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I'm trying to cut the overgrown grass in the church yard next door... We need a robo powered scythe.

Personally I would try and build the floor strong enough and rigid enough for tiles if possible. That might mean reducing the joist pitch to avoid needing to double up the WPB? I think 18mm is the minimum recommended (for carpet) but I might be wrong.

We have a Britannia dual fuel range (two electric ovens and six LPG rings). Now about 12 years old. Had two elements warp/break, door seals come loose and a door hinge fail. However all the parts were readily available on the web and not too expensive. So yes I would buy one again.

I've made three or four complaints to the ASA, all upheld. Can all be done via their website. If complaining about an online advert they will ask for a screen shot if you have one. Typically they will ask the advertiser to justify their claim. If it's a complex technical issue they may send you the advertisers reply for you to comment on. One problem is that the advertiser can drag out the process, sometimes for a year, and then withdraw the advert. In such cases the ASA don't always publish a decision so there is no bad publicity for the advertiser.

Think I agree. The porch, utility room and corridor seem wasteful. Do you need a sink in the utility room. If there is a ground floor bathroom? Perhaps move something from kitchen in there?

Looks good to me. I'd print out copies of the emails just for safety.

You can get MDPE check valves and brass taps with an MDPE backplate for mounting on a temporary post. Get one to match the size of MDPE pipe you have.

Telegraph.co.uk: Fix for smart meters 'going dumb' delayed until end of 2020... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/17/fix-smart-meters-going-dumb-delayed-five-million-households/ Was meant to be end of 2018 so that's a 2 year delay. Clearly it proving a lot harder to sort out the mess than they thought.

I'll get one when they can guarantee I will get a SMEETS 2 meter. For some reason we don't get pestered to have one at all.

If it's any consolation I've also got holes this year, both where there were large weeds and where there was more Moss than grass. Some years it just seems worse than others. Have to cover reseeded patches with chicken wire or the rabbits that live in the churchyard next door come and dig holes.

We also had turf laid but good preparation is key. Should be dug, and stones removed several times then rolled. Make sure you have a decent water supply. Dry windy weather can wreck turf in under an hour. It shrinks up leaving gaps. If you had a week of sunny weather you might need sprinklers running and being moved around constantly the whole week. This was a big problem for us. Two sprinklers was only just enough. Once the turf anchors itself down you are reasonable safe but do watch out. I treat my lawn every spring with lawn sand (for moss) and either Weedol or Verdone Lawn weed killer for everything else. If you have a lot of grass perhaps look at weed killers such as Depitox Selective which might work out cheaper. Don't cut it too short or that encourages moss and weeds.

I've been surprised by some of the low prices for 4kw arrays on eBay. Some suggest the panels are Canadian?

+1 I think very unlikely to get planning permission anyway.

I also read somewhere that it's your intention at the outset that matters not completion.

Bit old but still... https://www.taxationweb.co.uk/forum/vat-claim-for-self-build-house-refused-t33144.html

Ive read that some PIR have a test or walk mode that allows them to be set up in daylight. Apparently a power cut can sometimes put them into test mode and some fiddling with the switch is needed to get back to normal mode. Missing lenses might let spiders in, blocking light to the sensor? Any dirt on the photo cell will also alter the trigger point making them switch on earlier/off later or stay enabled all day. Might just need to readjust or clean the photo cell.

Its what happens when you let an industry that has a vested interest in retaining customers run a program they don't want to pay for. It always struck me as strange that energy companies were tasked with specifying and installing them rather than the DNOs.

Then the spiders will feel more at home :-)

Put a steeply sloped/near vertical cover over it?

Yes sorry bad choice of words on my part. I meant if you just add up loads you can get to 200A but obviously it wouldn't really be sensible to install a 200A a single phase system. In addition 200A at 220V is equivalent to about 61A at 415V three phase (if I've done my sums right, perhaps someone can check).

If there is grass around the patio think about how you cut it. Mowers generally won't cut right up to a wall or edging if it's higher than the lawn - so you end up needing to get the strimmer out (why don't they build a strimmer into the side of a mower? Quick patent the idea!). If the patio is lower than the grass you can mow over the edge. That might determine if you "start" at the high or low side and where the step or edging goes. The height difference isn't great. Could be done either way a course or two of engineering bricks.

200A at 220V/single phase might be reasonable if you want more than one electric shower and a car fast charger. It works out less than 200A if you get 415V/three phase.

Most cables are sold by the area of each core not the diameter of the cores. It's just that sometimes they are lazy and drop the sq or ^2 in the description. Eg When they say a cable is 2.5mm they usually mean each core is 2.5 sq mm in area. So I'm afraid if the calculator says you need a 300 sq mm (or just 300mm) cable I'm pretty sure it means "300 sq mm per core".

This was the first 300 sq mm cable I could Google with pricing.. https://quickbit.co.uk/300mm-4-core-swa-cable £80 a meter * 500m = £40,000 Ouch.

If the original drive works perhaps try putting the problem drive in a cheap USB caddy to copy stuff over?