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Piccie taken from a front upstairs window an hour ago. It looks Edwardian ... dusting of snow, rough stone wall, next door's somewhat trimmed trees, the lane, the old-fashioned streetlamp, the bicyclist .... The iPad lens which cannot quite catch the piccie unmottled. Warms yer heart and cools yer heating.

I really like this single lever shower mixer for it's simplicity and clean lines. It also sort of matches the bath & basin taps: https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-eurosmart-single-lever-shower-mixer-trim-19451002?campaign=googlebase&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu9_30vz51wIVirftCh2LaA2WEAQYASABEgJ1DPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Wanting thermostatic I think it can be combined with this: https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/grohe-rapido-t-universal-concealed-thermostatic-mixer-35500000 But someone recently I think argued against single control types? AIso I'm assuming Grohe is a different make to Hansgrohe? (I'm still hankering after a diverter type so I can switch from the spray handset to overhead rainfall type).

I am a total nut job when it comes to insulating and airtightness, and never ever rush the detailing, we are a ways of from smoke testing but when the time comes i will be ready. Yes i have been following that thread and many others very closely and learning all the time. My nearest smoke producing neighbors upwind of me are 5 miles away and a lot of open sea between us. Downwind from me they are about a mile away and there are hills and forests between us. So we are all good on that front.

8 minutes - on the TUBE!

There are 2 types of 3-way valve. One is a mid-position and one is a diverter. This one, following the link from the part number, is a diverter so can actually only give fliw to one port or t'other For mixed / combined flow ( true Y plan where a single flow temp can serve the rads and the dhw cylinder simultaneously ) the mid-position valve is the kiddy.

I think the reason for placing radiators on outside walls under windows is a bit more subtle than that. With a normal house and radiators on an internal wall there will be a big temperature gradient between the inner wall and the outer wall, which makes the temperature distribution uneven leading to an uncomfortable room and a tendency to increase the room temperature. With a radiator on the outside wall the temperature distribution is much more even leading to a comfortable room at a lower temperature. There is also the issue of the warm heat source of the radiator compensating for the cold sink of the window. This may be less of an issue in a Passivhaus, but it's still going to be more effective to place radiators in the traditional place in most radiator heated buildings; windows are still a cold spot.

+1 on school trips, Bristol is very bad fo this and during the holidays the traffic levels ( at certain times of the day) drop dramatically. My biggest problem down here is getting stuck behind the odd tractor. I just laugh to myself and am gratefull I am not back in Bristol.

I miss the days when you could get somewhere 70 miles away in an hour (or less ). Took me 7 hours from Norwich to Dartford once!

I am happy to be the smoke machine, will work for Marlboro

Oh no you didn’t say that did you?? (Or say it a month ago!) next thing you know you will in Grand Designs style be 6 month late, 100k over budget and your wife will be pregnant with triplets!!!

Just putting this one to bed i ended up getting the Dewalt DWE 7491 for £744 inc vat in March and have been really putting it through its paces. It rips down 2 inch timber with agression and is fantastic at fine detailed work to within the mm. its a beast for making noise and would put many off but the power and accuracy is just superb. The fence in rock solid and its a very ergonomic machine. Yes an expensive bit of kit but i have NO regrets.

Been there, feel your pain. I don't know why it's so hard to just install windows properly the first time. @jack It is unbelievable & most people seem to have the same problems. What gets me is that they had to remove a course of block work to be able to fit the patio doors incorrectly. I imagine they then stood there scratching their heads wondering what to do with the great gap they had just created between the top of the glazing & the timber frame. One of them then came up with the solution. Shove a bit of timber in & stick some tape over it, job done??!!** Aaaarrrrgh!!!