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For anyone needing these tiles they have them in stock at RBS Reclaimed Building Supplies in Norwich on Barker Street.

I am building a workshop in my backyard, but it is 70 meters from the street, which is a long way to wheel barrow, and I don't really have a bunch of guys to help me with that. It needs to be done in at least 3 pours, the footing, grade beam, and then floor, so 3x set up and wash up if it is...

I live in Norfolk and the best price for cement I can find is at Wickes at 4.20/25kg bag. A bit shocked as I just moved here from Germany and you can get basic cement for 2.50/bag in any do-it center, even cheaper if you go to a contractor place and buy a lot. I need around 180 bags, so it...

I am building a workshop in my back yard, and trying to decide between wood and block construction. If I use block it will be standard construction, however if I use wood, I am still planning to pour footings, and also a grade beam (or block) up to around 30cm out of the ground. The wood...

Awesome, thanks!

You might consider flipping them instead, they seem to sell, and these salvage places are not cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if when we need to redo our roof, we can pay for a lot of the cost of the new tiles by selling the old ones.

Yes, I will check the salvage yards. Although I have not found anything yet, I did see some old eBay ads for similar tiles offered at some yards in the past. On my street many of the houses seem have these tiles, so I guess they are not so rare here. I am going to keep my eye out in case anyone...

or pedestrians.

I need a few tiles to fix broken ones on my roof, perhaps a half dozen or so. Any ideas where to get some? The house is in Norwich and built in the 30s. They are flat interlocking single roll pantiles that look to have a shape similar to the one below, although mine do not have any glaze. All...

Thanks. I will have a dig this weekend, and if there is a decent foundation underneath I will plan to drill holes and pin rebar into that. I was planning for a 60cm deep x 45cm wide trench fill to just below grade, and then block on top of that. However, maybe it would be better to just match...

I would like to build a workshop in my back yard 4x7m. Currently there is a 3x4m outbuilding made of block and rendered. Originally I was thinking to rip it down and start from scratch, however removing all the waste and digging out the foundation seems like a lot of work for nothing, so I am...

I installed one of these in my previous house: http://plumbingsupplies24.co.uk/hygienic-buffer-storage-tank-vertical/ I ran it at 1.5bar and it had a PRV at 2 bar. It worked great. It is a mild steel tank, so it must be sealed or it will rot. It has a massive 4.1 sq m corrugated stainless steel...

Not if they are sealed. I would prefer mine to be sealed, if possible, to avoid corrosion.

I think thermal stores are a grey area. Most agree any sealed cylinder of heated water, even if it low pressure (PRV at 2 bar), then G3 is probably required.

I am going to put the store in the garage, and eventually relocate the boiler, so most of that piping will be changed. Many of the rads are plumbed in with 10mm snaked through the floor. I am going to toss all that and the rads and replace them with cast iron reproductions, or salvage if I can...

I guess unvented thermal stores are what I "know" best. I installed one in my previous house and it worked fabulously. There was no house stat, all the rads were controlled by TRVs. This meant they were always "on" and there was no cycling when the boiler cut in and out. It was very comfortable...

I plan to replace current my vented system with a thermal store, preferably sealed.

A third option is a thermal store, which does both and can be vented or sealed. I suppose that eventually all manner of vented systems will die out. The exception I have heard is for areas will very poor mains supply, where you might actually get better flow from your tank in the loft.

Normally the reason for separate taps is because the hot water is lower pressure and not potable. Not that some people don't install them anyway, you can still buy them in Canada, and they even make sinks that take them, mostly for appearance to make them look retro. They are just not popular...

You are saying vented systems are common in Portugal?