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    40 years in IT, then made redundant, which has helped enormously in building. Helped with building renovations and extensions, but it was always a dream to build our own energy efficient house. Well, here we are having started (properly) in late 2020, and very proud of what we have achieved (so far!)
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  1. We have one of these, albeit outside, but I dont see any reason it won't work in a mat well. A good shake occasionally and it's clean. Would work in an internal entrance/boot room. https://musthaveideas.co.uk/products/dirt-defender
  2. That's why 😅
  3. I don't know why, but I don't like the idea of those pipes under the stud walls of the two right hand bedrooms. Also, I don't think there is any need to have the pipes so close to each other near the manifold - the vertical bit of the blue kitchen/dining loop and top of the hall loop can be removed and then spread out the pipes from the utility, WC, bathroom and left bedroom to fill that space. Spirals probably a reasonable request in the bedrooms. As you have 3 loops in the kitchen/dining the heat distribution will be reasonably even
  4. Nuts and bolts and big washers behind the wood?
  5. Happy Days. Made2Measure (link in JohnMo's message above) has wood connection certification with M8/80mm long at 200mm spacing (400mm with no wind loading) using Fisher FPF-WT YZP (https://www.fischer.co.uk/en-gb/products/screws/wood-construction-screw-powerfast/powerfast-fpf-wt-zpp)
  6. Certification/Accreditation only mentions concrete and steel. I have messaged them about fixing to the glulam beam.
  7. Thanks, I shall take a look
  8. Yes, and no. Yes, replace all FF generating capacity with non-FF alternatives and you can then price electricity accordingly. I'm really not going to respond to any comments on that statement. It's just not going to happen overnight, but I think we all agree on that. No, because while we are interconnected and other countries use gas (bought on that global market) we are beholden to the price of electricity of those other countries. Don't misunderstand me, I believe we should be investing to remove our dependence on using FF to create electricity, or find ways to remove the harm caused by using FF. There is no silver bullet, but it does not preclude us from doing what we can while remaining economically viable in a global economy. It's not easy. Out.
  9. @Beelbeebub, before I say what I'm here to say, I agree with the overall sentiment of your POV of the OP. Now, do you understand that the auction is not just a national thing? As we are interconnected to Europe for electricity, that auction involves international suppliers. Behind all that is the global gas pricing market (a much bigger thing). Yes, it sucks, I agree. But all of that makes it a damn sight more difficult to change the system - just look at how long things take for the EU to reach agreement on anything as an example. By all means suggest the change, but keep in mind the diplomatic, economic, and geopolitical matters that would be brought to bear in trying to do so. I'm not saying its impossible but good luck trying to make it happen, or finding a political party that you can vote for who will make it happen.
  10. Or could it be an offshoot of Men's Shed? Mobile Self Build Shed
  11. Or anything. Fullstops. Leave the phone on charge in another room. Read a book. I prefer detective based novel - it makes me think of something completely different as I drift off to sleep and forget what page I was on 😀
  12. Look carefully under the second step. Haven't hidden the wire to the camera yet 🙂
  13. Notebook and pencil by the bed. Write down what is on your mind. That way it is out and physically recorded. Why not a pen? Makes a mess of the bedside table, bedclothes if you miss the paper 😉
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