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Hello folks :D Just been looking into roof construction and sometimes I see that the construction involves battens and counter battens, while at other times, I see battens only? I am planning to use natural slate, about 8mm thick. Under what circumstances should I have counter battens +...

Morning Stem! The Honeywell system is quite expensive by the time you take into account all the TRVs. The boiler will be in it's own little cupboard, walls will be made from 15mm SoundShield Plasterboard, and any gaps sealed with expanding foam. With that in mind, do you still think there will...

Right, I just remembered that the boiler position has been omitted from the plan, annoyingly, I have corrected this, it will sit in a small cupboard, shown in orange, marked B. Should I stick the thermostat in that case next to the non-opening double glazed window, in the corner, marked X? Only...

Thank you very much for that! :) Right, as you can see on the plan, it's quite a small flat, 850 sq ft all in. With your criteria in mind, the only place I can really think of putting it is in the hall, outside bedroom 2. That way, it won't be near a heat source, the little radiator in the...

Hello folks :D Right, here's the plan of my 1 bedroom, ground floor flat I'm refurbing. It is about 850sq ft in total. http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af24/superiorsounds/Rads_zpsd2kkflyz.jpg In that image, rad positions are marked in red, going with decent rads, so something like Quinn or...

Ah, sorry chap, I didn't see your response until now and stupidly gone and done another thread :( It is here: http://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/pitched-roof-and-sarking.464083/#post-3697759

It's not that big, pls see pic below: The area in red is the flat roof of my flat and the two areas outlines in green are are the pitched sides. http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af24/superiorsounds/Flat%20Roof%20Plan%202_zpsgthe598h.jpg

Does anybody here have a good working knowledge of sarking boards in roof applications? :) I'm thinking to go with the following construction on the pitched part of my warm roof (top down): 1. Cupa Heavy 3 slate 2. Counter battens / battens 3. Breathable membrane 4. OSB3 or sarking boards 5...

I have a question about sarking boards, do I post a different thread or should I stick it in here?

I will be using Rockwool RW3 (60kg/m3 weight), I have used it in walls before, it is a semi-rigid slab that can be cut with ease. I am using LED downlights, so no heat displacement, plan is to cut out circles in the plasterboard and also in the Rockwool. The layer of plasterboard in my pic will...

I have a roof which is being totally redone from scratch, new rafters, everything. The top is flat, pitched at the sides,l so nothing too complex. Traditionally, a warm deck roof design has insulation sitting on top of the roof, as per image below. My question is this: in between the...

Thanks to all for the help, radiators specced, I have gone with Quinn (also considered Stelrad and Myson, however).

That is very useful. Does that mean that I should be adding another 30% or so due to loss to whatever the individual room BTU / kw figures are?

I stumbled across this... http://www.eceuk.com/assets/Documents/KS08_How_to_Design_a_Heating_System.pdf And there is an absolute heap of variants that affect how much power is used to heat a home (u-values, materials, location, heat emission blah blah blah). Realistically, when you chaps are...

Here is the manual to it: http://www.plumbcenter.co.uk/wcsstore7.00.00.549/ExtendedSitesCatalogAssetStore/images/products/AssetPush/DTP_AssetPushHighRes/std.lang.all/ti/on/Potterton_PromaxCombiHE_Installation.pdf

Mine is the Potterton Combi 28 HE Plus A boiler, installed in 2012 (not by me).

Thank you, Tony. Is there a maximum output that a quality TRV can handle or, again, doesn't matter?

Hello guys! :) I'm self refurbing a ground floor flat in a mid-terrace property (built around 1880!). The renovation is extensive and goes back to bricks and joists. After destroying it, I've began to build it back up. I've taken accurate measurements of each room, inputted these into 3...

Any way I could persuade you, ha? :D I'm happy to do quite a bit of the labour and get my hands dirty. I'm just afraid that various things will go wrong: 1. The shuttering will warp / explode and the cement will go everywhere 2. I won't lay the whole lot in time, it will set 3...

I would, but I'm afraid I don't have many mates and none that I can think of that are in the building trade. Anybody here like beer + cash? :lol: