Off Topic PIV units

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Help! said:
No worries. If I remember rightly they were about £250 retail when we got ours, but my leccy mate got it trade for me. I’d say 2 hours fitting is about right all-in. It’s sufficiently low power that you can run an extension off the lighting circuit so that’s really straightforward, and the worst bit of the mechanical fitting just involves cutting a circular hole in your ceiling. The main unit hangs from a hook in the loft, which screws straight into a roof beam and might even have come with it.
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Our kid is a sparky , he should be able to do it
 
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DJBlackandamberarmy(No4) said:
Yeah , it’s condensation rather then rising damp , in main bedroom and loft, it’s a lack of ventilation problem as it all clears up as soon as windows open , just looking for more permanent solution , whenever I have heating on and forget to open bedroom window get a pool of water on my bedroom wall . I’d pay this money if it definitely works , I’m just sceptical , I also don’t get how it works when it is basically taking air out the cold loft and filtering it round the house, if I have my heating on it sounds as if they will be fighting against each other
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I had that problem in an old flat. Ended up putting more ventilation in the bathroom where the moisture in the air was coming from and it stopped the condensation on the bedroom outer facing wall.

That was after spending about 3 grand trying to sort the cavity damp proofing out with no effect.
 
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Does he drive a van with three letters on the side and comes across as a jack the lad?
If yes, he's well known and tries to pressure people into accepting a quote.
 
Duffens_Briefs said:
Does he drive a van with three letters on the side and comes across as a jack the lad?
If yes, he's well known and tries to pressure people into accepting a quote.
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No, he was quite the opposite actually , laid back . Bit pissed off now though I’ve realised exactly how much of his charge is labour , at first I assumed the unit was dead expensive . I appreciate you pay for skills and knowledge but he’s charging 200 quid an hour for what basically sounds like a slightly advanced diy project , I know gas fitters and skilled mechanical engineers not charging anywhere near that
 
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DJBlackandamberarmy(No4) said:
No, he was quite the opposite actually , laid back . Bit pissed off now though I’ve realised exactly how much of his charge is labour , at first I assumed the unit was dead expensive . I appreciate you pay for skills and knowledge but he’s charging 200 quid an hour for what basically sounds like a slightly advanced diy project , I know gas fitters and skilled mechanical engineers not charging anywhere near that
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Good luck fella. I've got something similar in my roof, as vents, I don't know who put them in, as they were in when I bought the gaff, though I reside in a bungie.
 
We had these fitted £90 each, though the guy said pre Covid they were about £70.

He suggested 6, another neighbour who had the same problem had the same issue.
Modernish house, thick none breathable membrane betwee tiles
and roof timbers etc. In winter when heating on the loft was that damp it was like having a water leak - indeed when a neighbour with the same house design went up one Xmas he thought that's what had happened....
Since fitting has pretty much eliminated the problem
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HEAT Insulation on Crowle Street. :emoticon-0100-smile
Edit, sorry didn't read that properly, we used HEAT in another house we had, and they did a decent job.
 
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