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I'm not an electrician or anything so I can't comment other than to say that with option two you need two additional junction boxes so more places for things to go wrong. Easier if the cabling comes off the sockets so you can access it more easily to check for problems in future.

When I have done this it has been treated as a sale for legal and tax purposes. I haven't done it for about 10 years but it was £1k in legal fees then.

They are bringing it in cos it is an easy win for them. It sounds like a jolly sensible policy but from what I was hearing (headteachers being interviewed last week) it really misses the mark. There's absolutely no way pupils will be allowed to sit there on their phones in lessons. That just doesn't happen.

The ironic thing is that EVs have absolutely ridiculous levels of torque. First time I floored it with my son in the car he nearly shat himself. 😂 If the boy-racer crowd ever find out how powerful these cars are we will be in trouble.

Mobiles are banned already from use in schools. The headteachers have taken care of that. It's the out-of-school social media abuse issue that is the problem. This new legislation is unneeded and won't tackle the main issues. It's just more hollow populist dross from the Westminster govt.

It's a good series - check the others out too if you have time. I love my EV but find myself constantly having to defend them from what I can only see as a twisted narrative. The right-wing climate denying lobby love to punt this sort of nonsense and the petrol-head Top Gear folk don't help either. They punted the idea that EVs somehow diminished masculinity and were some sort of joke and went out of their way to prove this by driving an EV round and around a town till it ran out of juice so it had to be pushed to the charger. Ha ha, how ridiculous these EVs are. I feel like I need to do my bit - not only to help towards limiting climate change but also for these wee kids that get asthma from living near main roads. With a range of 70-80 miles my 2013 EV isn't the most convenient vehicle in the world, especially for long journeys but it's fine for local use, which is where many people are exposed to emissions. Given that there's no road tax on EVs and they can be charged for 7p per Kwh overnight and also possibly make you money via a V2G connection, it doesn't seem daft to keep an old EV for shorter journeys. The new ones have 250-300 miles of range, which at 3-4 hours of motorway driving is about my personal 'toilet range' these days anyway. By the time you have stopped at a motorway services for the lavvy and a coffee your car will be topped up again and ready to roll onwards. I don't see that as an inconvenience at all.

There's a lot of memes and such going around where people seem suspiciously motivated to push this narrative. I wish more people would read this excellent series of articles by the Guardian - EV mythbusters. Here's the one on mineral mining. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/01/do-electric-cars-have-problem-mining-for-minerals

My Very Clever Friend who understands these things tells me that all Chademo vehicles have V2G capacity.

The one I am selling is not the original model, it's the next along one that was made in Sunderland - it has the bigger boot capacity for example. Mine has mostly just been charged via one of the slower connections (ie Type 2, 7kw) as this preserves battery health. It had 11 bars of health on it when I bought it three years ago but dropped down to 10 after I took it down south in a heatwave, charging via rapid stations every hour or so along the way. If you stick to Type 2 or even the slower 3 pin plug charging then it doesn't overheat and battery degradation can be massively reduced. It really isn't the sort of car that would be your first choice for a long journey anyway. It's fantastic for shorter journeys and city or town driving though.

I honestly don't have answers for you other than to say that my car can be charged from a 3 pin plug socket and would come supplied with the cable for that. It's free road tax for EVs so keeping it as a battery that could also be driven if needed would only cost you the insurance and annual MOT. I pay roughly £1 a day for insurance. I forgot to say that mine has MOT till October.

I have a Nissan leaf for sale for £4k. It has 10 out of 12 bars of battery health remaining. It's a 2013 so a Sunderland-made one (much better than the earlier Japanese ones), has a 24 kwh battery and has high miles (168k) but has been well maintained and looked after. EV's don't have a lot of components that wear out so it's really just the brakes, suspension, tyres etc that need done every now and then and I've had all that overhauled on mine recently. It has the usual minor parking scuffs from other people's poor parking but they are genuinely minor. I can take more photos or a video if anyone wants one. Also happy to supply the reg in a message. It's a cracking wee motor, but I just really need a van. It will break my heart to sell it though, I do really love this car. It goes like a rocket and is such a pleasure to drive. I get 70-80miles range when fully charged, dependent on outside temperature. It's in Hawick in the Scottish borders, but I could meet in Carlisle or Edinburgh and take the bus back home if that worked for someone.

I find that with twin taps the plughole gets very manky long term. A single tap that empties out directly into the plughole keeps everything a lot cleaner and more hygienic.

Thanks yeah. I've no intention of trying to do ceilings without one, but unfortunately a lower one is half the price and that's all I need for now.

Ok. A bit out of my league but thanks. I'm sure they are worth it though!

What's the price of these please?

I haven't used these people, but I am currently in discussions with them. They seem to know their stuff. https://www.buildstore.co.uk/mortgages-finance

Do you have a page somewhere that shows photos of these? I'd be very interested as it's something I am looking to get into.

I didn't mean click bait in that it is a virus or anything - I just meant the title and claims the guy makes might not be completely true. He does sound plausible though and does show you the screen with the figures on.

Very sorry to hear about your bereavement. The redundancy also sounds very tough. The only thing I can offer is that this guy seems to have made enough to keep the wolf from the door by youtubing his build, even though it wasn't a proper build at all - he just renovated an old static. I was genuinely shocked at how much he was pulling in - it might all be clickbait, but you never know. You are doing the build anyway so you will have plenty of 'content'.

Are you all done piling on or does anyone else want a pop? Well gosh, I've got so much more respect for you all now.

Lots of women too.

When I have had this issue in the past it has been because the flexi pipe from the WC wasn't the correct diameter for the soil pipe and there was a tiny gap that the smell came back through. Even if it is the right diameter I think this is fairly common with flexi pipe as you can't always see what is happening once you shove the pan back into place.

I can't find this blog post (I have looked) but would be very interested to know more.

I just got something in a tub from Wickes and slapped it on. It looked fine, at least till I had sold the place.