Alexphd1

Any other tips?? No where near painting but can always ask.

Or you could just enter GDMAGAZINE at checkout for a free ticket. Probably pay in receiving spam.... saves thinking though?

Think that's the goin rate for non branded pipe. Can't comment on quality. I recently bought 300m of continental pipe which I am pretty sure it's made by uponor for £130 Inc postage. Plenty on sale on eBay, a lot says no postage but if you offer to arrange a courier to pick up normally this is acceptable. I quick search shows this. 2x 200m, 400meters.

Much appreciated for sharing figures. That's similar figures to what I am expecting for my basement.

Looking v good. Brings back memories of our slab! How did you do the L upstands in the end? Keep the photos coming.

Sorry wasn't meaning to. We had no problem with planners but a friend building at the claymore homes in peterhead had a nightmare changing the render colour. Been v slow hopefully finish first one end of summer and straight on to build 2.... hopefully make a lot less mistakes? how's it going with you?

Not a fan of pink granite so I am building a pure white render house in peterhead. Also getting aluminium ral7016 facia' s made locally.

I think I am away to start plumbing again!!

I think there has always been a nordan showroom in Aberdeen, it was out the back of the old Porsche garage.

Sorry bud, plenty of space aswell in case! There was companies as low as 99 dollars for 12 but wouldn't ship to USA address without a usa credit card. Will be using them next week (weather dependent), will report back.

Acro roof jack or acro roof brackets. Picking up in home depot tomorrow before flying home. I couldn't find anyone in UK who supplies them.

9 dollar each so pretty cheap. I need to make up mind pretty quick as takes home depot a few days to get them in.

Any thoughts on these. I have to slate a 45' degree roof and think a dozen of these could make life v easy. The angle of the bracket come in 45,60 and 90 degree.

The extending rear arm on a 3cx been v handy aswell. The way we lifted the ridge beam into place I don't think a telehandler would have been a benefit (20m in one lift with 2x genie lifts @ 7m height). We needed a telehandler for the windows (300 plus vat per week) and I think would be brillant for any block work.

Keep an eye for another self builder selling one beats the vat. Buy wisely you may break even when you sell it. We bought a old jcb 3cx with 4in1 front bucket (forks that flip over bucket) been a handy bit of kit. Starting from scratch again I don't know what way i would go a 3cx, telehandler or tracked digger. We didn't use it much for the ICF though. Are you handy around engines & hydraulics?

My archiectect also had same opinion about sockets, he installed white metal ones on his own new build. We went for black nickel Schneider for two reasons a. We like them and b. They were cheap. Just down to individual taste I suppose.

Not so good, but on the other hand it's good to see a company stand by their product. Our render guy refused to take on our job until summer stating low temp ( even above freezing) was a disaster. He was from the south i just presumed he didn't like working in the cold?

All material bought minus a few flue parts but not installed. Tbh the system should tick over nicely with ashp, st & pv. The system has been designed with mantaince in mind ie in roof pv with connections inside so if panel fails can be easily isolated and bypassed minimising time on roof & st we can change temp sensor without taking flashing to bits. Keeping the system simple with controls nothing to fancy that will be obselete 10 years time. Will be interesting on how much the log boiler is used after novelty of cutting and drying wood passes. Hopefully ST can really wrk getting a tank to itself even 30-40 degrees is a big help to cut load on ashp. Apologies to @Triassic for hijacking thread.

Lgb not my choice, first build is my father's house and he was adamant for it. We want to keep the TS volume to a minimum and heat loss respectable so will start with 1000l but likely need a extra 500 but v easy to add in. I think the ST on the 1st 500l tank will work pretty well as a preheat before the 2nd 500l tank which the ashp is connected to. If tank 1 rises above tank 2 then a pump will come on to transfer heat. Both tanks have DHW coils. Lgb will be connected to tank 1. All our material has been bought v cheap eBay, Poland etc so it is a bit of trial error. Still think sledge hammer meet nut?

@NickfromwalesThat's the diagram I (& @Triassic) was vasking if thats a basic pipe layout for using the ashp for cooling? I am caught up in the same situation i ended up with 2x500l thermal store, 9kw ashp, 22kw log gasification, 8m2 ST, 4KW of pv. I cant help feeling i have made this way over complicated. The whole concept of the house is very low heat load, but we have v high DHW requirements. Sledge hammer to crack a nut comes to mind.

Cracking plans Am I right in thinking your timber frame is form Scotframe? if so are they suppling windows etc?? makes life very easy! If you genuneinly have time to project manage, regular on site and long nights at computer then I say yes 100%. Do not underestimate time involved though!

Is that diagram based for a system with ASHP cooling set up?

@le-cerveau happy to see your figures we are very similar spec and also ended up with a 9KW ashp. I am impressed with these auto balancing things!

I don't see any problems with balancing system with manifold upstairs, only major downside to one manifold is being restricted to one temp for both floors. You may/probably need two different temps in spreader plates and screed. As for heating controls doesn't make any difference one thermostat controlling everything or 9 thermostats controlling 9 zones. Not 100% on cooling side haven't considered it. One word of caution on bigger spaces you may need 2 or 3 loops per room ie bigger manifolds.

One manifold could be a nice solution, never seen it done before. Would be better for manifold upstairs for air. One less pump etc to buy run etc. We allowed 3kw for dhw but their is no scientific reason for this, prob better to wait for someone with more experience on this.