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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

looks nice mate, thats what i was thinking. Just build a stud wall with a recess in it, and i just checked the plasterers price for dot and dab - this wall works out to £88 just to dot and dab! so its a lot cheaper to stud anyway and it will look better. Thanks

Hi all Hope everyone is safe and well. Ive been thinking, before the house im building gets plastered whether i should add some ducting in the walls to run cables for a wall hung tv. Obv theyd have to be slim ducting so as not to make the plasterboard stick out too far, aprt from that i can only think of studding the wall out and then its easier. The other thing im thinking is that this wall would prob be where the fireplace would be so that means the cables need to go at an angle but then that would look odd not having the sky box etc directly under the tv. So what did ou guys do? thanks

sorry, only just seen this - i was just making sure not to get on the wrong side of the BCO that was all, ive clipped the pipes to the blockwork anyway thanks

thanks guys, just as i thought, i cant find anything regs wise BUT the WRAS do say that all pipes in walls must follow certain methods - ie chased in for blockwork, inside studwork etc but why do they bother making this cra p up when no one follows their "advice" and yes NHBC do now say that plastic pipes need to be detectable inside wal

Hi Im trying to find what is/isnt allowed regarding having either radiator or potable water pipes in walls in a new house. I ve seen the regs for chasing into walls but thats not necessarily for water, i know that plastic pipes in walls need detectable metal tape over them but not sure about using copper 15mm running down internal block walls. With your new builds, was this allowed? im sure all house builders use plastic in walls but i dont know for a fact. thanks

Hi Ive been shown guidance from WRAS that says radiator pipes have to be chased into a wall in a new build. But is this what building regs says - ie do the regs supersede what this says? Surely on new builds all big house makers just put plastic behind the dot and dab and they dont chase pipes into the wall? What has happened with you guys new builds? thanks

yes i think so, but i wont be staying there that long

thing is - with an old house even if you dont have FENSA, when you sell you can pay a few £ for an indemnity policy to cover that. For new builds, its a different thing altogether. Im sure i can pay a BCO to come and certify them, but like i say, why should i when ive paid a BCO to sign this house off thanks

thanks mate although my problem now is - how am i going to get these passed as certified?

Hi guys Im building a new house and my building control are also doing the warranty. My BCO has told me he will need a certificate of compliance for the windows and doors. Now whilst im aware of things required, ie trickle vents, U value on glazing, lockable handles etc what i didnt know is that id need a certificate from the manufacturer for all these things inc PAS24 etc Ive fitted the windows and doors myself, my BCO today said that i should have probably used a FENSA or an approved fitter but my understanding (from the planning portal) is that you can fit them yourself as long as they are certified by someone. I was under the impression that with a new build FENSA isnt needed as the BCO is supposed to sign the windows off, my BCO says this isnt his job and fair enough he needs the certification to show that these windows are up to scratch. But the manufacturer doesnt provide PAS24 certification so now i potentially have windows and doors fitted that are not compliant. So my question is: how can i now get these windows and doors shown to be compliant? I am sure that i can pay the council or a building inspector to come and sign them off but then whats the point of having a BCO on my new build when i have to pay another to come and pass my windows? Can anyone help or does nayone have experience of this? thanks