MikeSharp01

Same here - put them everywhere.

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This is a great contribution to self build and wider market @SimonD. It strikes me as taking the work @Jeremy Harris did way back and moving it up to a whole new level by both allowing the heat loss work to be undertaken and moving it through to the design of the accompanying heating system. It is also great that you chose to share it with us.

Sounds very interesting!

Wonderful piece of work Michael, welcome to THE forum for people like us and what is the next project? Great that you wanted to share it with us and can we ask how you found us?

Just post the figures here, redact any address details, and I am sure someone will give it a look.

I will give them a call on Monday.

We are subject to the vagaries of Thames Water here and we have woeful water pressure and flow. We live on a hill that has a number of springs and is know for its wells hence I am thinking of installing a bore hole. So what are the issues and the likely cost? Anybody got any experiences of doing this?

Don't the modern single block mcb+rcbo units do this, if not why do they have a neutral terminal.

Nope but I am going to - in the near future. So I can perhaps share the journey. Let's hope we can get advice. In our case we don't yet have the slates on so that I am hopeful that will simplify things.

Yes it looks like pilling blinding as there is a pilling rig there today so good spot @Mr Punter. So they drill core drill through the blinding and then put the piles in all very neat and tidy - no mud other than what comes out of the hole!

Surface was flat clay - no rebar.

the crosses might indicate that although they seem quite far apart for piles don't they? It will be interesting to see what happens next - I will report back.

Round the corner from us they ar building 3 houses on a single plot. They have scrapped out three levels - the road rises past the plot, without any trenches just flat. On Thursday I noticed they were just pouring concrete onto these three flat levels, no services- nothing, you can see from the picture below what that looks like. Are they just short circuiting the passive slab build up to do without the N layers of type 1 and the pea shingle sub-base without any peripheral drainage or what what is going on top of these ponds of concrete?

Are you happy with it - in terms of the service it delivers, air quality etc?