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Ask for a full quote. that will give you all the prices. That will need to be a large cable for that run, something like Wavecon 95. I have never seen accurate prices but it is about £50 per metre, so there is likely to be £6500 worth of cable. You present house has a single transformer just for your one house. That will likely need to be swapped for a bigger transformer.

We don't have the WiFi module or use the MELCloud service, and to be honest can't see a reason why you would ever want or need to. The system works perfectly without it, or indeed without integration into a home management / automation system. We run our house as a single zone, and it maintains the set indoor temperature without any issue. We have room thermostats in the bedrooms controlling actuators on the UFH manifold so we can turn off the heating in the bedrooms, but other than that, it just ticks along in the background. I use the Auto function which works on a weather compensation basis, only heating to the lowest flow temp required to maintain the set temperature (in our case it's very rare for flow temp to exceed 30C). No complicated setting up in terms of setting heating curves (although you can control by this option if you wish). Controller also allows you to programme on/off times to match cheap electricity rates etc. Master controller records details of energy use and production. I wouldn't waste any money trying to integrate with other control systems or cloud functionality as they simply are not needed.

I think the small concrete pumps are more forgiving than the Schwing lorry pumps. They are often run by smaller operators and the kit is cheaper. It takes a while to set them up but they may be cheaper if you need a few pours and get on OK with the operator. Not so fast and furious.

most ICF makers tell you to get an "s" bend at the end of the pump line and at 100mm dia --to restrict the angry elephant effect the S"" bend is to slow down the muck coming down that very long boom and therefore cut down on hydraulic effect on the wall

To me it sounds fine. If you have PP to do what you are doing, then I don’t see how that condition is still active.

nice one @joth. thanks. ?

One more tip: UKPN will only provide you one firm/written quote per site visit, however they will give you pretty good cost illustrations while with onsite (at least they did with me). So have in mind all the different scenarios you might realistically want, outline high level needs and you ideas, then work through your scenarios (and any other they suggest) one by one getting example costings for each, then finally decide on your favourite to get a firm written quote written up and sent. There's no commit, You can always change your mind, they'll just have to come out again to make the new quote. Have some paper, pencil, camera etc on hand to take copious notes of what they say as I think they gave 'verbal' example quotes only. (If you're cheeky you might ask them to get a photo of their laptop screen as they bring up each quote).

I totally agree, my planning fight ended with me taking it to the Secretary of State for an appeal and won hands down, the planners even had a ticking off fir not abiding with their own policies, wasted two years of my life and ££££.? The planner even told me if I took it to appeal I would probably win!!,!,! Beggars belief.

None appointed as yet, as funds are very tight, trying to establish easiest, simplest therefore the most cost effective way to do things first Ok, so probably would need deeper joists. I assume that the current ceiling joists can stay in situ. Total span is actually over 6m but there is a structural 100mm block wall 2.4 m from one wall and 3.93m from the other on which 2 independent sets of ceiling joists rest.

At least one power cable and one control cable. It is very much dependant on make. I have a 50mm duct through my wall. Two 20mm conduits pass through that, one for power and one for control cables.

Ignoring heating and hot water, we use typically 60=70kWh per week powering "stuff" Which is a one word way of saying the washing machine, the dishwasher, the tumble dryer, the fridge freezer, the televisions, computers, lights, vacuum cleaners and anything else you care to mention. We use a lot more powering "stuff" than we do heating the house and the hot water. If you could store 6kWh in batteries that could pretty much eliminate what "stuff" uses in the summer. Instead without batteries I just use the big appliances in the daytime to self use the solar PV generation and that, plus dumping excess to hot water, uses up almost all we generate.

then your SE should confirm this (it’s part of his job!!!)

How do you manage that in your small, stubby, inbred fingers.

You are supposed to install a vapour shield onto the bottom of worksurfaces - usually comes with the dishwasher. I've seen this happen on doors and tend to use dishwashers with visible control panels

Most likely steam/water ingress. What type of door is it? A foil wrapped or laminate door will show this with foil wrapped doors very susceptible. It could be due to a couple of reasons. A Dishwasher is usually next to the sink so check that there isn't any water splashing on the door. If not, this eliminated water and makes the most likely cause the dishwasher. Check that the dishwasher seals correctly. A dishwasher that is out of level sideways and front to back can cause this. If its a BSH dishwasher, this could be a particular problem as they make them with 3 legs and more susceptible to movement. If the problem isnt an out of level item then the problem is likely to be a damaged or perished seal. Posting photos may help.

