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Slight difference as the vehicle technician, to use the correct term, is probably paid a fifth of what it charged. Do you only get about a fifth of the practice fees? Also, if a VT makes a mistake, the consequences can be serious. Thankfully this does not happen too much.

This is an old problem. One of the colleges I was at narrowed the corridors. This forced people to interact more. That was in the 1970s. Open plan, hot desk offices have been a disaster too. People need control of their space and how it is shared with others. The film Brasil springs to mind.

Nice one, have you been to Milton Keynes, Sorry Adam, sure you have heard them all before. And welcome. It is a type of sub base. I have no idea what it stands for. Think it is a type of gravel/rubble/stone/aggregate. One for the abbreviations thread, it may be in there.

Did anyone?

There will be about 20% less energy because the modules take that away. There is also convection currents, which says to me that microinverters should be positioned at the bottom of the module. The fact that inverters are very reliable, implies that temperature is not a huge problem.

I have often wonders that.

I seem to remember that it was something that came in a few years back It may be an MCS thing. Does the 17th say anything about suitable positions. Wording like that is often a catch all. But all the same, I am not sure that putting an inverter in potentially 60° C is a good idea.

That should make it easier, as long as you know what the questions actually mean.

May be worth starting a list and asking people to put numbers against them. Then can get an idea. Just saying 'near impossible' just makes it a more interesting challenge.

The architect that designed my house had no idea either (and it was an architect). They then reproduced it hundreds of times. More seriously, we tend to know what we like, so we can take pictures of them easily now. Then play about with sketches and models. Both skills that are easily learnt.

I don't see that as an answer, it needs a bit more fleshing out. I am a reductionist. If I don't understand something, I start to break the problem down into smaller parts that I do understand and can create solutions for. This may sometimes look like stabbing in the dark, but it eventually gives an answer. So rather than 'I don't understand any of it' answer. Find the bits you do understand, and see where they fit into the bit that you don't understand.

Take a picture of a house and trace around it. Not being facetious as that sounds. I think this is a major problem. I do not understand why 'our' councils are so difficult.

Isn't that like saying that accidents are caused by bad driving. It never address the real problems. So maybe I should have asked a different question. What area of self building do people not understand?

I think you are not allowed to put inverters in a loft anymore. This may just be for normal ones. Amy be worth someone checking up in the latest edition of the electrical standards.

If that was the case, then they would pay the price. Split over the who development it would be peanuts. I think part of the problem is that some are still rented from the council, so when they say they have paid off their mortgage, what they mean is that they have paid off the 25% (or whatever) they owed on the joint ownership. It would also be a bit strange to think that a house on a derelict housing estate is worth the same as one on a thriving one.

I have slept on this, but I am wondering why self builders use an architect. We all know what a house looks like, and what we like. So what is the 'big hole' in self builders knowledge that makes them use an architect? Is it lack of drawing, planning, structural, artistic, materials, plumbing, decorating, electrical skills etc etc? If the most common areas can be identified, then it is easier to give help.

Things are done different down here. Some think they actually own the sea.

What we called the ones at the old Excelsior Hotel at Heathrow. Wish I had known the 'real' name, would have changed it to Pillocks (which I think is an olde word for cock).

If architects are there to give 'vision', surely they should charge a similar amount as fortune tellers at the end of a pier. About a tenner.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018 Let us all know what is says.

That it was a business. In the end I think the brewery paid out, but he is no longer the landlord if the pub.

A Northern Irish mate of mine, who just happens to live in Scotland said something similar. But for other reasons. He actually said he would live in a treehouse and smoke cannabis until things changed. I shall mention fitting a sprinkler.

Get the book quick.

They rented the place, so landlords choice. And a rather large war came after. Because they are dishonest and morally bankrupt.

DHW storage is an odd thing. The cylinder rarely goes below 30o C. If you then heat to 48o C, that is only an 18o C lift. Assuming a mean temperature in the cylinder of less than 48o C, say 42o C, then that is an even smaller lift. 200 litres of water will require 2.8 kWh. Which is about a baths worth. I found that my 200 lt cylinder, heater to 50o C, was adequate for 2 people. When I had guest, I just turned the top element on, adding in an extra 1.5 kWh per person seemed fine. So my guests cost me 60 pence a day.