Gone West

Most likely I would buy a bungalow well away from the SE England, probably in the West Country. So if you know of any remote, no other buildings within half a mile, bungalow with an acre or two I could well be interested. It's not that I'm unsociable, well I guess I am really, but I would like to live somewhere where the only sounds are birds singing. To make life easier we are both singing from the same hymn sheet .

As others have said it's either because the filters are blocked or the system hasn't been set up properly. Our system is too quiet to hear. Do you know if it was set up to SAP ventilation rates.

Don't know if you are aware that BBC4 showed what was called 'Slow TV' around three years ago. It was very easy to watch and as you say restful. On one program a camera was fitted to a traditional Sami dog sledge which travelled through the arctic countryside along an ancient postal route. It was about two hours long without talking or much sound at all.

I certainly wouldn't and it's finished and we've been living in it for over a year. I liked the technical challenge of designing a low energy house but to me it's still just a house. The idea of a forever house is something I have difficulty understanding.

I guess Hampshire is just far enough west of us to make a difference to the weather. It's been 23/24C for the last few days and we haven't had any significant rain for what seems like ages. We were expecting a deluge yesterday based on the forecast and all we got were a couple of showers lasting about 15 minutes each. We've only had three spells of heavy rain in the last three months and the ground is like rock. I've got some trenches to dig so hoping we get some rain next week.

Yes if you're using branded EPS there shouldn't be a problem. I read a paper a few months ago that IIRC stated that the percentage of recycled EPS in the samples tested affected the creep effect significantly compared to virgin EPS.

I think the problem with more compressible types of EPS is creep due to the mass. This happens over a long period of time and may not be uniform which is why EPS300 is usually used.

I've always been very happy with the results of using Soudal Fix All Crystal.

I attended a live fire day on Salisbury Plain many years ago and there were a couple of A10s 'attacking' tank hulls and the Gatling type cannons were deafening.

I would have thought that is exactly what is needed. The outer layer of insulation of the ICF wall would line up with the insulation upstand of the Isoquick creating a thermal bridge free construction.

I found Lindab straightforward to fit just following the instructions, especially relating to how to cut it. It's been up over seven years with no problems, no rust. At the start of our build we only worked nine months of the year having December off for Christmas and going away to Madeira for January and February. This was fine from the relaxing point of view but we soon discovered that only working three quarters of the year meant the build was taking a very long time. Depends what you want. We haven't had the long winter break for several years now.

Hi and welcome to the forum. Good luck with the project, I hope it progresses well for you.

I paid £636 without VAT which was for connecting to the pole and connecting to the house. They pulled the cable through ducting, including hockey sticks, which I had laid using the pull cord which I had fed through.

We hired when we wanted one, also at £50 a day, although several years ago. The chap was at the end of the road, brought it down, with diesel. All the advantages and no hassle if anything goes wrong.

Our I-beam timber frame with OSB3 exterior racking was covered in Protect TF200 Thermo membrane and survived several months without coming to any harm.

We had similar problems with our Planning Department but we had a different experience with our Planning Committee which approved our application unanimously against Planning Department advice. Well done for sticking with it. I could say it will all get easier now, but I'm a realist. Good luck for the rest of the project.

Hi and welcome to the forum. Retro fitting a MVHR system isn't as easy as when doing a major refurb so good luck.

Sounds good. If you are going to significantly improve the insulation then the warm air heating could be at a lower temperature. We have a very well insulated house with warm air heating and find it works well.

The water table around here can be up to road level so the BCO and Highways agreed that we could discharge roof drainage straight onto the lane so we bypassed SuDS. Saved a lot of money.

They are RAL7037. There are many different profiles for uPVC some insulated, some not as there are different types of engineered timber some with insulation and some not. He is wrong to make such a statement without qualifying it.

@soapstar We live a couple of miles from the sea. We have Rehau Geneo fibre reinforced uPVC frames which are insulated and the thermal performance is better than timber. We had the corner welds filled before the frames were sprayed and so far everybody who has commented thinks they are aluminium.

Looks like a kit car to me with that number plate, possibly a Gentry.

I've twice seen spiders drop off the bottom of the entrance door when I've opened it. They get disposed of very quickly if I see them. In the summer we leave doors and windows open so plenty of time for them to come in.

Before I bought it I telephoned them and there is an old chap there (probably younger than me), who was very helpful. Could be worth a call.

IIRC the waste pipe is quite a small diameter so using 15mm might cause problems with pressure. Could you feed the waste pipe through the 15mm pipe?