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Maybe, as it doesn't have foil and is covered with a house wrap I suppose it can 'breathe', if that's important. When I ran out of K5, I did use half a board of foil covered board, though.

They are just standard 100x50mm 2mm thick L brackets. No pics, I fitted everything within a day so was going quick! To fit them directly would have needed at least 150mm concrete screws, and quite a few of them.

I did it in probably not the optimal way, but I'm OK with it. - 4x2 timbers attached to the block wall with large L brackets - Insulation packed between them (70mm K5) - Breather membrane cover - Battens 15mm thick over the top, nailed onto the 4x2s - Counter battens 2x1, painted up with Black Jack - Millboard vertical cladding

Thank you, all ordered! My preferred supplier has Knaufs version, but they accept BG part numbers as apparently thats what everyone goes by

Not a chance of a rep in Jersey sadly!

Thank you. It's very simple, but I've never used the stuff before. I want to build a metal stud partition against an existing block wall with a small gap,and fill it with Rockwool SoundSlab, as a noise reducing measure between living room and bedroom. So fixings into the floor and ceiling studs only. Is it: GL8 for the floor track GL1 for verticles Seen mention of a deep track as preference for the top track, but not sure on part? Should a different stud be used at the ends, where meeting block walls? Do I need GL11 anchors for the floor and ends or are woodscrews with a washer and plug fine? It needs to be a slim wall, and the Rockwool will be 50mm. Super simple I know, but the white book is confusing Im finding. Thanks!

Hi all, A good while back I found a thread here about using Gypframe / steel studwork. A member had written an excellent guide on what bits to use where.... and I cannot for the life of me find it out! Searching stell+stud, gypframe, etc, don;'t show me what I know is here somewhere. Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? Thanks Tim

Many thanks to @crispy_wafer, who was kind enough to send me 2x couplers. The only condition was that I make a donation to the running of the forum, which I have done. @jack should see the funds in the forum PayPal account now. Thanks again - top community spirit on all fronts! Tim

I'd not say for sure, but the Blauberg couplers are certainly compatible with all the QuietVent stuff I have.

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That would be great, if you have a few I’d ask for 2, just in case. i have lots of sealing rings thanks, and I assume these adapters fit the pipe I got from BPC. Let me know what you want for them, and I can help work out the shipping Tim

Hi all, I am in need of a 75mm coupler for my semi-rigid pipe. The challenge is I am in Jersey and everyone wants a kidney for shipping Does anybody have a spare one they would be happy to sell and ship? Many thanks Tim

Greenwood have a decent web site, I shall contact them as I cannot see anything suitable there. Do you have any links for them or Vent Axia for specific items? Google isn't coming up with what I want. Thanks

We looked at the in-hob ones, but want the full 5 hobs, and also I dread to think the crap that would get stuck in there! Siemens, Neff and Bosch are identical I discovered, all made by BSH group!

Yes aware that being so high it won't be as effective... thats outside of my control! I didn't think it looked to be very noisy? My wife works in kitchen design, so we get it for under half the price on Neff's website.

Hi all, We have MHRV (As I fitted a few years back), and as part of our current extension, we are having a bigger kitchen. The boss has decided on a ceiling mount extractor: https://www.neff-home.com/uk/productlist/extractor-hoods/ceiling-installation/integrated-ceiling-hoods/I94CAQ6N0B For our MHRV to work properly, we need to pair it with a recirculation kit, which is big and ugly: https://www.neff-home.com/uk/supportdetail/product/Z52JXC1W1(00) What have others done for recirculation with this type of extractor? Are there other brands of recirculation filter that are smaller and less ugly? Don't really want horrible grill on our nice drop-ceiling above the island! Many thanks Tim

Thanks all, great advice. After a drive around all the local stockists, we are likely to go with completely different deck to cladding.... takes a proper look to re-assess everything, we find. Of course the wife has expensive taste, and wants Millboard Board & Batten cladding! https://millboard.co.uk/cladding/board-batten Fortunately we don't need a lot. We won't go with Millboard decking, as we need quite a bit and I want to save my spare kidney until I need it. But there are loads more decking options than cladding it seems. Any more pics of peoples projects for inspiration would be great

Hi all, Wasn't sure quite where to put this thread, as it's not strictly decking. I am looking to fit a deck but have matching vertical cladding so they can meet each other neatly ande seem almost continuous. For the cladding, I suspect we want tongue and groove for water resistance? I am struggling... nobody offers such a combination that I can find. We are looking at composite ideally. If we were to use decking as cladding, I am not sure about the gaps between the boards, as it may show up the grey housewrap underneath, and make it easy for things to live behind the boards. Is this a valid concern? Many thanks!

Yes, found all the spec. https://www.unionfoam.it/en/p/eurobatex/ Compared to a full box of Armaflex, it's still 1/4 the price. Compared to the rate I can get at local merchants, its 1/8 of the price! As I'm in Jersey I need to pay about £50 to have the freight forwarded from the UK dock, but still, with a few other bits I need (Hep2O stuff), it still seems to make sense. Hopefully someone has used it before, and can share an experience. In the mean time, I'll try to compare it with Armaflex spec.

They have it in 19mm, too: https://www.plumbingsuperstore.co.uk/product/eurobatex-split-pipe-insulation-2m-lengths-19mm-thick--full-box-quantity-15mm-x-19mm-x-2m-eurobatex-splitbox-qty-39pe15192s.html I am plumbing the house with manifolds, so there is a lot of pipework. I'm a little suspicious that it's so cheap, to be honest! And I'd rather not pay out for the Armaflex, if possible.

Hi all, Plumbing SuperStore offer Eurobatex pipe insulation, which looks to be the same sort of stuff as Armaflex.... but costs 1/4 of the amount!? Has anyone had any experience with this insulation, good or bad? For the price, I'd just buy a full box of 13mm thick, and if I don't use some, never mind! https://www.plumbingsuperstore.co.uk/product/eurobatex-tube-pipe-insulation-2m-lengths-13mm-thick-full-box-quantity-p29126.html Many thanks Tim

That is of some help yes, thank you. As I want vertical cladding I think I need to fit timber between the insulation boards to the wall vertically, to a few mm thicker than the insulation, then some horizontal battens over to mount the cladding to. If we use cladding with gaps, we will use some composite decking battens, as they are weatherproof and black. Or as @Wumpus mentioned, board over the insulation and fix through, but then I'd need vertical then horizontal battens, so it's getting a bit thick then!

Hi @LSB, What did you do with this in the end? I have 1 wall which will be clad over K5 EWI, and I am as lost as you were in this thread! Thanks Tim

Covered in 60mm Kingspan K5, and rendered. So there is no additional need to damp proof, and relying on the render coats should be sufficient? Cheers Tim

Interesting... I don't suppose you have any photos, or a construction detail do you? I am wondering if I did that up to the boundary, Building Control would be concerned about its fire rating?