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  1. 🤣🤣🤣 It's not about numbers, but comfort. If you feel most comfortable at 18C that's fine, if like me you feel most comfortable at 23C, that's also fine. What I'm not happy about is being told how comfortable I should feel. There are a lot of factors determining comfort, such as age, health etc.
  2. We used Lindab guttering with Anthracite Grey polyester coating and had Western Red Cedar cladding and fascias. We didn't have any problems.
  3. I wouldn't use washing up liquid or Vaseline on rubber seals, as over time the seal will be degraded. Use silicone grease which is the correct lubricant for rubber seals.
  4. I'll follow this with interest.
  5. That's a picture of my old place in the second link. I put all the details in that thread, but they were glued.
  6. I built our house in the garden of a bungalow, which we lived in while building. I just Teed into the supply pipe in the garden and ran it to the new house. When the bungalow was taken down I used that supply as a garden supply. I never asked or told anyone.
  7. All my flooring joists were 5.9m long and 254mm deep, but depending on position, had flange widths of 72mm, 97mm or 122mm. The flange width is as important as the joist depth, but I haven't seen the flange width mentioned, although I must admit I've only skim read this thread. I would ask whether it's possible to use a less deep joist with a wider flange. I used Scotts, https://www.scottste.co.uk/
  8. I've got half a dozen books from when I designed and built my own house. I don't use them any longer, so if some or all are of any use to you I can send them to you. If you donate a tenner to BuildHub that would cover P&P. The titles are:- Building Your Own Home by David Snell The Green Building Bible 4th Edition Volumes 1 & 2 by Keith Hall The Green Self Build Book by Jon Broome The Energy Efficient Home by Patrick Waterfield The New Autonomous House by Brenda & Robert Vale
  9. Why not glue in a looser fitting smaller dowel with epoxy wood filler. You'll use a lot of filler otherwise.
  10. I would use 25mm dowel, glued in with PU adhesive.
  11. Yes, we didn't use any tapes or membranes, just the exterior racking OSB3 and internal plasterboard.
  12. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2612/5402/files/Cool_Energy_CE-iH6_Pro_Inverter_Air_Source_Heat_Pump_Datasheet.pdf?v=1721657221
  13. As far as I am aware a lot of people have completed this survey. Perhaps you should give your head a shake. I suppose it is a Sunday morning.
  14. We had glue down LVT laid in our bathrooms. I fitted 10mm ply to the 22mm subfloor, filled all the screw holes, sanded then sanded and sanded again. When the chap turned up he looked at it and said I'll just prep the floor. By the time he was finished it was as smooth as a mirror. Our tiles were 2.5mm thick Amtico and the installer said that any tiny imperfection on the floor will show through the tiles. He did an amazing job.
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