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  1. Gone West
    You need to consider orientation carefully and it's effects. As Jeremy @JSHarris found digging in could create an unexpected micro-climate which may have a large impact especially with a low energy house.
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    If it's possible to measure signal strength outside and inside the house wouldn't that be enough to see what effect the house construction was having?
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    +1 In my case their design was not the best but everything turned when they said it would. It's not the very best of quality but well built and strong.
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    Very true. That's one part of our build where we were lucky to get good plasterboarders and an excellent plasterer.
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    It's an interesting point where reception is good outside but poor inside. For instance I don't have any problem at all with mobile reception inside my new house. I can also use my cordless landline phone inside the new house from my bungalow next door. Perhaps we should create a list of new house, wall construction type, along with mobile reception. I could start it off with 50mm high density Rockwool and 350mm Icynene and good reception.
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    The problem with steel rusting under render is that the steel expands when it corrodes and the render will crack. On my last house someone had fitted a steel bracket in the mortar between bricks. The bracket had broken off and been pointed over and over the years it rusted and pushed the brick out around 1/4".
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    I bought several rolls from C&A Building Plastics with some polycarbonate sheets. It was very sticky, couldn't get it off once stuck down. It was a few years ago though.
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    Well done, stunning in every respect.
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    £25k for an integrated lift might be a bit high. Stiltz quote around £14k which includes all standard site preparation work and all standard installation costs. Don't know exactly what that means though.
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    It's not only the spacing but also the size of the flange. I have, 122mm flange, metal web joists spanning 5.9m at 400mm centres and there is no deflection at all.
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    Something has gone wrong there. Can't attribute that to me, it was NSS.
  12. Gone West
    I've never 'lost' any tools from site, but I have gained some and hundreds of nails and screws.
  13. Gone West
    A friend who build her own house used chains which were held in place with rocks over the soil pipe. They work just fine as long as it's not windy.
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    Yes I do. I have had a preliminary SAP and EPC done but I still waiting for my final airtightness result which should be next Tuesday, then I will have my final SAP and EPC.
  15. Gone West
    My BCO accepted my PHPP results instead of an as designed SAP.
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    My preliminary SAP was 101 with 2.8Kw PV and airtightness of 0.6ACH. Apparently if I added a wind turbine it would go up to 104. My airtightness is less than 0.6ACH so I don't know if that will impact my final SAP result.
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    Hi Tom, welcome to the forum. If it's classed as an agricultural building is it possible to apply for Permitted Development Part Q?
  18. Gone West
    Yes it's an Eclisse glass door kit. We bought several from Ironmongery Direct in a sale. Haven't found any problems yet.
  19. Gone West
    We also have vaulted ceilings upstairs and had room inlets at around 500mm above the floor. We used 204mm x 60mm ducting for that short length. The extracts in the bathrooms were through an extra wide internal wall between the ensuite and bathroom where we used 125mm round ducting.
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    We have 1.5Mbps on our landline and 17Mbps on our WiMax connection.
  21. Gone West
    I have metal web joists in a timber frame and they are untreated. BCO wanted timber outside of the external racking treated but anything else could be untreated.
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    That's looks odd to me. I've never had concrete I can gouge with a tape measure after a week of hardening. Get him back asap and see what he thinks.
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    Don't give up Ian. You are certainly capable of doing the work yourself. It will take a bit longer, but just pace yourself. What's the rush, there's always tomorrow.
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    Hardcore size

    Gone West replied to RichS's topic in Foundations

    @RichS I can't find the spec. at the moment but 5mm max. sounds about right.
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    Hardcore size

    Gone West replied to RichS's topic in Foundations

    Under my PH slab I have 250mm type 1 compacted and on top of that 50mm granite fines then the insulation. What you need must surely depend on the ground conditions.
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