ProDave

Yes. Just bear in mind, if you are wanting to position the sensor on the ceiling to line up with something else, that the cable entry into an Aico sensor is NOT in the middle, but close to the edge. So if exact position is important, the cable needs to come out of the ceiling about 5cm out from where the centre of the sensor will be.

I was working today on a new build that was having the "professionally" designed and installed heating system commissioned,so I took some time to have a look and talk to the guys. It was a Mitsubishi ASHP coupled to a "pre plumbed" Mitsubishi cylinder and controls. The nuggets of information I gleaned, in no particular order were: The tank was an unvented cylinder for hot water only. Heated to 45 degrees by the heat pump. Once every 3 weeks, on a day of the week of your choosing, it automatically uses the immersion heater to raise the tank to 60 degrees for an hour as an anti legionella measure. Because of the low grade heat input, they said it would require too large a heat input coil, so it used a plate heat exchanger to heat the tank. The UFH runs directly from the heat pump. No buffer tank. It either runs DHW or heating, never both together. When in heating mode, the heat pump runs at a low temperature which you can set. They say this obviates the need for UFH mainifolds with temperature control, instead you can use a dumb manifold (cheaper) and just dial up the flow temperature you want for the UFH in the heat pump controller. The outside unit ran very quietly, and I didn't see it icing up or needing to defrost, it was about 3 degrees today. I was particularly interested in the no buffer tank, and direct operation of the UFH with a dumb manifold. Certainly something to think about.

You can comfortably get two cables into an aico terminal box. If you are really tidy, and use 1mm (not 1.5) you can get 3 in if you want to make a spur.

Okay, I will ask a dumb question. What is the purpose of an overflow? I can only assume it's for if you put the plug in, tirn on the tap, then go away and forgert you have left the tap running. I don't think I can recall ever having a situation where the overflow overflowed. I could live without one.

Is that training for you or her? (I think we know the answer)

Why can't it go through the wall of the plant room, i.e at ground floor level? Why does it have to go up through the joists to exit at first floor level?

I hope that is wired as a 2 way switching system, otherwise you (or SWMBO) will get very annoyed at having to go upstairs to turn on the "downstairs master switch" As a point of principle I almost always wire the hall switch as 2 way switching upstairs and down as well as the landing light (how any times have you gone upstairs to bed and realised the hall light is still on)

I cold have done, if I had known of this requirement, I could have ran a stack up the gable end of the garage. But by the time I kenw about it, that was already concreted over as a parking space, so we will live with the stack through the roof now.

You can well argue that a garage is permanent. I argued I had no intention of removing the static caravan, but BC would not accept that, saying any future owner of the house may remove it and cap the drain leaving it with no vent.

I think your BBC link is wrong. It seems to take me to an advert for a bathroom suite.

Can you post the EXACT title or the article. Makes it easier to google

I agree with that. I wanted to avoid a vent through the roof. The end of my run is actually the static caravan which has a vented stack, so I argued that I only needed an AAV in the house. But BC would not accept that saying there must be at least one vent from the house. That house vent could be just a stack running up the outside of the house, but I think that would have looked awful, so I went for a vent through the roof.

But will a bin lorry go down a private road? They don't here. In such a situation, everyone wheels their bin to where the private road joins the public road and they get emptied from there, or not at all.

Yes. And he's still working out how to get down.

Sorted. Jewsons had some 12mm ply with a decent finish that felt really solid. It will end up being sanded and varnished. Still a work in progress.

I think you might regret having all the living space at the back with no direct sunlight. I would re arrange the ground floor to make the Bed 1 / Living room a front to back living space to get the sun from the front, and still open onto the garden. Granted only part will have the high vaulted ceiling. Put Bed 1 where you currently have the kitchen. Best of luck and hope the plan goes to plan.

I don't think anyone here has tried using an IDNO The best I can offer is get a ground works contractor to quote for all the trenching and laying ducts, and get SSE to quote just for the connection.

If they tied the ladder, and were hooked onto something with a fall arrest device it might not be SO bad

If the maintenance is down to the home owners, then surely you should have a say in the specification of the surface? Otherwise he can lay any rubbish surface on 1/2" of sand and you get the bill when it sinks. Tell him it must be able to take builders delivery lorries and concrete trucks.

The thing that always strikes me about these kind of "modern box" houses, is you would think nobody lived in them. There is never any "stuff" about the place. It's all crisp, clean and bare, like walking into a hotel room with no personal effects to be seen. I could not live that way, that is for sure.

If that really is for a septic tank, then I am surprised on a number of counts. Firstly it looks too densely built up for each property to have a septic tank and soakaway. Secondly it appears the soakaway is on Grosey's land. surely he would have known that when buying the plot. Thirdly, I can't see how building control allowed a new house so close to an existing leach field. Something does not adding up.

Ah, a picture of my role model. Trust me, I would not choose to spend that much on a bloody "computer" where they forgot to include the mouse and keyboard, but aparently my daughter will be "deprived" if she doesn't get one, and I would hate to be accused of child cruelty.

Well today's experience confirms BF is all a BIG CON We were looking for an ipad nini for a christmas present. Yesterday they were £239 on Tesco Direct. So we thought we would wait until BF for the "bargains" Get home from work, and there is an email telling me they are on sale for £189. Click through the lionk, and what do I find? They are on sale at £259 So, there might have been a FEW on sale at £189 which sold very quick, then the price went up to MORE than it was the day before the "sale" I wonder how many bought today thinking they had a bargain? All sharp and despicable practice imho. I did end up with one for £209 from Argos, about the only one who had not already sold out of the sale price items. [grumpy old git]Just serves yet again to remind me that having to work for a living is a pita. Work is increasingly getting in the way of life and I am increasingly resenting it [/grumpy old git]

Nobody has yet confirmed if this is foul water drainage or just next doors rainwater soakaway. This needs clarifying.

I too have been there, "digging out" the narrow bucket. It must be a feature if a narrow bucket, never happened with the 2ft bucket. I found I didn't use the narrow bucket often, a) because it was a pain to change over (no quick hitch in mine) and b) it tended to clog as you have found.