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i think its 10m3 hr i might be wrong, but yes its the window vents im referring to

thanks for the help guys, i suppose im worrying a bit too much as its my first attempt at building a house. As far as i know, there are no big leaks anywhere, and everything that needs sealing has been I think im allowed 10m3 as a pass, the house does "sweat" a bit when its been hot, so thats a sign its well sealed ill soon find out

Hi guys Im getting ready to book my airtightness test and im wondering what they do with the vents on the windows and doors? do they just tape them up and tjhe same for the extraction fans too? im a bit worried as i have french doors and all that joins the 2 doors is a pipece of plastic screwed in place, it doesnt seem to have any rubber seal around it and what if you dont pass the test - do you need to rebook it and pay again? thanks

ps he made it clear he wasnt going to pass anything he considered temporary

thanks guys, i spoke to him today and he did say steps are permissible and im going to use a single step made out of block paving, he told me min 900 wide, and level as someone else said and seeing as my drive runs down to the house i think it will both look ok and be functional cheers

Im interested to know how some of you have got around the disabled acesss for new builds. Ive seen some new builds on big sites and they have a minimal ramp but my house front will be block paved and ive either got to incorporate the ramp in to the block paving - believe me, it looks a mess (next door has it)- or i ve got to figure out how else to allow access. I plan on removing the ramp once the house passes so do the inspectors youve used allow temporary ramps? thanks

they make good stuff, they export all over the world

shes adamant that she cant help due to what i said, its stupid to me

i have complained, am waiting to hear. Paypal are a bunch of cnts at the best of times as i know from experience being a seller

thanks guys, ive spoken to the door stop company at length. When they make doors they send the (individually produced) certificates out to the seller by email, they are password protected and no one else can access them due to date protection! This obv means they cant send me a copy as all this is done to stop anyone copying certificates which i can understand but it just seems stupid to me that they cant supply me with a copy as they can confirm i bought them from that same seller they sent them to. All my BI needs is a certificate to say this door meets such and such regs. I have got the BSI certificate from the company and thats got to be worth something to prove the doors are not just any old crap, which theyre not. I upgraded the locks and everything else i could. The doors cost £1400 total so im reluctant to just buy new ones but ill just have to see. I wouldnt mind but this seller lists his stuff as police approved and theres no evidence of this and paypal would have refunded me but only gave me a week or so to return them and it takes circa 14 days to get new ones, which would have meant having no doors on the new build AND having to pay postage which would have cost a fortune so paypal closed my case.

Hi all To cut a long story short, im doing a new build. Got 2 doors from an online supplier - now i did know that doors had to meet certain standards ie U value, door chain, decent locks/hardware etc but i didnt know there was a certificate to show the door complied with all these things ie a PAS24 certificate used to be called SBD - secured by design. The company that makes the doors i bought are called DOOR STOP, they are a pretty big firm who ships worldwide and they do make both energy efficient and approved secure doors. The seller i used for whatever reason cant or wont give me the security certificates for these doors and the building inspector needs them which is fair enough. (i started a paypal claim against the seller and won but it got cancelled as i couldnt send the doors back in the time paypal gave me!) So now im in the position of having 2 doors that are fully up to and beyond necessary spec, but i havent got the certificates to show this, all he needs are 2 certificates that say these doors meet these standards, They actually do as i upgraded the locks and everything else i could so if anyone has nay door stop certificates i could borrow that would be great ?? Ive looked online but cant find anything, its really p***ed me off that this seller has got away with not giving me the certificates when door stop said hes had them! thanks

Just to clarify - the £105 was just for the energy calcs rating or did that include the water calcs too? seems really cheap. I think ive paid £600 for all the tests - air/energy/water/fans and another 1 or 2 i think

its the same guy/firm doing all my tests/checks - thats what i meant mate.

wow really? unfortunately for me, my architect has arranged for a firm to come around - they are doing all the tests inc air test etc so im worried he might ask for it and like a tit ive already mentioned it to him ffs. I just assumed they would need the certificates. Like you ive done everything properly, im certain the doors are fully compliant but i just cant prove it which is crap really. If push comes to shove ill have to try and see a way aorund it thanks mate

Hi Im wanting some advice on what actually happens to get your energy performance cert at the end of a job. As far as i know, you have to fill a form in that details the U values of the windows doors etc. Does the firm doing the EPC actually need to see the U value certificates to confirm what values you enter on the form? Im asking as ive come a bit of a cropper - i got my front and side door from a firm, and he gets them door stop international (a big firm near me actually, not some fly by night company). I didnt know then but know now, i needed a certificate to confirm what U value the doors are. Ive asked the guy and he said he hasnt had one, the firm he uses cant send me a copy as its all done online and they cant access his docs as its password protected - data compliance etc - so basically it looks like i m not going to have a certificate for these 2 doors which might leave me up the creek. Im hoping i wont have to swap these 2 doors and get new ones with certificates, the guy i got them form hasnt even replied to my last email. So if the EPC company need them im in a mess, but if ihe doesnt i can wing it. Can anyone shed any light on this process of getting the EPC? thanks