Recent content by WillC1423

Our builders have installed a 250L horizontal Everflo cylinder with a thermostat that shuts off the hot water when the cylinder is up to temperature. With the thermostat set to 45 and the boiler flow temp set to 65, the thermostat never switches off, even though the water in the cylinder is over...

I need something in writing that specifies the requirement. Building control has signed off on what I believe is non-compliant insulation. The builder says "It's fine, it's been signed off". The local authority building control has told me to complain to CICAIR, but before I do that I'd like to...

Can anyone point me to the section of the building regs that details the required water pipe insulation performance as I can't seem to find it? It would help out with a dispute. Many thanks.

As in the title - What's the required insulation under building regs for heating pipes in the unheated loft space within a residential building? I can't seem to find any clear-cut answers.

The roofers the builders used turned up to sort it out if I really wanted, but there wasn't any more work required as they'd used RediRoll which doesn't require ridge unions. https://glidevaleprotect.com/product/fulmetal-rediroll-universal-ridge-hip-roll-system/ Looks any the info, it looks...

Thanks for your help with this. The roofers said there aren't ridge union pieces that fit that shape of ridge tile. Is this correct? If this is correct, then I'm assuming it should have been filled with mortar?

Not what I wanted to hear, but thank you! Back to debating with the builder.

These are all the photos the roofer took.

We've just had a loft done - due to difficulties with the builder a different roofing company added some tile vents in the roof and noticed that the dry ridge system has been installed with no ridge union pieces. The original builder claims this is fine, I very much doubt he's telling the truth...

It's not built yet, so I don't know what the temps are likely to be, but we'd like the result to be tolerable heat. The spec for the glass is this:

Hi, I was hoping for some advice. We've got two south south west facing full hight loft windows. We're considering solar control glass as I know lofts have a habit of getting very hot and windows that size aren't going to help. I was hoping someone could advise on cost. I don't know if this...

On a time critical job, so hoping for a very swift response here! Due to us needing to prime, undercoat and top coat 7 doors in 2 days, and that not being possible with enamel paints, I decided it'd be a good idea to try acrylic paints, as they're gradually gaining popularity. So, knotting...

Hey all. We're putting in a new kitchen and are looking at having an induction hob with 4 plates for the vast majority of cooking, and then a single gas wok burner adjacent to it for those times that you want to use gas. I was wandering round the Ikea kitchen section recently, and noticed in...