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Don't give me ideas. I have a pile of hardcore building up that when it gets to a trailer full I was going to put on freecycle (would save me loading it up and taking it to the tip). Perhaps I'll try it on ebay first?

Tell them some of the Byron wireless units are/were designed for use with a separate bell push button. I splashed out on a nice brass unit.. https://www.jim-lawrence.co.uk/product/13308/brass-door-bell-with-ceramic-push#3078AB

the cheapest quote i got was from D-Scaff in Newry. They were totally booked out so you might be lucky. Some of the quotes i got were crazy so shop around. Anywhere from 1900 - 3600 for supply and erection. And £50 - 150 per week hire. Also some were quoting 50 an hour for any changes needed.

Just phone a good few as they all travel so even companies based not within a few miles of antrim will give you a price. Make sure you get a price that includes the cost of getting them back to do a lift when different trades need it done. Add all the sums up and see who comes out the best. Make sure you ask about their insurance certificate.

You would be surprised how quick they fill up - fortnightly service on a site will be needed if there are 3 or 4 people about for most of the week. On the site hut thing we've gone for an 8x6 shed with a worktop across one end which will get moved when the build finishes to a new home in the garden.

Drain down the central heating with the cold mains feed to both tanks turned off ( float valves ). If the CWS empties over a couple of hours also then it's a perforated coil. You need to be draining at a point that ensures the cylinder coil is getting drained, ideally, as that will give a faster indication.

I hate to be the killjoy but I would personally go to the effort of getting a certificate of lawfulness. We spent close to three years getting permission from the national park to replace our house and it was (as most people find) a fairly tortuous process. A few hundred pounds getting a planning consultant to draw up your plans in line with pd will just save all the heart ache when someone (and in conservation areas someone will!!) complains or notifies the authority. Cutting this corner just isn't worth the inevitable heart ache. just my 2p's worth.

We used CAT6. Yes it was more expensive, but in the scheme of things not such a big expense. If doing it again, I'd probably put in more CAT6 to places where any form of AV equipment was going, as it seems just about everything comes with a network cable. I'd probably use cheaper CAT5e for light switches (we have a home automation system). Missing out wiring a front doorbell seems common - I have two friends who both managed to do it and ended up having cheap plastic battery powered wireless doorbells stuck outside their lovely new doors. I'd actually run two cables to the door: one for the doorbell switch, and the other in case you ever want to install an intercom (possibly including a camera). Plan for external PIR sensors, in case you want to do more than just use PIR security lights. We have a couple of places where the PIR is wired back to our home automation system, so we can do more than just have a light come on when a PIR is triggered. Ditto for possible security cameras, as mentioned above.