dpmiller

Our interlocking clay tiles are *very* slatey. https://www.lbsproducts.com/clay-tiles/interlocking-clay-tiles/snowdon-natural-black

what's the logic behind that? Surely the charger's supply needs protection and and MCB is an MCB whether it's in the main CU or another box...

Our open drain is wet in the winter, dry in the summer, and NIEA had no issue with direct discharge. As it happens we're discharging into our perimeter drain(does the other two sides of our triangular plot) so the plant is about 30m of perf pipe and drainstone away from it...

Thanks for that confirmation. Time for the spinning lazer and the front door threshold to get friendly methinks. Dave, I'd leave it but the TF openings are pretty big and I need to get on with the PB.

So I've got all the door linings in upstairs. Screed was down so easy enough to set a gap under the door and work to. Bog standard trenched linings from Howdens, so about a 20mm gap between door and screed. A mix of carpet and some kind of tiles will end up being fitted. Now for downstairs. Bottom of the sole plate is FFL but the subfloor height varies by perhaps 30mm around the house. Is FFL actually the top of any tiles or timber, or the screed below? Should I just put all the linings in level with the sole plate and expect the door to be really gappy until the final covering goes down (and insulation, and screed ) or set then down by some arbitary distance that allows for the final coverings? Level threshold at the front door obviously makes for a lack of adjustability here. thoughts please?

what's the dark bit just above and left of centre? Looks a bit like a plug screwed in from here...

check ground conditions too- if you're sitting on rock a shallow-dig option might help, , our Solido Smart is 175cm up to the manhole, a lot less than a Vortex or Conder.

and don't be too picky- brushes roughly the right size will file down...

http://www.brianscottengineering.co.uk/sub-products/rakes

I've a stone rake for the digger. Haven't used it in anger yet tho...

If it's a glass fuse, can you see in still or is it blasted silver/black inside?

precisely.

With control cables you need to watch out for non-removable plugs...

good Q. Plenty will want to make a killing on the install... Funny, I emailed RED for some info on their ASHPs at the start of the week; still waiting a response.

by law they need sight of them now AFAIK. Local factors, or big-ish dealership that has their own machine?

Mandatory insurance inspection surely?

^ I've one of those and it's great. Can't imagine doing full sheets of soundblok any other way...

pay someone else... seriously tho, do you mean lifter for ceilings or carrier to move sheets around?

Only the walls or do you have slopes and ceilings to consider? Our build is similar, but with the membrane under the PIR. Our walls were meant to be factory insulated but issues in the plant meant that they came to us bare and a squad was sent in to carry out the stuff/membrane/PIR/batten to all the external walls (we'd always expected to do the slopes and ceilings ourselves...) Between 2 and 4 men and over a few full days and a fortnight of long evenings as I recall, for 250m2 or so. Guessing 200 man-hours maybe?

yep

oil is only for tools. Plenty of places run un-oiled air, with the guys putting a drop or two into the end of the tool when plugging in. Or not... Your problem is probably that the air isn't getting a chance to drop the water out in the tank as the tank volume is small. A moisture trap will certainly help. Remember that big setups use a refrigerated dryer.

what's screwing into it? Flat faced or taper?

cheap tone probes work pretty well actually.

take the battery dimensions to your local motor factors.

Agree with @joe90 above, but am intrigued that this manufacturer offers a "silencer" to go between compressor and plant and wonder if the noise is something to do with the particular diffuser used in the brand. Our Solido has the pump inside a sealed capsule under the chamber cover but even with the lid off there's no noise similar to their video...