ProDave

And try telling some couriers that the Black Isle is NOT an island. (I don't live on the Black Isle, bur some couriers think I do)

I am another timber frame fan. Our last house and the present one under build are both timber frame. I think it is far easier to achieve good insulation and air tightness with timber frame, it can be done with masonry but you are into a wide cavity to get enough insulation in, and good attention to detail to get decent air tightness. The present build does not even have the usual vlockwork outer skin. Instead it has external wall insulation and render to improve things further.

Watch out if Windows and doors are included they are half decent. I have seem some really basic soft wood windows supplied as standard. If it matters to you, talk to them about upgrading to a decent quality well known make.

I am a fan of Scolmore Click Mode. The ones I use are the simple white ones, which are cheap and not bad looking, and seem reliable and easy to terminate with no issues. I latched onto these some time ago when I found the switch modules are interchangable, so you can have say a 2G light switch with one of the switches being an intermediate switch. This is the only make I know that allows that other than grid switches. Click also do fancy ones. In my daughters bedroom we have BG polished chrome screwless at her choice (and ridiculous expense) that seem okay. The ones I would avoid as often giving trouble to get a decent termination are some of the LAP ones.

Watch that overhead power line with the digger and tipping trucks.

So @Onoff has been on a bender today then?

^^^ Exactly Unless you are VERY lucky you will always have some tiles left over. On the floor, under the kitchen units behind the kick board is a very good place to store all the spare tiles so they are safe, and you know where they are if you ever need them.

We have hot water. Only heated by the immersion heater just now, the heat pump plumbing will be later. And I have just had a shower in the new bathroom, I said I would get there before @Onoff Pictures to follow, no not of me showering but the tank plumbing.

Telford Technical said it does not matter, it' a symetrical coil that goes up and down the tank twice.

That's what I did. Means you can leave choosing and paying for the tiles until nearer completion.

The drain you lay underground is exactly the same. There is no such thing as a "non foul drain"

CPC is a well known component shop, part of the Farnell group. Most us us just use them mail order http://cpc.farnell.com/

It arrived today. A day early in fact, I had been told to expect it on Friday, so I had gone out to do a job. I just got back late afternoon and there was the truck pulling up at the house. One question. The two input coil ports are side by side. The diagram in the instructions says "heat pump flow and return" But WHICH is flow, the left one or the right one?

Makes me feel smug. Even stripping all the top soil down to sub soil, and then digging the foundations, muck away =0. The advantage of a sloping site and using all the excavated soil to build it up and make it less of a slope.

I'm confused, You knew about the lines, you knew about the invalid wayleave, but carried on and built close to them (no doubt with a lot of difficulty) but only now you are finished are you actually asking for them to be moved?

Here in the UK we have to do a garage ceiling with 2 layers of the pink 15mm thick plasterboard with staggered joints to achieve the fire rating. Ceiling up first, then you can fill between the joists with insulation, then your floor. What's wrong with P5 chipboard flooring? OSB does not give a particularly smooth finish.

And even when I cut and pasted to the address bar it went to a blank page. I have removed the link as it is proving contentious, and I will edit it out of the quotes as well.

I read that as ANY solid material, which could be tarmac, concrete, paving bricks etc I would avoid resin bound gravel, awful stuff imho.

Hi and welcome. I am not sure how helpful this forum will be as we are mostly in the UK and familliar with UK building regs. But it's nice to see your project and perhaps there is someone here familiar with French building regs.

No, surely the guy on the right is the electrician. He's probably on a charge.

Hi and welcome to the forum. There are several on here building on split garden plots so you will get plenty of help in due course. Can you post a plan of what you are doing?

You can now also play "what if" and see the effect of better U values for windows, doors, walls floor, roof etc and see where it might pay to make improvements.

Got it. Old joke.

I think we all need to go and read "Eats shoots and leaves"

I like 15 and 16