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Hi all.
Picture this, I walk on to a site halfway through the renovation of 2 flats and the shell of an out house being developed.
The 1st flat floor had already been 1st fixed, with back falling wastes (1 1/2 everywhere), 22mm cold feed (speed fit v. poorly strung in) taken to WC, basin and shower positions. 15mm hot feed again just strung in, barely a clip in sight!! This is an old building 1900 circa I'm not certain....
Anyhow, the long of the short is the customer has tried to cut corners employing people who don't really know what they're doing. I've tried to give them advice but it's falling of deaf ears I think however I will persevere as it has the potential to be a rather satisfying job....
I priced 100m2 UFH, using poly plumbs overlay system at about £4.8k fitted. This is to be laid on an acoustic floor, overlaid with a machined timber (hench the overlay system).
The customer was horrified at this price, telling me he can get whats needed for the UFH for 1.8K approx then using timbers, celotex and a biscuit screed then lay the finished floor.
But this is the same guy who wants to run the heating primarys out to the UFH manifold and t-rail feeds alongside the UFH.
Unfortunatly I just don't know how to explain why we don't run the heating this way normally. Will it work? any reason the buscuit screed couldn't be laid over an acustic floor? and what about the weight fo the entire installation???
Thanks
Dom
Picture this, I walk on to a site halfway through the renovation of 2 flats and the shell of an out house being developed.
The 1st flat floor had already been 1st fixed, with back falling wastes (1 1/2 everywhere), 22mm cold feed (speed fit v. poorly strung in) taken to WC, basin and shower positions. 15mm hot feed again just strung in, barely a clip in sight!! This is an old building 1900 circa I'm not certain....
Anyhow, the long of the short is the customer has tried to cut corners employing people who don't really know what they're doing. I've tried to give them advice but it's falling of deaf ears I think however I will persevere as it has the potential to be a rather satisfying job....
I priced 100m2 UFH, using poly plumbs overlay system at about £4.8k fitted. This is to be laid on an acoustic floor, overlaid with a machined timber (hench the overlay system).
The customer was horrified at this price, telling me he can get whats needed for the UFH for 1.8K approx then using timbers, celotex and a biscuit screed then lay the finished floor.
But this is the same guy who wants to run the heating primarys out to the UFH manifold and t-rail feeds alongside the UFH.
Unfortunatly I just don't know how to explain why we don't run the heating this way normally. Will it work? any reason the buscuit screed couldn't be laid over an acustic floor? and what about the weight fo the entire installation???
Thanks
Dom
