SteamyTea

Was the 400k the change in circumstances?

People on here. Can't remember the name of the thread, and care even less as I think building your own home from scratch is a bit too much. So not my problem.

When I suggested that approach, all I heard was many reasons why it would not happen. I find it best to get these things sorted out before purchase. If the vendor is unwilling/unable, then find someone that can accommodate it.

My shower is dual digital. On Off. Too Hot Too Cold. But was only 120 quid.

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The size of the house, and the associated heat load, is technology neutral. It is just a case of sizing any method of thermal generation correctly. Have you done an estimate of your heat load? Unlike most combustion boilers, heat pumps work best when then are over size. This is to do with the output temperature. There is a lot of stuff on here about sizing heat pumps.

You should not need any for a GSHP, but do the sums carefully as, generally, and ASHP is better. And for that you may need permission.

I thought it was a case of for every thing we have to do, we have a law that makes it illegal. Remember when at school and you crossed your fingers behind your back, while agreeing to something. That is government sanctioned, in fact, it is policy, now. Great.

Took me a while to get that, I like it. Shall reuse it soon.

How about letting out to English families for 4 years so that their kids are proper residence of Scotland. Then they can bypass paying student fees. If you do it right, you could have 50 or sixty families registered there, but never see them, ever.

Does not have to be concrete. I made some GRP stone pillars over 40 years ago. No one knew they were fake. They may still be on the old Excelsior Hotel in the A4 by Heathrow.

They say that in Switzerland "if it is not illegal, it is compulsory." In the 70s I was refused entry to Switzerland because my motorbike, a Yamaha YDS3, was too noisy. Odd how the Italians thought it was normal.

Slower I believe. And on time.

If they are already cut, but just too thick, sawing will leave you with two 'rough' finishes surely. Alternatively, make some silicone moulds off the ones you like the most, then cold cast new ones.

Basically what @joe90 did. His garage is larger than my house though. So when it comes time to build one, I shall take his old car out and build my dream house in the dry.

Do Swiss trees grow better than ours?

Would you not be better off sawing them. There is a place around the corner from me that trades in granite, they have a saw that can cut though huge lumps of it. Lots of noise and water.

Have you downloaded the Building Regulations. They are worth having a read of. Part F covers ventilation. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468871/ADF_LOCKED.pdf

Welcome You can get regular modules that are recessed and solar tiles that look not so different from slates. Plenty down here in Cornwall. I drove past a community centre for ten years with a roof covered in solar slates and never realised. Not to jump on the Aussie bandwaggon, I was worked in Neutral Bay, just outside Sydney for a while, 20 years ago.

Getting close to burglary season, it is so horrible when all the Christmas presents get stolen, not to mention the mice pies.

So the receiver looses the code set on the transmitter. Bit of a problem when sensing power, unless it has a relatively large back up battery.

What happens if you don't.

A .jpg of nothing but white then. I was going to try this but my new phone has an led torch, just like my old Sagem phone from '98. The hands free volume and clarity was better back then.