Recent content by calson

How much should i expect to pay labour only to screed 101 meters over UFH pipe work. Readymix will be delivered on site and have to be barrowed into the building. Many thanks.

That's excellent, thanks for your reply and confirming my suspicions.

Would i be right in thinking that mosaic tiles are the best bet for tiling around the sloping shower to the drain onto a shower tray/former? I ask as i realise that larger tiles would need cutting to form them possibly leaving sharp edges in the shower base, and i don't mind mosaicing the entire...

Excellent, many thanks for the replies chaps.

I'm using Kingspan in the studwork on a timber framed house and i'm looking for suggestions on what to use to stick it to the OSB, rather than use thin strips of wood on the studwork to hold it in place? Cheers

Thanks for the reply Richard and i am waiting for a quote from Villavent at the moment. I have also noticed that they are on the government SAP site amongst others with an efficiency of 90%. I also found a link to the Passivehaus recommended MHRV systems, but there's only a couple of...

I intend fitting a system in a 200m2 new build, but i'm confused by the amount of companies out there selling whole house systems. Do any forum members have one fitted and can recommend a company?.

Many thanks for your suggestion 1877, Sorry not enough info: The widows are coming with a house kit and are from Nordan which according to their site are double vacuum pressure treated. See here: http://www.nordan.co.uk/UK/performance/timber_treatment.php However the kit manufacturers...

Yes i don't mind applying a bit of colour in a shade of brown. Do you mean colour as in staining?.

What's considered to be the best on the market at the moment. It's for new windows in a wild and wet location. Cheers.

Bump Bump. Any opinions out there?

I've decided on which ASHP i'm going to buy (9kw Ecodan) and had my mind set on the Gledhill Torrent, but have been told that it's not that good in that the hot water tubing/coils are incorrectly sized. Is this a generally held opinion of it? It appeared that i could also connect a...

In box sorted aa44. Cheers.

Many thanks to you all for your replies, though whether i'm any the wiser i cannot be sure, as it got a bit techinical latterly. Cheers.

Yes it's my intention to add solar pannels at a later date and we do not have a LPG supplier on the island that i know of. So most people use oil or off peak electricity, but my wife cannot stand the smell of oil, hence the ASHP route. I was just browsing and couldn't find a price/seller of...