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  1. Dave Jones
    added a ismartgate to mine which gives you infinite opening range and is carplay compatible. https://ismartgate.com/
  2. Dave Jones
    £13k for a brickie to lay 8 padstones !! Have you had your plans professionally QS'd so you have a clue what they should be costing ?
  3. Dave Jones
    not using it for vehicle to grid, vehicle to home so the grid should see nothing.
  4. Dave Jones
    looking good, klober do a nice rubber valley closer you can cut to suit. https://klober.co.uk/dry-verge-and-valleys/roof-valleys/grp-dry-valleys/a/dry-valley-closure +1 for no gutter
  5. Dave Jones
    yes you can do this. Put an opening in the roof for example and it drops the efficiency big time so you have to account for it. You can also beef up other areas if you can only reach the bare minimum on a single element.
  6. Dave Jones
    300mm is massive, does it serve a housing estate ?
  7. Dave Jones
    passive should really be the default for what is built. The market though wont pay the extra cost to build them though. This is where the banks could incentivise by reducing rates for well built EPCA builds. Octopus are starting by giving 5 years of no bills for houses built to their spec.
  8. Dave Jones
    ive emailed our DNO provider to ask the question.
  9. Dave Jones
    good. it will be clowns burning pallets etc.
  10. Dave Jones
    what sort of price are they ? Some nice designs.
  11. Dave Jones
    no cavity closers ? much better job to build them in as you go for airtightness later on.
  12. Dave Jones
    will be cheaper to pile if you go over 2m. Private building control indemnity limit for us was 2m anyway which meant warranty needed an engineered solution. You will need an SE to design the footing, expect piles, steel ringbeam and no change from £30- £50k
  13. Dave Jones
    put the level on the screen it will be miles out at the bottom surely ? photo ?
  14. Dave Jones
    not sure about that. Has the OP actually seen a copy of the builders contract works insurance ? Do they even have any at all ? I would highly doubt it as its expensive. Get a quote for contract works for say 300k of works and you be looking at 1% minimum cost. Builder wont be doing that for free so unless they given you a copy of the policy assume it doesnt exist.
  15. Dave Jones
    who says its a habitable room ? Attached garages for example don't count.
  16. Dave Jones
    all BCO will want is a certificate from an approved body from the sparky proving test and passed following the pre-plaster inspection. Obviously need fans in kitchen, utilty, wc,s etc along with heat / smoke/ co2 as a minimum if needed to get signed off. Cant see not putting on a few sockects and light switches will save much to be honest.
  17. Dave Jones
    sounds like false economy for plumb and wiring. 1st fix is fast and relatively cheap as its only cable, tube and labour. how is a sparky meant to wire a single room and leave all the wires rolled up someplace ? I'd expect to be charged more for this as its a load of hassle. Not a common sense idea.
  18. Dave Jones
    galv nails, if you must use screws stainless steel as they will rust.
  19. Dave Jones
    with no room stat is measured the temperature of the flow and return and modulates based on that. Assuming you have rads (undefloor works same) the TRV valve in the room with burner would click off so the other rooms would heat up and click off as normal. The woodburner having the effect of speeding it up.
  20. Dave Jones
    12kw is massive. trying to heat buck house ?
  21. Dave Jones
    completely agree, the market is too young to ditch normal cars for at least another 20 years. Watch the clueless commies in no 10 though still try and force it through.
  22. Dave Jones
    more importantly if your stood on your garden taking the photo, id want all the rubble moved and 150mm of clean topsoil put back.
  23. Dave Jones
    what is the wall/loft insulation ? maxing this out everywhere is step1. Tried blackout blinds in the day to keep out the heat ? Canopies etc for doors ? Anything passive is cheap to run 24 x 7! No ventilation at night is going to be a massive issue. Cheapest will be one of the mobile units with a through wall dryer type vent.
  24. Dave Jones
    that would annoy me big time. If you paid to get it fitted have them back to correct it. It's a days work tops.
  25. Dave Jones
    if your approved elevations dont change crack on and keep schtum. Impossible for them to know. You could always finish the rest get it signed off, wait 28 days then finish the loft room under permitted dev. Depends how delaying things work for you I guess.
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