Recent content by aro-rat

Thank you sir, I have asked for that.

We had an outhouse done and the builder's workers put a cold roof on, wasn't done properly. On our internal extension I took control and bought all materials myself and paid him labour... The roof is same as yours with 120mm insulation and this is what I insisted on; GRP 18MM OSB3 T&G...

If we are not rendering, should I ask the builder to build the outer shell with concrete blocks and thermal blocks inside?

Thanks, good input and its a prompt for me... sometimes its better to get a view from many (like you guys on this forum) than just the heating engineer in this case. He would be happy, even just to lift and shift the current system boiler & megaflow. I have two queries / or rather two areas I...

Hello experts the final leg of our house renovation is building a 5m x 2.5m detached utility room, using thermal blocks (internal & external with cavity insulation inside). As the utility/yoga room will stick out like a sore thumb we are looking to make it blend into the garden environment...

Thanks for all the replies, it's clear to avoid wastage of the cooling down water, a return is required, we are not on a meter but thats not an excuse to waste the cold water. The options are leave the CH/Megaflow as is and get a smaller sink for that area. or find a new internal space for...

Yep true, KenGMac link demonstrates the wastage.

he made a Sherlock Holmes deduction as to why we may go to lengths for a solution which may not be required with just 2 people at the property... Anyway the answer is 4, however the kids are finally taking showers when they get to the gym :) 145L megaflow has been okay but its on its limits...

The plumbing work hasn't started yet, my fear is the time required for hot water to reach taps, wastage of cold water to gain hot water and exactly how to insulate the pipework underground against frost and how to minimise heat loss for both hot water and CH. Yep I need to speak to our plumber...

apologies for posting this in the wrong section. Ken, thanks so much for information and the link, I am rethinking the options... interesting reading from page 20 and makes sense. FiremanT, point noted... I agree with you, the 'Dead Leg' terminology is more apt to a leg of pipe that is...

My first post here so take it easy :) We are towards the end of our extension project, the last bit has been removing an attached garage from our 30's semi and building a detached utility room which is 6.5 mtrs away from the end of the new 6 meter extension. We are looking to shift the current...