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not to mention you would also save on anti-pigeon netting and long term maintenance costs, and get better aesthetics and improved resale value....

No (imo), find a local architectural technician and if they think there is any aspects that need an S.E. I am sure they will know one. If the BCO is not happy that will ask for calcs to be done but as I said above I did not need one for my brick and block build! 👍

There are a few auto WiFi switcher apps in the Android App store that claim to switch to stronger APs but I've never bothered risking trying any out. Why this is still an issue that hasn't been sorted out in the OS totally stumps me.

during covid they put in an extension to people’s planning so they didn’t expire - it would be hard for them to enforce it because they caused this delay. there are other councils that have already implemented the reed bed policy, and I think the threat of people suing them is pretty good encouragement. Like your architect says, you could look into a report and a sustainable drainage system to prove you’re neutral in the meantime, it might be a good idea. I think it’s terrible how they have handled this. I’ve lost one customer already I had planning for (Portsmouth). That was a while ago and they expanded the rules since then too.

The first section of drive I believe has to be non movable. IE a solid surface not stone, not gravel. I believe it is to stop loose stones being spread onto the road surface, dangerous for motorbikes and stuff. I don’t believe it has to be to any specific spec, just a sealed surface.

"Perhaps" is a good choice. Part of our deal with remaining son and his wife was they use our assests in the combined build but they pay all bills and services into the future. However I have an ingrained interest in the "where does it go" but theirs is to the extent of not wasting stuff but not the detail. He has no interest in my gadget crap so I will not be writing any manuals so I have just done an overlay on the existing and turned it down so my system has priority. So if anything happens to me and my plan B system fails then they switch it off and revert to plan A. All the instructions are already written for those and it's not my fault if they have lost them I did put all that stuff in a nice folder. Not that I would care by that time anyway. That said their nearly seven year old is showing an interest in the science stuff so there maybe hope yet.

Shane, you could have gone for a roof integrated system and saved on tiling.

If you dont know the system design/inverter model, are you sure you have approval to connect a 9kw system to the grid? Even for informal "approval" I had to email and discuss the system I had in mind to get informal agreement before I put in the formal G99 application. If youve already agreed some aspects of the design such as export limitation you probably want to post the details

I bet you never, ever, thought you would be typing that sort of reply 2 years ago. Building physics soon takes over your whole life.

Technically yes, but only your BCO can give you a final answer for your dwelling. We can only procrastinate I'm afraid. I would install one on the edge of the living room ceiling tbh. 3c + E yes. Regular twin and earth from CU to 1st detector. I'd be looking for 3m distance away from cooker / oven / kettle etc so as to not get nuisance alarms.

Why not heat the cylinder fully from a ToU tariff such as Octopus Go overnight, via the HP, and then pump any excess during the day into the immersion to hyper-inflate the energy storage capability of the UVC. Nighttime charge to 50oC then reduced by whatever was collected during the day, with the boost from the immersion going as high as 70-80oC. You will get the better CoP with running the HP, but only at the lower temp plus you'll be cycling the HP on and off with the pockets of solar gain, which it will NOT thank you for. Once you calculate the wear and tear on the HP, PLUS those attributed losse of getting all of the HP components up to temp for each event, same with all of the interconnecting pipework etc, eg before it collectively then delivers premium temp hot water to give the stated recovery times, .......then the immersion route soon becomes a more attractive choice afaic.

I get a WhatsApp message from upstairs to "advance the hot water". First thing I do when I walk in at night is turn any advance settings off and turn the room stat down to something near normal.

I installed a new gas combi for an old biddy and her spinster daughter. She had me go back, complaining that the living room would not get warmer than 21oC. My friend and I arrived and walked in, and within 60 seconds were both lathered up with factor 50 and stood there in pants and socks, as it was like a sunny day in Dubai! The daughter had bought one of these weather station things from a petrol station and sat it on the marble fireplace, which had a gale blowing up it, and was on an ice cold outside wall ( mass produced bag of shit house btw ). I picked it up and placed it on the lady's coffee table next to where she was sat. As I was getting my arse chewed off about how the old boiler ( same kW rating, same radiators etc but now all flushed and with new TRV's ) was "so much better than the new one"...... After 5 minutes I pointed to the weather station doo-dah and it was showing 24.5oC. We replaced the central heating system, but what we couldn't replace in that house was the lady's central nervous system

Maybe it can be made a sticky?