Gone West

I haven't got Rationel windows, did you mean Rehau?

We had the mitres filled on our Rehau frames before they were sprayed. Everybody who has commented on them think they are ali not plastic.

I have to disagree with that. It's a bog standard plastic sill and not designed to be insulating. The size of the inner section would allow movement of air. My Rehau frames have far smaller sections and they are also foam filled. If you use low expansion foam, fill in section by section and the ends of the sill are open there should be no distortion.

@Onoff Are you going to foam fill the sill inner section? Compriband expands much more slowly this weather.

I'm not able to help very much with this issue. I haven't installed second fix plumbing yet and only have a schematic that I did a few years ago. My DHW system is probably less common and not much help to anyone but here's the drawing. Back to second fix wiring for me.

We've had people wandering in and peering through the windows. The first time I crept up to them outside and politely asked them if there was anything I could do to help them. They jumped out of their skins and were very embarrassed. Another time I was working inside near a window and someone looked in, so I looked back at them and went outside to ask them what they wanted. They looked guilty and apologised and admitted they were being nosey. When we've been working outside other people have stopped and asked if they can have a look and we've showed them round. We're out in the sticks and don't get many but I've found being polite and pointing out any dangers is better than being confrontational.

My neighbour has a Nibe ASHP which is 2m from our fence and I can only just hear it. At 4m away I can't hear it at all and I live out in the sticks with very little background noise.

I can sympathise with you as understand how you feel. I hope things progress faster for you and you can achieve a sale soon.

I would second the idea of a mat well. We did it in our porch and there are a range of thicknesses of coir matting which can be cut from a roll..

Hi Nick, welcome to the forum. When I got quotes for my glazing I found all the European manufacturers I asked wouldn't supply a 4m high glazed gable without transoms. So I had the glazed gable manufactured in this country using German profiles and it was done without transoms which is what I wanted.

The anti-virus software warned me that the page contained a phishing scam so it was working well.

It's interesting that my anti-virus software wouldn't let me open this thread until I over rode it.

Wrong bit of Kent. We had about 1cm last night which has now disappeared.

I've got a Jewsons account and not had any problems like that. Maybe it's just the branch you're using.

I have external OSB racking on the walls and roof so the Icynene was sprayed onto the OSB and expanded inwards. I've no experience of Icynene being sprayed onto roofing felt. It is a flexible foam so possibly ok. IIRC the quotes I had varied by up to 30%.

I have a couple of rows of brick slips stuck to the Peripor EPS foundation upstand around my porch. I used PU gel glue and they're still there three years later.

+1 My son-in-law used similar devices on his roof and it solved the condensation problem.

That's definitely the best way to approach it, reduce the stress!

We went over to some relatives over Christmas the the boy had his PS4 connected to the big screen TV going nearly all day. When he finally stopped I asked him to turn the TV off and he didn't know how to and had to go and ask his parents! I guess it's left on all day normally.

Hi Ness, welcome to the forum and good luck with the project.

We've got three translucent glass pocket doors in our hall leading into three different rooms and they do allow light to move into the hall especially if the sun is shining into one of the rooms.

Thanks, that's the one I've been looking at. Do you mind me asking what you paid for a days hire? Would it cope with 4" thick concrete.

So did you hire and crush the bricks/blocks with a mobile concrete crusher? If so what one did you use?

I've used 69mm MDF skirting and architrave. It doesn't warp or move and is easy to glue to the wall. I wouldn't use soft wood with a painted finish again.

Hi Jane, welcome and good luck with the build. From experience I can tell you that the years pass by far too quickly when self building.