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I've already asked and was told no.

I would get a few more quotes for comparison because it does seem cheap.

There was a large variation in the quotes we had for asbestos removal. We went with the cheapest which was around a third of the most expensive. We paid £3850 for removal and disposal of 110m2 of asbestos sheets and £550 for disposal of roof slates which I removed.

You can always dream . It's what keeps me going.

The second layer may have been fitted first to reduce draughts then at a later stage it was reroofed and a proper layer of felt was laid under the tiles.

Has your architect calculated the level of solar gain through all these roof lights. The g-value of the glazing could be critical for comfort levels in the rooms affected.

If so then can't you remove the joists and increase the height with EPS/PIR to match whatever the extension is going to be. Then run the UFH over the whole area.

It's definitely a good idea to have a break occasionally. If the other radiators either side in the run are warm then they should all be warm. Any 'delay' would affect them all. If that one radiator behaves differently from the others it could be the TRV or air bubbles.

We have a triple glazed roof window in our bathroom with a g-value of 0.32. It doesn't cause overheating in the bathroom and is only opened, when the weather is hot, to purge heat in the evening. Roof windows are very good for purging heat in conjunction with an open door downstairs. Double glazing can also have low g-value glass.

Use a string level. https://www.screwfix.com/p/stabila-builders-line-level-3-80mm/5494x

Just highlight the bit of text you want to quote and a 'Quote Selection' box comes up.

Do you know the temperatures of both of the pipes connected to the radiator and the top of the radiator itself after it's been on for four hours?

Really cold last night -2.4C and 98%RH freezing fog. Coldest night of the winter by some way.

Sorry, that'll teach me not to read the title properly

Whoever told you that was wrong. UFH is more inefficient than radiators because even with a lot of insulation under the floor slab some heat will be lost to the ground.

I thought 1981 x 686mm was a standard size. https://www.internaldoors.co.uk/mexicano-modern-veneer-oak-door As an example.

That's odd. I'm with Good Energy and have been for years. I give a monthly reading as requested and my quarterly bill shows my usage and account balance. I have had one instance, some time ago, when they asked me to pay more and I refused and asked them to show me how they worked it out. They backed down and accepted my calculations.

It is difficult. We didn't want a transom on our three quarter glazed gable so window dressing was tricky. We made some vertical blinds as an experiment and they are still there.

We use the MVHR to distribute heat from the bathrooms, which are at around 24C, around the house as well as leaving doors open. Using the MVHR only works because it's a very small amount of heat required.

We heat our PH with three electric towel rails in the bathrooms and a small area of electric UFH in the kitchen. We have found that putting them on as soon as the house temperature starts to drop after the Autumn keeps the house at 23C without any problems. There is supplementary warm air heating from the MVHR if it's particularly cold for any length of time. We also have a solar gain area for Autumn and Spring heating. We are in the SE England near the coast and our wall and roof U values are 0.095 with airtightness of 0.47ACH. I ran a lot of iterations of PHPP before I was happy we would not need conventional central heating.

Sorry to hear about the heating problems you still have. If it were me I would leave the CH on 24/7 for two or three days. Is your system able to be set to run continuously for 24 hours or does it do it's own thing and turn itself off.

According to the instructions our towel rails have Fernox anti corrosion inhibitor and anti noise silencer installed in the water.

No, I didn't think it was.

Happy New Year Zoot. Like the door, glad things are moving along for you.