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Sounds good. Hopefully I’ll have my cladding, fascias and barge boards done by then so will be less manic.

Might be able to make either of those two dates though very busy at the moment so may have to pass this month, sorry.

Turns out the windows will be delivered with a HIAB which should be fine. 21degrees sent me their generic delivery info which defaults to an attic. Phew!

Here’s one. Let me know if you need more. Or pop in

I’m going to need a telehandler for the day on the 1st August to off load my windows. Does anyone have a good source for one please?

@LSB annoying when that happens!

Of course. Which door did you have in mind?

@JohnnyB Would love to visit your build. Thanks for the info on the cavity strips.

@G and J more details on the blocks you wanted. Mine came from Coastal Building Supplies.

It was good to meet those that could make it yesterday. It is reassuring to know fellow travellers! Among the many tips shared I’m now investigating timber cladding fire stops and revisiting the install details for GSE trays to keep my installer straight

Sorry to hear that. If you want to pop in any other time just message me.

Yep, 6.30pm at the George. Sorry, been full on recently! Do be prompt please because we will move on to the site at 6.45pm. It’s a very short drive. I’ll be the chap on the iPad, probably buying more stuff that the trades say I need.

I’m considering using Alugutter but only seen the product in their website. Anyone used them? I will check out Lindlab and Guttercrest.

I'm back in the UK next week so any time from Monday works for me. The roofers are in at the moment so an early evening visit is best. I suggest Thursday, 6.30pm at the local pub - The George, Hintlesham - and we can go from there. Full disclosure, I can't vouch for quality of the pub as not visited yet. If there is a consensus for an alternative date then that's fine with me.

By the way. My timber frame is up. Roof is due on next week. In IP8 if anyone wants a look next week.

Sorry, can’t meet this time. I’m away on a rare business trip. Very annoying!

Spot on!

Yep, perhaps!

You just answered it, thanks Capping with aluminium is an option.

Any opinions on this topic? I will have black capped barge boards, soffits and fascias. I want a durable and low maintenance material that won’t need repainting, particularly for the capped barge boards as these will be most exposed to UV and weather. So far my list includes tricoya (expensive), Accoya (expensive), Cedral (not a fan of cement boards), larch, or whatever I can get from the local builders merchants.Definitely don’t want uPVC

Thanks @JohnMo. What HP do you have please?

Agree with both those points. I have roof lights to help with passive cooling. Might also use the ASHP to cool the slab a little during heat extremes (being careful to avoid the dew point).

Although initially concerned my heat geek engineer is now confident my system will qualify for the BUS even though I have no emitters upstairs. The ASHP is sized for heating the whole two storey house using the ground floor in-slab UFH. He has said I need to minimise insulation between floors though to allow heat to rise. I have a full height entrance hall and MVHR which will help.

I'm going to need some of that too. Do you have a supplier in mind?

Hi Alan, I'll message you directly