Plumbing news from my meeting on site yesterday:
We looked at the sanitary ware we have so far ... a sink and pedestal from the reclamation yard, another old sink that's been in the undergrowth in mum and dads garden for quite some time and 2 old belfast sinks that'll go in the utility and greenhouse. I showed them the art deco reclaimed taps I bought the other day which turned out to be useless as the threaded pipe has been cut off too short on one of them so back to the reclaimers they go. We also bought a reclaimed towel rail which should fit in the main bathroom. The plumbing men were very underwhelmed and certainly didn't want to contemplate adjusting a similar reclaimed towel rail for the en suite. We may end up with new ones after all!
They are going to lag (insulate) all the pipe work for us - hot and cold. I also have to speak to our other plumber (!! - fitting the heating system) to make sure he does the same and especially ensures all the pipes are protected from the beams they run past - we don't want any knocking/creaking and at the moment he has a hot water pipe touching one of our steel beams.
The rainwater harvester chucked up a couple of problems ... the header tank is a bit big for the space we have for it in the loft (despite Nick's phone call to them with our dimensions) so it may be going on top of the earth wall. yoiks! And also the outside taps need a special large diameter pipe and they should come direct from pump in the underground tank rather than the header tank so they have decent pressure.
Plenty of plumbing dilemmas to keep us busy.
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