tonyshouse

Timer plug or smart plug,

If it is for yourselves, no question go for Ali clad

I have measured CO2 in a school, UGH - I carry a CO2 monitor to meetings and walk out at 600 at home we are 450 or there abouts. and an Omicron story We now have my son, his wife and our youngest grandson T staying with us, T came home from school with Covid last week. All the rest of us did a test and all showed negative. We had rules, T spends a lot of time in his room or in my office with the MVHR inlet blocked and the outlet in the anteroom opened up. I turned the MVHR up to full time 65% when we usually use a programme varying the flow between 35%, 45% or 60% and 15% overnight. T eats separately and we minimise contact with him. He wears a mask if he comes in the lounge with us and that is limited to 15mins, he washes his hands a lot. Three days into this regime none of us were positive, it is worrying though and I was certain that we would all get it. Upstairs we have three bedrooms all with MVHR inlets, landing and bathrooms have extract so bedrooms are under slight positive pressure and any aerosols can’t float into other bedrooms, they are extracted from the landing and bathroom. I estimate that we are on over one air change per hour. My son says that following the rules is all that you need to do, I like the ventilation system as it ensures that we breathe pre-warmed fresh air nearly all the time and that T’s aerosols go to outside without us breathing them in. Happy to be able to report that after six days none of us caught it and T is now clear too

Yea and there is only one answer

It is really very cheap to add insulation during construction, retrofitted is incredibly expensive, so much so that it doesn’t happen, just look at the housing stock I once wrote an article about the cost benefits of retrofitted loft insulation, diy, paid for itself in half a winter with not much there, 18 months when 80 or 100mm there already. look at the rates for EWI which almost every house needs, even new ones!

Think longevity, long term comfort = thermally stable, solid feel, good sound insulation

parana pine then oak

The answer to the op is yes, lots of factors, flow rates, shapes of rooms, use of bathroom, insulation levels, shapes of gaps between the tiles, type of grout, type of silicone. MVHR sensor will pick up average and not what is low down in a wet area. we don’t get any with ours but it is possible

On my house I stopped the inner skin to the gable wall at ceiling height? no thermal bridge then!

Grout it! Insulation seems awfully thin and can’t possibly comply with regs unless it is aerogel or VIP’s . if you have humidity above 80% for extended periods then you risk condensation allowing water to seep into the gaps will cause saturation of the cement and potentially the backing, leading to growth. does showering water hit the tiles?

Thankfully never had a warranty or any kind of claim either ?

We use MVHR all the time on a programme with lower air change rates than generally recommended. When frying or greasy cooking we use kitchen extractor. I don’t want fat, steamy fat or grease going into my heat exchangers.

Ring shank gun nails for me 3’s n 2’s three in one joist two in the next in each sheet, never used glue except on floating floors, never had noises

I would go A2A and a £20 convector heater as backup

Where oh where is the sill?

I would do it half way up the first full slabs and square with a slot box, soakaway in theory 1m3 but a big ish fence post hole filled with rubble beside the path would work , dows it ever rain on the lawn?

Difficult to beat V i have used 3g panes in bespoke glazing bars (no lead above or beside glass )

In theory yes, in practice just do it.

Resin or it will break up

I don’t understand that, a leaky house is only leaky when it is windy or very windy. A balanced heat recovery ventilation system will work relying on draughts for ventilation doesn’t work when it is calm and works progressively better til it becomes insanely wasteful as the wind speed increases

I have Somfy

I have, ten years ago, both lots operate via zero volt contacts soldered into the buttons of the controllers effectively pushing the buttons automatically- still working, must remember to change the batteries in the two that ratio control the curtains again

Gouge out for me , faffy though

Fire can and has been caused by down-lighters, less likely with led but the ballasts can catch light

Best avoid downlighters, draughts, air tightness, vapour control, wasps , fire