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My BCO noticed the lack of trickle vents so I showed him the MVHR, ooh that’ll do the job he said. I self installed and did fill out a commissioning sheet but never submitted it and it wasn’t requested.

Glad you got good advice. We were building through COVID lockdown and it’s after effects. Many times I wanted someone to talk details on site or in a workshop but couldn’t.

I have the 350 m3 version, works very well for me. Super simple unit, been running for four years without issues.

I used TK, everything done off their design tool with at least 5 revisions. Phoned them a few times, not visited but they might be open for a chat in their office. Who is fitting it for you, probably more important to check the measurements on site.

Don’t know any rule for this but I tend to find a picture or drawing that looks right and measure the proportions with a scale rule.

I’ve got less than 200mm cover albeit close to the house. I would be concerned by a concrete mixer, cars exert relatively low ground pressure, and that is distributed significantly even 200mm depth. Also more confident about PVC pipe which will flex, than a rigid pipe.

Also with EON, looks like that rate applies only on standard import tariffs, 6p/kWh if you are on their EV tariff?

Just show that on a drawing. I don’t know any specific requirements, maybe they vary between each LA. As long as they are not blocking any access or parking provisions, double they are interested in what they look like considering they keep giving us more of them.

Porcelain tiles? I considered polished concrete but couldn’t stomach the cost for something I thought less durable.

@craig, may know them

No personal experience of them but found their website https://hbdsystems.co.uk/hyline-sliding-doors/ Would be surprised if they manufacture themselves, maybe rebranding something from Eastern Europe?

Another vote for glue, two part epoxy and dowel (stainless or brass)

Doesn’t look right to me, I would expect to see at least 1m above the gutter level. This is what AI says https://share.google/aimode/7iJ9jUTYOfNaOr9Mf so, no it isn’t correct. Should have a HETAS installers certificate.

Welcome, can’t help you with ICF but I am sure someone will be along in due course. If you search the forum, there are many who have done it.

Nothing to do with building control, call your planning department and follow up by email for written confirmation

They will serve you a liability notice at some point but you can check on their website.

Doesn’t matter where you buy them from, more important is who fits them. It’s just a case of trawling the net to find the best price, delivered, which maybe a significant factor where you are! Might be worth ringing your builder merchants as well as their best prices won’t be on the web.

I think it’s a bit more predictable than gambling. TOU tariffs are based around market prices which are linked to supply and demand. We know there will be oversupply on windy nights and sunny days and, more predictably, large steam turbines which have to keep spinning all night.

In theory there was no need so I wasn’t going to put any heat emitters in the bedrooms but decided to err on the side of caution and had (not oversized) radiators installed. Wet towel rails in bathrooms as well. Partly it was to satisfy the installer’s MCS calculators, partly to avoid domestic complaints! Glad I did because we do feel the need during cold snaps.

Very difficult to say without making your own samples, not just the mortar but panels with the chosen bricks. I was going for lime but switched to white cement which achieved a very similar result, albeit a completely different colour scheme to what you are trying to achieve. I used the brick manufacturers tool as a starting point, was surprised how different the bricks look even with slight changes in joint colour https://nsxpwebapp.nelissen.be/publicconfigurator/?_gl=1*1fxpchc*_gcl_au*MzcxNDA4OTIwLjE3Njc2ODI0NDE.#

Follow your gut feel, I think you will find tiled floors cool without UFH. We have UFH heating set at 21degC, when it doesn’t come on in the shoulder months, the floors suck the heat from my feet.

Please see another post here, note the unit was 20% cheaper when I bought it. I agree the heat saving is not huge, however you would still need the fan(s), distribution system and method of preheating the incoming air to avoid cold drafts.

Don’t disagree but maybe depends on the roller, as well as the spray pressure and paint dilution etc, etc. I have recoated bottom half of some walls (because I can’t reach the top without scaffold and it doesn’t need doing!), anyway it has blended really well with a medium pile roller.

Impossible to calculate payback on MVHR, it’s about health and comfort which are priceless IMO! I I self installed a simple system for less than £2k, one of the best things about the house. Fresh clean air, without drafts and low heat loss. Trickle vents are uncontrolled ventilation, too much in high winds and also admit a surprising level of noise.

Welcome. Presume you have seen the episode of Grand Designs on the Wirral? One of my favourite episodes