Gone West

I have a TF PH and I use electric towel rails in the bathrooms, supplemented with warm air heating from an EASHP through the ventilation system, to heat the house. If my house was at the higher end of PH heating requirement I would rather use skirting radiators than UFH.

Does your system give alerts at irregular intervals or do you set a date for the alert for example in 3 or 4 or 6 months time. My first filter change was at 3 months and since them I clean them at 3 months and change them at 6 months so I have set my alert to 3 months. My filters are G4 and F7 and I buy mine in bulk from Filtershop. I tried Jason Envirocare but they were only marginally cheaper than Total Home Environment. https://www.wtw-filtershop.nl/c-1862769/combi-185/

Yup, Wendy is happy that she knows how everything works. We have a straightforward heating, DHW, ventilation system with nothing bespoke. It was one of Wendy's must haves, agreed before we started on the build.

We didn't have a written contract with our scaffolders. We had a fixed charge open ended arrangement which turned out to be fifteen months for £2560 which included three alterations. This was back in 2010/2011 though.

Knauf Supafil Frame insulation is blown in behind a membrane. It's the system I would have used if not Icynene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le1MDxtEej0

Yes we fitted one on our bath because it was in the regs. but the BCO wasn't interested.

IIRC it's 1.1kW for space heating when it's very cold outside, but it's not a large house. I don't know what I use for DHW.

Can't you get the prices off their website?

As others have said, go for the largest that will fit. I fitted a 600mm long by 250mm diameter attenuator as that was the longest I could squeeze in on the supply side and it's silent.

@Eileen An excellent blog, great photographs. I guess you are very proud.

If it's been working without serious problems for years I would keep it. I know it's not environmentally friendly but a lot cheaper. As Peter says just replace the pipes with plastic, fit a new inspection chamber and manhole covers then you could probably forget about it again.

Thirty odd years ago I had an 18" McCulloch and boy am I glad I don't have to cut wood anymore. I am so grateful I never injured myself.

Do you know if it is a true cess pit or septic tank and what happens to the stuff that drains out of it?

@Eileen It is stunning, well done.

Take a picture of the plaque and use it as your avatar .

Congratulations .

The builder is a regular contributor to the GBF. Whilst his build may have used materials and techniques that are unusual I don't see why there is so much criticism. Nobody builds their first self build and gets everything right. There are a myriad ways of building a good house, not just one, so I congratulate him on having a go and producing an interesting looking house. I would be very surprised if any of the houses featured have been signed off by building control so are in an unfinished state.

Siting them on the roof is not the best place for maintenance such as cleaning insect screens.

What about CHP for the winter and PV for the summer.

IIRC you said there was a 10" drop from one side to the other so taking out 5" from one side and adding to the other doesn't need a digger. I've used a spade rather than a digger for most of my garden work, much less mess as a result. Go for it.

I always work out levels first and then work out how I'm going to do the job.

The lane outside my place slopes R to L but where I've fitted the gates, approximately 3m back from the lane I have made level.

Yes, I think that's what they call it. I put up a Jacksons fence in 1993 and when I moved sixteen years later it was as good as new. The gate posts here sit in water when the water table is high so it's a good test for their treatment.

I'm impressed with the softwood treatment by Jacksons. I've used their fencing several times. When I got the gate posts this time I had to drill through them for the hinges and the treatment had penetrated to the centre of the post. Of course this means the treated wood is very heavy until it dries out.

I've no idea I'm afraid, @NSS is the expert.