Jenki

Mine too.. I've commissioned mine and I'm not registered via a scheme. I've sent the paperwork to Building control for my completion certificate this week. They didn't seem to have an issue when they came to inspect so we will see. (Scotland)

Yes you can go simple, but more information is needed as 15 loops just for ground floor sounds like a massive house. My 89sqM has 4 off 90M loops at 150 centres, I didn't have the guts to go to 200or even 300mm centres. NB my UFH is in 120mm concrete slab

Brown, black, grey for me is Live, Neutral, Switch live for say Smoke alarms or Live, Live, strapper for 2 and x way switches. My brain sees black and still thinks Neutral/live, so for SWA the same applies. Brown = Live, Black=Neutral, Grey=CPC all sleeved accordingly..I'm not changing 😄

You have to look at all systems at the same time. Where will your air tightness layer be? You say bungalow, so assume single level no attic rooms? In my build, a true bungalow with cold roof, I ran conduit in the floor insulation for all services required, shower, bath, basin, WC, kitchen sink, WC, basin, utility room etc. then all pipes go under the floor from a manifold in the plant room. This allows for less penetrations into the airtightness layer. All my cables run in a service void at ceiling level and the only penetrations into the ceiling are 7 MVHR vents, plus 4 to connect to the MVHR unit. And 4 cables for solar, loft light, and a socket.

You can get Space saving trap so the trap can be moved to the back of the unit saving loads of space. A kitchen fitter should at least fit a false back to hide the pipes. You don't always get chance to move the pipes but if you care you can make them neater or disappear. I would definitely get them back.

Moving into our new build ( ICF with kilometers of rebar) we have had really poor signal. We were with Smarty who piggyback EE. WiFi calling helped until 4G data issues. Just switched to O2, and have great signal inside and out. Plus good data. So although you have two different providers a switch may help?. Getting FTTP on Friday so all data and communication woes should be banished for good.

hi @Dunc. I'm at the end of our build process and this was a green field with no services around 20months ago. I started the Warrant application, but this was held up with getting the certificate of design finalised. I did get the electricity and water connections made prior to warrant, and Installed the Treatment plan, After approval from SEPA, and Static sited, but you need the Drainage field / soakaway / rubble drain signed off as part of the warrant. I was in contact with the BC, (highlands) and he was happy with the process. lots of photos etc. and the timings helped that by the time the warrant was issued I was ready for the inspection to connect up the treatment plant.

~I'm just finalising some paperwork for my completion certificate, so the reclaim will be my next job. good to hear some positive news👍

I used a lot of sad emojis on your photo's due to the lack of a suitable fe**king mad as f*ck emoji . With self build you have to see the positives in all situations or you will want to jump off something high all too often. The positives are you've seen it, and thus can fix it. 👍 and hopefully prevent more happening... In my opinion, your not fixing this with grommets unless you pull the cables. As @Iceverge points out sealant will be the best way forward. Deep breaths, re group, crack on...

The general belief to most build hubbers is that with an unvented (sealed system) the chances of getting Legionnaires? is slim to f*ck all. I think most people on here with ASHP and UVC heat to low 40's me included. the last case in the UK was circa 2000's and IIRC from an air conditioning unit. so on my Samsung I've not connected the immersion to the control so no cycle. I assume this is the same for the cheap EV rates ?

Good idea, core a 40mm hole in the wall, dig outside adjacent to hole and stick in a submersible. Pick the lowest spot on the slab edge😁

Possibly leave it? No roof then it's just going to keep coming back, let it fill up and use a submersible as and when (just looking at it from an alternative angle)

The price is fixed until April 25, I've opted for the 500as they offered a £90 gift towards the bill on month 3, so it works out at £28/ month. After 2 years I'll shop around as they say this tariff is discounted by £30/m😲

There's not a lot of difference in all honesty but an adaptable box will have a metal lid and is a bit sturdier, all you can fit to that is a blanking plate. With a metal consumer unit I'm not sure why you wouldn't go direct.

Nearly.... That's a back box and not classed as acceptable 😔.

Holesaw the correct size for the gland straight into the consumer unit.

Had anybody had a steel building in my case 47 ft x 30 ft x 14 ft built and have the erection costs to hand? It will be 4 portal frames, timber perlins and metal clad. I've got package costs and kit costs and it seems like most things the sum of the parts have a big profit margin attached. So I'm looking to guage just erection costs if anyone has some?

I used Polysteel, and although I didn't have a blow out, I did have one corner move a little which was rescued with big ratchet straps and more sheeting. If I ever did another I would over brace the corners and lintels

What system of ICF? Deep breaths re-group and go again with the new hard earned knowledge.

89sqm. it will be less than that when we get the VAT return

Dragging up an old post.. So after a battle, I've finally managed to convince Open reach, and thus all the available FTTP providers, that I'm here, and that they do actually have a duct to my house. What service should I sign up for? 20Mb via 4G was fantastic but not any more see backstory below if you want 🤣 £29 / m for 100MB FTTP via Vodafone or £33 /m for 500mb both on 24M contracts what would you go for? **Backstory - to while away 10 minutes on a Sunday, all the Ducting on the road was installed before we started to build 2yrs ago , and when we moved up into the caravan 18months ago the cable and infrastructure was installed so I ordered Broadband, only to find out that they were connecting me to the copper network FTTC, this was 2 miles from the cabinet and the internet was less than 1MB so cancelled and used 4G, when we moved into the house I put two 4G aerials on the gable and the 4G speeds jumps to 20MB downloads, on a Smarty £20 monthly contract. about 2 weeks later 23rd Dec, the internet dropped and ever since the signal has been poor 4MB at best, worst at peak times, they know they have a problem but are not fixing it, or throttling the service and don't care. I looked back to getting broadband and finally my postcode was allowing for 40MB connections - so I assumed this would be FTTP, as BT's FTTC was only offering 3Mb. I ordered a 36MB service, only to find that when the guys came to install it was going to be FTTC service. FFS. after a bit of research it seemed that my house missed the check box, and the vacant / derelict croft next door could get 1000Mb but not me. Phoning / chatting / messaging BT was useless, every response was computer says no, were not installing FTTP in your area blah blah blah. I had the CBT reference for the duct box, so eventually found an open reach contact that investigated and finally after about 5 days agreed and checked the box... Now all FTTP providers are happy to supply..

that's on my snag list ..... But never noticed the descriptions, need my readers on to actually see the letters 🤣.....

@Tony t If you've looked at the manuals there are many options. And I am far from an expert. Mine is working and I'm scared to touch it again, but need to work on DHW at some point. I have a separate controller to time my heating, and thus it uses the temperature of this unit. The controller has no effect on it. How is yours controlled?

In Scotland my BCO was not having the two mix, although topography and make up of the land will see the two mix fairly quickly as they both run to an old field rubble drain and off to the coast 500m away.

Unfortunately giving a lot if it away at the moment, as I've not got a solar divertor in place yet. (its on the long snagging / TODO list...)