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Morning all, Pic below shows the incoming mains supply into the utility Plant area is 2m ish to the left. Cupboards, sink etc will be installed under the window. I don't think I'm too bothered about concealing these bits of pipework as they'll be in or behind the cupboard. Would it be better to board, or skim this wall before proceeding with this bit of plumbing?

once you get the hopper off you might need something like ACO 110mm Universal Outlet End Cap : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools and then maybe a 110mm 90 angle, i've no experience doing this but to me it seems like a solution. Just work out your depths and make sure the ACO is sitting nicely below the DPC or you'll end up giving yourself further issues. And where is the drainpipe going to drain to? Into the aco channel?, or do you want to have the hopper for the drain pipe and channel for surface?

Yeah @jayc89, hep manifolds are made up ready to rock and roll for cold and hot feeds to the rest of the build, just the colds in the utility where the main rises may aswell take feeds direct rather than bring pipes back in. Just waiting on some 3/4*22mm fittings to complete the manifolds, then I can work out a bit of placement in my plant cupboard.

Great stuff, thanks!

Cheers @Dave Jones is this 2022 regs or the older regs?

Adding a few for decisions into the mix... I could do this A or B There is a likelyhood there will be cabinets covering the bulk of the pipework, except for in pic 1 where pipe goes past the wash m/c feed. Pic 2 I'm looking at concealing the pipe in a chase, And/Or behind D&D What do you reckon, Route A, or Route B? leaning towards A as its's simpler and less pipework

Wish it did, just shows payment reference.

Yep, Good point.

Quick question Got this receipt from my local agg supplier for some sand, Should I push for an Invoice on headed paper or would this pass muster with the reclaim people

I'm procrastinating again! This time over how I ought to plumb the incoming mains to the plant room. Originally I was thinking copper 22mm, take off a couple of reducing T's for Sink and outside tap, up the wall, through the web joists and down into the plant room, which then got me onto thinking about chasing the wall out so the dot and dab will go over the pipe nicely, then what about covering/protecting the pipe from the adhesive blah blah blah I'm heading down a rabbit hole. Or should I just HEP20 it, same route plan, just add metalized tape over the pipe where it will be behind plasterboard?

Hi, I've got about 30t of crusher run turning up today as I'm planning on starting to build up the area and levels around the build. Ultimately we'll have the area I'm building up overlaid with something more appealing like slabs or tiles, but I'm reckoning a good base of crusher is a decent start. I'd already moved a load into place before the build but as its decent outside and I'm putting off some indoor jobs for a week or two So in trying to work out how much material I need to get into place, how much below DPC should my finished surface be? - 2 bricks? Then under the slabs I will be adding 100mm of whacked 1" down limestone - 1 brick, so that should give me about 100 I need to raise at the moment? Does that sound/look about right using the pic below as a sample?

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Wonder if this 60l tank is some kind of buffer tank? Does it have it's own immersion?

is this a DIY install or did you commission a company to do for you? have you much scope in your airflow calcs to lower the fan speeds?

Worst that could happen, is that you trim the riser wrong, but (make sure you find out the manufacturer of the IC and risers so you can identical) you can then fetch another and have another go... Inlet is fine on the branch angle. outlet is on the main run - good!

At least the In is higher that the Out! Once you have removed the surrounding material from the IC can you twist it so would point a bit more upright? If so, the easiest method would be do that, then trim the top riser at at angle so the cover fits flush with the ground level. Not perfect, but would it still be functional. If you are dead set on making it perfect, then you'd need to expose a good length of out, and in pipe. You can cut pipe with a saw then knock out the I/C resite it and rejoin with a couple of slip connectors and a bit of pipe. Have a look over at Inserting an Inspection Chamber | Pavingexpert as most of what I'd type out is probably better explained there.

Aye, pumped outlet to a drain.

I'm sure for best efficiency installers like the two to be close, however, as long as pipework is properly insulated, and depending on distance the install may need a second pump to help push the water along...

I think you need to define gubbins in a bit more detail to work out how much room you may need. My plant room (cupboard) is 1.2*1.2, will house the cylinder which is about 600mm diameter. Expansion vessels will be wall mounted, and the hot and cold water manifolds will be wall mounted high up too. Pipework will run round the perimeter. The UFH manifold are located under the stairs (centrally in the house) so just a supply and return pipe to this. MVHR is in the insulated attic space. there will be 1 Consumer unit too. The challenge is placing everything so that access and maintenance isn't too much of a challenge.

Seems like good money for a weeks work, if the land was all mine no issues with neighbouring land or local authorities land, then I'd be pricing up the ducting/materials from a civils supplier and digger hire for a week or 2 and certainly consider doing it myself. Is the terrain particularly difficult to work with? Would it be a pain in the arse job?

Was thinking about this yesterday as I was looking at my sketch and thinking about the kitchen, questioning my decision to allow one run to the kitchen, my thoughts were that it's highly unlikely that we'll be drawing water from from multiple devices concurrently. However depending on your kitchen layout it may be easier to lob another length of hep, rather than add T's and shut off valves and run it round the walls.

Done a quick search and HWAM crops up a few times, anyone with an HWAM stove still happy with their purchase? What you got? I've got the option of having something freestanding or inset mounted, I'm quite taken by the HWAM 3110, or a STUV inset. Originally fancied a Charnwood bay, but no deliveries till next year, so that's out of the question.

Sorted it, managed to break just enough screed, insulation, and block to get at the rest bend, she held it down with a bit of 4*2 whilsts I pulled the stub pipe out with some grips. The bit of pipe as per had been cut and chamferred with his stihl saw and looked like a sharks mouth. Noticed the rubber seal had a nice U shape in it where he'd pushed the pipe in. Result! Swapped the seal from another fitting, new bit of pipe. Felt like that was a bit of last chance saloon! BI round today to do an inspection then I can fill the trenches, do another quick test. Then plan out the waste treatment plant.

I suspect individually that either of the 2 smaller units will modulate down lower than the single higher capacity unit. The manufacturers bumf should reveal all.

Probably not a great idea, unless you have an alternate means of ventilation.