Roger440

Im going to use them. Just not sure when/how/connected to what etc.

Disappeared without a trace!

Could be my friend if i actually understood what its telling me Gives me lots of pretty diagrams that i dont know what to do with........................

Sounds good! Mine came off the roof of an industrial unit opposite. Used to be a solar install company. Went bust a few years ago. Landlord was having them removed. I substituted my van for the skip and all was good I really need to try and understand what i might get out of them in the winter before i decide what to do. Not much i guess, even if i mount them for that scenario.

You know that gas is by far your cheapest option? So no, its not logical, but its your cash!

Its interesting. But i still wouldnt have used plasterboard. Im basing that of my own practical experience. Of course, you may get away with it, if your moisture levels are suitably low. Which of course is why one person solution is anothers failure. As per my earlier post in this thread, why take the chance. Keep all the build up as permeable as possible.

Overall no. But each vehicle conversion "type" would need approval, so thats a lot of potential approvals. But if only a limited number of potential sales of specific EV, whos going to front up the desgin costs. Or each vehicle needs to go through IVA, which is a cost in itself. Plus of course the design cost of something "different". Whilst i dont get involved in disabled vehicles, approving stuff gets expensive real quick, so you need to be confident of your market. Just guessing at the problem though. Maybe something else.

do you know whats stopping disabled conversions? Cost of the base vehicle or the cost of the necessary approvals being spread over such a small number of vehicles. IVA would surely fix that?

Range anxiety as you observe isnt necessarily real. But i think points to a wider problem, not just EV's but a lot of the solutions espoused on this very forum. Namely, they are generally complex solutions, requiring a bit of thought, understanding and research to make them work and get the best from them. In many cases the end user experience is not easier than what went before. EV's being a good example. In many cases its worse (ASHP's being a good example, where poor/inappropiate installations are common) Aside from artificial monetery constructs to change/forcebehavious, if the new tech is better than the old, people will use it. Just thats is rarely so. Ive even aquired a full 4.5kw PV array, inverter etc. Never used. Free. Just figuring out the best way to use this, having largley eliminated the problem of cost, is hard enough. And i actually want to figure it out. And i can do it all myself. So like most here, we are a fraction of 1% of the populous. The average man on the street needs easy. And simple. Ever thought to pop in to your average newish build estate and see how many MHVR systems are actually still switched on?

Ours used to be the same, but the piss taking by the staff was on another level. All swept away now. NO recycling of servicable items allowed. MUST be scrapped. So much useable stuff being wasted, so more new stuff can be created and sold. Makes you wonder what the motivation of the council actually are. If indeed they have any beyond incompetence!

I have a couple of freinds who run EV's who would strongly disagree with you!

Maybe im missing something in your description, but plasterboard is not breathable. Thereby negating your other efforts.

That wonderful. You have been very fortunate. It still makes no economic sense. But she isnt anywhere close to 20k miles in 9 months. Which would rather skew the numbers in favour. Meanwhile, the corsa continues in service @48 mpg

Finding a working charger when away from home. And all the planning required when doing so. Or in my wifes case given the length of journey to work choosing a car with enough range. Sure, they exist. At a price. If they had chargers at work, it could just about make sense, but they dont.

Welcome to buckinghamshire! Ive got a dump in towcester, but thats in northamptonshire. Still sensible there. Of course, they have got wise to peoplle crossing the county line. Proof of address required, though not always checked.

Context? What was the cost of it? So whats the "break even" point.

Well, your wish is granted! Energy costs spiralling out of control.. Inevitably it will force behaviou change. Sadly, i suspect it will be ugly. I think you will find yourself in a minority.

Very. You have to pay to dump anything that isnt "household waste". Which is basically what you put in your wheelie bin. DOESNT cover anything else. Replaced your kitchen, want to dump the old units. Er, not, that will be £10 a cupboard. An old pallet. Another fiver. You can, quite literally, dump nothing without paying.

If you can get an EV as a company car tax dodge, great. For the rest of us it makes no economic sense.Thats before you get to the practical difficulties. I tried to make it stack up for my wifes next car. It doesnt, not close.

Maybe. Im as cynical as anyone, but at £6k, there will be a lot of people that cant and wont pay. At which point it will become a government problem. They are simply not going to allow significant numbers of people to be cut off, so effectively the suppliers will be supplying energy free of charge. That cant end well and government will be forced to intervene. Of course, they could try being proactive, but i think we all know they will sit on their hands until its a full blown crisis.

Im hoping i called it right last week. Managed to squeeze 880 lites in.

Just filled my oil tank. Its a crazy world when heating with oil is substantially cheaper than heating with gas. One wonders at what point its cheaper to fire up my generator and connect to a set of batteries, than buying from the grid? Might be there already for non domestic?

Good post. I remeber Jeremy saying that running your average log burner was like having 300 diesel cars outside your house ticking over. On that data, that doesnt look to be that far wrong as far as PM2.5 is concerned. And the goverment wants gas boilers gone..........................................

The most critical factor to its thermal performance is, "is it dry?". A wet wall is a disaster. And lots of them are. Usually as a result of inappropiate materials.

The problem is, every situation is different. Some will get away with solutions that simply dont work on another house. There just so many vairables. On our current house i worked on a worst case scenario. Could i have got away with less? Could i have left the concrete floor in? Maybe. But you cant and wont know until its too late. While the place is stripped, taking up the old floor and installing an insulated lime floor wasnt that big a leap, though not cheap either. Overkill? Maybe. But ive given it the best possible chane of eradicating the damp issues.