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looking forward to reading all about the build. Fab views! Good luck.

I posed the question of MVHR sucking in "smoke" a while back. I wonder if you could bring in outdide air via say a water bath to filter the particulates? More the worry is drowning in an airtight building if a pipe bursts and you sleep on a futon! Presumably it'd only ever get as high as the lowest wc?

I've had a quick scan, some data is reliable, some far less so, as it's from pressure groups. Taking the least reliable first. When Australia acted to place bans on wood stoves in first one area, and now, I believe, other areas, this followed studies that showed a higher incidence of disease related to air pollution in those areas. This pressure group (so treat the data with due caution) have made some comparisons that are on the high side, such as suggesting that wood stoves emit around 1000 times more PM2.5s than car exhaust (personally I'd question that): http://woodsmoke.3sc.net/health The Launceston study ( http://menzies.utas.edu.au/news-and-events/media-releases/2013/reduction-in-air-pollution-from-wood-heaters-associated-with-reduced-risk-of-death ) is quite compelling, though, as it seems to show a pretty strong causal link between wood burning stoves and disease, high enough to be statistically relavant for sure. As a cautionary note, the local environment there tended to produce higher levels of low level air pollution than areas with a different topology or weather patterns. This abstract from the British Medical Journal is clearly written by someone who is anti-wood smoke, but nevertheless there are some snippets of decent data in there (pity you have to be a BMJ member to read the whole paper: http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2757/rr-0 One quote from that has clearly been chosen to stand out: There's an interesting paper from Norway, all the more interesting as Norway has a long history of burning wood and has, along with other Scandinavian countries, done a fair bit to improve the way stoves combust more efficiently, and in ways that produce less pollution (basically it comes from the the rocket stove principle, make the burn as hot as possible and never restrict the air supply to reduce heat output ): http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/old/klif/nyheter/dokumenter/25042013(PM emission factors wood stoves_Rapport_Final_64-65).pdf

“At its simplest level, there is nothing to stop one member of the forum offering to loan money, on whatever terms they happen to agree, to another member. “ this is what this forum is, a talking place to exchange ideas and get to know people. If those people want to help each other it’s up to them. I have gained soooooo much knowledge from all you guys over the last few years and thank you one and all.

As long as it has your name on it you should be ok. If I remember correctly a store receipt (rather than a VAT receipt) is ok for items below £30. Permanent fencing can be reclaimed. It's listed in VAT 708. Temporary site fencing probably not. Plants can only be reclaimed if on a landscaping plan forming part of the planning package.

And we're validated. Edit: crappy link removed.

Im with Jeremy on wood burners. Why? Girif, smelly AND busy trying to kill you with pollution at the same time! In an old leaky house, maybe, but in a modern build? Why. Not needed. Want to dry the washing. Get a de-humidifier. Simples. Legislation will come as sure as night follows day. Frankly, im amazed we have allowed what happens now to continue, or more accurately, re-emerge as a means of heating. London will be first.

Mmmmmmm......sausage. ?

My old house is still for sale. you will get the last 20 years of the FIT contract as well.

We run a holiday let .Remember you will get a cross section of people staying and a lot of people struggle with complex controls. Fancy electronic goods can confuse the heck out of older guests( not being ageist honest) Always go for basic controls in a decent well known brand.

I've gone for the Gumtree approach for miele applicances throughout. There's no way that I could have afforded them new, so my induction hob, oven, steam oven, coffee machine etc are all either ex display or barely used. The ovens etc are one series behind and the only hassle I had was making sure the fascias matched up as there is quite a variety of models. I bought a miele washing machine, which I'm using in my current rental and I have to say, it looks bombproof. My husband could practically lift the old (really cheap one) with one hand, but it took him, a burly friend and a lot of swearing to get the miele up the steps. It's taken me a while to build everything up, but the only thing I'm short now is an integrated microwave. I'd say, if you live either in london or the midlands, and have access to a van, there are many bargains to be had. I got a one year old, 900mm miele top of the range induction hob for £200. Not a mark on it, and it was nearly £3k originally.