Gone West

No vacuum, most likely air or Argon.

We didn't have that problem in the old bungalow with the single and poor double glazing but we do have the same problem on our triple glazed windows in the new house when the weather is still and cold. It's worse on the north facing windows. As soon as the wind gets up it disappears. It's possibly worse for you because the stream could raise the humidity around the house. It means the windows are working well and it should only be a problem in certain weather conditions.

Wendy used to do a similar thing, with twigs from the hedge, every Christmas when we were in the bungalow.

I just produced a spreadsheet with tabs in build order for each aspect of the build and a breakdown of estimated costs and actual costs for each tab.

Welcome to the forum. Last year we dismantled our old bungalow that we had been living in while we build the house in the garden. We missed the caravan stage fortunately as it took us eight years to build the new house. Good luck with the build.

We've always found Sennocke to be helpful and they said we could convert to a different type of cover when necessary. They are more expensive but as they seem to be able to cover most situations it's easier for the first year.

For several months between site insurance running out and full house cover we had uninhabited buildings insurance. This is usually used for renovation works on unoccupied rental properties. Ours was with Sennocke Insurance and was a couple of years ago.

Exactly, we've appealed three times and won each time.

They replaced all the poles around here last year and IIRC, in the orchard behind us, they used a Land Rover with outriggers and a lift on the back with chains which they wrapped round the pole.

We did that in our last house. I took them off, put them in a metal bin and let them down on a rope to Wendy who cleaned and stacked them. Around 6000 IIRC and I have a lovely picture of Wendy sitting on a crate surrounded by them all cleaning them.

The timber framed bungalow, that I dismantled last year, was built in 1920s as a temporary house for homes for heroes after WW1. It was stick built on site and made of 4" x 2". It was still standing and the only localised rot was due to later 1950s modifications.

I have an accidental borehole, it was meant to be a deep bore soakaway, don't ask. We already had mains water on site so we only use it for watering the garden. It's 47m deep and I bought an IBO pump and suspended it on 40m of stainless wire and it pumps through 32mm hose to an adapter then garden hose. It delivers about the same sort of volume and pressure as the mains. The borehole cost £3000 in 2010.

I used Soudal Flexifoam which claims to be airtight. Air permeability (DIN 18542) a < 0,1 m³/[h.m.(daPa)²/³]

Is the UK a 'cold climate' region, the same as Spain?

Our bath is 1700mm and because the venetian plaster ended up thicker than anticipated we had only 3mm leeway and it was very tight.

The bricks from the chimney breast in the bungalow I dismantled didn't have frogs and they lasted ninety odd years and the chap who took them on Freegle used them for a garden wall.

The asbestos must be tested to discover the type. This can be done by yourself with a kit as I did. It must be disposed of in a professional manner and burying it in the garden is not allowed. We had Chrysotile roof slates and internal boarding which we had removed and then we dismantled the bungalow which was timber frame.

It's either a case of sour grapes or they want the UK to be a museum, either way they are very sad people.

Christ Almighty that's some project. We both understand the enormity of it now. I guess you just use electric heaters for now.

This morning it was 23.9C in our bathroom and -0.3C outside and the roof window glass had frost on it until the sun came up and melted it. So I reckon they're pretty good.

We retro fitted an internal stack pipe when we renovated an old Victorian cottage. A much neater solution.

After we moved into my Mum's old bungalow, without a cooker hood, it took quite some time cleaning the oily film off the units near the hob. I never noticed it when visiting though.

Our wetroom is next to the utility room where all the stored water and water softener is. One of the reasons for making a wetroom was that, hopefully, if we had a substantial water leak most of the water would find its way down the floor drain. We have tiled floor though.

+1 for Amtico Spacia which we used in our upstairs bathrooms.

@vivienz Have you had a resolution to your problem?