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I have always been a bit dubious about lighting designers. I worked for one of the largest manufacturers of lighting controllers and diffusers in the UK about 20 years ago (my project was not lighting). Often we would get a lighting designer come in with some great new concept. They were all flakey "designs" and nothing new. We treated them with respect, nodded at the right times, pretended to be enthusiastic, then did a quote for them. That was the end of that. I am very happy that I have not been involved in the business since LEDs have come along, would have been the same old all over again, but with smaller illuminairs and more colours.

Just builders would do.

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Is it really only 99p for the Kindle edition. I have a Kindle. They cost about 40 quid and pretty good.

Looks similar to what that Irish bloke was trying to fob people off with a few years back, along with the interseasonal thermal store.

Not my house, it is the useless architects that designed it. They fell into the trap that small is cheaper, though they also knew that they would never live in something so small. How much would an extra 7m2 really cost.

My living room is 3.5m wide, once you take out the stair case, it is about 2.8m, totally useless space really, it is just a corridor.

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With it unplugged, or switched off properly, obviously.

They run at close to the water they are heating temperature, this may not be cooler than the natural airflow they receive in a typical UK setting. Though there are some that can be incorporated with a heap pump, but PV efficiency figures seem hard to come by. There was a large push on these about 12 years ago, there is a reason that we don't see many of them in the UK. They are basically the working of an ordinary domestic fridge, just with the cold bits placed outside and painted black.

How much insulation do you have under it, and what is the U-Value?

Not sure it does offer better PV efficiency. Does keep your walls free of clutter. What sort of floor are you having. Should be called a frost box. They tend to ice up. That is always the case.

The 'P' in swimming pool is also silent.

There is a good joke about this. Flobber dob-a-dob

It is the only thing that keeps the county united.

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Not a bad term for people with no access to mains sewage. Nicely describes a container full of shit in the garden.

Is the most popular hobby on here cars. I think we should design a very basic 'formula' boat that runs off electric drills. I know @Jeremy Harris has done this. Then meet up at the Hayle estuary and see who gets to St. Ives first.

You could have fitted a humidifier, but I find that after a few days of dry air my nose gets used to it. If designing from scratch, it would be possible to put in larger ducts to increase the energy flows. Solar gain from windows is a problem as we tend to like large windows. May be worth having a rethink on how practical they are really. Would save money by not having 60% of one side of a house as triple glazed, low U-Value frames.

Quite simply you have to run the numbers, including prices, to see what is worth while. Remember that solar thermal, once it has heated the DHW, then does nothing. If combined with a PV module, it may well use lower efficiency one. @Ed Davies has a bit on his website about it (though it could do with a bit of updating). As a rule, keep DHW and space heating separate. They do different things, at different times, and at different temperatures.

With 3 studs. The French copy no one.

Just try getting the wheels balanced on a 2VC. That can be challenge if the week.

As does education. I did little work for my BSc, in my final year I was virtually blind because my cataract operation had been delayed. But when I then did my PGCE, I got stressed. Was not the teaching side of it, that I was used to, and the stress of a new class is quite normal, and probably healthy. Halfway though the first term, I realised that the PGCE was really a box ticking exercise. Then it became easy. I have spoken to a few people that have done the same course, and they found the same. So I think, in the academic arena, it is a change of subject, rather than ability, that is the stressful thing. It is the not knowing what is expected of one that hurts. I think building may well be like this, more on the planning and designing, rather than the brick laying and carpentry.

You could set yourself some other building related challenges. How about designing and building a home automation system. Or designing, prototyping a new roofing method. Or go surfing.

I know that is the case, but it would be fun to reduce each house to a basic cube and seeing how much difference it actually makes. Would need a reasonable estimate of how much energy each house has used (gas/oil/wood/electricity) and detached, semi, end terrace, mid terrace. Then there is the really odd ones that may be triangular or third buried. But as a start, just a cube would be a good starting point. Or maybe a sphere.