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It does make a difference for us self builders Like trying to keep rooms square as possible In truth mass builders don’t care if they make life easy for trades They em will pay the plumbers the same on a nice easy design as a difficult design

It would be an issue IF gas and oil is ever fazed out That one Connection would be x by millions I can see many homes be converted to HP and possibly forcing new builds to use electric rather than gas But I’m pretty sure that Fossil fuels will be used to generate the power for years to come FAZED in Slowwwwwly

It’s a good point Joe How many time do we here that we can’t make a new connection for our builds without upgrading a line or transformer Only a few weeks ago it was reported that the National grid came under pressure at the England game half time ☕️

I’ve just watched CF A leading environmentalist stated While we are not against wind farm we need to look at ways of reducing the impact on wildlife and also ways to reduce cabling With the big switch from gas to electricity imminent Will this not mean more disruption and more cabling Or it it something else that hasn’t been thought through

6-8 weeks is about normal at the moment But should improve in October Tiling is only part of my business with plastering framing and render Most of our workload is due to contracts being canceled and reinstated Even office builds are back Labour shortages is a real problem Even on large sites No cash work on sites Smaller jobs like self builds are benefiting

Your not kidding

Gone after a few Always seem to be the other end of the country

Had to drive 110 miles £350 well spent If it makes it home in one piece ?

Very nice

As Ian says Most cherry pick the bits that are most relevant to them On our first build we had gas so a Heat pump was never considered To be fair if we had access to gas on these plots we would have gone down The gas route again

I’ve just asked that question regarding cooling He said no it would effect The efficiency with there unit and disqualify the RHI Does your cooling work in these temperatures ? Did it effect RHI?

I needed to get some idea of sizing for our sap I didn’t really want a quote Though seems quite high They are a local company supplying what they say are UK made ASHPs Has anyone heard of this type of pump If so are they inferior to Mitsubishi or German made

I’ve just been having this conversation today The sites I work on don’t even bother with hardcore Quick weed kill Done As I stated in my previous post Quite a while back I thought it was way over the top to put 6 cube of concrete under the BB and a drain But once it was on my foundation design I had little choice Probably the most miserable day of the job 6 cube in pouring rain Now After done the freak storms we’ve had I’m not so sure Our tank is only 10 metres away from the house We could easily end up with the contents under the house our next one is on clay also I will at least stone up under the BB Or May concrete and drain like the last one It was a days work and about 500 quid so not a lot in the grand scheme of things

We where never asked for an air test for the drains Is this Something new ?

Normally use flat plate instead of timber nogs Or flatten some 600 mil pieces of track Pictures would help

Plus one The head Lapp looks really short Hes left the valley short so he could walk up it while pointing it I’d have rather had it lapped in further with tile clips and no pointing

Ideally we normally run the walls up first Insulate and board Seal up with acoustic sealant Then drop the ceiling It’s worth adding a deflection head Should show you this in the white book

Don’t even go there

We had terrible building ground on our first build Surrounded by tall trees with footings going down between 1800-2000 Even the two garages where deep Just been upto the plots to dig five test holes for the SE Much as suspected a shallow layer of soil and fence clay Should make groundwork’s cheaper this time

I’ll probably render two thirds So not to much FB needed

We used Marley Easy to install I lost a couple of clips and they sent me replacements free of charge

I was just chatting to a friend who is a buyer for Build Base He was telling me that they have a good stock of Tile batons across there hundred and odd branches Whilst others have run out All there batons come from Latvia and have long standing agreements with three producers there He blamed the USA falling out with Canada and sourcing there timber from Europe for the current problem Less optimistic news is that he also said nearly all the brick manufacturers have closed there order books for this year

Andre Marr asked the energy minister “Are your targets achievable with current technologies Or are you relying on technology that does exist yet” Surprisingly he answered Yes and Yes Then wittterrd on about how quickly McLaren had developed respirators for the NHS Im also skeptical

I realize the 2025 is for new builds I think the point he was trying to make is that the Counsul house stock will be swapped onto HPs Very few existing will be swapped over I don’t think anyone would disagree that swapping won’t be attractive without massive grants We will go down the HP route on our next builds Simply because there is no gas available The sad fact is that the electricity we use to run the HP will be run by fossil fuels for many years Most of the predictions are relying on technology that has yet been invented

A friend of mine works for a very large plumbing and heating company His new van is now covered with heat renewable graphics I thought this will be handy when it comes to a HP He told me he’s holding back being certified as long as possible He told me that ALL there HP work is grant work Mainly Counsul owned homes Most of the people arnt paying there own bills So don’t want you in there houses Hes very skeptical about the 2025 date He pointed that BG are still laying and relaying has mains Why