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I'm coming round to the idea of UHF for the extension. Unfortunately I have no experience of installing it, although it looks reasonably straight forward. Do you normally have these systems designed proffesionally? Or can you buy kits with pre-set manifolds etc. Also can they be used under carpets?

Umm, plenty to think about. Not quite sure what my best option would be. Although more difficuly to focus on a solution now I have a mental image of a leather-clad escort carefully stepping over my trench. Basically though it comes down to price. Can anybody tell me how much more UHF costs to...

Thanks for your advice Tony. I had breifly looked at the price for trench heating, but I was unaware that it was that expensive. Our budget is already stretched beyond our means!!! The whole extension is about 80sq.m. which includes two bedrooms, utility and an en-suite Do you think that UFH...

Hello, We are building an extension to our bungalow, and we now have to make a decision on the type of heating in the extended open plan lounge/diner/kitchen. We had kind of discounted underfloor heating, as the room will have half timber suspended floors and half new insulated beam and block...

Thanks for your reply Woody, I'm not sure if it should have a membrane or not, the working drawings produced by our architect shows a DPM turned up wall and lapped with DPC. Although some websites say it isnt necessary?

Please can somebody halp a confused first time self builder. I have just completed the beam and block floor for our extension on our bungalow. The beams were set at 175mm below existing floor level(100mm insulation 75mm s&c sreed). Beams bear down on the outer leaf of existing brickwork. The...

Just started work on new extension and have revealed this iron pipe running underground. It runs down side of house(1955 detatched bungalow) around the back, and enters rear of house in floor cavity. As you can see from the image it has a threaded plug on the end, it seems to have a tar...

We are about to embark on our first self-build extension. Our first concern is how to maintain a working soil pipe. The foundations for the extension pass through the existing manhole. The new manhole will be further down the drain run. Should I install the new man hole and connect up to W.c...