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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

I have mains powered as I cannot be bothered with batteries (Louvolite). The switch is magnetic and is on the wall looking like a normal switch (can control up to 32 binds at once), but can be moved about

I’ve got one of these camera - still going strong 4 years later - luckily it came with one of these sins so I’ve never had to pay for the data ! great cameras you anyone need something like this

I just built a 7mx8m double garage with 2x roller doors and a door at the back. It cost me £3750 in materials plus my summer building myself. It did pole barn design with a tarmac floor (tarmac already there) . It looks great and works great.

Surely in something that size you don’t want any insulation if it’s usage is a gym??