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Hello,
I'm on my first house renovation and have had a few problems so far with tradesmen I've hired - basically because I've been unprepared! So wanted to ask for a bit of advice from the experts so that I can anticipate and avoid issues with the next bit.
I'm getting a gas safe heating engineer in to run the pipes ahead of fitting my house with ten new compact double panel Delonghi rads this week. (the plasterer is coming in before the second fix)
I have concrete floors, so the pipes will have to run from ceilings to floor down the corners of the rooms in two places (I'm choosing to leave them exposed copper as I like how it looks), and in another, be channeled through a solid wall to run along the wall.
I think it is all fairly straightforward - I've got the TRVs, I know exactly where I want all the rads to go, they are all the right BTU, according to rad calcs anyway. None of them will impede doors etc. I have a decent new combi boiler. I think my heating engineer is good - but then I've thought that about everyone I've employed and not always been right!
So my question is - what have I forgotten? Is there anything I'm missing that could go wrong? Do I need to specify anything else to my plumber other than exactly where I want them to be?
Thanks very much for your help!
I'm on my first house renovation and have had a few problems so far with tradesmen I've hired - basically because I've been unprepared! So wanted to ask for a bit of advice from the experts so that I can anticipate and avoid issues with the next bit.
I'm getting a gas safe heating engineer in to run the pipes ahead of fitting my house with ten new compact double panel Delonghi rads this week. (the plasterer is coming in before the second fix)
I have concrete floors, so the pipes will have to run from ceilings to floor down the corners of the rooms in two places (I'm choosing to leave them exposed copper as I like how it looks), and in another, be channeled through a solid wall to run along the wall.
I think it is all fairly straightforward - I've got the TRVs, I know exactly where I want all the rads to go, they are all the right BTU, according to rad calcs anyway. None of them will impede doors etc. I have a decent new combi boiler. I think my heating engineer is good - but then I've thought that about everyone I've employed and not always been right!
So my question is - what have I forgotten? Is there anything I'm missing that could go wrong? Do I need to specify anything else to my plumber other than exactly where I want them to be?
Thanks very much for your help!