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Thanks for your help. AA

I am trying to plan the plumbing for my new house. One of the bathrooms will be on the ground floor which will have a solid concrete floor. I need to connect the bath waste to the soil pipe but obviously don't have a huge depth to do it in. The distance between the bath waste and the soil...

I am going to install a MHRV system in my new house. I hope to do the installation myself and was wondering whether it is better to use plastic or galvanised ducting. Anybody got any views on which lasts longer / is easier to fit / is cheaper / quieter etc.? Thanks very much. Andrew

I am about to build my own house in a very exposed site (Shetland). It is going to have a slate roof at a 45 degree pitch. I really want the slates to stay on in the winter gales so I am wondering if there is a reason why (other than cost) I shouldn't double nail the slates and use slate...

Both on my list. I was just wondering whether people found a particular brand easier to fit / better at keeping the weather out / stayed on the roof longer, that sort of thing.

I am about to build a new house (for me). The site is very exposed (Shetland) and I want to use a Dry Verge and Dry Ridge system to help keep the slates on. The slates will be 7-9mm heavies on a 45 degree roof pitch, (battens on top of sarking board) Can anybody give me advice on which Dry...

Have a look at the pictures on this link. http://www.villavent.co.uk/pdf/self_build_project_guide.pdf The main unit is mounted in a cupboard or loft and the supply and extract ducts then run to most rooms. Good practice seems to be to use solid ducting rather than flexible because you get...

I am assuming that at least some of the ducting will be 100 mm (or more).

I am planning a new house (for me) which will have rooms in the roof. As it is a new, very airtight house it will have a mechanical ventilation system which will require ducting to most of the rooms. Is there a standard way of running services under attic trusses? Do you create a false...

I am thinking about using Cupa 10 slates on my new house. Has anybody here used them? (Specifically the Cupa 10, not any of the other Cupa slates). Thanks very much. AA

Could somebody help me with a couple of questions about UFH manifolds? I am currently designing / speccing a new house for me and it would really help to know the following: 1. Assuming that I have one manifold per floor, if I put two of them in the airing cupboard, will this make the airing...

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go.

93 views and not one reply? Please don't be so shy. For example, if I said that I wanted 20% off the list price of everything would I get laughed out of the place or would they bite my hand off?

Not sure if this is the right section but here goes. I am about to build a house (for me) and I am going to do a lot of the work myself. I am about to open accounts with at least one of the local builders merchants (two local operations and one national - Buildbase). Given that I am going...

I am currently planning the detailed layout of our new house and I would be very grateful for some advice. The main heating (UFH) for the house will be an air source heat pump connected to a thermal store (either DPS or Akvaterm). We want to have a wood burning stove in the living room...

I'm trying to achieve a colour match to the floor. The windows will be made just down the road so can be delivered unfinished.

Our new house is going to have timber windows. On the outside they will be stained grey to go with some slate sills. On the inside I would like them to match the oak floors. I have just been to see one of the local joinery companies in Lerwick and I seem to have a choice of a reddish hardwood or...

Thanks for the replies.

Thanks John. We used to have a concealed cistern with an air operated flush and it was a nightmare! I was forever having to take the front panel off. For that reason, I'm looking at a close coupled back to wall model rather than a concealed cistern, something like...

I am currently specifying a new house (for me). I was wandering round a bathroom store the other day and noticed some back to wall close coupled toilets that looked really smart as all the pipework was completely hidden. Are these things a nightmare to fit? Thanks AA