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  1. SteamyTea
    They can always fit radiators, hard to fit UFH after the build.
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    There may be a issue with the different temperatures used between radiators and UFH, though I think this can be over come with 'mystical' plumbing devices. I think @ProDave have the right answer.
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    Would it not take several coats as OSB is not exactly flat and easy to paint.
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    Really, that surprises me. Especially if you factor in the capital costs and the interest that the money could have earn't you. With that much cash in your bank, you could have got @pocster and @Nickfromwales to have shared a ride down to sort it out one weekend.
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    Kenneth knew about switching.
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    Yes, very unlikely, but who knows what happens in the mind of electrical engineers.
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    I was once asked to tile a floor. I had painted the place and the customer was well impressed with my work (I was out of work at the time and would do anything for cash). Told him the floor was dreadful, but he insisted that I could do it. He threw me off site and refused to pay me for all the work I had done. £1500, bastard. I hate tiling.
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    As LEDs are DC, polarity is important, so if getting white cable, one needs to have a maker on one side of it, or it just becomes a pain (unless the rectification is done at the lamp end).
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    Is an oven and hob really essential? They are large draws on the system. I have had one power cut that lasted 4 hours, made my tea with my camping stove. Keeping the house warm and bright is essential for a multi-day outage.
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    is the dark green that is negative, the imports?
  11. SteamyTea
    Blame Brexit/election fever/school milk/20 MPH speed limits/wood burning stoves/Carol Vorderman/ @Ferdinand's cat
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    Do you bother to download the files and look at it in detail? Where about in the country are you?
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    Such a shame you can't walk on it now. Never mind, I am sure these boys would come around if you asked nicely.
  14. SteamyTea
    Thanks Shame there is not a cheap energy monitor that can show the amount and direction of usage.
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    What size inverters are on each. Just trying to establish how large a load you can draw without importing.
  16. SteamyTea
    Do you run very light load during the day, or put the PowerWall power though your PV inverter?
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    That's up there with sending the apprentice to stores for a Long Weight. Or Tartan paint.
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    Once the washing has been done, do you then have to carry it downstairs to hang it on the line. 3 times a year.
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    No. Yes Does not stick to timber that well, it also shrinks over time. This is probably the best, long term, method.
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    That has been bigged upped to Property Development. In the 1960s and 70s, a self builder was someone that could not afford to buy a proper house.
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    What happens when you spill a pan of rice down it?
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    15 kW used to heat the 300 lt of water, or 15 kWh stored in the 300 lt of water? I would have thought the latter. It would take about 6 hours to heat up from stone cold (around 10°C) to 60°C if it was a 3 kW input, just over an hour at 15 kW. It could be that the number just coincide here.
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    I seem to remember a quote from, or about Bill Gates. Went something along the lines that if cars were computers they would travel at 1000 MPH, do 500 MPG and cost $10. (here was a reply that all the controls would be in different places each time there was an update). I think our @Ed Davieslooked into comparing the price of PV modules and double glazed windows a few years back. Seem to remember that they were about the same price per square metre. Bricks are technology, why do they not cost a penny each.
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    Oh dear, this may cause some disagreement.
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