Dave Jones

its a recognised common issue with them. Same as having a small wind turbine on the house, it creates an unpleasant and constant noise. May not be an iussue if the nearest neighbour is 500m away but in a terrace it will certainly be a problem. Think very carefully before going ahead as it could be expensive to rip it out after. https://www.soundplanning.co.uk/heat-pump-noise/

they must be 1m away from any boundary and emit less than 42dBA which is very hard to do unless at least 5m away from a neighbour boundary. Certainly if it was only 1 or 2m away then environmental health would be out as it would be a statuary noise nuisance.

can you site the heat pump sufficiently far away to not cause a statutory nuisance to your neighbours ? They are very noisy.

get a good accountant. build and sell a house every year HMRC will come down on him no question.

wise choice. Looks a lovely plot.

Not sure what about hydrogen is a troll. The chap from Worcester Bosche explains it very cleary, then again he is probably a troll as well.

The problem is not just spending a fortune on a massive noisy pump to annoy the neighbours, its the massive rads needed or the cost of braking out the floors for ufh or simply insulating to modern standards. Who is going to pay for all this allice in wonderland nonsense ?

You are not understanding why hydrogen will be replacing gas in the network. As more renewables come online the bigger the problem of excess energy at times when its not needed. solar in the summer etc. My understanding this wasted excess will be turned over to hydrogen production, same at off peak times. So its essentially free. Similar will happen with electric cars, 70kw/h of energy sat on your drive will become part of the grid when demand is high power can be pulled from the cars to save non-green production, when supply outstrips demand back it goes. Much greener all round.

sorry peter that'sts just not true. Turn your hot tap full on and how many minutes until its running cold ? 20 ? Now do that with 3 taps. Combi/system boiler. zero problem, no need for expensive tanks all over the place etc

thats fine for expensive niche builds like the majority on here. For everything built prior to the millennium it would be hugely expensive to convert them to heat pumps let alone the massive heat pump cost on its own and it having to be replaced every 10 years or so again at massive cost. They are not the answer and will be dropped as soon as hydrogen comes on line. It's a much better, cleaner and cheaper energy.

Pretty much all the existing house stock isn't suitable for heat pumps knot to mention they are astronomically expensive which is why they need government subsidy for people to use them even in nich builds like yours.

No RHI when moving into a new build. Yes have experience and never again, useless for a family. Workable for a pensioner maybe with limited demands. Gas isn't going to be switched off, ever, its moving to hydrogen at some distant point. Worcester boilers are already hydrogen ready. Heat pumps are bad for the environment, dead tech.

well the typical £10k heat pump installation would give you free gas for 15 years. A heat pump will be lucky to last half that time bore needing replacement. Not to mention limited hot water, not working when very cold, huge electric cost etc etc They will only over be a an expensive niche product for areas not on mains gas.

their cost, drawbacks and negatives speak for themselves.

they cant. It's not a house until a completion cert is issued.

for that m2 id say thats cheap. They are incredibly expensive to run compared to gas.

interesting, where does it spec this in the regs ?

in that case 10mm high box will be fine. utter rubbish.

total tosh. Either its built to the SE drawing or its not.

floor first. stud second.

would a genuine builder have not foreseen the need for there to be room for the roof ? Can't help but think there is more to this than meets the eye.

multiple problems here. Why have different ridge tiles been used ? The roof is slate/fake slate by the looks and they have then used conc ridge tiles that are totally out of character.? The junction from hip to ridge needs a lead soaker and then dressing to look decent. The ridge cut square above with a lead apron to dress it would look much better. https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk/product/tapco-synthetic-hip-and-ridge.html sorry but that is dog rough.

maybe a downdraught extractor.

These seem a very good idea for converting exising loft with minimal hassle. Wonder how the cold bridge issue of the metal joists sitting on outer skin could be overcome https://ecotrus.com/

this smells odd to me. What sort of 'qualified' SE would provide a drawing and not specify the exact dimensions and spec of steels to be used? Someone is telling porkies. The fact that you have got a SE that is miles away is your fault not the builders. This is 100% your fault and in turn 100% your architect and then 100% the SE Waaaay to many cooks in the kitchen. I'm with the builder on this. Firing off emails is crap as well, talk to him.