FarmerN

Time to Shut the windows untill outdoor temperature is lower than indoor!

Thanks for your reply. Yes now cooling incoming air! 0% Bypass Auto setting Outdoor air temperature 27.5C Supply Air 26.5C Extract air 26.5 C Almost identical to yours. So apperars to be working as it should, I was just surprised to see a small degree of warming overnight. House while warm is not yet oppresive.

The figures are all taken from the MVHR unit display I presume the sensors are all in the unit within plant room. I am not aware of any remote sensors.

Unit Currently showing Extract air 25 C from rooms Outside Air 21 C into unit Supply Air 22.5 into rooms Bypass 100% 230 CuM /Hr for a 210 Sq M bungalow

It was a very large 1890 built unimproved Farm house, took a lot of heating.

The display on my Zehnder Q350 shows the incoming air at 17.5 C but air entering rooms at 20 C. Seems odd to me, is this normal or do I have a problem? Set on 100% bypass ,cool temperature profile, Bypass on Auto. Surely the air should be coming in at outside temperature? 5am and still 17.5 outside in a rural area.

5 Kw Wood burner running 27/7 from 1st Nov. to Mid April used about 8 cuM of home produced wood. Stove would be shut down on low burn a lot of the time. Now GSHP UFH etc but still light a stove for 1-2 hrs in winter , don’t need it but it’s nice and we have the wood.

Birds will go for foam and rubber , from blue tits to carrion crows. Friend in Ireland had Hooded Crows ripping rubber seals out. We have had Carrion crows attacking their own reflection on bedroom windows.

870mm is fine to open a dishwasher. At 1100mm can open dishwasher and draw in island at same time ,to unload dishwasher, but not walk between when both are open. Not sure how it would work if it was a cupboard instead of draw. How valuable is the space on the other side of the island? Space for dinning table ? Compromises as ever.

Crushed recycled varies a lot between suppliers, in my experence. Had some really good some awful , get a sample and check first load when delivered

My wife say’s, therefore right,- ours are spoilt by the grout which is a light colour , not dark as the gaps between floor boards would be. They were also laid at a standard tile spacing , which again is wider than floor board spacing would be, no idea if they can be laid with a narrower spacing. The tiles do look very realistic but the grouting does detract from that. If I was doing more I would have a look at some laid ones in showrooms.

It would be interesting to know the outcome.

We did an expensive SUDS compliant block paving drive way, took a fair bit of time and care doing it. Two years in and it's an awful lot less permeable than it was , guess is in 5 years it won’t be permeable at all. Mud from car wheel arches and muddy boots from gardening and walking soon fills the permeable cracks, being in a rural area there is plenty of mud around.. Fortunately it doesn’t matter, to us.

This sounds interesting. Can you tell me more please. How does this work exactly? See Thread Wiring for freestanding lights?

We have been in our new build for 2 years. Wiring I wish we had done different. External lighting done with the wrong cable for PIR lights ( 2core used should have been 3core ? ) Only got rear external sockets , used a lot but should have had one at front as well, perhaps by EV charger. Wiring for towel rail did not allow for timer. Things I like. 2 consumer units only one supported by battery in event of outage, so heat pump and towel rails do not drain battery. Because of automatic gateway often do not realise we have a power cut. 5 amp lighting sockets for side lights in lounge , hall and kitchen family room, switched by door. We put high level sockets for extra bathroom heat, been here 2 winters and not used them, but who knows when I’m 90 ( a bit too close for comfort) Put small distribution box in Garage, so easy to take an extra feed to greenhouse or summer house etc.