Roger440

I dont on my phone. But man came with a thing and found one. Ariel strapped to barn roof, so ariel is at about 6 meters of the ground. Plenty of signal up there. Might be worth a try?

I ruled out starlink as its not supported. If you have any issues (which i would as im dumb with this kind of stuff) theres no one you can contact. But i could get 4G so didnt have to overcome that hurdle.

And this is why i simply put up a 4G ariel. I have no phone or internet connection via cable. Much less grief. Anything involving openreach can never end well.

We do have the same problems. But being state owned, we just dump our sewage more cheaply!

We do have the same problems. But being state owned, we just dump our sewage more cheaply!

I did this. Foamed glass wth concrete/limecrete (limecrete in my case) over. Total depth from finished floor height, 225mm if my memory is correct. There were virtually no foundations, so took a cautious approach around the sides with a 45 degree taper. Installed UFH as the same time. End result was fantastic.

You can of course buy gapo tape. Then shrinkage isnt any issue. But it is bonkers expensive.

Exactly the same situation as me by the look of it. That looks like a single phase transformer. It will need a three phase one. And of course a new big twin pole arrangement. How many houses are fed from it? Less than 3 and you will pay for it all. In my case job was going to end up close to £20k. And the supply was close to its destination. Needless to say, wont be doing that. Or are you in Ireland?

Yep, dont i know it.

Correct. I was thinking a large tapered washer with the centre milled flat, so the ramp lifts the arm of the hinge (the threaded bit. Though it being threaded isnt ideal as it will be lifting the gate on that. Has the benefit of being simple, fail proof and cheap. It does however require a mill to modify the taper washer.

Correct. I was thinking a large tapered washer with the centre milled flat, so the ramp lifts the arm of the hinge (the threaded bit. Though it being threaded isnt ideal as it will be lifting the gate on that. Has the benefit of being simple, fail proof and cheap. It does however require a mill to modify the taper washer.

Tapered washers under the hinges. Tached to the hinge support. Job fixed.

I think you have lost sight and perspective of whats important here. Do you want the house? If yes, just get on and buy it. There are, literally, millions of homes that have things that dont comply with building regs. if people didnt buy houses, and lenders didnt lend, because stuff doesnt comply, no one would ever buy a house, and banks could shut up shop. Buy it, and if it bothers you, rectify later. This is a trifiling issue, and, personally, id not even raise it with the vendors. Reserve damaging the relationship for stuff thats actually serious or important. (hopefull there wont be any of those) This is how house sales fall through.

I have. Its essentially where i am with my petrol one. Rather a pain in reality. Needs starting and stopping at the compressor (outside), very noisy, runs when you are not using air (very wasteful) and generally inconvinient. Its a worst case scenario, and the one i already have.

Its certainly the case that i wont be spending 20k on it, thats for sure. I dont, technically "need" 3 phase for a compressor, but options in single phase are rather limited, and theres lots of "cheap" used 3 phase equipment about. 3 phase was just an obvious and easy solution, on face value. Until i got a price. I need to spend some time to understand your suggestions re the victron unit. If that means i can get it all to work off my single phase supply, whilst it might not be a bargain, not having a genset has benefit too.

Mine wasnt £6.7k. Mine was nearer £20k. Contestable work was about £1.5k. So no meaningful savings to be had there. The big costs are new double pole arrangement and 3 phase transformer they want to charge me for. Despite the existing pole only being held up by the wires!But hey, lets get the customer to pay for our knackered assets. At £6.7k i would have just done it. The compressor will be outside in its little compressor house, so yes, it will generate heat, but its wasted to atmosphere, but it will run for several hours on the days i use it. When you work it out, my actual requirement for significant power is probably only 200-250 hours a year. Its fair to say the biggest negative of a genset solution will be noise. Like you, ive got one of those hyuandai ones, but thats just way to noisy to be any kind of solution.

