Withington Co-operative Eco-house - bath http://withington.coopliving.net/tags/bath en A day of dealing with various things http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/day-dealing-various-things <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Set up a basic site office in one of the bedrooms - desk, chair, whiteboard, drawings on wall.</p> <p>Had another meeting with the sprinkler company - pipe runs etc pretty much all worked out, and agreement for first fix to start a week on Monday (1 July).</p> <p>It&#39;s awkward to get sprinkler coverage in rooms with sloping ceilings (as we have on our top floor), and as sprinkler coverage isn&#39;t required in rooms less than 5m2, I came up with the idea of making the top floor bathroom slightly smaller, to get it under this size threshold (it seems pointless to have sprinkler coverage in a bathroom, but at the end of the day we need to say we have complied with BS9521). This would necessitate omitting the bath from the design, which I didn&#39;t see too much of a problem with - and that top floor bathroom was crowded anyway.</p> <p>The rainwater harvesting system arrived (everything but the underground tank, which is being held back until we get rear garden vehicle access). I specifically wanted the header tank on-site to ensure that the joiner builds the cupboard that will be housing it to the right size. And it was a good job I did, because I found out that, including its lid, it is just a little bit too high to fit in the space between the top of the doorways and the underside of the existing ceiling - so the ceiling will have to be raised in this area. I also hadn&#39;t realised that it has a 40mm overflow.</p> <p>On similar lines, I ordered two of the single-room MVHR units (Manrose HR100RS), which should be delivered tomorrow.</p> <p>I called Velux technical support to try to understand their somehow rather incomprehensible code numbers; good job that I did, as the guy helpfully pointed out that a smoke vent window is required to have at least 1m2 of opening area, and none of the Velux range with a width that would fit within the existing top floor stairwell would match. His suggestion was to have two smaller windows in-line; the other option would be to adjust the stairwell enclosure (which fortunately is all timber studwork). Need to investigate this and come to a decision ASAP.</p> <p>This evening I had the future occupants of the house come round and discussed various things with them - all went well, apart from the omitting the bath idea, which they didn&#39;t like. We discussed various options including having a bath in the ensuite bathroom, and having an over-bath shower in one of the bathrooms (which I really don&#39;t like, as in my experience they always leak sooner or later - structural timbers soaking up water in an eco-house would of course not be good at all!).</p> <p>Obviously it&#39;s not good to be firming up and making adjustments to the design at this stage - hindsight is a wonderful thing!<br />&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sprinklers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">sprinklers</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bath" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">bath</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rainwater-harvesting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">rainwater harvesting</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mvhr" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">mvhr</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/velux" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">velux</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/occupants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">occupants</a></li></ul></section><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/day-dealing-various-things&amp;t=A%20day%20of%20dealing%20with%20various%20things" title="Share on Facebook." class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter last"><a href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/day-dealing-various-things&amp;text=A%20day%20of%20dealing%20with%20various%20things" title="Share this on Twitter" class="service-links-twitter" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" /></a></li></ul> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:53:00 +0000 Robert 10 at http://withington.coopliving.net http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/day-dealing-various-things#comments