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I made a cupboard in the utility room with louvered doors and it took me ages to work which hinges to use from the Hafele site. I went through all the diagrams showing different overlaps etc and got there in the end. https://www.hafele.co.uk/en/product/concealed-cup-hinge-95-standard-for-up-to-28-mm-thick-doors-full-overlay-mounting-click-on-arm-tiomos/000000fc0001664100010023/#SearchParameter=&Category=pKgKAOsFlooAAAFev2d9OkCL&checkbox_fs_hinges_model=Grass+Tiomos&checkbox_fs_hinges_opening_angle=95&checkbox_fs_hinges_overlay=Full+Overlay&checkbox_fs_hinges_product=Concealed+Cup+Hinges&@P.FF.followSearch=9940&PageNumber=1&OriginalPageSize=12&PageSize=12&Position=2&OrigPos=1356&ProductListSize=3 I used these in the end. https://www.locksonline.com/Concealed-Hinges-133/Grass-TIOMOS-Clip-On-95186-hinge-full-overlay-plus-mounting-68747.html

It seems a very steep sloping garden because can't both sets of neighbours see into next doors gardens from their conservatories. Maybe it's the camera angle or something but it looks strange to me.

Spring's around the corner. We went for a walk this afternoon and saw our first flowering daffodils, plenty more in bud.

There have been several Class Q conversions around here. The farmers nearly always play the game and end up with a nearly new building. They never remove everything in one go, so I would put everything back that you possibly can as it was. This shows a conversion that ended up with a slate roof and white plastic windows, nothing like the drawings.

What's the immersion for. It could well be using a lot of electricity, have you tried turning it off.

It will overheat in the summer and be cold in the winter. If the wood burning stove is used it's not an 'Eco House', what ever that is. It would have been better if the concrete had EWI and then it could have been heated in many simple ways.

I fitted our plasterboard at an angle to increase light and foamed it in with Soudal low expansion foam.

You have to wait for the concrete to go off and then getting a good finish with power floating is weather dependent. It started to rain towards the end of ours being power floated and so we have an area which is less smooth than the rest. It would have been easier for us if we had used self leveling concrete and a bull float.

As I said earlier in the thread we had C35 power floated for our slab but now I would use self levelling concrete and not bother with power floating.

Do OVO get the RHI payments or are they paid by the Government in some other way.

Read it at your peril.

Sorry.

Why do I keep thinking of Zoot's thread.

'Fairly key' is a bit of an understatement as far as installation is concerned.

That is not something I would contemplate. I would improve the doors, windows and insulation but is there anything wrong with the five year old boiler and tank. I think having an ASHP fitted could well involve a lot more in running costs and there may be issues finding ASHP repair companies. Welcome to the forum by the way.

We had a self build account with Jewsons and the manager gave us a list of all their stock items with the reduced price we would pay for each item.

The book I mentioned explains balancing radiators and all aspects of CH in simple terms, it isn't highly technical.

I'm not sure he wants to get all technical, just to be able to understand how things work and why.

@zoothorn This is a book I had many years ago which I found very useful for explaining all aspects of CH. Can't go wrong for £2.98. https://www.amazon.co.uk/yourself-Central-Heating-Orbis-library/dp/0856138436/

Don't know if they do telescopic shallow bottle traps, don't see why not. They are better than a P trap. https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-shallow-bottle-trap-white-32mm/14737

Any chance with a shallow bottle trap?

Where has the air tightness figure of 5 come from. It seems a very poor level.

Did you do a full plans submission to building control. BCOs are very different in their approach to checking but it's a bit of a risk if the SAP says PVs and he looks for them. My BCO was relaxed about our build because be hadn't dealt with a Passivhaus before and was happy to accept a PHPP assessment instead of an as designed SAP.

There're Rehau lift slide triple glazed doors.

So the answer to my question is, no, because they would have to be included in the completion certificate and signed off by an electrician. The SAP and EPC is just a desk exercise but it may show up if you sell the house, but then is there anything to prevent someone removing PV panels if they don't, for instance, like the look of them.