Kelvin

Yes it seems like interstitial condensation because it wasn’t done very well allowing the warm moist air to permeate the insulation and hit the cold surface of the cladding. We are a few months away from hooking up the MVHR unit. It happened very quickly though as they only applied the foam this morning.

Ok so if it isn’t leaking (as far as I can see) and it’s not coming from the foam itself then it must be condensation which seems rather odd in itself. The house is very warm and it felt quite humid today. I might strip the foam from one of the other windows and see if it’s the same.

It’s as a consequence of a Heb Homes balls up that didn’t leave enough space to get rigid insulation in.

The builder was back today final sealing the Velux windows. I noticed he’d done a poor job of one of them so I removed the foam and noticed it was wet behind it up against the external flashing. I figured he’d sprayed water to help it cure however I didn’t recall him having anything with him to do that. Just called him and he said he didn’t so where has the water come from? It’s been hammering down all day today and been very wet on and off for weeks. If water was leaking in there would be evidence of it somewhere as eventually it would drip in somewhere. I can’t see any obvious water marks and I can’t see anywhere that it might be running inside the building. I’ve gone around the area with the moisture meter and no indication that anything behind the structure is wet. Does expanding foam produce moisture as it cures? I’ve not seen any evidence of that when I’ve used it but then I always spray some water. Could it be condensation forming on the back of the flashing after the expanding foam was injected to fill the gap?

It’s what I did using a similar type of coupler. I’ve not taped it up yet though. Job for tomorrow.

Most decent joiners will be able to stick build. It just means the timber frame is built on-site rather than built as panels in a factory then brought to site. Stick built will likely be cheaper to build and it’s safer for you financially. A lot of joiners can also do contract builds by bringing in trades to do the bits they don’t do. The joiner I’m using does this for example although I have actually done all of that in my case.

The rising energy costs have made people more aware of their energy usage so they might well start to look at the EPC rating of houses as key metric in their buying decisions. The market itself might therefore determine the value of the property based on the EPC rating. The days of cheap energy are likely behind us.

Completely agree. In our previous house the DHW tank, diverter valves, and main circulation pump were all in a big cupboard outside our bedroom door. Not specifically noisy but everything is noisy in the dead of night. This time everything is in a plant room in a separate part of the house. It does back onto the study which might eventually become a bedroom which isn’t ideal but it will only have occasional use. We have no pipework routed within our bedroom other than the MVHR ducting to the living room but that is under the floor of the coom wall that runs through the bedroom.

And there are ARB registered architect firms that can’t send you a single document that doesn’t have an error in it, well other than the contract and the invoices.

When you climb up something to look at the view you don’t just look at the one spot you take in the whole vista by changing your perspective. We are 260m or so above sea level with the valley stretching out below us to the hills in the distance. The view is completely uninterrupted. We can see each end of the hill range which is some 13km end to end. The weather rolls up the valley before hitting the town and turning towards us. We can see it coming for some 30 minutes. It’s mesmerising watching it. Very often there’s a mist that hangs low over the valley and we are looking down on top of it. It’s beautiful. While we can’t quite see the sun rise we do see it from very early and watch it traverse the sky before setting right in the middle of our large picture window behind some trees. We could have put a sliding door and removed the other three large windows but we would lose that whole view so consequently the whole wall is pretty much glass. Arguably we could just stand outside I guess. The big full height windows also let in a lot more light.

I’m sure it doesn’t help. However if you have a nice view you might as well take advantage of it. The alternative is project the live view onto the wall and just have a hidden door. Get the same view with none of the compromise of a window.

11.5 man days to fit windows and carry out some snagging? How many windows?

We are doing Scottish Larch board on board cladding and thermopine decking. We’ve had the same debate about which way to run the decking. Haven’t decided yet.

First thing I checked after reading about it on here

I want it replaced. Given all the shit I have had to sort out because of their incompetence I’m not accepting something that could be fixed.

Having looking into this more the 1 Home bridge only integrates to assistants like Alexa rather integrating one HA system with another so doubt it fixes the problem. I have bought a second hand Mobotix T25 video doorbell which you can connect to Loxone.

If the Reolink doorbell supports RTSP this might solve the problem of integrating it with Loxone as well as other cameras. https://www.1home.io/integrations/loxone-amazon-alexa-monocle-rtsp-rtp-ip-cameras/

I live on a farm that has a large well workshop I’m allowed to use. It’s like stepping back 50 years.

There’s been a few folk visit today. Two spotted it without me saying anything and the other two spotted it after I told there was an issue with a window see if you can find it. I have the incorrect 2G unit here and we stood it up against the wall and it’s the same blue tint as the others. It came from the main Nordan window supplier that supplies the factory.

Sharpening my chains is one of my favourite chores. 😂

Pretty much my approach with every problem 😂

Internally it’s fine. Every time we drive up the road to the house. The way the light hits these windows highlights the tint and therefore the difference. It’s less noticeable because there’s a tree in the field that partially obscures the view.

No not paid for it. Everyone I’ve asked can spot it with the naked eye. We’ve had to compromise on so many things that can’t be fixed that when it comes to something that can be I don’t think we should. Having slept on it I’ve decided I want it replaced.

They say the glass specification is the same. But yes there could be a difference.

We have one person that can’t see it and another saying it looks terrible. It looks terrible to me too. These are Low E 3G units. The one on the far right has a greenish tint and the rest have a blueish tint. It’s pretty obvious to my eyes and much more obvious to the naked eye. You can only really see the difference when you look at it straight on and from a distance. Close up it looks more or less the same. Due to where it is on this elevation you can’t really see it from the 3/4 view looking from the East which is how we’d generally view it. To the west is the neighbour’s garden. Ironically when we drove up to the plot the other night we commented on how much we liked that blueish tint on the windows