If this is being done under building regs then you will need to prove to BCO that this is acceptable. In terms of loading, static loading of 0.5 is used for clear floors with light loading. If you add stud walls then 0.75-1 is where you should be planning to stop movement. All tables for floor joists assume a dynamic 1.5 loading in addition which is where your bath/shower etc come in. Assuming you currently have 44 x170 joists then your maximum span would be at C16 3.963m under BS 5268-7.3, and that is for a ceiling joist. Convert this to a floor joist and then take the consideration in BS 6399-1 which is the new standard, then to get your spans you are borderline on using 88x170, or double up joists. These would need to be bolted together - not screwed - at 600mm centres to ensure the strength is reached.

Mine has been in for a year now and the dishwasher installed and working for about 10 months. No sign of any problems with the outer door.

I went dark for a while. Apologies. Had some other distractions that kept my attention elsewhere. @scottishjohn Even the hippy tinker in me does not want planning with abandon as you seem to think I do. However, imagine this scenario. A large supermarket chain eyes up a nice field on the edge of your local development. It's a nice spot. Now, they have the money to go in, buy the land and start building without PP. The 'groundwork' so to speak has been ongoing for years in the community in the form of networking with the right people. It doesn't matter how the supermarket will affect the local community or local businesses. It's a fait-a-complis. It's a case of money gets the PP regardless of the relative merits of the supermarket. It goes on up and down the land every day. But, if a regular bloke, or hippy tinker had come along and eyed up a plot to build their house, they may or may not get planning permission. Either way they will jolly well have to go through all the official channels and we all know that it may be a hellish journey for anyone to take. As with most things in life, money and influence get the job done no matter what, and this is exactly what I'm getting at. Our planning system, rather than protecting the countryside and regulating building seems to only protect and regulate those without the funds to circumvent it. I cite the 'Paragraph 79' loophole as a case in point. ...And that was my point. I don't have all the answers but I would like to see it become easier for ordinary people to build a home without putting themselves under a lifetime of debt.

Managed to speak with BPC and they said minimum of 500mm of space between ASHP and MVHR vents

Shut the thread down, it mentions BREXIT.

What’s the point of that? You just said you were going to ban people updating their windows.

West Country degenerates the lot of you.

Yep, as Fiona Bruce said, 'so nice to see an old friend'

I only worked and played there. Don't think I did anything of merit. Not even at work (was one of the worse places I ever worked, I once managed 3 days in a row doing nothing, and no one noticed, so took the next day off, and no one noticed that either).

Thank Christ, getting sick of "Bump...still for sale, make me an offer".

right up to the point when it does an auto update and no longer works,!!,,??????

Once all 27 other devices agree. And then only after 3 years of debate and watering down to fit the one trouble maker. (I was trying so hard to be balanced)

Funnily enough Bristol has improved since you left ?

The BREXIT Bridge. So it will fail to communicate, crash out as the best option, not consistently apply established protocols, cost more and offer less. But it will be "world class". Just as long as your world is tiny and closed. Some good engineers and theorists from there. Not rubbed off over the generations. Still, it accounts for your humour.

I come from Bristol!!,!, but much prefer it down here now.

Anyway this is MY bridge thread - let’s not get it closed down like my brexit thread ! ???

By vastly improving the inefficient Bolton and Watt steam engine. This made mining more profitable and allowed people like Humphrey Davy to develope chemistry and physics quickly. This led to the development of electrical systems used by Marconi, who sent the first transatlantic radio signals from Cornwall, which also had the main global telegraph network. So if you need something done, get a moaning, pasty munching Cornish to do it. And, we did not need slave labour like Bristol.

From the person building an underground house...... or a cave..???? ?

As opposed to packing it in and moaning...

or Devon, can’t stand this modern techno stuff, give me a 60year old tractor to mend any day. ?????

finally an actual justification for buying a Sunamp......................... .....................more shelving for your towels.