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If that's not a vaulted ceiling, as you say you dont want one, then it doesn't make sense to me. I would "move" the insulation/PB/skim part to the ceiling of the room (the red horizontal line). This would probably also address the fire risk mentioned above by @-rick-. Might be worth a chat with the architect if you can

?? Seems strange wording Care to clarify or change this? 🙂

Older house, so they'll be running at higher temperatures. Thanks all, I'll work with them to help them select.

My daughter was consider two of those tall upright radiators either side of a wall between living room and a dining room. A plumber she had in for something else was asked whether this could be done (yes, it can) but opined that the efficiency of such radiator is not as good as "normal" ones, by which I think he means bog standard stelrads. So, is there any evidence that this is the case, before she decides one way or the other?

So, you have taken down at least one other of these lights? If so, you have something to experiment on before attempting the offending one 🙂

Thank you @Spinny. The debt collector will be along shortly 😆

BTW, I dont think you need FD anywhere. Where do you think one is going?

@Omnibuswoman, if these are the ones I saw the other day, they are not FD door linings, which should look like this example from Howdens

First off, keep it simple and easy to do. Cutting PIR to a required angle, or using mineral wool is the easier route. Personally I would use PIR and Illbruck FM330 (check this, may not be right) closed cell foam to close the gaps. For belt and braces, then tape the joints with a some air tightness tape. You'll be doing all this while the trusses are open from above and below so should have room to do it. Just a bit fiddly and time consuming, but easy!

Have you heard about my Wow! fines system. That'll be another £1 to collect towards the build cost 😁

The bifolds are actually sliding doors. We did actually remove a smaller one to the right of it, and there is a tentative plan to remove a protuberance on the top left of the one that is left, but you can't see it in the photo. We have the field behind which we plan to plant replacement trees in for the 3 we have removed for the build (the walnut, a diseased horse chestnut, and the little tree).

The last was always (still is) our biggest variable. Getting things right (quality) comes naturally to someone with a level of OCD (thank goodness not a high level) that i think all self builders have to one extent or another

Yes, it lasted all of 6 months and then is cut off, after paying in for close on 40 years, you get next to feck all in return

Talking to a conveyancer recently about this and they said most likely that stamp duty will disappear and an annual property tax will be introduced instead. This will be in place of the CGT rumour/kit flying. It beggars belief that in a little over a year, the UK finances are apparently in such a poor state. There's a lot of reasons, people, past governments that have a hand in this situation. We really should have followed the Norwegian model of handling North Sea oil revenue to create a sovereign fund.

I think you may have just taken the crown for length of build 🙂 I presume this is an old photo and that you do now have the downpipes from the guttering 🙂 It all looks very neat and tidy