FuerteStu

So quick to condemn everyone who's opinion differs. Just because what you see on the field next door is rotten, doesn't mean they all are. One minute you are saying the large scale food production is the only economic viability, next you're saying it's abhorrent, yet you disagree when other people tell you about their local situations? Are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?

Nice an spacious feeling. My one concern would be noise from the plant and utility in the living room. Plus I prefer my utility to be 'off' the kitchen as it tends to end up being overflow of storage. Which orientation is the build to north?

I think it's the one with the local pub, for local people..

You do realise people would listen to and respect your opinion more if you weren't such a condescending prick.. I live on the Norfolk Suffolk border. My local butchers gets its meat from within 20 miles, and the processing abattoir even less. 4 miles away I can get bacon, sausage and pork that is reared and slaughtered and butchered on site. My greengrocers stocks seasonal veg produced that can be seen growing in the fields in the months before it's in the shops. Please, stop assuming you're talking to an idiot. Yes the vast majority of people do what you're saying, but that's why I'm advocating education about consumption as being the driving force for change. Economics is the study of existing systems, and traditionally pretty crap at predicting those systems, let alone future ones. If people started consuming ethically, the 'economics' Would reflect that.

Because if something is made locally, it doesn't need shipping half way across the planet. Even if its produced 500 miles away, it's better than 5000.

I try not to buy ANY goods I don't need. And when I do buy something, I consider something longer lasting and locally produced (relatively) to be more important than the price.

Short term or long term, the planet will benefit from a massive reduction in consumption of products from China. What is made there is often sold at a comparative loss, purely for global economic reasons. It causes massive destruction to the environment to be reliant upon fast fashion, cheap electronics and disposable junk. When the industrial revolution started, we had no understanding of the implications and disastrous effects. We should be leading the green revolution, we're dragging our heels because it will cost more now, but it will cost MORE in the future. Not Isolationism, I'm suggesting consuming less, and becoming more self sufficient. It's about education if those who consume. The more people that see the results of their consumption, the better it is for the planet.

Even per capita doesn't really give a clear picture. A huge percentage of people in India and Russia living a lifestyle decades behind the rest offsetting the highly destructive few. I just think we need global education about consumption. If we all realised the real cost of what we use daily and reduce it, it negates all possible government policies, or corporate greed.

I once had a conversation with a manager of a large wine cellar of a country estate. The cellar was brick built with vaulted ceilings. A dozen rooms in total. They had detailed records going back several hundred years of conditions in the vaults (only recently controlled with modern techniques) They filled the racks with dummy bottles of water rather than leave them empty. He said the practice was done for as long as the records had been kept. In fact some of the fake bottles were older than the wines. "an empty vault fluctuates in temperature a lot more and will kill the wine" Know there are other factors info involved here. But just wondering that came to mind.

It's my understanding that artex was very low risk for drilling a couple of holes. The amount of potential fibre exposure is only significant if you worked on it daily.

Yes but the factor that isn't considered in these two images is consumption vs exports America and most of Europe drive a lot more of other countries CO2 production in modern times. Through their manufacturing,shipping, mining and refining. The true picture is a lot more alarming, it's greenwashing to say we're improving our own gardens by desolating our neighbours.

I'm a carpenter turned electrician. Always had a knack for picking things up. I've taken a dated 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow with detached garage, and bridged to the garage and converted it into a reception room, gaining a utility and hallway. Then converted the loft to add 3 bedrooms and bathroom. It will be 5 bed, 3 bathroom two reception room with kitchen twice the size it was. I employed an architect to get planning pushed through, and a structural engineer to calculate the roof work. And a plumber moved the boiler (gas). All other work I've done myself.

Another way to test. Do you have a spare table lamp? Take the plug off it, put the blue wire in with the neutral in the wago. Put the brown wire in the other terminal in the switch. If the switch flicks between the main light and the lamp, then the common is the feed. (the perm live)

It's common for swas to be only protected by an mcb. If you were paranoid about it, you could put it on a 100ma rcd so you wouldn't get upstream nuisance tripping, but if the cable is fixed securely and glanded off cleanly I don't think you need to worry about it.

In answer it your first sentence.. No it isn't normal, or preferred, as it brings with it more complications and additionally work. Cable routing and sub-Mains board placement is done to avoid things like this. The only time I do this is when space is tight and you're glanding off into metal conduit or trucking all the way to the terminations (commercial or industrial situations) In domestic situations, that containment usually takes up more room than any bend radius.

I considered this after living in an old victorian house at the bottom of a gradual hill. Several times a year the manhole cover would lift off with all the wipes and debris. I asked a drain cleaning company if there was anything we could line the outgoing pipe with (where the common blockage would form). He pointed out the concrete and clay surfaces that had been eroded by all the chemicals and detergents flushed down there. It looked like the inside was lined with gravel. I think half the problems in the systems are the age and materials used Modern pvc won't have those issues.

+1 on the electrical issue. Looks like a loose connection or possible sticky relay in the stat.

If it looks right, it is right. Regardless of actual level. In this scenerio, I wouldnt use a level for the cheeks, I'd string line and measure down. (if I'm understanding you right?)

What's his reasoning? Because he wants an additional problem for YOU to deal with? There is no reason I can see for this transition. It's asking for problems. Especially considering you plan on using it for EV charging.

With the greatest respect.. If you have an electrician doing this job, then this is HIS job, not yours. You aren't qualified for this. Guesswork is dangerous in this scenario

(ignore this, didn't read your post properly)

16mm swa step down to possible/probable 2.5mm t&e rings a lot of alarm bells. What is the circuit supplying? What is it fed from? What breaker/fuse is protecting the cable? There are situations where this doable, but I'd much rather see a garage board fitted, the swa termination into a main switch and the outgoing circuit fed from a breaker.

5 to 10 years? 🤔 Maybe they're confusing lifespan with guarantee?

Stupid Expectations of Living Favourably But Unexpectedly and Inevitably Lead to Disappointment

If you have a small bendy straw, bit of electrical earth sleeving, or other thin tube they clean out the hole better than just a brush. I've even used a balloon pump to clear a hole of debris before. Resin fixes better than anything I know.. But it's a one time fix. Make sure your brackets are level, or the radiator won't be!