Super_Paulie

I've got Integras and going to add blinds sooner rather than later. I was under the impression they just plug into the frame and get their power from the already wired up window?

Thanks guys, mind put at ease.

Happy Sunday. I've just got round to installing cabinets on the far side of my ground floor, however the builder didn't leave me enough of a return to just slot them in so I've had to remove the service void to leave enough of a gap between the doors and the units. However it's just dawned on me that as this is an external wall and the units rear board is bang up against the wall (no gap), I may have made a mistake in that condensation will collect at this point. The wall is block with cavity batts and the plasterboard is attached with foam. Any thoughts on this? I could potentially bring them off the wall but not by a lot. Cheers guys.

some gaff that Badger.

this is why i have trust issues with trades and do the majority of stuff myself if i can. And the associated 3 years build time... I just wasnt going to trust a company to make my place tight enough for the underfloor to work to any degree.

i used a GoPro 7 in a custom made "birdhouse" with a solar panel, but i was only recording a still every half hour. Lasted my entire build, apart from one week at Christmas were i think it got too cold.

stainless downpipe would like quite fitting in that space i reckon.

Yep, confirmed with the man himself. I need a vent or extraction to a certain level, either on the wall venting out or within the hob, which is what I've gone for rather than a dMev. Just because they looked fancy and I wanted to try it.

My previous timber deck was looking tatty after 10 years on the coast and that's with oiling every year. It was made with new scaffold planks. Anyways that's not my concern at the moment. I've ordered a back draft flap and I'll put it in, can't see it doing any harm.

No MVHR. Need extraction for BC signoff and I've already got the venting hob. I'll extend the duct to the end of the deck when I've built it, but I'll only get 10 years from the deck at best anyways.

Just looking to order the bits I need tonight. Should I be looking to put a shutter or back draft flap on this? The vent will exist low down at the same height as the existing air bricks which will in turn be under a suspended wooden decking eventually.

i'll see if i can capture it in a recording. Doesnt bother me to be honest, its just a sound that id never heard before with an open-ended standpipe.

be money well spent.

hi gang. Im starting the work on my kitchen island this week, more specifically the downdraft hob. As my floor is suspended, (UFH in biscuit on 170mm PIR) i have left an opening where the hob is to go so i can bring the ducting up into the cabinet from the outside wall. Its a 2m straight run from the double airbrick so i can simply pass a 2m 220x90 duct through from outside, my joists go in the right direction, no biggy. But it just dawned on me that this duct should be insulated as it will be pulling hot air down into the cold void below the insulation. Am i overthinking this or should i be looking to insulate the rectangular duct? if its at a slight dowanward angle away from the entry point under the cabinet then would it matter that there is condensation? - should i insulate the ducting somehow? https://domusventilation.co.uk/catalog_products/megaduct-220x90-insulation-1m/ - should i be putting a shutter or butterfly inline somewhere to stop backdraft into my warm house? Be interested in what other people have done here.

it really seems like its complicating matters and losing space for no real gain. It'll work for sure, but id prefer the space not be lost behind a cabinet and the socket in a neighbouring unit, its pretty standard stuff. Good luck to ya.