Gone West

I'm not thinking an expansion vessel is the same as a safety valve. When you say remove the brass bung and replace with a T&PRV how could you run the discharge pipework. When the front cover is on there is no room and the only exit for pipework is under the unit towards the rear.

Clive has linked to the installation guide that I've got. The tank doesn't have any overflow pipework. I've installed a pressure reducing valve set to 3 bar on the cold supply inlet. I think the 6 bar safety valve referred to is the expansion vessel.

There's no mention of a temperature & pressure relief valve in the Genvex documentation and it's not marked on their diagrams. The UVC is in the bottom part of the unit and is completely boxed in except for the front. The only other thing on the front of the tank is a brass plug near the top of the tank.

@Nickfromwales whoops, sorry should I have put this under 'Boilers and hot water tanks'?

I’m looking at how to connect up the UVC which is part of the Genvex Combi I’ve just bought. The UVC is heated with an EASHP which will heat the water to a maximum of 55C. It has a 1kW immersion to increase the temperature if required. Genvex say the maximum tank temperature should not exceed 65C. Reading up on safety devices on the internet it says there should be three independent ones. It looks like the Combi has two manual reset thermal cut outs with 80C stamped on them. Does that mean I would need just a pressure relief valve to have a safe system? The top part is an anode, under that two reset buttons and at the bottom the immersion.

Well done. I just hope we haven't got 10!

We've now got moles under the new turf. This area is riddled with the little buggers. I've killed two this year and I've set the traps again. Hopefully I'll be lucky and catch them before the grass dies. I caught eight one year at my last house.

The bungalow is made of 4"x2" with sarking on the roof and timber floor. I'll take the bungalow down and use any decent timber for the shed. I'm hoping to get a concrete crusher in for the chimney breast and block extension at the back and use that as hardcore for the drive. Haven't thought about a design yet

We bought 56m2 of it at the beginning of the build in 2010 from BS Specialist Products, Notts. We had it at the front of the new build for lorries and cranes at the beginning of the build and we've taken it up and used it many times. It will be finally used for the car turning circle which the planners told us to have.

Thank you. Maybe one day but I've got plenty to keep me busy for the time being.

It's Indian Sandstone that has a honed finish. It's also thickness calibrated +/- 2mm so easier to lay. It was the last two pallets left in a sale so we only had 104 slabs to work with but we did the front path, side verandah and rear patio without breaking any. Very fortunate.

We're hoping to get it signed off this year but UK Power Networks are holding us up a bit. Not sure when we'll move in though.

Wow, thanks for all the generous comments.

I've used Triton in the past with no problems. The last one was still going strong when we sold up and that was after 15 years. We did have a water softener though, which in a hard water area is necessary.

The weather's been dry and warm for a while now so I thought I'd take advantage and finally finish the front garden. The paving went well and it didn't take long laying the turf and it's easier cutting grass than weeding! We added some tubs with lavender to finish off. I'll have to finish the bathroom now, no more excuses.

I'm in the same boat. The Bamboo Flooring Co. never seem to have offers on natural strand woven.

Really none.

Thanks all.

Is there a requirement for timber internal doors to be fitted in order to obtain a BC completion certificate? These are not fire doors.

Yes, our Dyson doesn't have any filters. Apparently it uses high speed vibration to shake the dust into the container, or something like that. We've had it about a year and it's good not having to clean filters.

I've used creosote and creoseal from https://www.creosotesales.co.uk/. The creoseal looks like creosote and even smells like creosote and the rain beads on the surface just the same. It does take a bit longer to dry than creosote though.

We have a Dyson and don't have any problems with it at all.

I have an extract in my wetroom which is near the shower. Can't be anything but near because it's a small room. I wouldn't worry.

I've been called a lot of things, clueless yes, rimless never!

Ours was boarded four years after the frame went up and we've been lucky and haven't had any cracks.