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Yeah I think he meant if his 'chippy' had done it he'd sack him but as it's a self build and "you've got enough to do already" .... He was confident that the boards don't expand but it is recommended by the manufacturer to have the gaps. Yeah I 'thought' I used stainless steel but some have definitely rusted (been up maybe 1.5 years) ; so I'll replace those with new stainless steel - probably end up replacing every screw for peace of mind!!! Cheers

Quick question ! Render board fixing screws should be zinc so don’t rust ???????

Well I boarded mine ages ago . Render guy came to look today for k rend or similar . He was not impressed with the gaps deliberately left between boards - but it was ok . His tip for future reference is to put the boards up butt tight to each other , then just angle grind a nice neat expansion gap ! ? Live and learn ! Hope that helps someone !!

I reckon i’ll Be about £1500 sq metre once finished - years from now . Do everything , apart from plastering and a few specifics like flat roof . More importantly how I look at it is what it cost to what it’s worth ...

Hey! No laughing matter - you’re only 9 years late ....?

My misses has got one of those you can borrow

Friday ? It always brings ? !!!!

Quite a mix ! . I go for z wave or Poe with indigo on Mac . Nice and reliable !

Possibly your neighbor has changed the channel on their router and it’s conflicting with yours . Easy thing to alter and see .

Nah . You want at least 2 of the new ones . Allows it to become a WiFi connection point and uses a further unit to ‘extend’ range . Works really well !

Devolo plugs are your friend ! Uses main wiring for connection to router . Automatically allows you to roam between them . It works !

Some of the bitch neighbors are dead now ; so less hassle !

Yeah single storey apart from the underground dungeon!

@PeterW So!, green crosses approx location of roof vents (1.5m or slightly more apart) Red box MVHR unit mounted internally on wall. This seem good? Distance from in/out vents to MVHR will be short. I was thinking (oh no!) before I wall mount it if I should say do OSB , then thick rubber ( to reduce noise) then unit onto that.

Yeah . But it makes sense for me to put half the panels on either side . Vent placement probably not going to effect PV position - just trying not to shoot myself in the foot later . Will put a photo up later of where I intend vents to go

Hey @joth that would just be too easy ! My unit is about 35cm deep ; so you need at least 70cm to get the filters out . Pita in the limited loft space ( if possible at all ) . Dream in a bedroom for access !

Problem is I don’t want to scupper where PV panels will go at a later date .

Yeah - bad access will plague my unit if loft space positioned . I was trying to do 1 loft hatch for mvhr and header tank . Just not do able in any sensible way . Bedroom it is ! . Makes the install 10 times simpler !

Do the roof vents have to go high up on the roof ? All photos I’ve seen put them near the ridge . Can they be lower ? . If units in bedroom shortest run is to vents lower on roof

I also asked without installing the unit ; just stuck a plug on it and listened . Said it would be a good test as the unit will be noisier than usual due to factory defaults and air movement. Will try that next week !

Right ! Spoke to vent axia . They said unclean filters can increase noise ( guess the fan works harder ) ; so if filter access is easy more likely to clean filters . A ‘sound proof’ cupboard wasn’t an unreasonable suggestion apparently. We have our main bedroom and a secondary bedroom ( primarily for me when I apparently snore ) . Anyone guess which room the units going in !!!

Ffs ! . On the floor in a bedroom in a ‘sound proof’ box !?!?!?!? ??

Ok , ok ! What about in loft space but above a bedroom ? - anyone able to comment on noise from unit ??

Anyone got a vent axia in say a bedroom ? ( perhaps in a wardrobe ) - and perhaps sound proofed it ???? - not desperate or anything !!!

Erm ! Funny how much bigger it is when it arrives ! . No idea how to get this through a loft hatch and positioned so that filters etc can be altered . The roof trusses get in the way completely- snookered !!