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Some WiFi access points can also do bandwidth limiting so how does the xbox connect? Probably wired connection?

Some Routers have the ability to limit the bandwidth each device gets. The way they do this probably varies. On some I believe you can just set a hard limit like 10MBit or 20MBit so no device uses more than half of the available 40Mbit bandwidth. However I don't know what current BT modem/Routers can do. I found one comment from 2019 that said they have a QoS (Quality of Service) setting which is meant to do something like this but it said it still allows some streaming services like Netflix to have too much priority over other devices.

You're probably going to have to actually work out the cost to bring it back into use and show that would be more than its worth when completed.

Those lights are illuminating the render at a very shallow angle. If the render is sound and you dont want to redo it perhaps just move the lights. I get same effect when I mow the lawn. Looks awful in the evening when the sun is low but fine next day.

Not sure why you can't use wood instead of foam. Perhaps a Wood/Rigid Foam/Wood sandwich to provide a thermal break? Might need mesh over the wood-lintel join on the outside to prevent cracks in render. Perhaps I misunderstood the problem?

I missed this a few days ago.. Dry weather in Norway may mean they aren't able to export as much hydroelectricity to the UK this winter. https://www.energylivenews.com/2022/08/08/will-the-cut-in-norwegian-interconnector-flows-bring-more-energy-misery-to-uk/

Most of the £150k cost will probably be digging up and reinstating the road. Who owns the road and is there an alternative route across fields to the main?

Try Gumtree. Search within say 30 or 50 miles. Ask what it's been used for. Wants to be something water soluable you can put down a drain.

This is our dining room ceiling. None of the oak is structural. It's got steel and concrete B&B floor above it. Ignore the cobwebs.

Have you considered a concrete structural lintel set above a decorative oak beam? If its only one or two short spans the cost would be modest. Possibly less than getting new calculations done? The conc lintel would probably need to be slightly longer as it rests on pad stones either end of the oak beam. Oak beam carries no weight so could be cheaper lower grade with knots for character etc. Possibly even Green oak if you don't mind filling shrinkage gaps in a year or two.

It doesnt take much of a leak. You probably won't see it, you have to physically feel around pipes with a dry hand. Check all valves in particular. Eg All motorised valves (turn off electric) and radiator valves. Perhaps also any expansion vessels.

That's less than £100 a meter which is what I was quoted back in 2007. I think it's a very good price for them doing the work.

Just before the pandemic some energy companies were setting up tariffs that paid you to use electricity at certain times of low demand. Seems like a distant memory.. https://www.energylivenews.com/2018/02/22/want-to-get-paid-to-use-electricity/

That's all true but energy is sold to the highest bidder and when demand exceeds supply look what happens... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11047167/UK-forced-electricity-Belgium-heatwave-stop-blackout-paid-5-000-MORE.html Fortunately..

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/08/11/markets-live-latest-coronavirus-news-pound-euro-ftse-100/ "Consultancy Auxilione said Ofgem may have to set the price cap at £5,038 per year for the average household amid elevated gas prices."

I think they will remain high for longer... And in April Cornwall Insight were predicting they would remain high until 2030.

I think this states their position on a planning application. You will need to decide if you are going to apply just for the fence or for change of use as well.

Try offering him a certificate. I think officially they are only needed for work on a charity building but they have helped in the past. There is an example on the VAT 708 in section 18. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buildings-and-construction-vat-notice-708#section17 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buildings-and-construction-vat-notice-708#section18 Will need editing.

+1 It's not clear how it scales to people above and below average due to standing charges and the like.

Some percentages.. 1st April 2022 - The cap increase was £693 from £1,277 to £1,971 per year. 1971/1277 = 154% or a 54% increase. 1st October 2022 (predicted) - "Cornwall Insight expect that the energy price cap will increase from the current figure of £1,971 per year based on typical use, to £3,500". 3500/1971 = 178% or a 78% increase. 1st January 2023 (predicted) - Offgen say any predictions for next year are unreliable but If we take the £4200 figure in the media that's... 4200/3500 = 120% or a 20% increase. Overall Jan 22 to Jan 23 the percentage change would be 1.54*1.78*1.2 or 4200/1277 = 328% or a 228% increase.

Think this is behind recent predictions.. https://www.catalyst-commercial.co.uk/wholesale-electricity-prices/ "This Chart Shows The Price Of Electricity On The Wholesale Market In GB For Delivery The Next Season - Winter 2022" So any predictions made before about mid June are out of date.

It's not just the BBC. The £4,200 figure is being quoted in most of the mainstream media. The Telegraph says £4,400 in January. iNews say £4,700 in April. Mirror and others suggest £400/m or £4,800/y. Edit: I think I heard on the radio today that there are a few more days (weeks?) of possible wholesale price rises to go before Ofgem can tell us the October cap.

Someone once told me that the max safe income you can draw from investments is around 4%. So a £millionaire could draw around £40k per year. If energy bills rise to >£4k that would mean even a millionaire could technically meet the definition of someone in fuel poverty (More than 10% of income spent on energy). Not that they need sympathy but its an amazing state of affairs.

Exactly. https://www.cncbuildingcontrol.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CNCD-053-Warm-Roofs-Easy-Guide.pdf

Given the work needed up top I'd get the flue replaced while they are up there.