Sorry, should have been clearer. That continuous max load. I've not concerned myself with start up currents. As you observed, a battery will take care of that Primarily, aqua blasting, but of sand)grit blasting. And painting. Which will mean running the extractor and the same time, which is close to 3kw on its own. I've currently got a noisy 7.5hp petrol compressor, which is marginal if using an air fed mask at same time. So was looking to bump up to 10hp. And, ideally I'd like to have some infras red drying lamps too. But not included those as I can use oil heating. There's obviously lighting and other minor loads. The previous owner had some electric heating but that bonkers so I've switched that off and reverted to oil. I've swapped many of my air tools to battery

My fundamental issue is that the incoming supply isnt big enough to support the loads i want to apply. The secondary issue is when im using the compressor (and fan sometimes) its its likely to be for several hours or all day, and so batteries are not a realistic option to cover the shortfall. Theres also a 3 bed house on this supply, which is all electric aside from the oil boiler, ie electric cooking and electric shower. For reference we are looking at a peak workshop load at 240v of something of the order of 55amps, give or take, depending on what i actually end up using. Sticking a rotary convertor or a VFD in their pushes that up a touch more. If i turn the house off when i want to use the workshop i could make it work, but im not really seeing that as a sensible solution. The current situation also rules out ever fitting a heat pump or car charger. Its fair to say the high load situation isnt frequent, im not doing this every day by any means. But when i need the power i need it. A three phase connection was an obvious, easy answer. But as National Grid/Western Power, want me to pay for all of the supply side work, (despite their PR to the contrary) its not remotely a viable option from a cost perspective. Which is why ive arrived at a genset, with batteries to cover the smaller loads, like a vehicle lift. It also means i dont need to change any of the existing infrastructure, such as the house wiring and the supply to the workshop, which in its current form couldnt support much higher loads. To do so will be disruptive and expensive. But id do it if i had the three phase supply as the end result would be far superior. The aditional benefit of the genset route, is if i have batteries, i can connect solar to them. Ive said it before, but its 2025, theres 3 phase 50ft from where its required, but the only cost effective solution is a diesel generator. Something has gone wrong somewhere............................

Not heard of that. Ill have to look into that. But i still have a limited single phase supply. When i use the compressor, its likely to be for several hours, far more than any battery will be able to provide

Pretty similar to mine! Ill drop you a pm.

That sounds interesting. Would be good if you could post up more details if you don't mind? I've got, essentially, unlimited space for solar panels. What sort of equipment will you be running from the 3 phase?

For anyone remotely interested, ive got nowhere with National Grid. i can have a 60 to 80 amp single phase upgrade, which i will probaly just do anyway (before the buggers decide to lower the max limit further), or spend the best part of £20k for a 3 phase supply, which is actually what i want. My only angle would be to challenge their public info that says the customer doesnt have to pay for Network re-inforcement. Essentially its not true, as there are so many get outs and exceptions, it not much beyond (untrue) PR. Dont know if i can be bothered with the fight, one ill likely lose anyway. One thought i had, are there consultants that can argue on your behalf, who know how to play the system? Google didnt bring any actual companies up. Over the winter, i will start planning my alternative which, as im out of options, is a silenced generator, solar and batteries. Ive got the solar already, will use my forklift batteries, so just a genset, and invertors and ancilliary stuff to buy. Which is a bonkers position to be in, in a developed country, with a 3 phase pole 50 feet from where the power is needed. I might start a thread later as this needs to be a DIY effort primarily!

And in my case a nice genset as well as connection costs are ridiculous.

No it wont. Not in any meaningful way. Mucho cash is being made. Vested interests will make sure that continues. As pocster says, electricity prices are a one way bet. And for one overiding reason. Its in nobodies interest, apart from us consumers to reduce prices. Everyone involved in making and selling electricity is doing very nicely with the current arrangement.

If you can put that much into one, then great. Much less likley to run into trouble. Im not sure id describe it as the sweet spot though, as thats a lot of cash tied up.