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Anyone know who is allowed to fit a solar battery. I have Solar PV panels already fitted and now want to fit a battery system. I presume it has to be done by a competent fitter, but are there further restrictions. I'm intending to use an inverter/charger SOFAR ME3000SP which I believe is G99...

Thats what I thought. I've had a couple of quotes and not confident in either. One wanted to split the panels apart and lay each tile separately and another wanted to order 5 packs of 16 12"x12" panels when the rectangular space would perfectly take 3 packs, 48 panels (8 panels by 6 panels)...

I'm looking at laying Karndean Heritage MAYF-02 which consists of many small tile pieces. I believe they are supplied as 12"x12" panels of 32 tiles arranged for the desired pattern, with all the pieces held together by removable sticky film. I've been told by one fitter that they remove the...

Anyone have experience with the Milano Mirage fine spray body jets (used=s a sing hole with cone spray of water) compared to the normal multi-nipple sprays.

I know. I just want sufficient confidence to start following this through.

If you don’t mind, can I ask your qualifications for that statement. I ask this as I would like to take the matter further and need some confidence to start the process. Thanks.

This is what has been done. It’s an approved EWI system that was used. I would like to understand what could have gone wrong for it to be penetrated by a ladder. Bad workmanship? Looking at the damage there appears to be a small space/gap between the render and the actual insulation

Thanks. All I need to do now is find a way of getting the EWI fitters to correct their poor work. I’m sure they will deny any responsibility. My first tack may be to approach the local council who approved the fitters.

A few years ago we had, through a local government grant, external wall insulation fitted. Recently we had some work to be done and a ladder placed against the wall pierced the render. The roofer doing this work said that the rendered wall should take the force of a ladder against it and that...

I'm carrying out some internal wall insulation with insulated plasterboard. I know that I have to insulate the region below the floor to prevent cold bridging. However the floor's 2" timbers are only about 2cm from the wall. Would it be sufficient to inject expanding foam into that area or do I...

The insulation will be 100mm of EPS. That means the meter should be moved 100mm from wall using the same insulation. However I was considering the possibility of using more effective patch of insulation such as vacuum insulation panels behind the meter. This would mean I could reduce the...

I am about to fit some external wall insulation and the gas meter is attached to the wall that is to be insulated. The fitters will insulate around the meter, but this will mean there will be a cold spot where the meter is. Would moving the meter a few centimetres from the wall to fit insulation...

I have recently suffered a number of disasters with using professional builders. One builder constructed a garage base too big, even though I gave home plans down to the nearest millimetre. For the EWI one company went bust taking my deposit of £1500 with them. A second EWI company promised to...

I put up secondary glazing film each winter. Does that effect/contribute to an EPC rating.

I think what you are saying is that I may not get the "high" FIT rate. At the moment the house is G rated,so adding only PV will not bring it to D. However, after the EWI is fitted it would easily bring it up to a D. The fitters say that they would issue new EPC before the EWI work is completed...

AS header, can an EPC be prepared based on proposed work to be carried out on a property. Looking to install PV before end of year, but will have ongoing external wall insulation extending into the new year. Without the EWI i would not get the high rate FIT.

im in the process of building a 9m x 6m wooded (44mm) log garage. As the garage is close to a now felled tree I have been told that it will need 2m deep trenches to support the base. This seems unbelievably excessive as the whole garage weighs only 2.5 tons with the base potentially weighing 50...

Thanks for the advice. I didn't realise that Phenolic insulation could degrade over time. I'll investigate further, but if true seems a waste of effort.

I will be having external wall insulation (95 sq m) installed over the next few months paid mostly through with a council grant. The gas meter is attached to the wall being insulated as is the supply cable from ground to approx 2m above ground, where it goes through the wall to the meter...