Tom

Can I ask what the rationale is for having the cold in 10mm too? Why not 10mm for the shower?

We've got a 6m triple glazed slider coming from IQ Glass - they call it their "Minimal" system (the aluminium profiles are actually manufactured by Keller).

With a wood burner backup, as the OP has, would seem OTT to spec based on the worst case scenario perhaps? No point having an 18kW monolith out there if it's only needed for a few days in the year and you could have just thrown a few more logs on the fire...

Take it back to the wall as you have but run it at a much shallower angle as close to under the eaves as possible? In a lighter/cream finish to match the render too?

Eh? I didn't say anything about energy saving!

It's not so much about the energy savings - I think you're right, you'd probably struggle to recoup the cost - it's about the comfort. In the grand scheme of things even 10k is a small % of a 350m2 build cost to acieve this.

Wouldn't you get that with an UVC too?

This sort of thing really get's my hackles up. Tell them that they might not do it, but if they expect your business they had better start. 2.2k is a lot of money to lose for a simple itemised invoice, so if they refuse to do it they are clearly taking the pi$$

True, but what I can see these ones and just the standard look pretty similar - and I wonder if the premium is just for the rating certificate. I'll see if I can get some samples of both

Yep, will see what I can find out. Interesting that you saw them used at Centre Parcs, Peter. Could be worse I suppose, could have been Butlins...

Aha, good point re fire resistance. They are described as non-flammable and self-extinguishing, but comes down to the regs I guess. I have emailed the UK distributor to ask...

Has anyone used wood wool board (eg https://www.celticsustainables.co.uk/savolit-plus-wood-wool-boards/ ) as a final finish on walls, albeit painted? We've got quite high vaulted cielings and a concrete floor so our architect suggested this to be used in some areas to help improve the acoustics, as well as for the aesthetics of it. I quite like the look of it - and also the fact we will reduce some of our skimming costs. Has anyone here used this before in this way?

+1 for the galvafroid, use it on my land rover. Next best thing to hot-dipping

Just stumbled across my old thread and though I'd update with the solution, in case anyone needs it. So, our borehole water became contaminated with iron, manganese and sulphur dioxide. Local borehole firm quoted us many thousands for a holding tank, filter and additional pump to feed the supply. After some online research (and testing the sulphur levels with test strips) I just went for a single Fiolx-R filter unit with a Clack valve bought online and fitted myself - no need for storage tanks or additional pumps etc. Works perfectly - or at least our hair hasn't turned green - and should last years before changing the media for a hundred quid or so.?

Blimey Ian, just had a look at those, and at approx £10k it seems probably only you and George Soros could afford one! I was thinking more along the lines of a few of the Salda units, which at £1200 each makes it seem a bit more affordable...

Time to start worrying about the MVHR. The volume of our build looks like it's around the 1200m3 mark, so we need a unit capable of about 600m3/hr. This seems to be at the upper end of many of the larger models (the Vent-Axia kinetic high flow can manage 700m3/hr) which I guess has implications for noise and efficiency. Would two smaller units work better?I could have one unit serving the main living area which is approx 600m3 and a second serving the rest - but the two areas wouldn't be isolated from each other by a door. Would there be any issues with balancing the units do you think?

I had a very similar issue recently (speed to desktop fine, television very slow or non-existent) which was solved with some help on here when I switched our router from IPv6 to IPv4. See if you can do the same. I'm afraid I can't give any more details than that, I have no idea what either IPv6 or IPv4 are, and probably only a light grasp of what a router is - but it worked for us!

Well, it is the plant room...

Thanks, John. I guess the loops in the corridor and plant room can always be switched off though - better to have the option, no? Harder to add the pipes later when the screed is down!

Thanks all for your input. Attached are the revised plans from Wunda - I've kept the loop in the corridor as there is a chance if the bedrooms aren't occupied (when children fly the nest etc), there might not be much of a flow going through to those loops. Anywho, will go for the attached unless there is anything else we could change? Thanks all 05054 Tom PIPE LAYOUT - REV A - A1 .pdf

We've just built with Nudura XR35 blocks which are thicker than the standard, same width of concrete core. Probably fell in to the U-value trap when deciding on these over the standard block, but they were certainly very solid to build with and we didn't get any blow-outs.

Got a quote back to do the roof in SIPS (200mm deep): £72K + VAT ?

That's what's making me double check

That's what I'm looking at, but as seconds they don't come with all the certification. Exactly the same stuff though, just not certified.

Has anyone experienced any isses with using reused/reclaimed building materials eg PIR? I'm just thinking it won't come with certification for fire safety etc. Any problems with sign-off/buildings insurance etc?