SuperJohnG

I'd highly recommend. The SAP calc is minimal hassle,.just aim for over 85 and theoretically all else being OK they will accept you

Yeah. Not such luck at the moment.

A SIPS fitter quoted me the other day. 650 a day per guy, that's more than I get paid and I'm at the front end of delivering critical structures for a nuclear power plant. They defo must be busy.

It's been a while. But I installed the ring family of products in my dad's house some 10-12 years ago. Mainly because he had dementia and I wanted to know if he left the house, it also linked to the smoke and fire alarms and I could dial into the house and listen in. It worked well back then so can only assume I has advanced well.

Welcome Bruno. Lots of good info here. I think it might be called a back boiler. But I get what you mean. My thought are you might not need much heating as its Portugal but does it get cold?

Hi. Welcome to the forum. I'm just south of Glasgow. Building a SIPS house with insulated passive raft. Currently halfway through foundations....(bloody weather)..I went with Kore....infinitely cheaper (50%) and I have groundwork guys but overseeing a doing a good bit of DIY on the raft. Have you chosen kit supplier yet? Sounds like a hebhomes or Caber house.

You'll not get a call back quickly. But yes I have proceeded with foundations, I got them a month or two ago and the boy said they would get oodles of policies in April and it'll be fine and he done a quick calc and if I miss the foundations stage I actually save 500 quid. It's completely ridiculous, no point in the surveyor's being involved. they just triple the fee.

I've started foundations. I'm just going to get it in April when it is available. It'll be fine...

Welcome.. lots of good info to be found!

Seems pennies to me. Albeit....I spent 18k crossed 3 fields with 6 poles and have my own transformer.

@MortarThePoint I'd avoid any form of manual labour required to paint your own windows, seems madness to me. I'm going with Zyle Fenster, timber framed Aluclad from @craig.

I'd absolutely have the good side facing yourself if you are paying. That's what I did with my neighbours. As for the bottom of the garden,.I don't know the rules but I'd probably just stick one up and stuck it and see if anyone says anything.

I'll second that. I'm projecting much more for mine and not passive standard and no basement....and similar size...

I'll give you a few pointers craig next time we chat. ?

Ha they are always about, lovely to see them. Have a badger too that visits regularly

we are: self_build_ayrshire Just search for that username. But to find others you would search for a hashtag E.g #SELFBUILD Then that would show accounts who tag their pictures with #SELFBUILD, then you will quickly find lots of accounts. Works for anything on there, so if you want to see pictures of cladding search #cladding or maybe #timbercladding give it a shot.

I previously used it years ago. I still have an account and sometimes I look at the odd image there, but it'd much more interior design focused and heavily American. But it's time has come and gone imo. If you genuinely want to generate more social media awareness to generate interest and leads then it is all about Instagram. There you can see work businesses have done and see how it looks. I love it for that, you need to be consistent with posts though and committed. But easily there you can follow more self build accounts. We have 600 odd followers following our build and watching out stories. So getting tagged by accounts like that helps no end. In there though very few are interested in technical details, just how.it looks. People on here are the folk that want technical info..

My Kit supplier is struggling for someone to erect the kit (central belt Scotland). Does anyone know of any SIPS erectors in the central belt area in Scotland?

LVT shouldn't move like that either. It should be rock solid. No disaster, and they'll fix it. But definitely be cataloguing these errors seriously and how they are attended to, straight on the phone to the main contractor/ plumber and have him fix it. In my opinion you are sue plenty money back.

Firstly. Welcome to the forum. I've never heard of a SIP floor being used ever? Why do you want that? If it for insulation then just use insulation? An idea of your planned build up would be helpful here.

Thats me... I brought power from three fields away and had to have my own transformer- £18k. I'm also 400m from mains water. That would have been 30-50k to bring down a B road, so opted for a borehole (getting drilled next month) at a cost of 10-15k all said and done. I have treatment ant too and will discharge into my own burn. These options made the plot viable for me.

Welcome @2nd Time Around. Lots of good info to be found. But defo err on the side of caution and do lots of research and that'll give you the best chance! I used to go here as a child regularly shooting at a ace called the Gannochy, loved it. Stayed in the big hotel in town every time. Just linked to our low wages isn't it. Blows me away the wages and house costs down in England. When people say their budget is 600k...for a three bed semi....

Does seem a bit hard to find to find them.. is that an ecodan thing or an ASHP thing. Does this mean you don't need to do all the other piping/circuitry as per the other thread?

Wahey. Defo sounds like a f$ck this.. let's get it ordered!

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for, describes it perfectly. Yes, where you had wind I have rain, ?. Christmas.....everyone loves a xmas day deadline!!