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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. Which is why The Orange Man is trying to put a friendly government in to replace Maduro, oh, and pamper to the Russians as well, in order to secure a future supply for their gas guzzlers and overheated and overchilled housing and office space. And of course, cozy up to the murderers of Khashoggi. How does Israel fit in? Arms (pun intended) length "nuke 'em outfit" to keeps the Middle East in check
  2. It seems they are on to this - More North Sea drilling to be allowed in new Labour plan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r9gyjkky0o
  3. Plastic conduit will be fine. Is the 45mm void just under the roof tiles? I would put the cable in conduit for extra protection.
  4. Nappy changes probably the biggest use @ProDave. It is easy to have a ready supply of wipes held together in a handy plastic (!) pack as you traverse this hideous job. Shouldn't happen (wet wipe use) but it does 🫩
  5. Mine was a new connection
  6. Or just a simple PIR switch
  7. Retain and re-use the stone where you can if you end up rebuilding. We had to chop a walnut tree down. It is now our breakfast bar 🙂
  8. Welcome and good luck with the conversion. I trust through top half of that internal wall is being replaced 😁
  9. GIT mainly used in software development to hold versions or iterations of development, know as builds. Probably not useful in the OP scenario
  10. There is a train of thought that says in a traditional two storey home (bedrooms upstairs), and depending on levels of insulation applied during the build, that you may not need UFH upstairs. The main question to answer so others can provide improved responses is about the level of insulation and air tightness of the build, and if you have the heat loss figures for the rooms upstairs. Also, what temperatures are you aiming to achieve in those rooms (generally bedrooms are cooler)?
  11. I'm looking for some floor sockets similar to the picture below (single or double) but at a reasonable price (less than three figures!!) I've been searching around and want to avoid the style that has the spring showing. The floor sockets are to be located at the edge of a floor (there is no wall above), not in the middle of a floor area as in this picture, so they do not necessarily have to be flush with the floor as the risk of them being a trip hazard is very low. Anyone know of a reasonably priced item. They can be a single socket.
  12. How about Command strips. Our daughter used these at university to hold a largish mirror on her rented room. Stayed up all year, no problems
  13. @Post and beam, You'll not get comms from Openreach. They talk to their customer, which is not you, it's your broadband provider. I know this from having to deal with BT and Openreach during my working life. Openreach themselves are crap at comes internally let alone externally. For my recent connection I started with Plusnet, and switched to EE on recommendation on here. EE were very good at keeping me informed. I also had a line of sight tree chopping issue. Between switching from Plusnet and EE I did this myself as it was an easy job. As it happens EE would have covered the cost, unlike Plusnet. So, as you can see, choice of BB provider is important. As has been said, persevere, but I do recommend using EE, and I have FTTP.
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