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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    and the red line where the ducting is to go is about 1.2m down, may seem long int he picture but its not.
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    that pipe has been in the loft for ages, its not connected to anything .the red line I drew just so happened to seem to connect to it but doesn't
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    oh ok, here is a pic i just took. See below. the red dot would be where the ventilation grill is. the red line is the 100mm ducting. however, this can only go between the rafters where the PIR insulation board suppose to fit in... so do I cut a 100mm tunnel into the back of the insulated board...
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    Thanks, will do this. however, I have to cut a tunnel into the PIR insulation in order to put the 100mm ducting through to the bottom where it will connect to the inline fan, is this the correct way? do I use insulated ducting instead?
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    these can fit above the bathtub even though height is less than 2.10m?
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    i dont think it can be over the shower in my case as the height between the floor level to ceiling is 2.10m... regs state it needs to be minimum 2.25m if in zone 1. so I might just situate it next to the shower screen, outside... connect straight into the roof using a Single Pantile Roof Vent...
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    Loft Conversion: Bathroom Extractor fan, is this ok?

    Hello need to choose a spot for my extractor fan... wanting to put it in between the rafters but the PIR insulation will be there.... so I thought to ask whether it would be compliant to situate the fan onto the back wall leading to the storage area also making it easier to duct through to...
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    my window 56cm Height x 68cm width:
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    each room has 2 windows, 1 of which measures: 56cn x 68cm width this size enough? it opens up wards, top hung, 'V' -- but said the hinges may need to change as when it opens, it obstruct someone from getting out... protected escape route, need to be outside as it is a loft conversion...
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    What about fire escape? he said because you cant fit through the windows, all the doors including existing doors downstairs need to be replaced with firedoors... this makes sense but is it the case?
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    He is, everytime he visits he tells me to do other things such as jiffy hangers etc when these should have been notices on the last 5 visits he did... 2. it is a bungalow, I am converting the loft. but having fire doors should be sufficient for fire if the windows are NOT accessible during a...
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    According to him and Approved document F. Page 51 - it is just any window or size, it needs to be a minimum size according to the surface area of any habitable room
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    BCO didn't reject anything just kept asking me to calculate whether the window is sufficient to the surface area of those rooms. 1st he was checking if it enough for fire escape etc, but then he said I would need fire doors everywhere in the house as the windows are smaller than the ones you are...
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    UK Regs for Ventilation for my loft conversion

    Hello I am half way through my construction of our loft conversion. There are four rooms in total, 3 of which have 2 windows in each and one has just one as it is smaller. Building officer inspected and said the windows needs to be 1/20th of the surface area. So one of the rooms has a...
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    Hello, Not sure where you had got your facts from but I am afraid you are incorrect. There are no struggles running both thermostats with Hive, this is how everyone sets these up. 1 Hive hub connects to multiple Hive enabled devices. I have just connected my upstairs hive. Now, on my APP, I have...
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    Also, i could run the bypass to my tower rail. TRVs are not needed for Tower rails. This way there is plenty of pipe run
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    I have already bought the Drayton ZA5
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    i have installed 1 heating hive and it works with the house heating system since 2018. you can control both single hives, my dads house came with both and he controls both single channels. 1 hub -> 2 recievers to 2 thermostats.
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    it is a new Vaillant Ecotec Pure 830 It is a combi boiler. We are wasting a lot of money heating the whole house during the nights. So kinda need to sort it out. I have two hives and two receivers, one for upstairs and one for downstairs. I will install two Drayton valves on both flow pipes...
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    Bypass Valve Setting on a Mult-zone setup

    ok thanks. Instead of connecting the bypass from flow to return, I can just connect it from flow before the valve to after? so at least if the valves one-day breaks, at least the radiators will still operate.
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