SteamyTea

Having not had a telly since 1994, I struggle with TV remotes. Too many buttons. My Mother on the other hand, does not have a problem. She can always find Midsomer Murders or Poirot. Volume is set at 11.

Little bit less than my old diesel, but currently cheaper to run. You seem to have a Dormer in the way. Be quick as the scaffolding is up and the modules in place.

I was just wondering what sort of certification you need to put windows into a new build. https://fensahelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360059195914-If-you-haven-t-got-any-work-to-assess @craig, any idea? You can save a bit of cash by putting in a vented DHW system. They come in for some stick on here, but then a lot of people are from the 'combi boiler' generation, i.e. under 55. I agree with this Though some knowledge is needed i.e. installation/reference methods.

@Omnibuswoman Nothing to do with this at all, but was wondering what sort of MPG you get from your car, both running around locally, and on a long M4/M5//A30 run. It is one of the vehicles on my short list. To do with this thread. I hope you have optimizers on those PV modules, going to be a bit of shading on them, all year round.

One physical inverter can still be 3 Phase. I am sure it has been mentioned about putting the most effective (probably south the facing ones) onto the house phases that gets used the most during the day i.e. washing machine, hob, cooker, DHW, HP or car charger. It would probably take a half decent electrician 20 minutes to work out which phase has what on it, the rest of us maybe half an hour. Usually just a case of looking closely at the consumer unit.

My Great Uncle Colin was an engineer for Smith Industries. His hobby was clock restoring. He had a set of wall clocks that were synchronized to the 50Hz mains.

Constance Cummings as a switchboard operator in "Looking for Trouble" I wonder how much heavy breathing she did.

You have mentioned the inverter a number of times. Apart from a few different features, there really is not a gnats cock between them. Unregulated DC goes in, regulated AC comes out. They disconnect when they need to. The more important thing is how the modules are wired into it i.e. are the separate 'strings' within the inverters limits, is the inverter wired into the most used phase in the house, or in the case of 3 phase, is the largest/most productive string/s wired into the most appropriate phase (3 separate inverters is so much easier with 3 phase). Why I suggested that you do a simple sketch and state what you want the system to do i.e. help run the washing machine, charge the car, heat the DHW...

Think it is. There are a number of similar 'systems'. I think most are polyurethanes. I really should get a small tub and play with it, see what else it can do.

Who remembers SystemX? Shall stick with this.

We had our roof at work repaired with something similar. I wish I had been there when the guy was doing it. Looks like he did a fine job. But it has not rained since. A good fall of snow is what is needed, then the thaw. But this is Cornwall, so like High Wycombe, just drizzle, with the occasional storm.

Had a girlfriend that must have worked for them, she turned them on all the time. (make of that statement as you will)

Most of that will be spent at the start though, the 20% on the last small tin of gloss is neither here not there. Having run out of cash and had a failed business because of it, hoping/waiting for things to change is a killer.

Folkstone and Dover Water Corporation.

(expletive deleted)ing Waste Water Cover Is it Flow Control Waste Cover? but in the wrong order. https://www.jdpipes.co.uk/products-and-services/surface-water-management/flow-controls-chambers

@patp Quickly sketch out what you have, and what you think it should be doing. Then post up. Hopefully we, as a collective, should be able to identify areas you need to ask about.

which will have 20% VAT, which you can reclaim. Thanks for reinforcing my point. If you face having a failed project because you are 10 or 15% short on cash, then waiting for that 20% is definitely going to kill it. It is like spending a tenner in the same pub every night, then, once in a blue moon, the landlord gives you a pint. Not the best deal going.

A lot of people get hung up on getting the VAT back. You can, I'd you have time, easily save 20% on materials and labour. Generally the big killer on any project is running over time. Get the minimum you can afford, get it signed off. Claim the VAT back and move in.

No need to be paranoid. I think it is part of the complaints process that you have to give the installer a chance to rectify the problems. Take some pictures. Can you do a basic circuit diagram? I used to do basic diagrams about what was needed, and where. The lads then (expletive deleted)ed it up.

All the time. I thought it was compulsory. Why do you think I started driving diesels. "Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"

After a hair cut and a relaxing hot bath, I have thought about this. There is no surefire way to deal with it. So just call Dan up (hope it is not the builder Dan I know), and say. "Your lads have landed me a (expletive deleted)ing £1500 bill for electric". Probably no more needs to be said after that. I will say that no matter what you say to a Cornishman, the first or second question they will ask is "How much was that then". Then start to obfuscate to a ridiculous level. Answers should be 12 words or less.

That is brilliant, like testing athletes for banned drugs, you can contaminate the samples. https://www.quora.com/Forensic-Science-How-hard-is-it-to-clean-up-a-murder-scene-of-all-DNA-evidence?share=1 Or dose it. https://www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home/references/ambion-tech-support/rna-isolation/tech-notes/a-new-method-to-remove-dna.html

I would consider the electrical side, but the kit you have to buy/rent to test it is expensive. I did a limited scope Part P course a decade or so ago, cost me £600, and that was subsidised, so not a cheap course. I did not find it difficult (though grew up with an electrical engineer as a Father, and had dabbled for 30 years with wires). Many colleges have skill courses that are reasonably priced, depends on the skill shortage in your area. You may find that getting to grips with the Building Regulations can save you money. Maybe a basic understanding of surveying could stop very expensive blunders, and a good understanding of construction drawings.

So basically assume that the problem is there, but have the mitigation, remedies and solutions ready. Similar to when I worked in the automotive industry. We assumed that things went wrong, so had contingency plans in place. Came about when we manufactured the tooling for the Panther Kallista dashboard. We forgot that with hand built vehicles, accuracy come in second to style. after that, any shut lines became style lines.