Alexphd1

Is their a PCM43 sunamp on the cards? Has anybody a update price list for sunamp?

I think more like 3k for a 16kw samsung ashp. I don't know if you would need to change your thermal store aswell to qualify, shame if you do but maybe trade in for a sunamp?

@newhome funny i was playing on the rhi calculator just now and was coming to the same figures!

We have installed ST but on the cheap with a system that it will work very well with. If you go down the RHI route then it also makes financial sense but if I was paying the goin rate for a installed system with no RHI then it's a no starter. I have seen good brand PV panels as low as 27p the watt.... had to argue with that prices!

can you not come up and over garage ceiling?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tracpipe-Coil-22mm-15m-Flexible-Gas-Pipe/223073915916?hash=item33f03dd40c:g:VasAAOSwhilbVxT~

In a perfect world i would finish the soffits then do the render but can i do it the other way and still get a tidy job?

Pretty good advice. Fold over joist hangers and proper nails. I would have argued all hammers are the same.....but I have found a big difference between end of aisle bargain box hammers in a big diy shed to decent one out of a build merchants.

First off who ever is designing your joists make sure they are designing for minimum bounce and not just a floor to pass building regs. We just shaved down wood for packers between bottom chord and timber rim board. I am not a fan of joist hangers, I see them as just another place for movement but they do make the job slightly more easy.

+1 on Russell Griffiths comment of metal for the slab and walls was one of few things that I priced when budgeting and saved a few thousand on when it came to ordering. I also found a good local supplier for threaded bar, nuts and bolts which we have used a lot of.

We got the a similar reply measure it yourself and to be honest it worked well.

How are you hanging them. We where hanging on the top chord so ordered this long while we could pack out bottom chord/closer for our wavy walls.

@willbish Do you have different specs of insulation under your slab? We have eps300 under the ring beam and eps100 under the main slab (150mm concrete)? We had a big difference between the two engineers (different companies) in the width of the ring beam dimemsions with the 2nd engineer who has more experience with a raft foundation designed a smaller ring beam.

We have allowed for 926mm but we can easily cut that to 838 if required later.

Would the battery system be zero rated on a new build?

Speechless......

I once had a cheap table saw from one of the big DIY chains........ i wont be buying another!!!

Very nice, although I didn't see much wrong with the original layout it is a improvement! All you need now is a laundry chute from dressing room to utility. Was the porcelonosa shop in Glasgow worth a visit, I was in the Edinburgh one two weeks ago and was slightly disappointed.

I completely agree with Lizzie's above comment and we are very similar set up, picked a oven that worked for us (priority was size) and worked back, larder fridge no freezer in kitchen (American in utility) etc. Dont be afraid to mix brands either Siemens, Neff and bosch share the same products we picked up a bosch full height integrated friidge that's like for like with the Neff version but £300 less. Same with dishwasher but that was a lot less of a saving. It's nice for appliance you see to match though (oven, warming drawer etc).

All depends on what you want, a single Neff oven varies from £500 to £1800. The £1800 does look better but does it cook better?? Probably more dependent on the user! For that money you are well into miele category. Quooker taps are one of those appliances which are very rarely discounted, I wonder if that's why high street kitchen shops push them as it's hard for online suppliers to undercut them. For the record I like the quooker taps and will be installing one.

any body looking for eps300 £11.28m2 ex vat. 100mm thick. https://www.insulationsuperstore.co.uk/product/stylite-eps-300-polystyrene-floor-insulation-board-100mm-864m2.html

We were £1815 for two connections which inc approx 200m through the adjacent park (no road crossings) and we done all the work ourselves inc buying the pipe. They just came out and checked before back filling.

I like deals??? (they prob add on so they can take off... but keeps me happy?). The Preston one is pretty close to the motorway so we will have a wonder in next time we are passing.

Is roccia worth a visit for tile shopping (we are up and down M6 very regular)?