joe90

It’s built into the pump housing, because the Vortex has two types of bubbles ( large ones to break up solids and small ones to feed bacteria) the timer switches between the two, it is shown here. https://www.suppliesforfarmers.co.uk/vortex-eco-treatment-plant-i-11.html. The adjustment for numbers of people is done by valves which control the air pressure which controls the amount of bubbles.

Rainwater for car cleaning and gardening is far better, I plan to use a big tank that I have to collect rainwater from my garage for this.

I have been reading this with interest as I also bought my ASHP on Ebay “ as new” and it was still in its original wrapping on the original pallet so I am hoping mine works?. I paid £850 for mine so as Nick says above still worth the gamble ( I hope).

Our treatment plant which we installed recently had to be a 6 person ( three bedrooms, two persons per bedroom) we chose a 6 person plant called vortex because it can be turned down to match the actual persons living in it. We had it commissioned by a local firm and the guy has a Vortex himself and said if you don’t feed it enough ( poo) it won’t work properly unless you can turn it down. Ours is now set for two of us and the guy told us we would only need to turn it back up if we had a lot of guests fir 4 weeks or more ( ain’t going to happen). But if 6 persons bought the place it could be turned up to suit.

So is this drawing not correct?, do you have drainage out the bottom as it shows?

I think if the pavers are left 10/15mm away from the wall and that gap filled with chippings down to the chippings below it will drain fine.

Well my builder told me our BCO never askes for drain tests?, if it’s a problem it’s part of his price so he will have to come back and sort it out!.

Just put wheels on it ( they neednt Work)

My builder had an anhydrate screed laid in my build, 75mm, no rebar required, I ( with help) put the UFH pipes down, clipped to Kingspan insulation ( not difficult). Used conduit through doorways, walked on it two days later, had no scum on it ( guy installing it said the “new” stuff produced no scum) scrapped the surface by hand to remove slight nibs, tiled 8 weeks later ( we needed two dehumidifiers fir a week as it was the wettest year on record, ‘‘twas February, ) just had house rendered/ plastered so lots of damp had to be removed from the build. No sign of cracking at all.

Could you not bolt the posts to the outside of the wall and extend your patio slabs out to just under the glass? just crossed post with mr punter, great minds think alike ?

Mine was designed by Wunda, using an ASHP and they specced 150mm centres!

Put the shed on wheels ?. We had the same wth our plot, half field ( agricultural we knew) and half garden, the council told us half the garden was agricultural, when I asked them how they knew this they quoted google earth!! , I then told them google earth shows no fence or hedge and I could get a few family members to sign a declaration that as kids they played in the garden and their late grandfather kept it as such. They backed down. We did manage to include in our planning permission the use of the field entrance to also access our build as the entrance was more safe ( straight road and splays existed) the old house entrance had no splays and near a bend in the road. Also won on appeal to the Secretary of State.

I think Dave is correct, I was quoting a farming website that talked about movable buildings. Frankly after the fight I gave the council ( and won hands down) perhaps they won’t challenge me ( ever the optimist ?).

We have a muddy field adjacent to our build that I plan to turn into a meadow, the last rays of the sun shine in the bottom corner and that’s where I fancy a quiet place to drink tea/wine and meditate the day . My wife is a councillor and she fancies this quiet place to help people with their issues. I know I will never get planning for a building so I will put wheels on it and tow it with my dumper!. p.s. we have woodlands next to us and an abundance of wildlife including deer and owls and it would make a perfect place to view them.

As a slight deviation, my other half is fixated by Shepard’s huts and want me to build one in our field ( ha, yet to finish the house?) and just googled a few sites regarding planning permission and if it’s got wheels and you don’t mind moving it every 90 days ( on agricultural land) you don’t need planning. After the long fight for planning permission for our replacement house I can see another fight coming ?.

ST, this info will be helpfull but at the risk of confusion ( not difficult for me?) but how does decrement delay fit with a response time for a nominal material?

If you do angled reveals I will draw what we did if you like, there is one detail my builder talked me out of that in hindsite I wish I had done which has caused a little cracking due to wooden windows expanding/ contracting.

Yes, exactly what I did, it was still very damp weather in fairness.

Everyone said I would have smaller rooms but I designed the room sizes I wanted then put the walls around them!!! (Unless you are limited on footprint size ). Our builder had no problem inserting the rock wall insulation as they went ( and it was fairly cheap) . In fairness our brickie told me he did not like full fill cavity but the rock wall had a bba cert for full fill. Our west wall gets lots of driven rain, close to the Atlantic coast, and when core drilling fir ASHP pipes I found the outer 1” of the insulation in the cavity was a little wet ( wettest year on record in Devon) but it had not soaked in any further so I am happy.

Ha, well done Dave, never thought about the router under the stairs, perhaps next time ( not!).

My reveals were done in plasterboard, the inner skin was 150mm larger each side than the outer skin ( which helped loads when fitting the windows in check reveals , windows fixed to back of external brick). I also did this with doorways and gives a much better Access ( doors open past 90’)

No I haven’t, I had 200mm full fill cavity with rock wall, brick outer and heavy concrete block inner with full wet render and plaster inside. The reveals were designed by me to be cottage style and they are great ( for us). I like option three to give you flexibility with your second fix etc but I do like solid walls to stop temp swings ( high thermal capacity) and also solid to hang everything on.

Affordable housing springs to mind!

Ha, been so busy it’s gone to the bottom of my “to do list “, I will do it this morning and post back ?

Yes, the conservatory faces due south ( almost) the roof, as explained, will have solar glass which is very good at deflecting some solar gain, very large pairs of double doors and large opening windows in both East and West ends ( winds here are almost always westerlies) so the wind will blow through and out the other side. Like my heating strategy for the house ( no heating upstairs apart from towel radiators and en suite UFH) and if it’s very cold for a few weeks a couple of electric heaters will suffice) . Yes we may get overheated once or twice but I can live with that if it enables me to use it in the shoulder months. Internal blinds will be looked at if required! It’s a bit like the house, a question of suck it and see. Jeremy did lots of calcs for his build but they did not take into account his micro climate which meant cooling was reqd moor than he thought, we are very open here so don’t think we will suffer the same ?