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    Query about battening out ready to dry-line - leaving void for cabling

    Hi all. I'm just in the process of building a garden office using SIPs. Soon I will need to batten out internally ready for dry-lining, but wondered if there are any specifications I need to be aware of in terms of minimum / maximum depth of wall / ceiling void for the cables to run in - and...
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    it is simply down to the time-lag... I'm installing ducting myself in the next couple of weeks, but won't be installing a gas pipe (if at all) into the ducting for another couple of years - towards the back end of a bigger project that is largely irrelevant for this thread and my question. I...
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    :rolleyes: Like I said, I'm not seeking planning permission advice. Otherwise I'd have posted in the planning permission section. Thanks for the input though. It has absolutely nothing to do with planning permission. In fact that's almost funny. Building control don't define pipe diameters...
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    What more do you need to know? Current set up is irrelevant as it is to be demolished and rebuilt. But gas pipe will still need to go through the building - embedded in a duct in the floor screed. The purpose of this thread is to refine my plans and ideas into something that will work - or...
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    Not an option. I'm not seeking planning advice - I'm pretty clued up in that department. I'm after your expert knowledge regarding planning my gas options.
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    But if I do that I'll contravene the permitted development criteria of 'building incidental to the main residence' because it will have its own meter, billing, etc (presumably?) What sort of maximum length can I get away with if using a 32mm pipe?
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    It'll just run a domestic boiler - max 24kw, though smaller will be fine, and possibly a gas hob.
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    Bump. Would 32mm be sufficient for the gas pipe?
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    Questions about gas ducting and pipe sizes

    Hi. I'm about to start groundworks for building an office at the other end of the garden. We're digging a trench for water, and will install ducting for comms and electricity at the same time. We're also debating putting a gas duct in, as we may want to run gas as well at some point later, and...
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    Advice about burying a cable under a driveway....

    Thanks for all the input chaps. I conclude that ducting is the way to go - a little more hassle now, but I'm never going to regret it! I've also realised that I should be able to use the same trench for a drainage pipe I'll need to install, so I'll be able to kill two birds with one stone...
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    Advice about burying a cable under a driveway....

    Hi all. I'm soon going to be having my driveway re-done and electric gates installed. To keep costs down, I'm planning to do as much of the digging-out & sub base myself as I can. The cable for the gates will need to be run underground (about 10-12 metres in total), and I want to keep my...
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    Will I be forced to have a water meter?

    I've checked.... I'd definitely be paying more with a meter - even if I don't use the hosepipe!
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    Thermal Store advice

    My store is the same as Dan's.... but with a few more pipes... and a little smaller - I think.
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    Will I be forced to have a water meter?

    Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: I guess I'll be talking very nicely with my neighbour! (her land is the alternative to the public road). Trenching across her garden is a (remote) possibility, and I'm not scared of a bit of hard work....! The booster pump set is an interesting idea, I'll...
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    Thermal Store advice

    Isn't the tupperware to catch the drips???? :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D Edit: Darn it, beat me to it.
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    Thermal Store advice

    Tony - There is no heating coil. The 350lt of water sloshing around the store is the very same water pumped through the boiler, so coil absorbtion rates are irrelevant. Personally, and for the very reasons you've stated, I wouldn't want an indirect boiler circuit. (Apart from the solar coil).
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    Thermal Store advice

    I've made a small edit to my post, I'd missed a word out. My return temp is set at 55deg by a TMV - like Simon's I guess - taking cooler water from 2/3rds down the store to mix with a small amount of the hot flow water and returning it to the boiler to (theoretically) maximise efficiency...
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    Thermal Store advice

    Oops... Edit Tony, am I missing something here... I thought that a condensing boiler was efficient if it is going full pelt? Mine has a return temp of 55deg set by a TMV on the store, and a max flow temp of about 82deg. I'd assumed it'd be condensing at that? And I'm not the one...
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    Thermal Store advice

    I dont want to get into a spat with a pro Tony, but I can't see how an oversized boiler connected to a thermal store is a problem...? A properly sorted store will call for heat when it has a decent amount of water to reheat - do a long, efficient burn, and switch off until called upon again...
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