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I assumed I need an AAV and stench pipe ? I.e both - this not correct ??

Ah ! I’m doing it ass about tit then ! . SWMBO just wants a stove fire . 6” makes my life easier as it fits between the concrete beams ( I assume as they are non combustable I don’t need any clearance ) . So what stove output suits that ? . That link you gave looks good as they have a design service .... Going to cost materials and installed rather a lot less than the insane 2.7k...

How do I know what size ( output ) fire I need and I assume is linked to flue size . Guy said 7” flue so go with that !????

So if I do a roof vent what are the rules on this ? . Simply place it high as possible up the roof ????

Erm , no idea of stove size ....

Also he told me a 7” flue was min ( which is slightly problematic as I need to go through beam and block ) . But quickly looking online I see 5” ...... Advice required ! .

If anyone can direct me to a ‘kit’ I need to buy that would be really helpful . I knew 2.7k was taking the mick . But I do want to buy a quality good kit from online ...

Other quotes on the way . The build is in an ‘affluent’ area - so tend to attract the take the p*iss price . I reckon 1k tops to supply and install ( being generous there aswell ) ....

Sounds on the high side to me... To supply and fit twin wall system: 3.5 metres of twin wall pipe & 1 metre of extension pipe, appliance adapter, support brackets. flashing, storm collar, cowl, internal cover plate, carbon monoxide detector, ID plate & HETAS registration. 1.00 2,750.00 550.00 Standard 20.00%

Yeah I think that would do the trick . Almost cost the same as the tripod ! Much appreciated though ?

I bought a cheap tripod off eBay with a ‘standard’ fitting . Needless to say it doesn’t fit my dewalt laser . spec of tripod is 5/8 inch connector I think dewalt laser thread is 0.25” Can anyone point me in the direction of a thread connector type thing to connect these two ?

Cheapest I’ve seen !

I just shopped around for my brass ones . Couldn’t find a great variation in price tbh .

I like them ! . Bet they are only available in very limited ranges though ....

Even I used the Thermalite blocks . Easy to lay and easy to cut . Got it dead straight and flush . As I’d never done it before looked a bit rough . Once rendered ( k rend type thing ) looks spot on !

The sparky will install the CU and wire everything into that also all the DIN rail stuff. So I am just doing the donkey work. In my experience over the entire build this is where you make the savings.

First of all when I spoke to him over the phone he wasn't that keen. Once he met me though he was hooked. His original concerns where I'd do it "my way" not his and he feared we'd argue over the right method. I explained to him that he is the electrician not me! - so I"ll do what he wants. Also to supply and wire a basic house his cost was around 3k - a more complex system (like I have with HA ) he said around 5k. He knows nothing about HA so is really interested in what I do. I very briefly told him my HA ambitions ; he was really really interested. So I was lucky that I could find a willing and trusting sparky!

I took photos of everything so will walk him through it . Anything he doesn’t like I’ll change . The arrangement I have with the sparky is he checks as I go . So any issues are resolved before final fix .

Hey! All wires run vertical to all sockets. You spotted that odd one as it's just a pull cord cable so I can pull a tv ariel feed in there later.

Document the installation!!!! ???????????????? That’s a no . A sparky will check my work though ....

Yeah I was thinking that . But would say a screw through a cable be picked up with this method ? I.e you’d still have continuity.

I’ve almost completed the socket wiring install 1st fix for the ground floor . Is there any way I can test each part of the cable ? My concern is that it’s not impossible to imagine that a screw has gone through a cable . Rather than have everything wired up and find the fault it would be much easier to rectify a cable issue now at this stage . So for example in the pics ... Test the cable coming into the socket at ‘this’ end - and where it goes into the next socket .

Laters

Grab me some proper German ? whilst you are there !

Roof mounted ones are apparently more efficient as they allow airflow under the panels .