Gone West

You're right there. There was no way I could get rid of roof drainage on site due to size and a high water table so our BCO and Highways agreed that I could run the water straight onto the road. It just ran down the road until it found a ditch. You just need a pragmatic BCO.

Not enough emphasis put on comfort I think. Feeling cold air near poor glazing or draughts around door, window frames or skirting. Sorting those out will help a lot with heating.

Generally if the tank is enamelled steel then an anode is fitted to prevent corrosion. The anode has to be checked at intervals and to do this means draining down the tank to below the anode so it can be removed for inspection. In the Genvex Combi I had, the EASHP extracts heat from the MVHR exhaust which provides heat for heating the DHW, and if required, the space heating by heating the supply air from the MVHR to the rooms. When the EASHP is running the exhaust air from the MVHR is extremely cold and can cause small amounts of ice to form around the exhaust vent. This sort of system is very different from the older type DHW EASHP which uses air from inside the house to provide heat to heat the DHW.

There are different types of spray expanding foam. We used Icynene in our passivhaus which is open cell and with 350mm in the walls and roof we achieved an airtightness value of 0.47ACH without any tapes or membranes. The U value for the walls and roof was 0.095W/m2K and we heated the whole house to 23C with three electric towel rails and warm air from an EASHP in the MVHR system. The house was in East Kent.

@Cognis0 I used a Genvex Combi 185L which was a combined MVHR and EASHP which heated the DHW and the air through the ventilation system. I wouldn't necessarily use a single supplier for both MVHR and EASHP. I contacted ADM Systems who were very helpful when I was looking into MVHR systems. Genvex were also helpful. I can't recommend an EASHP for heating DHW but from what I have read the aroSTOR seems OK. I would check that which ever EASHP DHW system you use doesn't have an anode in the tank.

I fitted three electric towel rails at my last place and the instructions said to leave the top vent open and heat the towel rail to it's maximum temperature collecting the liquid overflow. Then let it cool down and close the vent.

Have you got hiccups? 😃

We unwrapped everything, checked it, and wrapped it up again. We had been caught like that before. We have also, as @MJNewton said, asked the supplier to hold the items for a couple of months before delivering.

That is good, but water can get behind the vertical hinge frame and if the bath isn't well sealed against the wall, water can get down behind the end of the bath. Although all these gaps are very small they will allow a significant amount of water to get onto the floor over a peiod of time.

Our BCO said our soakaway should be 5m from the boundary, but as it wasn't possible he let us put it next to the boundary, as it was just an orchard the other side.

I had a similar hinged shower screen on my bath at my last place. IIRC when I fitted it I put the longer fin bath side. A couple of questions, how is the whole length of the hinge frame, sealed to the wall and how is the bottom of the hinge frame, sealed to the bath.

Our kit contained what seemed to be a million bits and took ages to fit, but we liked it when it was done. I live in a bungalow now.

I glued all the ground floor timber sole plates to the concrete floor in my last house. I used a gel PU glue which worked really well as it also expanded slightly to fill small gaps.

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread, just this last page, but when you say holding tank do you mean buffer tank. If so is it fitted near where CH1 Zone Valve is shown on the schematic.

We used Schneider Lisse in our last build and were happy, so we are going to use them in our current house, when I rewire it. I like the built in, loop in, connection on the light switches, so you don't have to use a Wago.

@Ralph Excellent house, well done. I really like the minimalist lifestyle, but I know it doesn't suit everyone. When we sold our house the visiting estate agent thought we had done a tidy up, but I explained that it's just the way we live.

You lucky devil.

The gas version is a lot thicker than the water type, but I've never measured them.

I used ADM who were very helpful. https://admsystems.co.uk/

Should I guess, but as with a lot of things, the less you are interested in a subject the less information you absorb. I've known several people who can't do basic maths or physics, but were taught it at school. So either the teachers weren't much good or some people are just better at some things than others.

This process is probably handled differently in every LPA area. I had a long drawn out planning application consisting of three applications, an appeal and a Planning Committee hearing. Before my application a friend had a similar problem with LPA refusals and had gone to Planning Committee and succeeded. She advised me to hand deliver, to all Planning Committee members, a package of all the planning documents and rebutals of refusal reasons along with the usual apologies for taking their time over the matter. At the committee meeting I gave my speech and had a unanimous application approval. The head of Planning and Development was furious and asked the Committee if they were going to override his rejection and they simply said there was no reason for refusal. I think the inconsistancy with planning applications around England is a real problem. I was even told, by the Head of Planning, that two Planning Officers in the same office can come up with two different results for an application as it's subjective. I think the planning rules are deliberately ambiguous and too open to interpretation. Before my application, which was in 2009, I had always thought planning should automatically be allowed, unless there was good reason for refusal.

Congratulations and well done for not giving up.

Twelve years I bought a 5.1m scaffold tower for our build. Looking at Toolstation it has doubled in price since then. It was very useful for the build and I've still got it. https://www.toolstation.com/tb-davies-speedy-scaffold-tower/p71482

So it's subjective. If they feel comfortable in a low temperature house that's fine, but there are no regulations about house temperatures. I would love to be able to do that, but at my age I can't keep the house warm enough, although it's a goal I'm aiming for.

I think the key phrase there is, "which we all know". Did you leave instructions as to the type of heating and how it differs from conventional radiators. If not :- I don't think the people were necessarily 'stupid', just not aware. I think the "we all know" is largely limited to members of this type of forum.