Research Resources

36 topics in this forum

1. We need a chemist: Portland cement and Lime.

   By SteamyTea, October 23, 2023
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   • SteamyTea
   • March 25

2. Cheapest heating ever

   By Originaltwist, January 7
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   • Originaltwist
   • January 22

3. Hot Rocks as ‘batteries…’

   By Alan Ambrose, December 18, 2023
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   • SteamyTea
   • December 18, 2023

4. This weeks long read: How countries can go fossil fuel free with wind and solar superpowers 1 2

   By SteamyTea, October 28, 2023
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   • markc
   • October 29, 2023

5. Building Soul - with Thomas Heatherwick.

   By SteamyTea, October 22, 2023
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   • saveasteading
   • October 23, 2023

6. Getting close to halfway, but not quite yet.

   By SteamyTea, October 15, 2023
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   • SteamyTea
   • October 15, 2023

7. England has lowest quality of housing vs rest of Europe

   By Alan Ambrose, October 5, 2023
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   • SteamyTea
   • October 5, 2023

8. Defra’s magic mapping

   By Jilly, June 4, 2023
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   • George
   • June 8, 2023

9. Architectural Details

   By LSB, April 21, 2023
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   • LSB
   • May 8, 2023

10. EPC online calculator?

    By SeaSocks, January 12, 2023
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    • PeterW
    • January 12, 2023

11. Looking for UK based surveyors to participate in a short 2-5 minute survey for my masters dissertation if anyone has time to spare!

    By Sam Proctor, November 23, 2022
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    • Sam Proctor
    • November 23, 2022

12. Share your research on 'obvious items' - list a few good ones.

    By puntloos, August 23, 2020
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    • Andehh
    • December 19, 2021

13. Rural broadband 1 2

    By vivienz, February 13, 2017   

    • broadband
    • dorset
    • 34 replies
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    • Jimcub
    • September 25, 2021

14. Home Builder book 12th edition

    By LSB, August 20, 2021
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    • LSB
    • August 21, 2021

15. Self-build magazines ANY GOOD?

    By NickK, May 18, 2021
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    • Dreadnaught
    • May 19, 2021

16. My House CO2 usage

    By SteamyTea, June 14, 2020
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    • SteamyTea
    • June 14, 2020

17. Research into the motivations for and barriers to self-build

    By CharlD, February 18, 2020
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    • tonyshouse
    • April 19, 2020

18. Free copy or free to read!!

    By JOE187, March 19, 2020
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    • JOE187
    • March 19, 2020

19. Free Climate Change Magazine

    By newhome, February 16, 2020
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    • newhome
    • February 16, 2020

20. Structural calculators and other tools

    By Patrick, November 28, 2019
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    • Patrick
    • November 28, 2019

21. Possibly interesting book for architects (and self-builders?)

    By jack, November 26, 2019
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    • Patrick
    • November 27, 2019

22. NaCSBA survey on self build

    By TheMitchells, August 29, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Gone West
    • August 30, 2019

23. Electrical Connection Help

    By Kim, January 25, 2019   

    • uk power networks
    • 16 replies
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • March 29, 2019

24. need to find how close mains water +sewerage services are?

    By scottishjohn, February 9, 2019
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    • ProDave
    • February 9, 2019

25. Historic OS Maps

    By Tyke2, September 12, 2018
    • 6 replies
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    • joe90
    • September 15, 2018