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But the French did, so you got a Zoe.

I think @Construction Channel did a formal apprenticeship fairly recently (to us old ones). Not sure if he still posts up on here, he is in Essex though.

The usual method is to do a technical course at college, something on this list: https://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/what-to-study/our-departments/construction But at is age it will cost, so maybe an apprenticeship: https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/apprentices/browse-by-interests/construction If he does not already have a degree, then maybe consider one, if he does have one, maybe a Master. The really hard part will be getting experience, he may be lucky and find a small builder that is interested in training up someone, but would probably be better off in a large organisation, maybe the local council, or a railway company. There are also may aspects to 'building'. Maybe thinking about which part of the industry he is really interested in may help.

Just get a plumber to fit it, just show them what needs to be done. They are not going to charge much if you have got the unit in place, cables run and holes drilled for any pipes. Why pay a plumbers rate, and an hour of his time, to carry a cylinder upstairs.

https://www.flameport.com/wiring_regulations/BS7671_selected_subjects/zones_concealed_cables.cs4 Basically anything vertically or horizontally from a socket, switch or control/junction box is a danger zone.

The whole idea of the RHI and the FiT was to encourage business to install the stuff. Once the installation knowledge base was there, the MCS companies should be more expensive. Why the governments (both flavours) thought it was a good idea to pay customers, rather than pay companies I don't know, but that is the route that was taken. People moan that they can only get 5p/kWh for exporting electricity, but I think that is pretty generous, I pay nearly 11p to import it at night, and 23p/kWh during the day. Yesterday, if I had a 4 kWp system, I would have generated about 22 kWh, I only used 6 kWh, so my imports cost about 80p, but I could have got £1.10 for exporting. And that is without self consumption. If I could use half of my consumption, 40p worth, and exported the rest (16 kWh), I would have been 40p up. I wish I had a large enough roof to fit 4 kWp and it was pointing in the right direction.

Mate of mine had one like that, it still generated. He covered the glass with UV curing resin and played with it.

Good idea, I used to use WebWhacker to do the same, then they started charging money for it. Any chance you want to share the code then others can join it. Data is King. For the non technically minded, a similar thing can be done with Excel, using the Web Query to import some data.

Measure the flow rate, the output temperature on the hot pipe and the input temperature on the cold pipe. Then do the sums.

Why can't you use your ASHP as a cooling unit? Usual reminder that it is kW, not Kw.

Semi serious. was more thinking on the flat area. If you go for GRP it can be done in a lighter colour than the normal lavender grey that seems to be usually used. A lighter colour, in itself, does not make a huge difference as the surface soon looses its sheen. There is always aerogel insulation, though it is very expensive.

Right, yes, I remember now. Can you fit mirrors, plastic ones. They will work.

Were you now. Not followed your build too closely, but as a general rule, the more insulation you put in, the lower the temperature change will be, it is what insulation does after all. Wood fibre, like timber, has strong hydrogen bonds in it, this is good for storing thermal energy, and if it is stored, it is not transmitting though. So the more wood fibre you can get in, the better. As it is a roof, can you reduce the amount of direct sunlight that is hitting it. PV modules are good for this, and you can use that excess energy to run an AC unit, or just a large fan blowing in air from the North (though this will only drop the interior temperature to that of the outside). A reflective roof covering would also work as well.

Was that not called 'The Spastic Society'. There was a shoppe in Amersham called Scope in the 1970s. They sold damaged kitchenware. Not sure if there is a connection.

Not till tonight, I am not on split shifts untill tomorrow. Cooking is easy. It really is. It is just a case of being organised and not overly ambitious. The rest is physics.

You will need to flesh that statement out to support your claims. Electricity, in the UK, is now below 300g/kWh. A gas boiler is around 225g/kWh. There is not much scope to improve a gas boiler, and if the SCoP of an ASHP stays at 3, it is still twice as good. Going to revise that 300g number after checking. 181g/kWh last year. So even resistance heating in a leaky house is better than gas.

I have not had a freezer for 20 years or so. I did have a 24/7 Tesco nearby. Dried and tinned food is just as tasty, and takes no energy to store it. Also, if the door falls off my cup board, my food is still fine. The first friend you make if you own a restaurant is your refrigeration company.

We get our fats and oils collected, sometimes we get money for it. I seem to remember that it is only financially viable when crude is over $120/barrel (currently $77). A few years back (2006 I think) there was a spike in oil prices caused by lack of refining and storage capacity, unfortunately this was miss reported as 'peak oil' and the world went crazy for bio fuels. This lead to speculators moving in and buying up farming capacity to grow oil crops. Thankfully it did not last long or we would now be back to 1970s food prices. We currently use about 100 million barrels a day. There is 1.7 MWh of energy in a barrel. About 50% of a barrel can be converted to gasoline or diesel, so my car, which uses about 500 imperial gallons a year, or 2,270 litres. That has about 9.7 kWh/litre, so about 22 MWh. So about the same energy as 13 barrels, or 26 after refining. I think a standard oil barrel is 22.5 inches diameter and 33.5 inches high (55 US gallons), so an area of around a quarter of a square metre. Could fit a years worth of transport oil in my small shed. Can see why we use oil.

Take that with a pinch of salt.

The problem with kitchens is that styles change. My sister's 1st husband made his own. Then years later, made some more parts to extend it. £5k buys some good woodworking machinery and a lot of timber. When I had my house valued a few years back, the estate agent said she loved my kitchen. It was the original one put in in 1987.

This is my work area, I can do 200 meals in 4 hours from it. Go temporary. And freestanding.

Have you looked at the price of a new boiler without using the loan scheme. It may work out cheaper.

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In the undergrowth upon the lady's front garden I find best.

It is near Scunthorpe