FarmerN

In my opinion , how much glass you have will make a massive difference. Overheating is not a problem for us with windows, two neighbours with glass walls complain about over heating. Any chance of Velux window in vaulted ceiling to let heat out, cool bedroom at night. We have MVHR and like it, have a friend with hay fever who says it’s always better when staying with us, also bathrooms dry quickly and plant room serves as drying room,

See Your in Cheshire A factory built house went up last summer which I think was Danwood, but may be wrong. I t was built on a raft foundation and was bolted together and roofed in less than a week. I have no idea if it had MVHR or other tech. It’s on the west side of the A49 in the 30 mph zone of Spurstow , Bunbury .

Our 110cm Range cooker is rated at 17 kW . Interesting as our transformer is rated at 15 Kw ! The other wiring we put in which my wife likes is a 5amp socket circuit for side lights switched at door separate to main lights. Make sure you make provision for a car charger, even if you have no intention of getting one yet.

Ours is in plant room, which is lined with 25mm ply so you can easily mount anything anywhere. Chose solid outside wall for MVHR unit so no risk of vibration noise traveling through timbers, when unit ages.

Googleing "log burner stove polish" brings up a range of products. Back in the days, I'm sure we had "Stove Black" no idea what it was.

We have similar room , it's fine for me but my wife complains all the time at noisy room, “ like an Italian Restaurant” Floor tiles ceramic work tops etc. Wife put carpet off cut on top of all tall cupboards and wall units. Curtains / Roman blinds help a bit in winter when closed, and large rug in seating area.

Thought House was limited to 11.5 M

Proposed changes to Permitted Development rights for small wind turbine from Department for Energy Security& Net Zero I have no idea if this is strictly limited to commercial sites or not “New government proposals today (Wednesday 18 March) would allow businesses and public sector organisations to install one turbine up to 30 metres – no bigger than an oak tree – without submitting planning proposals, making it faster and cheaper to generate clean power on site.” https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lower-bills-for-farmers-schools-and-factories Also Open consultation Permitted development rights for onshore wind turbines in England: consultation document (accessible webpage) Published 18 March 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/permitted-development-rights-for-onshore-wind-turbines-in-england/permitted-development-rights-for-onshore-wind-turbines-in-england-consultation-document-accessible-webpage

I have no idea how the economics would work out. But if only relatively short term would old fashioned night storage heaters have a place ? Run on Cosy or EV charging tariff.? Log burner is great for main living space. Moved after 50 years from very large, old draughty farm house 6+ bedrooms. We lived with Oil fired cooker , a wick burner so kept going in power cuts (4500 liters / year ). Log burner using 8 cu M logs a year and night storage heaters. The logs and electric were lost in the business. Our experience was you needed to keep the main living rooms warm, no matter how much heat you put in, if the fabric was cold , it felt cold. It was a healthy enviroment to bring kids up in, if a little bracing at times.

We have just built a new Robinsons greenhouse. I’m amazed at how strong the glass is. It’s toughened glass. Would withstand acorns , but mature oak trees have a habit of shedding branches, that would be a different matter. I think, but am not sure, all greenhouses have to be toughened glass now. If under a tree keeping it clean could be an issue.

We had settings changed on MVHR extract vents changed , reducing flow to utility extract while increasing extract rate from plant room by same amount, helps with drying clothes. Air flow is through utility to plant room. My wife wishes our plant room was warmer to improve it as a drying room.

No mention of thermal bridging in this discussion of blocks Is it important , especially through foundations? Should different blocks be used in foundations? Our build was all masonry construction , and due to ground conditions ended up with a beam and block construction. This meant all masonry walls were thermal bridges, more so than on ordinary foundations. I keep meaning to get a thermal imaging camera to see just how bad it is, and compare internal to external walls.

On our new build we contacted Openreach or might have been BT, and they provided Grey Ducting 50 mm , an external manhole and cable etc FOC I think. We did all the work and dug it in back to pole. Left a rope in when we pulled cable through in case Fiber came past. This is all about 3-4 years ago. My memory may not be correct or things may have change

Surely depends on what you want to do with the land after, parking, patio, flower borders or what. Does it need drainage under before you fill, does the surface water get away OK after fill ? Recycled aggregate of some sort, from crushed brick , to sand?

If position of SVP near velux is an issue , is chimney also an issue?