one do I need there seem to be various sizes none of which tie up directly with the dimensions of the existing unit. See pic any ideas and can I get new tank to pan studs as these are so rusted that I may have to saw them off. Any pointers as only got time for one trip to screwys and an hour to fix.

Welcome to THE forum for self builders - passed through Yorkshire yesterday - where are you looking?

We are going with rationel.

Have spent a portion of today working through a load of papers on industry 4.0 and the IOT with associated security aspects of it. It seems to me that there is considerable demand / opportunity for rethinking the security of such systems although I am reminded of the old joke about getting somewhere by not starting from here. However there are some interesting ideas about how it might be done so I feel that the time will come when, put succinctly, everything will be connected to everything else quite securely.

That is a tough one but I cannot believe that the contract is so closely drawn that you can be forced to buy rubbish workpersonship. I assume the completion certificate must be signed off before payment- otherwise what would stop them just giving you a pile of bricks and broken tiles.They have you in a bind so you endeavour to turn the tables. Here is a thought experiment that probably needs refining but might have directional merit. Warn them now that you will sue the person who signs the certificate personally if it is signed off with the tiles as they are given that they knew they were defective when they signed them off. If they have any professional recognition Chartered or whatever you will process a complaint against them through that body / ask them to put their PI insurers on notice.. The individual cannot be protected by their employer in such cases other than by them paying for representation and all you need to do is show the investigating panel the picture of the tiles and how the person knew they were signing off defective workpersonship. If they offer to sort it ASAP after hand over you request a change to the contract at their expense to allow a hold back sum. If they refuse then the notice to sue continues. Now they are in a bind. Just a thought - bullying builders need challenging.

Yep - perhaps they don't understand their own business or maybe they understand the average punter too well.

All builds are different the HBB will price up stuff but only if you know what stuff you need and so any list will be of use.

what a great collection of 'stuff'!

Welcome to THE forum for self builders, accept no imitations and good luck.

I think that @JSHarris has a spreadsheet, probably somewhere here or on his blog site, of everything he spent on his build, might be a good starting point as it is a comprehensive list.

Yes we have spent about £4K now, and I may need a bit more to keep the roofers happy when the time comes, but I figure it will sell when that time comes.

yes I have a drum of rope just for that, didn't help last weekend though as tarpauline, well fixed down, we have over part of the build, protecting the TYVEK from UV, shredded itself into whisps of blue plastic proceeded to create what I most like to think a replica of the spaghetti trees of the April fool done by the BBC all over our neighbors trees, I spent a few happy hours getting it all down into plastic sack and then putting the spare tarp up.

So running some UFH tails, from the ASHP, to some MVHR in duct fan coil units for the upstairs MVHR junction box would make sense then? I guess you may need a couple of coil units in the line to get enough throughout / output. As you say if you have spare capacity, those of us following along can avoid the need for air conditioning units all over the place. Sorry - do you have an stack ventilation upstairs?

Completely missed that - interesting read. Got a question and will pop that on the end of the thread above.

Sorry Jeremy did I miss something you now have air con, or does this refer to your reversible ASHP / slab and the possibilities of cooled air via the MVHR?

We are using Kwikstage some of which I got from @PeterW and several other places. It is easy at the Lower levels but harder when you don't have a head for heights as I don't.

Well done, one down - one up. I got a load more at the weekend and have spent the last two days putting it up.

No @Oz07you must build it up in thin layers unless you have industrial equipment the ride in compactors- the knobbly wheeled things you see building roads, and similar sized rollers. On a self build 50mm layers is about a you can be sure of with a self propelled vibrating roller.

The drains should be laid in Pea single, We had exactly the same situation and I used the sub base to create channels along the pipe runs then filled these with pea shingle and once I had 50mm pea above the pipe I could cover again with type 1. So there were places across the slab where the pipe was buried below 100mm Type 1 and 50mm pea single and one the other side the pipe was above the sub base level with visible pea shingle and, in our passive slab case, I had to shape the EPS 50mm. The SE said the concrete of the slab and its reinforcement would bridge there bare pipe portion and type 1 actually compacts very little below 50mm down provided it is compacted in 50mm layers.

It seems to men that several things are fundamental and at the moment some of them contradict one another. So 1. It cannot be an internet of things if no things are connected to it. (Intranets are of course possible and likely if not connected to the internet.) 2. Things connected to an internet of things must be securely connected. 3. There are millions of things that are already connected to the internet with varying levels of security and so it mist be feasible. EG Servers, routers, switches ....... 3. There is a chance that IOT is just a fad and so might be overtaken by other systems. 4. Simply put the objective of the technology is communications (between things and things, people and things, people and people etc), the enabling technology is electronics and the controlling technology is software- mostly written by humans. 5. Once you add and idea to existing ways of doing things you add infinite new possibilities for this new combination of ideas. So while you add a device you also add opportunities for ne'er-do-wells as well as improving the general lot. It will come. When I got my first mobile phone in 1986 people told me it would never catch on!

We saw these in UTAH earlier in the year and purchased one, can't imagine it will generate much electricity but it does generate a lot of interest

Welcome to THE forum - there will be people who understand in depth along shortly. Sorry @PeterW this post crossed with yours and was not intended to insult.

Not if you are building a studio flat 20 square meters only 60k.

Yes some one I know who ran a software business would always double the figure he was given by his software engineering team before send out the tender - needless to say he retired happy and rich!

Thanks, that is very clear and a bit frightening. I think that is £4K on our windows, makes you think! So far I have managed +/- 2mm (X/Y/Z) on the build against the drawings so in theory I should get the window openings about there from the drawings so its just a case of deciding what to do. 83 days to get them ordered and delivered, lets see what the suppliers say?