MikeGrahamT21

Thats good to hear, maybe the place I used gave me the scare story! Always hard to tell.

Looking at the size of the facade, i'd say expansion gap, should be every 6m. Gaps above the french doors, will be for weep vents, though why there is random size and place gaps further to the right is beyond me, thats poor workmanship

So this one has been 10 years in the making, which is when I originally built this extension, and not long after i'd built it, the outdoor bunny became an indoor bunny! So the glorified rabbit hutch has now become the kitchen it was intended to be. Worktops just been installed. Will crack on with tap, dishwasher, hob, and oven later this week. Really pleased with it all, just need to choose some paint, but will sort that in the autumn, as I've got the old kitchen to rip out and the room to bare brick, and floor to replace first!

Just had a delivery by DPD Local with two doors which were missing, well packed but one had the corner snapped off, so need another replacement! Apparently they are coming with replacement unit today so why they couldn’t just attach them to the new unit and bring it all together I’ll never know edit: the replacement unit never turned up! Sent them another message but doubt I’ll get a reply til Monday at earliest

Thats good. It was the guy at SSS who told me that, so who knows whether it is true or not, didn't seem like a sales strategy to me, as he wasn't bothered either way whether i bought from them or not. @ryder72 I don't think anyone is expecting perfection, indeed i would have been more surprised if there hadn't have been any issues, but for an already damaged unit to be wrapped and shipped with 2 doors clearly missing is totally avoidable. And at the end of the day, we all accept problems, and just want them sorting out swiftly so we can carry on with our lives.

I noticed plaster had dramatically gone up in price, even bonding coat, which you can still get. Drywall adhesive is non-existant too. Is there a plant in scotland? I noticed the only stores which have got stock (and lots of stock) for Wickes and B&Q are in scotland, nothing anywhere round here.

In my case, the damaged unit was wrapped perfectly, I suspect it was wrapped damaged, I think the problem here is lack of quality control, but that will be to 'save costs' though likely costs them more in the long run. I wonder how many 100% perfect deliveries they actually make

I've used Sheffield Solid Surfaces for the worktop, be warned about Natural Stone Surfaces, if you aren't buying a branded product (i.e. Silestone) its likely a cheap chinese import you are buying, and apparently they are on the verge of going out of business

I have bought a door ready for integrated, but will be using existing standalone dishwasher for now, as its almost brand new, save a bit of money, so won't find out if this is an issue or not for some time.

Looking very smart, loving the attention to detail!

Welcome! Hope your mind can be changed on the ecological disaster that is artificial turf!

I noticed on their information pages, it tells you to ask your fitter to quote for a second remedial visit as part of the job, which seems quite a bad thing to put on your website. I think, as with a lot of things, if you want something cheap, you have to work harder for it, or wait.

Majority of it came fine, just one of the tall units was totally damaged and missing 2 doors. Logged it with them, they've acknowledged it, but have already gone over their 5 working day replacement timescale. Sent another message yesterday, but not heard anything back so far. Hopefully doesn't go on too long! Luckily i can get worktop installed, as this is first unit after the worktop finishes, very annoying though as i can't get on with anything else til this gets replaced so i can finish the job. Think i'd have been more surprised if everything had turned up spot on, never happens these days. EDIT: They must have been listening, just had email to say its getting delivered tomorrow. See what happens

You may have an opportunity for a double height space for the stair too. If no wardrobes in bedroom 2, move that wall back flush with doorway to give more space to bed 1, put en-suite on the wardrobe wall in bed 1, and wardrobes on the stair wall. Appreciate that would likely mean moving the stack to another location, but just something to think about. Seems to be what most architects go for these days to really open the stair up.

Depends how much ££ you have to spend too, and what level of performance you are trying to achieve. For my upcoming build which has a 100mm cavity, i'm using full fill Xtratherm CT/PIR boards, which are specifically designed to fully fill a 100mm cavity. Kingspan now also do a 90mm Kooltherm board, which gives about the same performance, but requires joints taping, and costs a lot more. Both of these solutions will give around 0.16U using Celcon type blocks on the inner skin, which is almost passive house target for the walls (0.15U)

Spot on @Russell griffiths every 6m

Whenever i've had any Gas or Electric work done, and its been registered with the relevant authorities, it gets sent automatically to building control. But yes, you won't get completion cert without them.

? £25 for a good finish is worth it surely? Theres some more on ebay, cheapest is £22.80

How about this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HANSGROHE-Fixfit-S-Wall-Outlet-27453000/143313828432 Looks like its a brass (or some type of metal) fitting with a plastic cover, and a non-return valve.

Main question really, is the porch part of the original house? Do all the houses have them on your estate? If yes, i'd say you can safely assume that it was part of the original build and can be included in the original width.

I've not got air conditioning at the moment, so just aware that they have a control for it. It would work on the room temperature, but yes pretty sure it'll be like a normal thermostat in reverse, and only turn the AC on when required. Ive got one main stat (as this does all the main work, and opentherm calculations for the boiler), and then individual radiator thermostats on each radiator to create a zone for each room. That tied in with a manifold creates a very flexible efficient heating system. I was going to go with EvoHome at the begining, but it didn't have a crucial feature for me, multi-user geo fencing, not sure if they've added it yet, it could be done with EvoHome but relied on several apps to achieve it, whereas Tado has the functionality natively, as do a few others now, but Tado was the first one.

Tado is a good system for central heating controls, I have it and its always been spot on, they also have an air conditioning control too.

I'm not sure how well that would work. They are really cheap to buy: https://www.toolstation.com/bostik-fibres-for-concrete/p69060

Put some polypropelene fibres in your cement mix too to stop any cracking if you are pouring your own mix

The external blinds for roof windows make a massive difference, i've got them on all of my south facing ones. Quite cheap really too.