Selfbuildsarah

We have received a predicted energy assessment and a BREL compliance report today. Will I find the numbers I need in there to help size a heat pump? I can’t see anything re heat loss amongst the headings. We are meeting with an installer tomorrow. Over heating stuff is to follow.

Looks fabulous. Kitchen and doors look particularly fab! Well done to Mrs P on the doors 😊 Hope you absolutely love living there.

The ones illustrated at the beginning of this thread are the ones on our order.

As shown at the beginning of this thread in the line drawings. Outward opening patio & French doors.

Thanks for this. We have just ordered. We are hoping we’ve got everything right with the window sill choices. I will check using your advice! I just have an issue with not seeing the door sills. Norrsken seem thorough re end caps,widths etc for windows depending on finishes. We have render with some walls. Cladding on others. I feel comfortable with that. I just would love to see a photo of a slide under sill on a door. I think it may look ugly or flimsy 😏

That’s good of you Craig, thank you, but it’s just gone into the order pipeline. I thought I could relax but I’m still twittering about the sills.

I’m worried how they might look. I just want a photo of a door to put my mind at rest. I have trouble visualising from line drawings. I’ve found all the window stuff quite stressful. So worried that we might have made mistakes that can’t be corrected 😬 I must have been through the order schedule about 50 times!

I’ve been searching but no luck. Their website is crammed with information but it’s really hard to find stuff. I’ve wasted so much time on it.

Thanks Nick.

Patio and French doors.

Does anyone have Norrsken French doors or patio doors with a slide under sill? Would you be kind enough to post a photo please? Can’t find one anywhere. Thanks!

Having approached a local company a month ago re a heat pump installation and being happy that they asked all the right questions we sent our plans to them to quote. I phoned to chase them up as we still hadn’t heard anything. I received this reply by text “we have never done an air source heat pump in a new build with drawings like this. So it’s not something we can offer to quote on” 🤔

Thanks Nick, I will check that before I reply to Norrsken.

Morning all, having read a fair bit about taping windows for air tightness I am still not sure if there are circumstances where you wouldn’t use it. We are having Norrsken windows in our timber frame build but they don’t include it as standard. Everything I’ve read says don’t rely on just foam and silicone. I have to tell them yes or no today. It is a considerable amount of money to add to the build (I even thought I’d do it myself!) but we have 17 windows and 5 doors! 😅

Thank you Stratman!

What is the typical depth should we allow for render on our timber frame house please.We need to know for depth of window sills. Thanks

Do you mean they didn’t choose the insulation package or MBC failed to supply what was paid for? We have paid a lot for the upgrade to 400mm cellulose.

Can we opt for no loft hatch? Foolish? Building regs? MBC have advised against it in the fink trusses as loose cellulose is blown over the ceiling chord. Any advice welcome. Thanks

Hi all, may I have your experiences of between joists ufh such as NuHeat’s Clippa plate etc please? We are having an insulated foundation with MBC timber frame for our build next year but want to have the option of heating upstairs. People say we won’t need it but I am always cold and don’t want to risk it. Our flooring will be a combination of LVT on the largest open area that is the landing/reading room, porcelain tiles in bathrooms and low tog carpet in the bedrooms. What can we expect? Should we zone? Not sure what to do about the bathrooms. I hate cold floors even in the summer. Should we have electric ufh in the bathrooms instead? Any advice, regrets, experiences appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks Nick. You have both reassured (MBC) and alarmed me! (Norrsken) Have PM’d you

I will go back to the door supplier and hope they can do that. Yes, insulated slab. Thanks for your reassuring comment re MBC! It all feels a bit of a muddle at the moment because we haven’t followed the usual route starting with an architect.

MBC have asked us where we want waste pipe runs etc and MVHR ducts (we have someone lined up to do this but of course he needs plans too!) As you said, if they can come up with a basic drawing to get started with the architect we can move things forward. To add another complication we have a balcony to consider!

Thank you. We have found one to do our building control once we have plans. We don’t have any detailed drawings from Potton (that was our next move before we found out that they were pulling out). MBC are currently converting our original Potton design drawing. Trouble is, it’s all a bit chicken and egg. MBC are asking for threshold details. Architect wants plans from MBC.

Our door and timber frame companies are now asking for details on thresholds for our build. We are struggling with this as we have no build knowledge. Using this forum and AI hasn’t clarified things. Would appreciate some guidance please. Information needed from the door company: Finished Floor Level: for each opening that extends down to floor level, a dimension or datum indicating the top of the final floor covering is required. External wall finish: details required includes dimensions of any additional build-up such as cladding, render, insulation, etc. External reveal depth: including the external wall finish. This is needed to calculate your sill depth If you are planning to build upstands, screed or carry out other similar works, please take into consideration the height of your door thresholds and/or sill with your required threshold finish. N.B. In addition to the threshold, doors can have a 25mm high box section sill that also needs to be installed below Finished Floor Level. Carrying out works without calculating any requirements to bury door thresholds and/or sills may prevent the opportunity of achieving a flush threshold, and further building work may be required.” Our timber frame company (MBC) want to know what recesses we need in the foundation They are working on construction drawings at the moment. (Insulated slab with ufh) Is there a sensible, logical thought process for all this? Do we really need to be thinking about what floor coverings we are having at this stage when we haven’t even got construction drawings? One of our problems is we haven’t had an architect on board. We had a Potton design and we’re ready to proceed just as they withdrew from the market. Apologies for long post!

I got the impression it was part of the Norrsken installation. Have I got that wrong. I liked the look of Compraband. Was there a reason to avoid?