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Seems quite a lot at the original 200 quid a week. I assume they have gas as well, so can't understand why they would be buying in so much. Got a 4.5 rating and on TripAdvisor, but only 6 reviews. So one of their friends was not impressed.

No me, so I am keeping the word 'hideous' for another day. Try High Wycombe for furniture. It is the furniture capital of the world.

I think I am slowly seeing where you are coming from now. You can calculate the fan power to move 600 m3.h-1 here. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/fans-efficiency-power-consumption-d_197.html That will be your energy input. Then if you know the range of heating and cooling ∆Ts, you can work out the energy transferred at your flow rates. CoP is not the usual term used in the UK for forced air systems, but no reason it should not be used.

If we want to have a government step in and help, we will just have to raise taxes. So what is LT suggesting; Reduced personal taxes. That is more to do about winning Tory party members than any attempt at reducing household outgoings. I just hope that the voting Tory party members can see though the nonsense. Trouble for them is, they probably won't vote for RS. I have made myself a cheap, screw on, secondary glazing frame. Stop window draughts (or is it drafts) and add a bit more thermal resistance. Shall posh it up a bit more for the living room.

2 strokes always sound as if something is broken and flapping about.

I found the air filter had the biggest influence on fuel economy. 10k miles and it drops 10‰ at least. Regular oil changes as well.

If I had know I would have taken the week off and cadged a ride. Quite fancy a few days up your way.

Welcome. This peculiar damp problem, it may be condensation. If you are fitting UFH, how much insulation can you get under it?

You as well.

Start here: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/heat-transfer-coefficients-exchangers-d_450.html then move to this: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/heat-recovery-efficiency-d_201.html Then ask yourself why it is not done everywhere, successfully.

No idea, I live geographically close to Wales but by road it is a minimum of 260 miles.

I think Wales has some scope for more off beat designs. Someone built a 'Hobbit House' there and eventually got planning. You could just build a white cube, then get 4 projectors and put whatever façade you like on it. Projectors can chuck out quite a lot of light.

About 220Wh/mile then. My old diesel is currently on 60MPG, 1320Wh/mile. 14p/mile [182p/litre, 10 kWh/litre]. Can pick up a car like mine for 300 quid.

Welcome All sounds interesting, though difficult. Some on here have a lot of planning experience, while others are good on the technical front. Where have you emigrated from? Good luck with your project.

As long as you don't expect me to wear a stout RAF woollen skirt, and make my knickers out of parachutes.

Just think how simple life would be without coffee, we would soon learn not to think too hard.

Model it as a polynomial equation. Better still, create a performance matrix and let Excel do the curve fitting. It is something Excel is good at. Halfway through my coffee.

I do not recognise people at the best of times, let alone myself.

One is 1.5 kW, other 3 kW ish. Small one has 2 elements, the bigger one 4.

Connected to my storage heaters seems the best use to me.

Like their PV modules. If you have 3 kWp of them going spare, I shall come and fill the car up with them on my next trip up, should fit.

I would think they are in serious trouble. Fuel will be a large part of their expenditure and often fairs are fixed by legislation. Does make me wonder if the 'corner shop' will make a comeback. They have high mark up on low price products, relatively small outgoings (owners run the place), often good secondary income from running postal services and, and this applies to all small business people I know, hate heating a place. I often go to a nice sub tropical garden, at the top of it is a place that feeds 'old folk'. I wonder if I am old enough to sneak in. I get a good view and more boiled cabbage than I can eat. May have to take my own chair as the stackable plastic ones I know are very uncomfortable.

Have they gone back to selling windows. One of the reasons that I decided not to continue in the domestic energy market was the volatility of it. Chickens coming home to roost now though.

Good, will stop then going into most National Trust places.

If they manage to stay open. Catering and hospitality is taking a real hit at the moment and food prices are set to rise again this autumn, and that is on top of the lack of staff.