Recent content by Steve Crook

Hi all, I'm fitting out a new extension that has a room-in-the-roof. The better half has suggested a wood-block floor and that got me thinking about laying engineered oak (T&G) straight on to the joists. I believe this would require using 20mm thick planks but I'm wondering if it's a...

Hi all, I've just bought a Velux CK06 Roof Window to fit in a new rectangular building spanned with attic trusses. The window is quoted as 55cm wide so my assumption is that it will fit perfectly between 47mm wide trusses with 600mm centres (553mm gaps). The roof will be slate so I've also...

Hi, Probably one shower per day and a few hand washes. I'd like the shower to be a mixer type as I've had bad experiences with repeatedly replacing electric showers. Roman Brothel might be wishful thinking but I would like something with a good bit of heat and pressure.

Don't want to interrupt the professional debate ;) but thought I'd mention, I'm still sat on the fence between oil and Air Source (water or air). The picture as I see it at the moment is: Air-Air is very attractive: Not too expensive, high efficiency, cools as well as heats. As a negative, it...

Now that's a seriously attractive website! It appears to solve my heating (and cooling) requirements perfectly and at a reasonable price. With only three rooms to worry about (excluding shower room) it should be quite cost effective. If I could now find a solution to my hot water needs, I'd...

Thanks for the clarification Davie. If the ASHP solves both my heating and hot water requirements then it's certainly worthy of consideration. I decided against underfloor heating as, with only two, very well insulated downstairs rooms, I decided a radiator in each would be adequate.

Hi Richard, I'm quite interested in ASHP and would certainly consider it. I've read both good and bad about it (like everything else). My salesman today was advocating ASHP, but a separate unit in each room and only for heating/cooling. This felt very expensive, especially as it still left me...

Thanks Davie, that makes good sense to me. My mains pressure and flow are excellent. It solves both the heating and water requirements, the only concern then being install cost and no foresight as to where oil prices are heading in our carbon neutral future!

Apologies, I should have given some indication of that previously. The rooms will be used all day on a daily basis and probably one shower per day. Electric radiators have a significant initial cost advantage, being about £350 each. If there was no requirement for hot water, I'd probably go...

Hi all, I'm currently building a new utility room/workshop that's separated from my house by approx 10 Metres. The building is single storey with the following dimensions: Utility Room: 3150x4900mm Workshop: 4700x4900mm Attic trusses provide some additional space above: Shower Room...