Post and beam

No credit due to me. Frame is from Potton Homes and liquid screed from 'flow2go' i think. After all my frustrations with some of the stunts Potton pulled its nice, #1 to be able to say something positive about them and #2 for the choices to bear fruit.

I had the kitchen company do their final measure prior to manufacture today. The guy remarked that co incidentally 2 measurements from freshly screeded floor to ceiling were millimetre exact at 2366. ' i'll never get that again' says he. So he did another one from a remote point from the first two. 2366mm ! He then said that every wall corner to corner dimension and corner angle was bang on. Sometimes things do go right.

Soil samples were taken prior to groundworks from 3 sites on the plot. Based on whatever was discovered a percolation test was not required.

I get it, i just dont understand the logic. Becuase its a very expensive thing. As regards attenuating against a large sink hole. The water from a soakaway will leach away at some rate. The same volume of water from 4 x gutter pipes laid underground and sloping away would leach away at the same rate over a large area. But crucially be easier(cheaper) for me to install.

The plot is 3/4 acre and sloping away from the house. Which is why i question the need for any soakaway. I cant see why i cant just run perforated pipes down the slopes.

JohnMo: No not sure, i trusted what i was told by BC & others. Its worth learning how to use a digger i think.

4 metres by 3.5 metres at > 1.5 metres deep plus a silt trap. Will do. Thanks. In excess of £8k You cannot do that anymore. I have a huge pile of rubble that would do the trick but it has to be crates

From my house the land slopes away to the east about 15- 20 feet downwards over about 50 metres towards farmland. We have a 3/4 acre plot. The rain water that used to fall where the house now sits never caused any issues with flooding to anyone. So my question: is it possible to just run some drain pipes from my gutters say half way down the slope and let the rainwater soak away naturally. I am trying to avoid an expensive and large soakaway if i can.

On that.....'next problem' plasterboarders. Thanks for the advice and re assurance.

Screed laid this morning, all good, no leaks no issues, no pressure increase. Remarkably smooth & uneventful. Big sigh of relief.

Thanks dude, i had an idea but abstained from suggesting it.

I dont actually know what to 'open' to release pressure. Apologies for my ignorance

Hi Nick, its there, i took it off to see what was inside and photographed it before i put it back on. 2 bar is good to screed over isn't it.

This is the pressure today, very slightly up on the worrying lower figure yesterday. I dont think i have an issue do i?

Not got this far yet. Only have the manifold and pipework. I am concerned that if the pressure falls further, or is considered too low now for whatever reason then can i still get the screed pour tomorrow. If not i need to call them off this morning.

I was going with stupidity to be honest

Or tomorrow even

I will check when i am on site tomorroe and take a picture. assuming i may not be able to get the installers back to site before the screeders arrive and also that there is in fact a problem. Can i resolve this myself ?

Nick i haven't touched anything

I had the UFH pipes laid today, screed on thursday. So i thought i would do the sensible thing and take a picture of the pressure reading as soon as it was signed off. I had occassion to check it again 6 hours later and was very suprised and more than a little concerned to see the difference. And yet there is zero sign of a leak anywhere of course, everything is fine. I had imagined that ' make sure it maintains pressure' meant the same pressure. Yes , i know that temperature can make a difference and atmospherics but thats quite a percentage change in a few hours.

75mm wet cement screed in our case.

Provided by Potton with the kit frame in great quantity. Since found it online and yes it seems to be widely available. I have it in 200mm, 150mm 100mm and cavity Bats dependant on the location it is needed.

No, had not heard of this before, the timber look ones are nice. I have just had Hardie plank installed.

The fully 'gone off' time is quite a long time due to it being greater than 40mm. So i suppose my question really is, can it be tiled before this?

Cement i believe, apologies