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We have a Spitfire door, the one you'll have seen. Very pleased with it. 3G glazing units. (and for those wondering, the "spitting of fire" is for cold callers 😀)

New build, high insulation levels, 3G, mains electricity only. Could have done GSHP but couldn't be ar5ed with digging lots of trenches and more manifolds. Then of course, the BUS Grant, although I could have DIY'd it but it was one of those things that I wanted some professional backup on

We were a little nervous until the payment came through

We paid all the invoices in full, and then the grant was paid back, IIRC, via the MCS company.

The only room finished in his 10 year build?

What's in my head every time I read a computer related thread from @Pocster on BH 😀

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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

That's why 😅

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

Nuts and bolts and big washers behind the wood?

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)

Certification/Accreditation only mentions concrete and steel. I have messaged them about fixing to the glulam beam.

Thanks, I shall take a look

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.