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Hi gdal, sorry only just seen this. Upstairs is all rads, downstairs is a mix of rads and underfloor heating (in the new part). The rads get warm enouth to cope, although in the winter it is boosted by the woodburner.

We are getting towards the first fix stage of a well insulated new build house. Having had a Daikin ASHP in our current house for 10 years, we are going with another ASHP in the new build. The plumber is looking to install a Grant system, of which i hjave no knowledge. Has anyone got any experience of them? (I was leaning towards Mitsubishi). TIA Phil

ps- ours uses single phase electrics

GDAL, if its of any use, we live in a house the majority of which was built in 1760's, so thick solid walls, no wall insulation, no under floor insulation, 2 large inglenook fireplaces with wood stoves, about 3300ft2 in size . Luckily, its not listed. 10 years ago we carried out a fairly big renovation, so some of the older part has minimal insulation, new parts were insulated to the standard of the time, loft has lots of insulation, double glazing fitted etc..At the time we also fitted solar panels to the rear south facing roof and for heat/hot water we have been using a Daikin 16KW ASHP. The Daikin has been working fine, especially if its just left ticking over and particularly if youre going to use a woodstove as well. All our heating/hot water/cooking is electric (except the woodstove which is handy when the village has its powercuts) for which we are currently paying around £800 per annum. Hope thats of use.

Thanks to you all for your replies. It seems that alot of planners will try withdraw PD, but as per Temps reply, according to Gvt guidance theyre not supposed to put a blanket restriction unless they can meet all of the 6 points, which is very unlikely. Happy Valley, can you tell me if there are specific application forms used for the process? There is nothing i can find on the local authority web pages or gvt pages to give any guidance.

Hi, we are in the process of building a new detached house on a large plot that took us years to get planning permission for, finally being granted a year ago. The planners were particularly obstructive throughout the process and their parting gift was to give planning permission but then impose a blanket condition across the whole plot, effectively withdrawing all permitted development rights. Government policy is that these conditions should not be used and it seems we have a good case to apply to have it removed. However, if we employ someone to tackle this, we are being quoted £900 plus vat, which seems pretty expensive (plus the actual application fee).Has anybody gone through the process? There seems to be little if no guidance that i can find on the internet.

Thanks guys, zero rated/ vat reclaimable is what i meant. Thanks for the info.

Hi, we are looking at options for flooring compatible with UFCH on our new build house and a lot ofm people seem to be going with LVT. Can anyone confirm if LVT flooring (when glued down) is VAT exempt on new builds please? TIA

Hi, we're due to start breaking ground on a new build in a couple of weeks. Heating/hot water will be via an ASHP (no gas in the village). Ground floor heating will be UFCH but still unsure as to go with Rads or the between joists spreader plate UFCH for the first floor. Can anyone share their experience of warm up times etc for the first floor. We have an ASHP in our current (built in the 1700's) house, in which we have UFCH in the ground floor (well insulated) extension and rads everywhere else. Its very noticeable that the rads have much quicker heat up times than UFCH areas. Re ASHP/UFCH firms, has anyone any experience with epc improvements in Chelmsford? TIA .Phil

Hi All. Hope everyone is keeping well in these odd times. We are hopefully starting a new build at the end of the month- should have been a few months ago, but covid pretty well stopped the project.Although weve had extensions built before, this will be our first house from the ground up, so hopefully we can learn a few thjngs along the way. We have a good builder doing the main work , we'll be just sourcing materials and co ordinating trades, etc.Kind regards Phil