G and J

It is a setup issue and I’ve had some input from Maxa technical and am seeking more. We have a Maxa heat pump, single zone, UFH only at present, no volumisers or any other unnecessary gubbins. We won’t be getting into the realms of damp floors. But what does “latch on” mean?

I think it’s my turn to ask a dumb question. (When one has a talent one should use it!). What’s is the issue with condensation? I get that condensation on a tiled floor would not be good. I’m not trying to cool the floor that much. I also get that condensation on a concealed pipe would not be good, rotting the timber nearby. We are seeing condensation on our manifold when I run the ASHP at too cool a flow temp. (OK there’s another question there but our heat pump is doing odd stuff, appearing unwilling to ‘get out of bed’ for flow temps above f cold, so cooling needs to be in ‘hard’ bursts, but that’s another question). So we run our heat pump, have a nice coolish slab, get condensation on the manifold, so what? It’s all stainless and brass and plastic, I can put a towel under it to catch the drips, so where’s the harm short term? One day, I’ll have fitted a fan coil upstairs (having major issues finding a ceiling mounted one), and the heat pump control will be sorted so it does moderate cooling so we’ll avoid condensation that way and I can box in the manifold safe in the knowledge that it’s not dripping. But for now I need to burst cool the slab as that’s what the heat pump wants to do, so is it ok to accept condensation on an exposed manifold during a heatwave?

Ours too, but as suggested above depends how you buy. We have sourced the majority of things.

We didn't have as many internal walls (open plan), and being timber frame /no radon barrier /different construction may not be helpful , but we did exactly that....popped off some of the internal walls to allow slab/insulation etc to be much easier and then rebuilt internal walls off slab (we did check it out with both our SE and timber frame supplier). Felt like a backward step at time, but was worth it for later simplicity... self build unfortunately does feel like a steps forwards can be followed by steps back

We're just about to fit the same quooker as above (pro 3) but looking to try and get drawer below, anyone "been there done it" ?

We've followed the above (vertical cladding) the first vertical batten means the slope on the second horizontal batten allows the water to run off into the cavity....or at least that's the plan!

Haven't had my coffee yet but you asked for comments. If you then go on to criticise those comments because what you wanted was another answer it dosn't encourage bothering to respond.

In the rental we're shortly to move out of we have our dining room table 650mm from wall......far to tight for comfort, feels "mean" and if you have 3 people down that side the middlee person can't get out behind those remaining seated.

Good point, just for clarification ours is a cold roof

Is this ok? Appreciate that you've had problems sourcing a bricklayer, but this wouldn't have been ok for us. Not sure if you're able to be there in the day, but what has worked for us is trying to establish buy in for the project, people have seen us doing stuff and we have made it clear its going to be our home (not a profit making venture), and whilst it can be difficult to pick things up a "sorry, not sure that's right; not what we were looking for; or even know we're being picky" has gone a long way. There is no doubt we've been lucky, but ........

We did not tape but used the 150mm overlap (permavent)

So pleased for you, we recognise the 'stress' generally, but also of starting a build without having sold, and leaving a house with which you've had a strong emotional attachment.

We used this Permavent APEX is a 3 layer breather membrane. APEX is both air and vapour permeable

Thanks, wider, deep flow gutters being fitted as we speak and yesterdays rain thankfully showed their wide enough.

We used kytun t2 with our slate and halves. Bit of fiddling to set out to allow for cladding, but pleased with the results.