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? We had a few objections from neighbours who, to our face, were ‘on side’. It was the standard “we don’t like the look of it” stuff which didn’t affect our application. The conservation officer did and it cost a hefty packet to put him back in his box. One of the neighbours has said of our house that’s it’s like a dark cloud has descended on the village. Others love it. Hence we call it Marmite House.

@Russell griffiths thanks for that detailed instruction, very helpful. As it is when water drips from the boss’s it is dripping behind the tiles so whilst I would have filled the gaps I wouldn’t have done it in such an effective way as you describe. Brilliant. There really is no such thing as a stupid question it would seem ?

Thanks all. @markc Maybe the boss’ are too far forward, I’ve got another problem with a different shower head, it’s one pice and threaded so no adjustment and I can’t quite get it vertical. I guess I just lop the end of that as well. @joe90 yep, there is a little grub screw that holds the hand shower bit all together.

It’s a hand shower attachment to go in the lower hole in the shower enclosure.

Working on the theory that there are no such thing as stupid questions. What should I do here? The brass thingy is in as far as it will go. When I fit the chrome thingy there is a gap. The obvious answer is that I just cut the brass thingy to the required length. Isn’t it?

At the very real and obvious intention of drifting this thread, please accept my apologies. Mods, deal with me as you see fit. The best thing the Austrians ever did (apart from kitchen hardware obviously, oh, and the Jaguar Ipace) was to convince the world the Hitler was German and Mozart was Austrian? ?

@joe90 That was my concern and as I live under a rock I’d never heard of those thread sealing gloops, looks like that is the way ahead.

So no votes for PTFE then. I've got loads of the stuff but none of this newfangled thread seal, off to Screwfix I go.

That’s a new one in me, Google it is. Ta ?

A shower head fixing question if I may. How do I fix my shower arm into the wall so that a. It never leaks. AND b. It ends up pointing in the right direction, namely down, when I’ve finished. PTFE and then more PTFE?

@ProDave God what a nightmare. We have thin coat render in places but used a different system so I can't offer any insight to what may have happened to yours. I hope you get a speedy and satisfactory resolution.

As @Vijay says, bioethanol fires, that's the way we're going. Real flickering flames, no chimney or dedicated air supply required, low heat output, easily switch on and offable, no ash and when things get tough you could probably drink the fuel.

Yep, did that (photo about 6 posts up there ⬆️ ) Thats the sort of numbers I was looking for, thanks @Carrerahill ? And those letters/numbers, thanks @PeterW

And he ain’t doing that! So warm white and that’s it? No other numbers and letters I need to know or any other specifics for LED’s on the floor behind a bath?

Two questions. We got the profile from the company in the link that @PeterW posted. Should it just be set in a bed of mastic, or is this another job for CT1? Biggest question is what LED strip do I get to fit in? It will be completely hidden by the bath, shining up a wall tiled in those marble effect tiles in the picture. I don’t really know where to start warm, cool etc etc. Any pointers?

@Conor Ah! I recall messing around with that years ago before I got hooked on Sketchup. Seems to have come on in leaps and bounds since I last saw it.

@Conor it looks like that second iteration would work better, easier to get to stuff. Probably wouldn’t need such a large doorway either. (Mildly jealous of the software you’re using. What is it?)

@Conor can’t quite work out where your MVHR Intake and Exhaust, Supply and Extract ducts would go. What’s above the MVHR unit if it were in that position? A landing? Would all the required plumbing for the 300lt cylinder fit under the stair treads?

I think it depends on the local authority but our self build would definitely have attracted CIL if the CIL exemption paperwork hadn’t been submitted. Hopefully you’re all sorted and don’t need to submit any forms but it may be worth checking because in our case if the forms weren’t submitted before commencement then there would have been no exemption. And still more forms to go for us when we complete. A failure to jump through any of these hoops at the correct stage will result in a big bill coming our way.

@Adsibob Vivien won’t be around to answer (it’s a long story). I’m pretty sure she had an Ecocent Air MVHR. These units have an integrated heat pump so can provide an element of heating and cooling. I was interested in them at one point and speaking to the designer he did say they can be a bit noisy especially when the heat pump is operating and he suggested that the best way to isolate the unit was to place it on sandwich of aluminium sheet and that rubber stuff you find in kids playgrounds, repeat as necessary until the problem has gone. I passed that on to Vivien but no idea if she did that or not, perhaps I’ll give her a call to find out.

@Weebles and there was me thinking it was just Map No.159! ?

@Weebles Sounds like great idea, 20mm MDF may be a bit over the top though, I would have thought 12mm MDF plus your 6mm oak would be more than adequate. Love the wallpaper.

I tried various, ended up back with SketchUp. Can't beat it imho.

@GraemeHM Our main roof is warm, giving us fully useable and open loft space. The single storey element in the image I posted was made warm roof mainly because it was easy to do with MBC. The drawing I attached was for Tata Steel which we didn't use in the end. Our zinc detail is much like that posted by @Russell griffiths with a similar sized upstand. The VMZinc mage you attached is how our roofs are built up and clad. Zero problems so far.

We have a zinc clad 5° warm roof for comparrison.