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Thanks for that, sounds like my solicitor is a tad greedy! Thanks all rant over, I’ll just get on with it. When this is complete I’ll not be using them again

Is that just for the draw down?

They were involved in the purchase of the land so they have everything on file even signed utility bills and pictures of us from the last process from last year. However he needs to do this again ? really!

We’ve had this solicitor forever and does all our bits and pieces it’s a large company so you would think they would look after people. Unless he hasn’t got a clue what the conveyance for ecology entails! But he should as he’s been sent everything from ecology.

Morning, has anyone used ecology for funding. My beef is not with ecology they have been the most helpful company so very pleased we have chosen them. My solicitors, I don’t think they have worked on behalf of ecology before! So we’ve provided everything prior to solicitor conveying, directly to ecology, like I mean everything! the pack they ask for is rather robust. This I thought reduces the work of the solicitor, therefor solicitors costs. My solicitor was involved with the purchase of the land last year so has probably everything in hand and up to date given that it was very recent. Received solicitors terms this morning in excess of 1k ? surely that cannot be right!

Ok she has hard slap!

This site is awesome it’s just full of stuff you wouldn’t even think of, perfect I will and it’s written down in the floor folder ?

That was the exact floor that I mentioned to the sips company that we were planning to install, they were concerned about the additional weight, well that’s what I thought he said, the UFH company wanted to get rid of the sips flooring and use the torfloor, so it all went to pot after that so now I’m trying to be the go between ?

I don’t think we have any more room for insulation! ?

Crikey, You could form part of the m6 with that base!! I was just worried that we would need more heat so was scared not to have the work done, sounds like I am wasting some money but to avoid being slapped from the boss I played safe ?

We decided on both floors having the UFH as my wife is the coldest person in the world I also thought that we may be able to drop the temperature slightly in the summer months by activating the cooling side of the UFH, or should I say UFC! We’ve lived in a draughty old house for a long time so never really experienced UFH yet.

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I’ll await their response and let you know

Thanks for that info ?

I have spoken with the UFH installers and they have now suggested 15mm low profile board, plastic type where the tubing slots into, this will then be covered with 6mm ply. The sips company, I agree are right and having visited to touch and feel the product, the whole system aids it’s strength and integrity. I’m just awaiting sips to come back and say all is fine ?

I’m hoping it will be well insulated it’s a field at the minute ! along with the sips, we will install UFH both up and down powered by ASHP also include MVHR. It’ll be tiled in the sitting room which is upstairs and probably carpets for the bedrooms. The main bedroom is downstairs inc the kitchen etc will be tiled. Do you have a sips build or similar?

Morning, Is this an issue? We are constructing with sips and have requested that we have UFH installed on both ground and upstairs floors, we were initially going to have the torfloor on first floor which I believe is 25mm, it’s the pre grooved stuff laid directly on the joists. However, sips company weren’t aware of this, probably my fault! Sips want to install their flooring as part of the structure which makes it quite robust. Now that I have seen it I would like them to keep this. so now back to the UFH people, I spoke with them briefly yesterday and now cannot use the torfloor. I guess it has something to do with the floor height/weight etc. Sips will install 22mm decking and I believe the torfloor is about 25mm. Then floor coverings probably tiles. So I guess this is just far to thick or heavy. anyone with knowledge re UFH upstairs? Using the torfloor would that just be to much? How have others installed theirs? Headache now ?

Why is nothing like ever straight forward ?

Yes that’s the term I was looking for PAF, sounds like we would be better off sorting the name first ?

Did you have to register the property prior to meter gadgies coming out? How long does did it take to register your property address?

? I’ve been told to keep away ?

Thankfully there are only 3 small trees around 15 meters from the corner of the house. Absolutely agree I wouldn’t know where to start

Oh wow different types of clay ?! We’re just big kids really always playing with clay! It’s a good thing that I’m the one just messing about on site and not getting involved, the house would end up lopsided. I’m told we have engineers assessing over the next couple of weeks. Monday morning is the start of the dig we had to wait for archeological to come and sit with their flask and await skeletons to be unearthed! Just need to keep crossing fingers

It’s really useful speaking with people who have completed this and know what they are talking about. Thanks Jeremy ?

Is that what you had to install prior to meter install?