Roger440

High fuel prices will just make everyone poorer. Thats it. If you cant afford the capital cost of an EV, heat pump, insulation etc, doesnt make any difference what the pay back is. You will just be poorer People proposing that as a solution, are, invariably, in a much more comfortable position than those who will suffer the most. And thats before you even consider how you would do all the things required at scale. To meet Starmers objective of no fossil fuel burning in domestic dwellings by 2030, we need to install 77000 heat pumps. a week. From now until 2030. Not going to happen. Ever. Its impossible. Anyone that thinks it is, is, frankly, a moron. Increasing the fuel price, wont make 77k installs a week happen, no matter how high the price. Which returns us to my first sentance.

There zero possibility that public transport will become good in this country. The structure of it, and its control by D(a)FT simply ensures it cant. Realistically, thats not going to change. Busy scrapping trains wholsale at the moment as a result, partly, of a drive to cut operator costs. This is being lead by D(a)FT. In the unlikely event of someone making a decision to get more passengers on the network, there wont be enough trains. Because we are scrapping them. Scrapping stuff we only just spent bucktloads of cash making compliant 3 years ago! And anything government dont want to get involved in, they just make it the councils problem. Can you imgaine a council trying to manage the installation of on street chargers at scale? The same organisation that cant fill in a pothole in less than 18 months!!! Never going to happen, Anyway, public transport is of no use to the vast majority of people as it doesnt go from where they are to where they want to go. Public transport is not an answer, just a small part of the answer.

Thats great. Apart from the fact your next PM is going to phase out gas powered electricity generation (except for 0.7% back up) by 2030. So generation will be significantly down for significant periods from your calculations. I'll be sticking to my fossil fuel powered car. I dont need to be part of what is probably going to be the single biggest government cock up in recent history. My diesel genset is at the ready.

I think there is zero possibility of that. Whatever comes next will be worse from a use perspective. Sadly, to compound that, governments are, effectively mandating solutions, rather than specifying desired outcomes. So we cut of multiple possible forms of development and progress. Because government have a great track record at identifying winners! Restricted travel for the masses is coming.

I cannot think of a single reason not to use such a system! The garage at my old place, the concrete ended up rather less flat than i hoped. My favourite tiler did it (11m x 6) with 2 ft square tiles and a proper levelling system. Not a single lip of any sort anywhere, despite the uneveness underneath. Ive used it myself since. Quite why any tiler perseveres without is beyond me.

I think they take a lot of getting right. Once thats done, it works fine until the SSR can no longer cope. As ive said before, its the systems weakness. When it becomes a problem will vary massively between users. Id probably buy something else if i had my time again. In fact, id fit a septic tank! No power consumption and no noise.

Ill do a video for you.

Mine spills over continuously.

I have a few collegues in Oz. One of them had a rural property with a septic tank or STP. Government type comes round twice a year to test the outfall. Woebetide you if it fails. They are super hot on stuff like that over there. They love reules.

Thats not right. Vortex seem to change design details on every other tank they sell, but how often and for how long does the floating sludge run? Mine does 3 mins every hour. Generally more than enough. I had rhe same issue as you early on. I just twiddled the various adjustments, so both bubblers, SSR and floating sludge settings. The SSR seems mosrt crtiical. I can now tell by the way it comes out of the overspill hole if its right.

Over time all sorts of stuff has occured in the settlement chamber. However, ive found its very quick to recover if everything is adjusted correctly.

Bit late in reply, but, To clear it, just disconnect the pipe to the SSR at the adjustment valve and connect to a water hose. Turn on and leave for a few minuites. You will see some bubbling once its broken through the sludge. SAfter this, i normally wind the SRR to max fir a few hours to try and drag as much as possible out. All that said, the frequency with which you have to do that will steadily increase. Which is the trigger to empty it.

Would be wasted converting to a house. Think of all the cars and other stuff you could get in there. A couple of portacabins inside in the corner will do my living quaters. Oh, hang on, not sure my wife would agree.

I cant help you on the demolition. but id give my right arm and sundry other body parts for that place. Cant believe you would knock it down

Sadly trickle vents is just another regs anomoly/nonsense. As ever, why mandate the solution? Why not mandate the outcome. ie, good quality air indoors and then let smart people figure out different ways of doing it. Mandating MVHR simply means no one will invent something else and we will be stuck with it as a solution forever.

Could have just fitted intakes. How is that different from MVHR?

With a passive system incoming and outgoing are still seperated. If you want to filter the incoming air, filter it. No need for a powered fan to do it.

Thats what i said. But the difference, alledgedly, isnt that big. If i can make it work with passive stack, ill do it . In my case it would be retrofit, nit new build so even more attractive as MHVR in exisiting will be a nightmare.

It doesnt. But you are not consuming energy on an ongoing basis either. Someone posted a link on here a few months ago demonstrating that the difference in cost was not very big at all. No doubt there were biases in the report, but running an MHVR 24/7 isnt free.

Exactly. That said, if we produced wool insulation in the quantity of rockwool, i suspect there wouldnt be much if anything in it. But who is going to take the punt up against the majors with vested interests?

Please post up how you go. As for building regs, they can bugger off. Just not interested. Solves the specialist design requirement! As ever, government mandating a solution rather than an outcome.

Sadly the wool thing i doubt will ever fly. I looked at this for my barn. I could get the fleeces for free. Its still doesnt stack up to get to a usuable product. Even if i did it all myself. Cheaper to buy a roll of rockwool.

Im with you on this. I like simple. The simpler the better. I see people on here talking home automation etc. Why? I just dont get it. More shit to go wrong. And it will. Accepted that some on here just like tinkering. And have the ability. I dont. It will just end up costing a bunch of money. Passive stack ventilation. Definitely. Plus its truly silent as a bonus.

Im not sure i really understand what goes on in mine, but i do now know how to get the best outfall from it. Mines a vortex and its very sensitive to the sludge return rate. Though thats partly becuase its also it weakest part of the design. If the flow rate is too high, the outfall becomes more cloudy. Too slow, and the sludge return gets blocked. The real issue is how do i know whats "good" as ive nothing to compare to. At the last emptying, i was there when the chap emptied it. He said it was exceptional. Hardly ever sees one that good. I suspect there a lot of them out there not working well.

Better than oil in what way?