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Rawingtons from gloucestershire way We saw these guys at the NEC last weekend and quite liked the look of their offerings. Dont know anything about them, never heard of them before. Regards keith

Thanks dude, very comprehensive

Thank JohnMo, having read so much on here i thought i was on the right track. With regard to the quote selection above. I asked about high resolution thermostats for my current house when we had a new boiler fitter 2 years ago. I hate the amount of slop, or dead zone, associated with the 1 degree standard ones. I was told such a thing does not exist.

Yes i get that. I only want two zones total and am being advised that i need a zone for every downstairs room.

I had a chat with a prospective builder today and discussed MVHR, UFH and the desirablitity or otherwise of multiple zones for the UFH. Having read lots of threads on here about not needing zones and the fact that MVHR distributes the air anyway, i had pretty much decided that i wanted a zone for the living room and one for the rest of the ground floor. 2 total. Builder is telling me that you need zones so that the smaller rooms are not overheated by the dominating effect of the large living rooms heat needs.( 6m x 6m) Does not sound correct to me. Help please wise ones. Regards keith

My TF supplier, Potton Homes, put the roof on before the windows go in for just this reason. So they believe it to be the case. I dont know how long between the two operations though. I will find out later this year when they built it i guess.

TG 16 windows and 3 external doors. Front, utility and french doors to rear. Typical text in the schedule is like this Configuration: DLS/DKR 1230 1/2 1/2 Uw,N: 0.95 W/(m²K) n. EN ISO 10077-1 width: 1230 mm, height: 1050 mm width partition: 1, measurements: 1/2:1/2 i307028 Thermal insulation/Security glazing KlimaTherm 0.7 Secur-ai VSG (33.1) g-Value acc. to DIN EN 410 in percent: 49, Ug-value: 0.7 W/(m²K) Sound insulation value (glass): 36 dB Aluminium spacer type: vertical -/horizontal Bar 3 (24mm) colour of bars: outside M4 quartz grey wood structure / inside white number of horizontal bars: 1

Well spotted. They do make a big point of saying their windows are installed by their own employees and not contractors, so deffo a one stop shop. Actually this is an attractive feature of the company. Expensive on first round of haggle though.

I have a quote for their Afino Tec windows at £44500 + VAT, fitted. Sounds like a lot to me, do the window companies still play the silly games they always used to?

So cladding the outside is non structural. I suppose not if its not holding anything else up. The source for these bricks appear to be very consientious and grade out the bricks that aren't up to standard. I have heard all the stories about the really bad bricks being hidden in the pallet.

I believe i have read somewhere on here that getting a warranty on a new build might be problematic if we used reclaimed bricks to clad our Sips house. Is this correct or nonsense, did i understand it correctly? Regards keith

This is more of a question of ' what happens if....' In a very airtight house under conditions where a fire starts. If your MVHR unit has a shut down/seals off air supply does the fire extinguish before any real damage is done? The level of oxygen that will put a fire out is not that low and will certainly still support life. No i dont intend to put it to the test

What changed? You put filters in it What changed ? It stopped working Take the filters out completely and see if it spins up. Come back when you have done this test

So glad you said 'boats'. and not that other word. You'll know why

He will never be in a position where anyone will care what he says. or whoever replaces him. Oh bugger i always stay quiet on political points.... Until now aparently.

It is if the person making the statement considers it to be so

Ta. They used to call them PWR on the boats then. Pressurised water reactors. Perhaps a different design now, it was a long time ago

What is an SMR? As an ex submariner that used to live next door to a Reactor i dont know this term.

It would only be a small % Hydrogen. So not much change to the flame from what you would see today.

I might not have explained myself very well. A pipe network containing methane that does not have any damage, and therefore no leaks will not lose any of it. Hydrogen will leach out of the pipework at the .75/day through the metal. Of course if it builds up in a particular way and explodes it would be bad. What i meant was, this loss through the fabric, being upstream of your meter would not be your problem from that point of view as you would not be directly paying for it. If you had a Hydrogen powered car full of fuel and you dont do many miles then you are paying to let it go.

Well, old Merc's were built like tanks

Except that it can. The physics of the Molecule mean that it is almost impossible to store it without this rate of loss. Metal pipe is not the 'high tech' required to contain it. The consumer wont pay for this loss and if a cheap and easy method of plentiful production were possible then who would care anyway.

The wooden workshop/garage that i am having built might one day get used to put a car into, radical i know. Its primary use will be for tinkering about so i will probably insulate under the floor, just like the house. Does anyone know if a 50mm screed onto PIR would support a car? Or do i need more or something different. Thanks in advance

Unless the containment is very high tech i think hydrogen is lost at the rate of .7% per day. Not really an issue within the home on the downstream side of the meter but an issue none the less.

Encouraging to hear Nick, thanks.