marshian

I'm not talking about safety related issues here I have a simple rule for all white goods "insurance plans" or "extended warranty" costs - I get a minimum of 1 year for free - if something is going to go wrong it's more likely to do so in the first year so I'm very skeptical about the benefits. (You don't hear many companies offering warranty cover going bust) If the cost of the cover for additional 2, 3, 5, or 10 years (Based on a reasonable expectation of expected life) is more than the cost of a replacement new item they can get in the sea * see note I take 25% of the cost of the plan and stick that in a savings account It meant that when I replaced my gas boiler last year the £3500 it cost was all from that same savings account I have a neigbour who covers all his appliances with "Extended Cover" - last year he was crowing about he had his american style fridge freezer replaced FOC -but he pays somewhere close to £300 per month for all appliance cover he has. By my logic American fridge freezer say £700 - 800 he could have covered that cost in under 3 months and as a plus It wouldn't have took 3 "engineer" visits with various parts being replaced as a potential fix while suffering a below par fridge performance before they accepted the fridge was beyond repair (who knew a fridge has a motherboard!!!) Note * It always is!!!!

Last one I did looked like this but it was years ago - Cost was pretty much free as most of the wood was scavenged Sorry didn't build the house so no idea on costs

Bravo Then end of "da bungalow" is the new beginning I'm not surprised at the attitudes of the neighbours - you are exibiting considerate destruction - much better than a munching machine

I'd be up for that - I got a ban from the cherry tree in 1980 (Don't ask it was a misunderstanding about the legal age to drink in a pub without an appropriate adult) However I'm pretty sure 1. They won't recognise me now compared to the spotty teenager I was 2. The grumpy twat that ran the place is probably dead anyway

Or May? First Thursday is the 1st of May (I thought it was a bank holiday but that's Monday the 5th May so nicely away from the 1st)

I'm playing catch up with these blog entries - you have a great writing style - just the right balance of humour and gritty detail - thanks for sharing.

It is indeed

Christ that's darker than @Iceverge

Dark very dark indeed

I know what temp ours gets too................. Highest in 2024 was 40.2 Deg C, Lowest was -2.1 Deg C Summer months pretty typical to never drop below 25 deg C in the day time Large south facing side - concrete tiles - overheats like an absolute twat!!! Have vented eves - all clear of insulation and they do diddly squit - I'm going to stick an airbrick in each gable end as high up as I can in the hope that it allows some heat to bleed out. Anyway good work on the demolition and skip avoidance

What about a "mouse trap" arrangement - drill holes in mortar and insert dowels to push insulation back under windows

OK just a suggestion from previous pictures I can see that removing a row or two of tiles means you can look down the cavities - can you not add suitable 2.4 m length of wood vertically down the cavity with a taper at the end to straighten/push the PIR back to being in contact with the internal wall face - then as they blow in beads pull out each length of wood knowing that the beads already in the cavity will keep the PIR in contact with the internal wall face. Insulation company would then be happy with the consistent gap from an infill perspective? Obviously if you can't push it back with 2.4m length from above then it's a bust from that perspective so a bit of wood

Well good luck when you move back in - I hope it all goes well

Because they didn’t have a car or they parked outside the gated drive?

So more to the issue than originally explained. Your house and garage are not currently occupied so he's not causing any issue to you currently and he's not causing issue for 3 & 4 When you move back in the fun will start because effectively he has no-where he can park without causing issues Of you've been there 38 years where did the previous occupants of House number 2 park in the past?

Draw the whole site please including entrance gate etc no defending the person parking there but it maybe that if he parks outside his house he restricts access to another houseowner???

How many rads? Heat loss of the house? Just for comparison and I know it's never going to be a valid comparison but 4 Bed Detached, 2 floors, 113m3 (stupid T shape so a bunch of rooms have 3 external walls) 13 Rads, circuit volume 130 L, Heat Loss 4.74 kWh - Pump Flow rate is between 300 and 600 L/Hr (former being heating circuit which has a lot more restriction and later being when on HW cyl reheat)

OK I don't have ASHP I have a Gas Boiler basically running ASHP flow temps. All rads no UFH. My pet hate is system noise (flow thro the rads) I've gone to a lot of effort to get the flow rates right for each individual room based on the target room temp - I don't run any set backs - heating is on 24/7. I am running a with weather compensated flow temp but it's been well worth the time invested in getting every room right. Highest flow temp I've seen over winter was 35 deg C. Right now the boiler is targeting 22 Deg Flow temp. Sitting in my living room right now all I can hear is the wall clock ticking no system noise at all. I think if your circuit is noisy you might have a little too much flow thro it.

houses are different - I won’t turn my heating off until mid may normally

Round my area wood panels in between concrete posts is std fencing - I've never liked it from a security perspective - you can lift a panel up, chock it and then gain access underneath it - I stick with cant and rail with a feather board front finish - neighbours * all have the "good side" that way no easy climb over from the other sides of the fencing * Unfortunately all the fences around the garden are marked on the deeds as mine (last house built in the first of two phases) as I stand in my garden the one to the right is mine - the one at the back is mine and the one to my left is mine...............

Completed - one comment regarding the comments box - could do with being larger so you can easily review whats written - the thin small box makes review and editting quite difficult (might be because I did the survey on a phone but I think many responses will be done that way)

Yeah at a flow temp target of 28 it will keep the burn going until flow rises to 32 before shut off boiler seems happy with maintaining a 7 Degree delta between flow and return - it apparently doesn’t have a return temp sensor and all the firmware is based on flow temp during the coast after the burn return temp typically drops to around 8 deg below target temp

Top tip once you know what size copper pipe it is and you buy 4 suitable 1/4 turn full borr isolators - use two bits of pipe in one of the isolators to determine the length of cut section you need to remove always better than cutting out too much 😉

star wars reference - to you might need some serious jedi skills if you disturb that rats nest of pipework

I wouldn't be trying that - lets see if @Nickfromwales agrees