SteamyTea

Not the TV, it is the offensive adverts selling tat to the uneducated and stupid. I want public information broadcasts again. A simple widening before and after adverts. "Don't be a moron" Unless it is in Liverpool, then. "Don't be a (expletive deleted)"

I love the smell of galvanised steel being welded, gives me time take a few steps back before I take in a deep breath.

Especially the Scotch ones. No one like a foreigner moving in and changing things to suit themselves.

It is fair to assume that builders have already put a mark up on materials, it is why they have trade accounts a merchants. If they don't know what is happening in the industry regarding prices, they are not good business people, and are best avoided. May seem harsh, but if they come back and ask for more after agreeing a price, they don't know what they are doing. We have had a good 12 months to understand the affects of COVID-19 (clue is in the 19) and 5 years to plan for BREXIT. If a quote seems low, there will be a reason, and not a good reason. If it is high, it is more likely the builder knows what they are doing.

Think you mean 3 and 4 kW (installed capacity). kWh is energy, kW is power. Power times time is energy. It may affect the FiT payment, but you can replace them. Give MCS a call and ask. Then let us all know. Have you thought of going roof integrated PV. Probably similar price to reproofing, and looks better. You could fit more modules and have a separate circuit dedicated to DHW heating. That is the cheapest energy storage there is. Alternatively, or as well as, battery storage to reduce imports. Really comes down to how much you want to spend overall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax If parliament wants to help the poorest, take this off fags, booze and gambling.

Pallet Porn. Ribbed for extra sensitivity.

They may have to for safety and future investment. They may, for instance, be looking at the feasibility of pulling cables through them. Large point to point pipework may be used as hydrogen transporting, or even water. Alternatively just increase, via taxation, all energy prices. It is, when you think about energies utility value, very, very, cheap. You can't get a person, or an ox, to accelerate a tonne a metre, every second, but a kWh can potentially do that for 5p. This debate has been going on for over 45 years (since the oil crisis). It always gets hijacked by non energy criteria i.e the poor paying more, we need to use less, of everything, the rich won't care, they can afford it. As Bill Clinton said a few years ago about climate change, "we will still be arguing when we are sitting on a raft in the Atlantic".

Time for a 1970s joke about pallets. There was a boat load of Vietnamese people that arrived in Calais, the French refused to take them. "Go to England" they said. When they arrived at Dover, the English refused to take them "Try Ireland" they suggested. When they arrived at Dublin the Irish said. "Are they on pallets".

I am always a little confused when people talk about a 'nice looking house'. Do they mean nice inside of outside, and that is before practicalities start, you my have a round bed and a round bath, but not a round bedroom or bathroom. There is a reason that houses look like boxes, it is practical, sensible and cheaper to build. Don't muck about with a complicated roof, avoid chimneys and make sure it has one side pointing south, then load it up with integrated PV. If the thought of that look horrifies you, I shall point out that half the time it is dark, and over a year, you will probably spend less than 50 hours actually looking at it. My Aunt, in Canada, has a basement with one side open. It is dark and miserable, and the view out of the open side is tree trunks. It is a type ex pats house, brick faced. You can tell all the English ex pats houses in her street (the poshest street in Halifax) because they have the same brick facing. An Arad has a place that is a white stone with quarts in it. It sparkles. Stick to the old saying 'KISS'. You can't go wrong.

Still trolling then.

I would be concerned employing an electrician who could not work out the wiring for an ASHP from the manufacturers manual. Seems to say more about plumbers and electricians than the technology.

Do you mean interstitial?

He can have my second chef for 5k.

The drive down on prices/wages is a common problem. Business should choose their target market more carefully. I would rather sell to someone that can easily afford my prices, rather than one that will struggle to pay. No business owes customers a bargain.

Why my immersion heater is a 16A switch.

Not if you have Mal de debarquement.

Wire the replacement FCU in and measure the current it is drawing.

I wear my work clothes, then hang them up to dry.

So my bath is probably using an extra 90 litres a day.

My total area is 50m2 Taking a guess here, do you shower, rather than a daily bath?

When I calibrated a bunch of DS18B20s, I found the biggest variance was in the time they took to react to a temperature change. This can give the impression that they are less accurate than they are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kv7j

@dpmiller Had a quick look at the spec this morning. Nothing stands out as either good or bad. So that is good. How oversize is it going to be, that is one of the main things that will effect noise and performance.

It is about what I use, though it is very variable. If you have the data, apart from the plugging it in, and finding the daily temperatures, it is a fairly easy thing to do.