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Just for balance , my house is in to middle of fields about a mile from the local village. There was no way to get a land line and tbh I didn’t want to see a line of telephone poles coming all the way down the land :-). Anyhow I have about 1-2 bar mobile reception here. I just got a good passive aerial/dish and pointed it towards the nearest mask (looked up online). It’s just plugged into the back of the router that has the sim. I have about 40mb/s down and same up. 2 kids gaming etc , TV and two of us working from home with no problems. Been 5 years now.

We have some very large cortizo sliding windows/doors and in our house. They are triple glazed and one of the middle panes has just shattered for no apparent reason. They’ve been installed now for around 4 years. The manufacturer is claiming they don’t cover any form of broken glass and they are very difficult to deal with and often simply never reply to emails and only occasionally pick up the phone . They’ve given us a quote of 4.5k to replace which is about the same aa all 3 sliding doors costs us new 4 years ago! I known the prices have gone since Covid and the at but that seems crazy. Unfortunately due to the slim design of them the frame is bonded to the glass and I can’t see what other options I might have. Any ideas ?

Here https://www.jcbinsurance.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1508918350&gbraid=0AAAAADnpox4SddR7DG583GDQX5rhwyRtt&gclid=CjwKCAjwn6LABhBSEiwAsNJrjltOHLE6MrY2E_qua6IEefdP_eu84Miy0Iv-pTQMIFx82tyLune2XBoCSjMQAvD_BwE

I just hide mine best as possible from eyes on site. and I paid for JCB insurance which covers theft. Was about £300/year which is quite reasonable. Call them up and get a quote.

That’s terrible. I definitely would be fighting my arse off about this. Window companies are just the worst IMO - cowboys through and through. It fine if you are going for the 300 year old pub look but no way would I accept that.

I have the same issue. We do have AC that we leave on during sunny days as the solar panels cover the cost. Sometimes we have it on at night time to time. Its all built into the loft/walls so all hidden. I knew we might over heat in these rooms due to design limitations (Class Q) and south facing. I'm also considering brise soleils on the south side, but the last 2 summers have been ok on the whole, but I'll probably fit these in time. I quick fix i did for the super hot summer we had 3 years ago, I got some solar film off ebay for about £200 and put up on the outside of the windows (as mine are triple glazed) - this helped somewhat at reducing solar gain. I removed them at the end of summer. I haven;' bother the last 2 summers as its not been hot enough.

How do you all control the flow of electricity from inverter to HW, ASHP, etc when you are generating excess power? What control unit do use ?

Can’t see the foam lasting

The whole of the end wall of my house is glazed . For large areas you will need structural glass (think airports and office buildings) which is very expensive 20k plus. What I did was put a structural beam across at 2.3 meters height and then fixed glazing about to the apex (single story barn conversion) and then a 7.5m x 2.2m 3 piece sliding door under. All 3G , I think the total cost of the glazing was about 7-8k.

(Most) People aren’t even thinking about the ocean. If it gets too warm plankton will die - which is responsible for 20% of the oxygen in the biosphere- that’s a higher percentage than all of the tropical rainforests on land combined! The world is going to sh@t , with governments preoccupied with declining economies and aging populations, looming wars, etc and taking their eye of climate actions. I worry about my young kids and the life they are going to have to deal with

Can I ask why you didn’t apply for Class Q?

Hi, sorry for late reply I don’t come here very often these days. In the end I put some 3d printed blocks that have a brush seal pointing upwards embedded in the tiles in parallel with the end face of the doors to seal the gap. not had any leaks since as far as I can remember. I slight bit of air movement still comes in (for example now sure storm Isha), but I’m not worried about it as the house is plenty hot enough all the time. not sure how long they will last but I could away remove in the future and replace. I glued them down and made sure the tiles aren’t too tight against them so I could get them out in the future.

Just to add, I have the solar panel that is an option and the’ve never once regarded it in 4 years. Still going strong and tells me every time some comes to the gate.

I was watching a live lighting map whilst there was a load of storms happening a couple of months ago. I couldn’t believe how many strikes was happening at that time very close to home. So it depends..

We just used a local blind shop. They are not cheap but it’s something that’s going to be in the house long term so I didn’t mind. The like of louvalite don’t sell directly to customers I don’t think plus you still need to source the material and mount to tube. All the online retailers just provide battery types it seems . just to add - all my blinds I hidden away in the wall/window surround above the window and just slide out of a slit and access is more of a pain