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Pretty much that, all done with level thresholds. We have 5 doorways all the same design. Tiler used extra flexible adhesive over the PIR. And we used large format tiles
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Recommendations for a CO2 detector please.
JohnMo replied to saveasteading's topic in Barn Conversions
It doesn’t specify as far as I can remember It does Unless otherwise indicated by the manufacturer, a carbon dioxide monitor, with or without an integral detector, should be mounted between 1.4m and 1.6m above floor level. A carbon dioxide detector head (or monitor if integrated) should not be sited within 1m of the expected location of a bed-head. -
I did 70mm, (but walls are flattened 50mm plus plasterboard), they go from the bottom of the floor insulation to floor level - top of screed.
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If you are doing UFH strongly consider 150 to 200mm PIR or 300mm EPS. Wall is woodcrete ICF, concrete, lime parge coat inside, and breather membrane behind wood cladding.
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Recommendations for a CO2 detector please.
JohnMo replied to saveasteading's topic in Barn Conversions
Different equipment - you are quoting CO not CO2. -
Recommendations for a CO2 detector please.
JohnMo replied to saveasteading's topic in Barn Conversions
We use Deta, as linked above. Been ticking away without issue for a couple of years. To show the people living in the building it is being ventilated correctly. Between 1.4 and 1.6m from floor if wall mounted. https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-standards-technical-handbook-2020-domestic/3-environment/3-14-ventilation/ -
Have you ever applied a 25mm screed on top of beam and block?
JohnMo replied to Boyblue's topic in Floor Structures
Wouldn't you want insulation to keep the cool inside, instead of the warm in? -
We did a Google search, that is ultimately how we found out site. Was listed under purple bricks, but not in any sections you would normally find a plot, was miss allocated within purple bricks and no-one could find it. We also did weekend drive abouts. Went down all side roads, found lots of sites privately advertised, you never find any other way. Leg work is needed.
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How long are you running the UFH? Is the floor allowed to cool down for many hours or are you adding heat steadily continuously? What happens with an ASHP? the flow temperature is pegged to a combination of return temp and deltaT. So with UFH it can absorb huge amounts of heat, so return temp stays low for quite awhile, so in turn the flow temp is held back. The other thing with UFH output is dictated by insulation and floor build-up.
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It was the soak away area design guidelines, it states sizes for differing drain away time from the perculation test. But states if it fails the perculation test, you size to a given criteria.
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Have you ever applied a 25mm screed on top of beam and block?
JohnMo replied to Boyblue's topic in Floor Structures
You would need insulation, or not comply with building regs. -
An Ivar mixing valve allows you set the bypass flow independently of flow in and mixing ratio of hot and return water, opening the bypass would mean return water is hotter sooner, so the heat pump temperature output increases quicker - I think. But is this realistic? First hot and cold spots all over the floor. No one ever runs an UFH with 20 dT. Possibly for good reason. Then you would have make sure your radiator system could flow enough to keep heat pump happy. Or install bigger radiators upstairs?
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See photo up thread of blocks. PIR is on inside of block and floor screed taken up to PIR. Used 70mm PIR upstand around the whole inside perimeter of the floor.
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Does a portable electric heater without a thermostat exist?
JohnMo replied to london8's topic in Other Heating Systems
I would invest in some insulation, then the room wouldn't go cold when a thermostat switches on off. Or are you trying to heat a warehouse with a single heater? Last house managed to heat my garage with a single electric heater, it was fine. -
Have you ever applied a 25mm screed on top of beam and block?
JohnMo replied to Boyblue's topic in Floor Structures
Where is the insulation going? -
Not something I could agree with, it's the whole cost of the MVHR system, not just a single high cost component. Next logical step in ventilation would be demand based MEV or dMEV, so the trickle vents would be self actuating, and ventilation fans run at a flow rate dictated by humidity and/or CO2.
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I used this for my roof lights upstairs, very easy to work with, but during our build was readily available in the size I needed for doorways during COVID.
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Both the thermolite and the Marmox are covered up (Marmox from UV, thermolite from atmospheric moisture) - so are they not equal, with different advantages and disadvantages? Install a PIR upstand inside the thermolite block, the bridge has gone anyway. The other factor is what ever sits on the Marmox block has to be wider than the block, the block cannot be an wider than anything sat on it. Thermolite doesn't care so offers a likely more flexibility for construction. Sorry not correct units - those valves are R value, not U value. Then you to take account of the dimensions to get the U Value
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I would read the data sheet (attached) there are rules you need to follow. Thermoblock_Technical_Brochure.pdf But I used thermolite blocks and had no issues, would do so again. Also have a PIR upstand inside the thermolite blocks. So little or no heat escapes.
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Polished concrete or microcement installers in Scotland
JohnMo replied to AnnaKH's topic in Floor Structures
You may need to be a little more specific with what area you are talking about, Scotland is pretty big. -
You just have to be careful the terminology is correct. A lot of systems can be hydro split (water split), while others and more appropriate to the term of split, are refrigerant split. Both are available. The Viessmann reference above is a hydro split.
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True, it's a package of upgrades that go hand in hand. Good airtightness, needs forced ventilation, so why not have heat recovery as well. If you aren't reasonably airtight airtight MVHR is a none starter, costing you money every minute on, payback is never, in that cases.
