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Yeah, or something like this. https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/zamori-35mm-offset-pentangle-shower-tray-left-hand-various-size-options

Not quite right but would it be possible to somehow use an offset pentagonal shower tray.

I fitted the the clips and as you say I used different colours. That is the reason I like Speedfit for DIY because it's foolproof. If you haven't tightened/twisted the fitting then you can't fit the clip. The clip isn't needed from a safe fitting point of view because it requires some effort to untwist the fitting and knocking it certainly won't release the pipe. It's funny nobody mentions the fact that you need a special device to undo Hep2O fittings.

I hired a 1.75ton on a few occasions and having never used one before found it easy enough for trench digging and grading. We didn't want to tie up money and risk it being nicked so didn't buy one.

Sounds like the wrong pipe. I plumbed my whole house in Speedfit and they have two types of inserts, a plain plastic one and one with 'O' rings built in. Both are a very snug fit.

Difficult to find something that is to everyones taste, but I like it and find it a lot more interesting than the neighbouring house.

The whole of our TF house is clad in OSB3 racking and as it was to be part of the airtightness layer we fitted it without any gaps. That was nine years ago and there don't seem to have been any problems.

Do you mind me asking how the 150m2 has been calculated. Is it gross internal area, gross external area or net internal area (excluding internal walls).

https://www.labc.co.uk/news/what-average-house-size-uk

I negotiated a self build deal with the scaffolding boss where I had it for as long as I wanted for a fixed price and another fixed price for each alteration. IIRC I paid £2500 and had it for fourteen months and paid £100 for each alteration, but that was nine years ago.

Have you considered a sliding door which I guess could be fitted in either room given enough space.

Both of our airtightness tests resulted in 0.47ach and the tester spent half a day each time at a cost of £200 per morning.

Hi and welcome to the forum. I have found that the airtightness test results can be affected by how windy it is and the wind direction. The chap who did our airtightness test wanted to use the house door inside the front porch because it was unaffected by the wind.

We used Clearview Vista 80X on a glazed gable, I can't see why it wouldn't work on a roof light. We had it installed and I personally wouldn't like to try on a large vertical surface but may on a horizontal surface. Our bathroom roof window has G32 glazing which is good enough to keep out the heat. https://www.sun-x.co.uk/products/clearview-solar-film

It would be easier if we knew 70 what? Is it m3/h.m2 @ 50Pa or ach @ 50Pa, SAP uses the former and nearly everyone else uses the latter.

We had an initial test done before the house was finished to give us an idea of where any problems might be. It was very good but the tester wouldn't accept it as the final test because the house wasn't completed enough. You can always fix any problems and have another test done later.

We had to put two shelf pieces on top of the base of the cupboard to bring the F/F up so the doors lined up correctly. There's no problem with putting packing timber on the base to bring it up to the correct level but it would need a cover piece at the front to hide the hole.

Yes that doesn't look too bad at all, no flakes like on the outer side.

I'd drill a 3mm diameter hole to see how thick the steel is as it's difficult to know what the other side is like.

Brilliant ceiling.

We imported our Genvex Combi 185LS direct from Denmark when we were in the EU. It was a lot cheaper than buying from the UK dealer. The disadvantage is of course that if anything goes wrong it's much more difficult to sort out. I would have bought it from the UK dealer if it had been only a little more expensive, but over £3000 was too much to lose.

We had the same primed MDF skirting and architrave. I didn't re-prime the rear just touched up where necessary on the front. Glued to the wall using Heavy Duty Titebond Construction, didn't use any nails or pins.

We have a Genvex Combi 185LS and we leave it running continuously all year. As Mike said the the fan motors have sealed bearings and there isn't anything to oil. On mine the only servicing needed on the MVHR side is changing the filters and checking whether the heat exchanger needs a clean. I also vacuum out the filter housing if needed.

I remember our first fridge was a gas fridge and that was in the 50s. I guess if you had a fridge in the 30s you were quite well off, we weren't.