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  1. ProDave
    2 sheets of 18mm OSB glued and screwed together?
  2. ProDave
    Can't you just complain to Scottish Water?
  3. ProDave
    I would echo that. I did the "large" pipes in my system using some insulated semi flexible aluminium duct that my plumber friend had left over from his job.It turned out to be a pig of a job as I soon found what I thought was a solid aluminium duct was in fact a spiral wrap of a thin strip of duct, and unless you were very careful it started unwrapping the spiral. I would not use that by choice.
  4. ProDave
    You two need to get a room. Ah yes, you are building it.......
  5. ProDave
    I would suggest something like this http://cpc.farnell.com/sip/01700/bench-pillar-drill-50mm-350w/dp/TL19178 It's what I call the "generic bench top pillar drill" sold under any number of different names from loads of suppliers, even been in Lidl before now. I have been using one for over 20 years, bought originally for about £50. 5 speeds via belt change. I'll bet you find one a lot cheaper than that on ebay.
  6. ProDave
    That shows the difference in location, and knowing how to be responsible. It's rare for it to be dead still here for any length of time, and the population density is so low with so few houses around that having a bonfire need not be anti social.
  7. ProDave
    I am just please that I am still managing to progress our build, albeit very slowly, without selling the old one and without borrowing money. I never expected to get this far before the pot ran completely dry, and I even have a plan B to release some assets next March to get even further.
  8. ProDave
    It sounds to me like a perfectly square frame has been laid on a sloping slab. Of course the frame will be square, BUT is it upright, or all leaning over a few degrees because of the sloping slab? If it's leaning over then the window openings will appear "out of square" but again could be perfectly "square" but rotated a couple of degrees? Leveling the sloping slab sounds fine, but I would want to be sure the frame really is upright.
  9. ProDave
    Am I the only one reading this and thinking bonfire? That's what happens to our hedge trimmings.
  10. ProDave
    I too wonder just how you could get an ASHP up to £10K in price, I can only wonder that it must be on an RHI scheme and that includes the "MCS premium" I have long since realised that the only ones to benefit from the RHI scheme are the installers that can get away with charging a higher price, which a lot of customers accept because they will get it back in RHI payments. As already mentioned, a simple DIY install will cost a lot less. You can get 7KW ASHP's new on ebay under £1000, probably Chinese made so I am not saying they will be good (but they might be)
  11. ProDave
    6-12KW should be plenty. I am in no hurry. I won't be installing it for some time and cashflow is tight at the moment, so I would have bought this one at the right price, but if I have to pay anything approaching normal retail price, then it will have to wait.
  12. ProDave
    Well I didn't win this one. It went higher than I was prepared to pay for a unit with no guarantee and dubious past. Anyone here win it?
  13. ProDave
    I have always assumed B if there is no conventional ceiling.
  14. ProDave
    Another one agreeing this is their problem. They have not supplied what you ordered. I think I am one of many on here that had no problems with Rationel (other than one window cill that got damaged in transit and they replaced promptly) so am happy to recommend them.
  15. ProDave
    Are they 240V or 208V (208 is Japan I believe) 60Hz will not be a problem for the heating element, but if it uses the mains frequency as a reference for the clock, then that will run 20% too slow making it useless. If it's 208V that won't work off 240V. I had a water pump with a 208V motor. I managed to rig up an autotransformer to run it okay, but trying it on 240V direct it got very hot and bothered very quickly.
  16. ProDave
    Someone interviewed on the news said "too little too late" FFS what did they expect the council to do? anticipate the fire and have a stock of replacement flats ready sitting empty? It was just lucky these are available now to re house some of those affected.
  17. ProDave
    A very big autotransformer, and a load of USA Sockets. If you want it to be authentic, some blank & white cored cable. This is how USAF houses used to be wired in the UK (probably still are)
  18. ProDave
    ^^ Rationel supply their doors with a packer under them, which you have to remove if you want it to be Part M (or Scottish equivalent) compliant.
  19. ProDave
    No it's consuming exactly what it should, 2KWh per day, see the above test with nothing else on. the measured current is greater than expected but it must be running at a lousy power factor, and the meter does a good job of measuring KWh not KVA/h I anticipate later on halving that by putting the blower on a timer, but no time for little projects like that just now. I can report the discharge from the plant now it's been in proper use for a few months is an odourless colourless liquid.
  20. ProDave
    Don't forget to allow for finished floor level if final floor has not yet been laid.
  21. ProDave
    Make sure they know the building regs min and max heights.
  22. ProDave
    If you have a high water table you definitely want to concrete all or part as the manufacurer recommends. Otherwise you risk it floating out of the ground when you empty it.
  23. ProDave
    Cashflow only becomes an issue for me if a job takes a long time, and I have to settle the bill for materials before I have been paid for the job, and that means usually by the end of the month following the one I bought the materials in.
  24. ProDave
    My concern is a 70cm wide shower is tiny. If you re going to keep it that side, swap the shower and loo over, so the loo is in the narrow bit by the window, and the shower can be where the loo is shown, with the room from door stepped outwards. We had the same in the last house and that "limited" us to a 1200mm shower. Agree loo in main bathroom adjoining the bedroom will be an annoyance.
  25. ProDave
    That en-suite is too squashed. Could it go the other side of the room. where you have "storage" taking in also the cupboard off the landing (which is where I would put the shower. Then the WC can go towards the left with the room stepping in if necessary or not going all the way to the windows so avoiding that constraint. Have your "storage" instead where the en-suite is presently shown.
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