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Looking through our invoice, we have a 5300 x 2100mm sliding door - 1 element fixed, 1 sliding. It is an Internorm timber aluminium HS330, triple glazed in a bespoke textured finish (not standard RAL). The cost was £9850+vat including fitting, before discount I think (which we did ok on, but the order was about £75k). This was through Spectrum Architectural, whom I would 100% recommend. I have no connection with them other than being a happy customer and I can say their before and after sales service is top notch. They also only take 50% on order, with 45% on delivery to the UK and the remaining 5% on completion of the job. If you do call them, ask to speak with Nick and say Andrew Webster sent you

Sorry to hear you've had so many problems getting this sorted but please you've got there in the end! We've been thinking of getting some films fitted, primarily to keep the heat in during winter, but also to keep the sun out of a couple of the front rooms. I'm guessing it's not a cheap option though?

We bought ours from Sutton Timber in Suffolk and then had them treated with the same process as the flooring

Have you tried Protek?

Fitted wardrobes? Go to IKEA. You can build these yourself!

We have a triple glazed Velux window in a very inaccessible location that's become locked shut. The Velux customer support has been so fantastic (both for this and an installation query/issue) that I wouldn't even look at alternative suppliers if I needed anything like this again

I think we paid £8k for about 105m2 - that was for Alumasc render which I really rate. if you do end up leaving the windows open, you can cover them up with poly tunnel polythene. MBC did this for us and it was a godsend given the heavy rain we then had

Have the windows been ordered? If not, I'd wait until the render has been done then take your measurements from there. This will cause a delay but I think it would be for the best overall If they have been ordered, then I think you'll have to work with the renderers so that they finish to the right dimensions. The render onto render board isn't that thick so if they're any good they shouldn't be more than a mm or so out, which is nothing in reality. It may be worth speaking to a different renderer too. I can recommend our guys if that helps (Cheshire Facades)

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There's a lot more to it than just veneering a door! The quality of the hinges and latches for a start - and that's before you get onto the frame itself. I totally get that not everyone wants to spend £7-800 per door-set, but to think it's "just a door blank" is really missing what they're selling. Take a look here to get an idea of what we fitted: https://selfbuildnoviceblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/internal-doors

Deuren (and hillside) get their veneers from Nantwich Veneers (http://www.nantwichveneers.com) We have Deuren doors throughout and if you can stretch to them I'd totally recommend them. The quality is superb and the fit/adjustment is amazing. Everyone, and I mean everyone, that saw them was gobsmacked. I was going to say pop over, but I've a feeling you already have!

We bought ours from www.suttontimber.co.uk Having said that, with hindsight our flooring guy could have sourced it cheaper - and he also did some mods to them, including fitting nosings

I don't remember tbh, but probably somewhere in the £50-65 region (list was a lot more) but ours were bespoke finishes to both the eyeball and the insert I'd have them again in a heartbeat. Even our electrician, who has fitted out a lot of very high end houses, reckoned these were the best he's seen

Yes, that's the one. We have a lot of the Zep6 eyeconic trimless, plus a few others. It's worth going to see them as they have a demo area which really helps when it comes to planning what you want/need

We used EcoLED - the quality of the fittings is superb and far in excess of anything else we found. Speak to Guy and say Andrew Webster recommended him to you

Most of what I need to do is within 300mm of a wall/door so it looks like I'm going to be busy with the grinder! £70 is a good price though - was that a special?

Good tip!

Cheers Peter - I may well take you up on that. Whereabouts are you?

Which model did you go for? They look quite aggressive - are they easy to control and is it possible to do up to an edge? For the most part I don't want to take too much off and as well as going up to a wall I need to go quite close to a glass sliding door

We had a concrete slab laid for the patio as we're going to be tiling it, but in a few places the concrete is too high by between 5-10mm. The total problem area is probably 3-4m2. What would be the best/easiest/most cost effective way of getting it back to the right level? I've looked at concrete grinding machines but they look like overkill for what we need. Would a cup grinder do the job and can I just fit it to a cordless drill?

Very many thanks!

Thanks for the reply Jeremy. Yes, looking at it I do think I need to get those figures closer. What would be the best approach for this - increase the inlet speed relative to the exhaust or adjust the vents? Sorry to be cheeky, but do you have a template for your cert that you could share? I'm assuming you self-certified?

Ok, so commissioning re-done - better than before but still not great. The figures below are for extract boost at 50% and inlet boost at 60%. The snug is showing a very low flow rate despite the vent being well open and being the closest to the MVHR, so I'm guessing there is a problem with the ducting there. Unfortunately it's too late to do anything about that now The house is about 305m2 so we need to get 92 l/s as the background rate. I didn't try it, but I think I'd only be anywhere near that figure at around 70% inlet boost!!! Think I'm a bit stuck now in terms of BC tbh although in reality the house is fine as we have no condensation issues, bathrooms clear easily and the house doesn't feel stuffy.

Well, I'm going to start on this again now - wish me luck! Does anyone have a template of a commissioning certificate they'd care to share? Just want to ensure I capture what is necessary and no more! Going for sign-off next week and I'm sure they're going to pick up on our stairs - don't want it to be the MVHR too!!!

Thanks @JSHarris I have to say that BPC have been very helpful in all my dealings so I'm just hoping I've got the wrong end of the stick...