MikeSharp01

Welcome to THE forum. Sounds like an interesting project.

Perhaps as an idea offer SE to put a couple of shaped (SE to specify length) 18mm (SE to specify - might want thicker) Marine ply plates either side fixed, glue (SE to specify - might want structural adhesive) plus screw/nail/possibly bolted through to both stringers and the end upright (SE might suggest shoulder blocks and other strengthening). The challenge will be to play out what happens at the end of the plates although wood does not have the stress point fracturing that steel, for instance, has SE will have a view AND the potential for buckling the ply plates as they deal with the compression stress in the top stringer that is no longer there, which I feel would be small but might not be. You may also be able to get some crosswise support from adjacent beams if you can get plates in. Either way it won't be a standard detail so in the SE's hands.

How is the pozi fixed to the floor boarding, what it the pozi spacing and what else is the pozi supporting? I cannot help thinking that a structural engineer could show you how to reduce that top stronger out of the way.

By The sounds of it you are in Scotland - up there you have some additional protection and tribunal services you can reach out for / to. I cannot recall the exact name of the service but I believe you can take a case against the factor through them. Googling I think is is called the "Housing and Property Chamber: First-tier Tribunal for Scotland" https://www.housingandpropertychamber.scot/

Turntable perhaps - maybe we are now a little far out of the box!

You could reverse in then?

I guess if you think about the short/medium term this is true. In the longer term will you own a car? Won't self driving cars be much more thing - which turn up as and when you need them.

I have not heard that heat grab idea before - I wonder how it really works as apart from the immediately obvious it will have the effect of extracting in a place where you would naturally want to be supplying so the air from the bedrooms will now go out of the hallway and bathroom extracts and it may suck air up the stairs feels odd but has the whiff of right about it.

Some of these strapped to the pipes might work better. You will need to get the correct temp and hysteresis for your application though. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/thermostatic-switches/2282557?cm_mmc=UK-PLA-DS3A-_-google-_-CSS_UK_EN_Switches_MOB_Whoop-_-Thermostatic+Switches_Whoop+(2)-_-2282557&matchtype=&pla-330742918010&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=9765532031&cq_term=&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_plt=gp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzCal-PfS3eUj6c7kHhc9NGEGX2IGLGBP_By_yl0lyh7sgzJ7hzJNS4aAlklEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

18mm Marine play won't bend much over that distance and you can stop that by putting a bead of aluminium angle along the front.

You should have a wayleave for that pole, if not then a local law firm should be able to sort that if it is now on your land. You will then have the contact details. If you were then to revoke the way leave then they have to move the pole this may be some leverage. I suspect that the £5500 includes running the fibre from the local cabinet, which they are obliged to do for a new development as I believe HMG insists. If you crack that one then your neighbour's will piggy back off it, as they will run a multifibre to the pole, and they may feel like helping you pay. Long shots all of it.

Cripes - I wanted to get away with 14 ways.

No but you could make one from something like this 25x50 aluminium channel https://www.metals4u.co.uk/materials/aluminium/aluminium-channel/12979-p

Yes me too - now I need a pay it to remind me to make a list. PS that is some ADC, and sensor combi that can resolve to 4dp over 100 degree range 1 in a million or is this wine getting to me.

So we are going to go for 4mm radial wiring and I was wondering what the practical challenges are. For instance most sockets are specified for 2x4mm in each terminal so spurs are a challenge and squeezing 2x4mm into the back box of the socket looks like a pain. How are these issues best approached and are there any more I should be considering?

Have you checked with the college what their metering requirements are? They may be happy to include bills but they may like to know who is using what and if you ever change to an HMO you may then want separate metering yourself. @pocster will be along shortly, not an early riser, I have no doubt he will have an answer.

A couple of things come to mind: Think through a PV roof as in see if can get a single roof face facing as near south as possible so if the image above has north at the top then try and get the long edge on the south side rather than the North as it is - I can see a tree indicated that might cast some shadow so that may be a deciding factor. It looks like you will need that party wall agreement with or without a basement. To cut the footprint perhaps loose the garage, or a proportion of it, to give you a little more manoeuvring room.

Too late I think as all @Gone West pointed out several months ago.

Yes - and some would say 'but why should I pay VAT on power I generated myself'

Interesting - so it has begun.

I suspect because this will be something of a square wheel. Imagine paying the £100s, possibly £1000s, of quid I pay in fuel duty every year as a one off payment. It will have to be based on distance traveled and probably when traveled and by what road type as well.

Set me wondering how the taxation of EV charging, along shortly I am confident to replace fuel duty, will work if you do it via your PV as you won't be able to insert it after the meter on your EV charge point.

Do you have access to the full text? Looks like an interesting read. It's research gate so usually open. Source but in this case you need to pop the title into Google and you can find a copy to read by the looks of it.

Welcome to the forum. 72mSq is a big Kitchen (9x8m) depending on the slab buildup and the insulation / air tightness of the overall build, you will want to be heating a lot of concrete and lots of insulation, it might be worth looking at the Willis heater option. These are small, a few Kw, water heaters that you can run over night on the cheap rate to warm the slab and let it cool during the day. @TerryE has done this successfully and done the sums, for his house, to show the cost / value outcomes against ASHP anyway.

Welcome to THE forum, not that much of an echo chamber, for people like us - looks like a grand plan.