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While it’s true that that the pipes are likely safe it’s irrelevant as far as the op is concerned. Scottish Water have agreed to replace it and have delivered a terrible service is doing it. Write to their CEO, Alex Plant. https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/executive-leadership-team# Use their own words in your correspondence https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/About-Us/What-We-Do/Water-Sector-Vision

I got a quote of £66/m2 for materials only 2 years ago. Catnic will provide a quote from their website.

We don’t have any heating upstairs for the two rooms. We wired for fitting panel heaters in case we ever needed to actively heat the rooms. The upstairs bathroom is heated by an electric towel radiator. The house isn’t finished yet so it’s hard to say how it will work but it seems to be working ok so far.

Are we they not removable?

Thanks for this. Very helpful. Like you I don’t want to vent through the house roof hence why the garage roof was a good compromise. The BCO has already approved this with an AAV in the house. But I wondered yesterday if I could vent near the treatment plant or if the blower itself would allow venting. Mine is a Graf One2Clean. ETA Just read the installation manual and unlike the Vortex system it doesn’t specifically say you can spur off inlet or outlet and the install diagram shows a more traditional layout venting out of an SVP in the building. Shall contact Graf and ask them if it can be installed similarly to the Vortex.

We have a treatment plant. Everything I’ve read states you can’t install air admittance valves instead of an SVP.

Don’t I still need an SVP somewhere in the plumbing?

I need to get my SVP up through my garage metal roof so have been looking at suitable weatherproof flashings. Something like this. Any other suggestions. My intention is to bring it up through the flat bit of the roof rather than the seam bit. Flagged @saveasteading https://www.drainagesuperstore.co.uk/product/dektite-premium-grey-epdm-100mm-to-200mm-external-pipe-dimensions.html?srsltid=AfmBOopCaz9ldi74y3SGI8z--US8RsMOhq3Md1p-hashII9ajMp5VtYtULA

Ours are 3G advertised with rain noise reduction. You can still hear the rain quite clearly. I’ve no idea how much quieter it would be if it was a 2G window. They are very good at keeping other sounds out however. With the vent open I can hear the babbling burn at the bottom of the garden. Close the vent and it’s silent.

You need the arbor which the one from Amazon includes. You need to buy it separately for the one from Screwfix. Don’t be tempted to cut quickly, go nice and steady.

I assume you’ve seen the compatible flush plates on the Victorian Plumbing website?

This is the only sound we hear when it rains too and just on one cill which is the downstairs bathroom. I suspect with the doors on a shut we’ll probably not hear it. I do aim to fix it though by adding a drip to the window head somehow.

That’s 2017 prices.

Old thread resurrection. @Pocster what did you fit in the end? I got a reasonable deal on two Aqualisa Optic Q showers. Just arrived.

New plaster over plasterboard. I scored the crack, smoothed filler over it filling it in, then paper tape then another coat then sanded back. That crack came back albeit it’s barely visible. The other one I used a caulk type joint filler then finishing filler and sanded back. It’s been fine for a month or so. I have a long straight hairline crack in the ceiling that I think is because the plasterboard trapped something underneath it so it’s not flat. The paint stuff you posted might do a good job fixing that.

Good timing. I have the same problem. I’ve tried the paper tape and redo and it cracked again. I’ve also tried caulk and it fixed one of them.

Great outcome. Well done.

You need to assume at least one of the deliveries will damage something and plan for the outcome. Our access wasn’t too bad and we still had our wall driven into and the culvert collapsed. The best thing I did was install an LTE based camera at my entrance as I have video evidence of everyone that comes and goes.

The fact they’ve come back out is a positive sign. You just need to persevere. So far I’ve had almost £10,000 written off/discounted for shoddy work on my build.

Sure but then there’s the reality of getting it done. Look at the difficulty in England to get planning permission for wind turbines or the transmission problems the National Grid has largely caused by delays in decision making at Ofgem etc etc. There are lots of things we could do but it needs political will and collaboration to achieve it. I know Roger doesn’t want to talk politics but unfortunately the two things are deeply connected. If Trump wins the presidency in November, and there’s every chance he might, what then for climate policy in the US for example.

There’s plenty of doubt we can. Last year the IPCC issued a report saying we are at last chance saloon to address it.

I’ve never had a bathroom vanity unit or cabinet fail like that. The only kitchen unit I’ve had fail was a particularly cheap one in my first flat. I have sealed any cuts we’ve made to the island cabinets. Our bathroom furniture is from the Roca Ona range. It seems solid and well enough made. To some extent you do get what you pay for. Our utility room is from DiY kitchens online and while it’s good, especially given the price, it’s nowhere near as good as the main kitchen.

One of the first things I did after making our offer was carry out a land survey which included a percolation test and soil analysis in the rough area the house was likely to go. The farmer provided the tractor and an IBC. You can do the percolation test yourself but I lived in England at the time so was easier to get a proper survey. Part of the survey report included an outline design and location for the soakaway that took all the bylaws into account that you list above.

Exactly. The field that adjoins our land has livestock rotated through it. Cows with calves a few months ago and now sheep. This keeps the grass down and the weeds in control while not damaging the ground. The livestock here is sent to a local abattoir and ends up at the local butcher. Same with the fruit as we buy that direct from the farmer. Where we used to live our paddock backed onto a farm that provided eggs for The Happy Egg company. The chickens had free range of 15 acres of land and while there were thousands of chickens in the field you’d never really guess that just by looking as they were so spread out. Sadly I’m not entirely convinced we can fix the problems we’ve created. We can mitigate some of the effects of the changing climate. However this argument that the UK is so small that anything we do is negligible compared to the much larger polluters is specious. It’s about intent and everyone doing something to reduce their footprint both at a macro scale and a micro scale. An example of this is the rainwater attenuation we put in. We didn’t strictly have to but we did anyway because the town below us is prone to flooding and we didn’t want to add to the problem.

No. The design of both types of soakaways is different. Certainly mine are. Graf have some information on their website. https://www.graf.info/en-gb/knowledge-hub/blog/does-a-sewage-treatment-plant-need-a-soakaway.html#:~:text=Even though they can be,would have a larger surface