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Very nice @jfb.

Your first task is to find land that stands a chance of getting planning permission for a log house. It's possible that the reason there are few suppliers is that it's not a common vernacular in the UK - so planning rules mean demand is low.

I guess this may also affect anyone that wants to claim unregistered land and incorporate it into their garden... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10268079/police-given-powers-arrest-travellers-and-seize-caravans/

My mother in law was also an early PV adopter getting max FIT. When she died we had the job of selling her house. Not a single potential buyer asked about the PV income. It was rented out for awhile and even the tennants didn't care. For some months they didn't notice the RCD had tripped out following a thunder storm. The man that eventually purchased the house wanted it as a buy to let and I had to chase him several times for his address to send the company paying the FIT to get it transferred. A year after the sale we were sent a large FIT cheque because it turned out the FIT transfer hadn't gone through for some reason - so he hadn't even noticed he wasn't getting the money. I never knew it was so hard to give it away.

Google zip kicker.

I think all/most 110mm pipe can be solvent welded but Google says shouldn't use solvent welds below ground.

Local planning guidance varies a lot. Some council's have detailed policies on wind energy and others have no written policy at all. It would be essential to take any such written local policies into account, not least because appeal officers place great weight on policies that have been through public consultation and signed off as consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). In my area, where we already have many wind farms and individual turbines, they employed landscape experts to assess which areas were more or less sensitive to wind energy development and then workout which areas still had capacity to take additional turbines/wind farms without adverse cumulative impact. Heavy reading... Main SPD.. https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/1238/wind-energy-development-in-huntingdonshire-2014.pdf Brief guidance.. https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/2360/wind-turbine-developments-guidance-note.pdf From a planning perspective I would ask your planning department if they have an SPD on renewable or wind energy.

Just wanted to add that not all pipe can be solvent welded. For example pipe designed for push fittings often can't be solvent welded (and frequently it's a slightly different diameter despite being nominally the same). Test the solvent on the existing pipe as you might need a strap on boss instead.

Yes. You could probably save by digging the holes both sides yourself.. https://www.trenchlesssolutions.co.uk/moling-110mm-drain/ Would depend on what the ground is like.

Not me but Google suggests "Buttonfix" are worth a look. Good reviews on Amazon. Several types. Look simple enough.

Seems you can get ombined rainwater harvesting and attenuation tanks from 1500L upwards.. https://www.stormsaver.com/products/attenuation/stormsaver-combined-rainwater-harvesting-and-attenuation Or perhaps you just need a few crates and some pipe!.. https://www.stormsaver.com/products/attenuation/stormsaver-attenuation-crates

Is the stream 4m below the location of the hydro-brake? We have an underground rainwater storage tank made of fibreglass. I wonder if one of those could be used for the hydro-brake? Google 6000L underground rainwater tank. For those you need to dig a big hole and put concrete in the bottom to bolt the tank down to prevent it floating when empty. Then back fill.

Looks like two purlins one above the other? Are the joist hangers holding up the lower one or are the ends supported? Has the upper purlin been notched for the rafters or have the rafters been notched? Can't tell on my phone.

If the mould lines are very big I'd scrape them off but I've never bothered to roughen up the surfaces. Adhesive on both surfaces as ProDave said. Solvent welding isn't quite as bad as using contact adhesive. If you use enough adhesive there is time to twist a joint to get elbows to line up in the right plane.

Check the terms of the contract as sometimes full payment is the trigger point at which ownership is transferred. If that's the case I think the administrator should release them. Perhaps taking the administrator to the small claims court would get things moving?

Sometimes a brush with bristles cut short used in a hard stippling manner can help get bubbles out.

Would a reinforced raft foundation be an option?

Our MVHR inlet is about 6m away from the oil boiler flue and around a corner. In 12 years we have probably smelt the boiler 3 or 4 times. Hot air rises so I would not put the MVHR inlet above the boiler flue as very likely to get a problem on cold windless days.

+1 or perhaps a few rows of granite kerbs.. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F253302807745 I'd also wait until the build is nearly finished.

That's very good news. Reading your story slowly I had a horrible feeling it wasn't going to end well but good to see HMRC taking a pragmatic approach.

At very least I'd check it's getting electricity before thinking about replacing it. If it's really faulty I'd want to know what went wrong with it.

Many houses without off street parking could have a charger if they were allowed to run a cable across the pavement. Perhaps it should be Permitted Development to cut a channel across the pavement in which to lay and cover a charging cable? Would need some sort of standard design?

About 7million houses. Although I wont cry too much. Most will be houses that are first in the queue for 5g and cable TV. Just for once there might be an advantage to living in the countryside ?

Our BCO wanted the void vented despite there being no wooded joists to rot. We left it empty as we had run out of bodies that needed disposing of ?

According to a report in The Times we need to instal 2300 charging points a day every day until 2050 to meet our climate change target. Is this realistic? How many smart meters a day have been installed?