Nic

hi I’d be interested to know how this render is holding up all these years later … of if you are still on the forum to reply

Quick question. need to get self build mortgage and they are insisting I have site insurance under my name even though the builder has full site insurance. I guess that’s because the self build mortgage is in my name and not his 🤷‍♂️. Anyway what’s the cheapest way to do this , companies?

Let us know what you get in the test 👍🏼

What exactly is this purple paint you speak of 😂

This is a cross section of my build between floors sorted. I noticed that there was not a complete airtight barrier between first and ground floor floor. Would what I’ve drawn work ok ? Then obviously taped to the first and ground floor membranes

Hi if you are looking to build in timber frame is vapour block osb the best option for internal airtightness control ? Obviously taping the joins etc or is there an alternative or better option?

that makes sense and I guess just tape for airtightness etc but it might be a case as mentioned, it might end up being further away from the house and not next to it . Which is why I was enquiring 👍🏼

can you show what you mean with the drawing and radius please 🙏

I guess that’s a flexible pipe to go round the 90degree turns underground

Can the inlet and outlet pipes for an ASHP go underground and up through the slab or do they come out and go horizontally through the wall? Like I say I’m sure this is one of those basic questions that probably doesn’t make any difference 🤷‍♂️

Hi who does ventilation calculations for a build is it in the MVHR design? Apparently it’s needed for the building regs ? any ideas

Another Thermal bridging question 🙂 how do you deal with services into the property? Such as electric , water, broadband and things like an external tap for example… trying to get a better understanding of it all thanks

Hi what’s the thoughts on these shower walls instead of conventional tiles ? I see the are some that are the whole length and height of a shower wall say 1800x 2400 , so much have some benefit having no joints etc and have special channels for corners etc . But are they any good ?

I see that there is a lot of chat about R290 being the ‘best’ for ADHP. But is that just because it can run at higher temps , so is more suited to a boiler replacement? Or is there another benefit?

thanks , and is there any type of wet UFH that is better when in screed ?