SteamyTea

Won't we be moving to individually controlled loads, managed via a smart meter? So you will wake up to a cold house, with no hot water and your car battery flat.

That was the right thing to do. It may add some time now, but the beam may be in place for 100 years.

As @JohnMo says, fit a Willis. I think you mean thermosyphoning rather than gravity, which generally relies on large diameter pipework. As a general rule, you put a PV powered element low down in the cylinder, that way, even when there is not enough PV to fill the cylinder, you at least get something. That can help offset gas usage. I think you can get extra long immersion elements, that one is a yard long, to overcome the problem, others may know better. Worth noting that the temperature in a cylinder is a variable gradient, once settled, after heating, it is not stratified, which implies that there are layers at a fixed height and a fixed temperature. Generally the base is close to room temperature and the top is higher, sometimes higher than the thermostat set point. Secondary point is that DHW needs to be hot, no one wants a luke warm shower or bath.

FFS, was it drawn by a toddler. Other stuff here https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/house-home/ambitious-family-home-named-nis-building-of-the-year-2023/726998870.html The flower pots are wonky.

Was he employed by the Architect? That should be the person who picks up this sort of nonsense. I am pretty short, but 1.9m is only 0.2m above my head.

To make it easy, a short list here may be helpful to others. And don't forget to mention the bracing.

Ask at the university to borrow a thermal imaging camera. Alternatively, get a Frenchman to look at it, any Frenchman will do. They will all shrug and kaught the same, then say 'wait until the cheese goes mouldy'.

Good start, thanks.

TL;DR Drill oversize, then get a steel rod the right diameter, set it level in the hole, fill with grout. Right size hole that is level, correct size and smooth. Perfect every time.

And probably will be for another decade.

Seems to me that ICF is getting mentioned quite a bit. Why is this? Seems that a lot of people like the system, but there have been a lot of problems with it as well. So it is about time that we dis a proper critique of it, may save a lot of tears.

Squirt foam in, easy enough to poke a hole through it with a drill if you have to. You could get some white PVC and stick that over the holes. May look better.

Yes, a good sheep will reverse backwards for you when it gets to a sudden drop.

They can't read or write, why they are (expletive deleted)ing builders.

Had a chat with her after she finished doing a live broadcast about the St. Valentine's storms in 2014. She is very short, slim and extremely cute. Had no idea about the West Country though. She thought it was one small place.

As are drawings and safety notices.

If it was a Velux one, they had problems and were replacing them.

Me to, just before your turn.

Am I the only one that reads this as raindeer.

Not so sure about that. Something Understood, Desert Island Discs and the now defunked Radio 4 Theme Tune....

Has Mishal Husain. And Marnie Chesterton. Brian Aldridge as well.

A sensible question. Followed by a confused answer. All joking aside, getting energy and power mixed up is giving a very misleading answer. This really does need clarifying. We can take a guess that you mean it can deliver up to 5, or even 8 kW until the batteries have fully discharged. But it could mean it can deliver up to 8 kWh of energy over an unspecified time, at an unspecified power, which is probably not what you are saying.

Peta Watts 10¹⁵ That is impressive.

Try telling teenage boys that I really don't want to think about teenagers turning knobs in the shower. I have had posts cancelled for less.

Just watching basically good, hot water, go down the plughole is enough for me to limit the time.