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    What standard percentage retained for incomplete job?

    Contract says balance is due on day of completion ...
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    What standard percentage retained for incomplete job?

    Have had solar panels fitted today - to get them done for the changes in FIT on Monday ... Due to have a 4 kw system but only 3kw worth of panels available in time ... so now have a 3kw system up and fitted ...with remaining panels due in max 4 weeks... What percentage retainer (if any)...
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    Which Kitchen Floor, ideas please

    You obviously don't live with my children :wink: :D Crayon, Felt tip pen, pencil, paint, dried yoghurt/cereal/juice...the list is endless!
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    Which Kitchen Floor, ideas please

    Sorry I should made that clear - I know what the instructions/guarantees say ..but after a year or so of faffing one day I tried mopping it and it was fine ..I guess I decided that a new easier to maintain floor would be preferable to one that I had to mess about with ... Same with the steam...
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    Suspended Floor Insulation????

    Oh and radiator pipes - you can put them in the insulation if you can - or buy decent (class 0) pipe insulation for them (which is the route I took - and will take again) (Started an argument on here years ago about whether you should insulate microbore or not - argument being insulation...
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    Suspended Floor Insulation????

    I've done this in my living room - stapled up loft roll with garden net - and I think it makes a difference... I am going to do the same in the house I'm renovating - but it only has a small crawl space so using kingspan (110mm) so it doesn't protrude under the joists too much and isn't such a...
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    Which Kitchen Floor, ideas please

    Avoid ANY white kitchen floor like the plague ...unless someone else has to clean it, you don't have children/pets and you are both incredibly tidy! I have pale cream tile effect laminate (persuaded because it would look better than a darker one with the dark grey worktops) and ideally it...
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    Neat laminate Carpet transition options?

    Pretty sure mine are the same make as the ebay link - stikatak -(bought in B&Q )... Shall stop hijacking :wink: and start my own thread...
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    Neat laminate Carpet transition options?

    I'm trying to avoid those - have them joining laminate in my house now and the wood effect wears off where you walk - after a year or so look a mess (lighter ones are worse - more obvious) I tried to replace just the tops but they changed the design so I couldn't just pop off and replace...
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    Advice on reflooring the entire house

    Wickes sell standard sealed cork tiles :D But might be better looking for bigger ones ...online maybe?
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    Looks interesting...didn't know they existed...thanks
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    Worth swapping boilers? or fix one...and sell one...

    Would that allow the drain to run 6.5 m under the floor to bathroom (no/almost no fall on it)? Other problem it would have to either go up at end into sink/bath/shower waste - pipes run above floor in the eaves or run straight into (internal) soil stack ) at more or less same level as WC...
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    Worth swapping boilers? or fix one...and sell one...

    Posted here about possibly having solar thermal and the fact that in our new house (renovating) the 2 year old Potterton pro max combi HE plus is probably not compatible...would need a new boiler ... In current house have a Worcester Bosch CDI 35 - over 10 years old, had problems with hot...
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    What is an emersun? Google hasn't found it !
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    Looking at having both done at same time - one lot of scaffolding etc etc Solar pv with the lower feed in tariffs - (going down further end of June) not sure i would get my money plus interest it would have earned back ...figures I've looked at its very close ... Solar thermal -you get a...
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    Thanks ... Got my brain into gear this morning - realised two things... First that all your pipe work feeds in from the side ...I was kind of thinking it came up AND to the side - so actually not that much more than I have ... And second :oops: they are concrete blocks in the background (not...
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    That looks like a lot of pipe work though! Planning on keeping boiler in downstairs utility and solar tank in attic...will I need that thing that looks like a white expansion tank next to the boiler or can that go into attic (limited space in utliity)
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    Never heard of them before ... Will be local plumber be able to fix them? (Are they pretty standard layouts?) Guess I thought they would be v. expensive but actually seem reasonable... Might have a word with plumber and see if he has ever dealt with them ... Also I guess which one would...
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    Solar thermal and combi boilers

    Looking at having solar thermal installed... Current boiler is a Potterton Promax Combi HE plus - about 2 years old - fitted before I got house... Apparently it is possible to have solar thermal and a combi boiler ...depending on the boiler... Tried to find out from Potterton if this boiler...
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    Worth hiring an industrial vacuum? Recommendations?

    While trying to find the best price for a Henry (or a Charles -wet & Dry) I found that Wickes do a wet & dry - same principle as a Henry for £37 - with people recommending buying the wet & dry filter too for an extra £13.50 -Total £50.50 (B&Q do one too -but for some reason I didn't get a good...
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