SteamyTea

Welcome You won't be working on the house when it is sunny then

Think it has finally done what it is meant to do. You have struggle to see the numbers.

Could be, shall check how I spelt fan, may have added a y to the end.

Have you though of buying a house and rebuilding/renovating it. Most of Aylesbury needs rebuilding in my opinion.

I agree. We are still a long way off from needing to do this as we don't have enough renewable capacity and storage. At the moment we tend to just fill in the gaps with extra gas powered generation. Not many of us take full advantage of variable pricing, less than 10% of households, and I am not sure if the current systems of generation, distribution and billing could actually cope if we upped that to 30%, let alone 90%. But if smart metering can help automate the billing side, that is a good thing, seems to work with mobile phones very well, not as if we have to have a man come around and look at our call logs and data usage and then send us a bill. Just a shame that we cannot keep IT systems secure, that is really the main issue I think we need to get right first.

Has anyone had trouble getting a video onto Youtube recently. Uploaded it OK, but it has been stuck in processing, so uploaded again, same thing, and did the same this morning

Ask them about airtightness figures and choice of materials. That usually sorts the men from the boys.

I had some bird crap on my car, my Mother said "lucky she was not in it"

Was commented on just this afternoon.

How many households where asked?

I have, in the past, made dozens of moulds for PU. Once cured, and to the best of my knowledge, there have not been any proven health issues. This may not be true from incorrect mixes and bad working practices. There is one very real problem and that is shrinkage. This happens over many months and sometimes is not obvious. Every time I see a Panther car I look at the dashboard, and see the gap. They looked brilliant when they left Harlow in the mid 1980's.

True, but that does depend what sort of space heating is fitted. If it is radiators, then they could possibly be run together. Though I shall repeat my mantra that DHW and space heating to different things, at different times and at different temperatures.

Just driven past Bodmin, could have called into ARCO2 as I know where their office is. There is a Green Architect in Redruth. Have heard good things about them, though never used them. In my opinion, when it comes to low energy housing, it is really just good engineering practice that is needed. Something that many Architect fail spectacularly at.

Do you know what size you need. If your maximum heat load was 5 kW, then a 9 kW one would not be too bad. Also you can possibly run DHW and space heating at the same time (maybe).

There was not enough air being sucked in for me to smoke a fag. The reason the chap gave about not doing instant results was that the house details (size basically) has to be entered into the software package. As they were not available when Joe90 booked the test, he had to take a copy of the plans away. I shall post up the loft hatch video as soon as I have uploaded it.

I think one problem is short cycling, this could lead to premature wear and tear. There is also the start up current needed, but I think most good quality ones soft start to stop this. Shortened URL to that Panasonic model. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-Aquarea-air-source-heat-pump-mono-block/123766732587

I am off to buy a packet of Marlboro, see you later.

Brick Slips maybe.

Start a new thread and put light and proximity sensor on it. Always a good start that is.

Ask 100 engineers for a solution to a simple problem and you will get 100 right answers.

Now that computing power is so cheap, I got some ESP 8266s for less than £3 each, I think replacing an normal switch with a smart, self contained, controller is the better way to go. If it all goes wrong, just replace with the original switch. The cost of all the extra wiring, even if done while the electrician is there, is still high for the perceived benefits. As for Cloud based systems, these should really be discounted right from the start. Can't remember if it was Google or Amazon that bought a home automation company, then killed the service.

Would want it to work better than the wipers on my car. Who thought it was a good idea to turn the wipers off when it is raining, just because you have stopped at some traffic lights. Almost as bad as turning themselves on after a few drops of rain, makes the windscreen very smeary. I used to get frustrated that my lightswitch was on the wrong wall, furthest from the door. This was annoying when carrying in shopping. But now I just park the car, open the door, turn the light on and go back to the car to get shopping. Really quite easy and quick. I have a very good coat for when it rains, which is most of the time in Cornwall.

I have never understood why a sink is put under a window. I wish my cooker was there (actually just lazyness in not redoing my kitchen) as it would make extraction dead simple. I have a small house, and even though the living room is between the kitchen and stairs, noise and smells still get upstairs. I hate islands, they just seem to get in the way. I work in catering, and have done so, on and off for 40 years now, I am used to working in a small area and with minimum tools and gadgets. I can cook most things on 2 burners, a small oven and a grill. Wash and dry stuff as you cook, saves loads of space. Just my opinion, and no partner living with me to please.

I understand normal house cover, but I have had to take out an indemnity policy on a door where the FENSA certificate was lost and the company that installed it was unknown. I don't know anything about insurance on a new build. Does the main contractor/builder have a policy, or an agreement with someone like NHBC. If so, how does the true self builder, or at least someone that does some of the work on their own place, get cover?

Always worth checking though.