dpmiller

sounds like you want your stats/programmer to operate the motor valves and the microswitch to then command the ASHP?

Board lifters aren't too dear.

I've a similar one and yes, it does what it says on the tin.

Of course, you mean GB and NI...

Screed looks great! One question. If the frame uses TF200thermo inside and out, is there a VC layer as well on the inside?

Blockwork done for now, about a thousand in. All on hold for now until the steel posts come in and are fitted.

Are those concrete flue pipes rather than clay?

surprised it's internal fuse didn't pop first?

Yes indeed. Blocks arrived first thing and there was no problem craning them where required either. Corners set yesterday and two tubs delivered about a half-hour ago so after a short teabreak the two Terrys were gonna get stuck in.

Thanks Nick, that's the explanation I need- meeting the BCO for the first time today hopefully and I don't know how switched-on he is on drainage ( fire detection is his "pet" subject apparently)... All agreed on 110mm in through the subfloor then. Vented at the plant and AAVs elsewhere. I'll bring the two greys together into a back-entry gully trap as that can be positioned for the outside tap too. Sorted.

I must admit I'd prefer either a trap or an air break anywhere a drain is entering the house. That way if you need to remove a sink trap for cleaning there's no chance of sewer gases entering.

Makes sense. Only (slight) problem is the stack. I've nowhere at the back for a straight vertical run that's compliant as the dormer for the bathroom gets in the way, I was considering teeing off the horizontal from the bathroom for an internal stack up through the roof, but there's also the option of making the other stack (at the side of the house for the ensuite) external and open. Alternative is Durgos, and venting at the treatment plant. Anybody fancy having a look at the drawings please? dorm093-350-Miller-R2-pdf.pdf

OK so we've got three sets of outlets at the back of the house- 1. kitchen sink and DW, 2. the utility sink and WM and the drains from the downstairs shower and basin, and 3. the downstairs WC as well as all the upstairs bathroom. There's 650mm from the top of the footings to the top of the subfloor, and another 225mm or so to FFL. What looks handiest- 1. 40mm out through the wall, drop into gullytrap. 2. 50mm horizontally through the floor insulation and out through wall to rear entry gully 3. 110m out through wall to a vertical soil coming out of a rest bend but I could drop all three down through the subfloor in 110mm and put 1&2 into rear entry gullies? What about 3 then, the soil rising up for the upstairs bathroom needs to be just where the downstairs loo is...

oil boiler stats are often doubles- is the a small screw cap beside the knob? could be a reset in behind it if so.

Well we've got a ban in force here, and the reasoning apparently isn't pure water conservation. NI Water are seeing unprecedented volume flow and the issue is the ability (or lack of) the pumping equipment to keep the mains up to pressure at this time. Fine for most users, but folks up a long line atop a hill could find their supply disappearing as it can't get the whole way up there...

why?

ta. The shadow makes them look thicker...

What slates are those?

excellent!

Actually, I've been told that the stone that broke out might well be marketable as it's splitting so nicely... Anyways. BCO arrived late yesterday and was happy with the trenches, Terry the blockman set levels (three courses of block to the subfloor), and Paul dropped in the mesh and carried out the pour today. Four loads later and it's done. Disappeared the last of the poorly Ash trees along the fenceline too. So blocks are arriving Tuesday and Terry can get up to ground level.

Yup, I'm just glad someone else put the pipe in.

you did say the "big long lane" tho, that'll be me then. Just under 1100m of 32mm...

200m is nothing...

well Balloo supplied the digger and the hammer so that's their problem. Infact the stone was pretty soft and split quite nicely.

And a few days of toil later, we have trenches. Yesterday morning started with us marking out, and then Paul decided which corner to start from. First time the bucket hit the ground, it found rock. The hammer (that has been booked for a fortnight) wasn't yet available- brand new digger, brand new hammer for it hadn't arrived. So he tentatively tried a different area with more luck and got a fair bit done; the hammer arrived thismorning. So now: Thankfully, that's all the spoil we have so far, a mix of a hardish grey basalt and a brown/blue mudstone shale. A lot has backfilled the back drain- and gained a tidy area in the process. Trenches just to tidy in the morning, BCO to inspect, then lay mesh and pour.