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£850 - I would have as well ?

I would recommend getting someone to take the SAP doc and work out what size of heat pump you require - fit the wrong size and they can be expensive to run. Joe may just have got lucky ?

On an OS map a blank white area has no significant meaning. Ownership cannot be determine easily from an OS map, for that you need one or more of (i) the Land Registry (ii) local council (parish, town, county) (iii) a solicitor (iv) locals knowledge, to find the answer. Once you know who owns it, then you can try to get permission to use it/put a driveway on it, or purchase it. In either case you may need to get planning permission to put a driveway on the land.

Yes, your 3 points are spot on. Usually simpler to combine steps 1 and 2 (I got British Gas to put me on a standard tariff and fit the meter). You order of execution will be:- 1) Get your electrician to fit consumer unit and sockets, and tails to reach the meter 2) Select a supplier to get you on a standard tariff and to fit a meter Once the meter is fitted you can change your tariff from the standard one

They fitted a smart meter, although the very nice lady from British Gas, said it should not have been necessary until the house was built. Maybe I used the wrong terminology when I spoke to "call centre Charlie" by saying "new build" instead of "temporary build supply" but I can't remember ?

THE PLAN WORKED ?????

Where are you located? Always best to get someone local ?

Let's see if this plan works out:- My electrician to install consumer side stuff prior to 22nd July WPD (DNO) to connect supply on 22nd July British Gas to install meter tails from my electrician on 24th July ?

A quick update for anyone that might be interested: I now have the MPAN number as of yesterday, so today it should be on the national database - anyone know who is installing meters for free at the moment? I also have the electrician coming to installed consumer side pieces prior to WPD (DNO) doing their connection work on the supply side.

I was considering it, but didn't get a good feeling from my initial inquiries. Seems the UK side if things is just a sales arm, and they couldn't get their figure correct. A partner(?) contractor they put me in touch responded once then went dark, and when I ask the UK office for more technical info, they were not forthcoming. I saw the product at the Swindon NSBRC site and liked the fact they had the raft insulation and ICF wall system that seem well integrated.

Precisely the plan (maybe with a double socket ? ). I've got two meter boxes located right next to each other at the moment (there's a long term plan!), so the supply and meter will go in one box, and the CU and sockets in the other. I think I know the answer, but wanted to check - can I install the tails, CU and socket/s myself? Or are we beholden to the "no-one else is competent" signoff and certification from the electrician? BTW, I have nothing against good tradespeople - it just irks given some of the shoddy examples of the self-certified electrical work I have HAD to put right over many years

An update following my meeting with the (very friendly) WPD guys yesterday, so that others here have a point of reference. Here is the timeline for getting your WPD supply through to having some power sockets to connect to (I feel this flow of events would be similar across the DNO's):- 1. Sign the paperwork for your new supply and pay the invoice. Note: there will likely be some site visits involved before you get the invoice that you will need to pay ? 2. WPD will supply you with an MPAN number once you have paid. 3. Now you can approach your electricity Supplier of choice (e.g. E.On, nPower etc. - as PeterW says 4. Contract your electrician to fit the Consumer Unit, your power socket circuit and most importantly the tails from the CU that will fit in the Supplier meter. 5. WPD will do all their cable connection work up to the new white meter box ready for the Supplier meter to be installed. 6. Get your electrician to do their work as contracted in step 4. Note: this work can take place before step 5 7. Only once you have the WPD connections complete and the CU and tails installed can the Supplier now fit the meter. As the WPD chap said to me - if you can get the meter installed on the same day as the supply connection you will have worked a small miracle. Also, he said make sure they turn up after we have finished our work (for me that means about 2pm) Right, I'm off to see if I am allowed to install the CU and tails myself.

The following all comes with the caveat of "Coronavirus time" i.e. it could normally be shorter ? First inquiry was back in Jan 2019 (for budgeting purposes only, no application made). BTW - their estimate was a little higher than the actual ... First application contact mid-Mar 2020 (what timing!), and I received a quote towards end of Mar/early April via snailmail. I accepted quote in mid May 2020, with the caveat on completion being dependent on my ability to visit site to complete trenching, cabinet for meter box etc.. WPD are doing me a favour by bringing the meter box and other items to the site (normally you have to collect these from one of their depots). As things eased, I took a punt on agreeing completion of installation in w/c 20 July which is happening. FYI - for our connection, a network upgrade is required (uprated transformer somewhere up the line), and we are having to have an underground feed to next door re-routed as well as our supply connected.

Bubble burst Peter ? Looks like a more detailed conversation with the guys from WPD onsite on Monday. Drawing up wiring diagram as I speak ?

OK, so I don't have to get over concerned about the meter being in place before the DNO complete their work. Thanks

ProDave, Did the meter have to be in place before the connection actually took place?

Hi, I have got a date for our electric connection from Western Power Distribution (WPD) to be completed, and need to arrange for an electric meter from an electricity supplier. Hoorah. This is to a build site with no registered address either with the council or the post office. First question is, does this need to be installed before the electric supply? Looking at pictures of meter boxes in other threads it would seem it is. Next question, based on the couple of phone calls I've made, I need an MPAN number which can't exist without a registered address (or so I am being told), so I appear to be in a catch 22 situation. Should Western Power be able to provide me with an MPAN number? Last questions - How quick should the electricity supplier (not WPD) be able to install the meter? Who's best? Cheers Stuart

A post heater fits inline after the MVHR unit in the "air into the house" ducting (supply ducting). So "post" as in "after" as opposed to "pre" as in "before". The post heater adds a little extra heat if required to the incoming air. So the air flow would be from the outside:- OUTSIDE AIR -> DUCT -> MVHR -> POST HEATER -> DUCTING INTO HOUSE

They obviously have so much business they don't want yours, or the flooring you are asking for is rarer than hen's teeth. Make a counter offer of £2,000 below what you are willing to pay i.e. start bartering. If they don't/won't play ball, move on.

Anyone know if Self Build Zone and Buildstore are one and the same organisation - just filled out the online quotation and they were EXACTLY the same questions/website layout as each other ?

Not wanting that either Russell ?

Haven't asked them. It came up in a discussion with the SE this morning. The question is more of a poll to see what other buildhubbers would choose given the choice.

Hi, Hopefully a simple poll .... I need to choose whether to use stone slips on the outside of an ICF build (likely Nudura) or have a cavity and then a full stone wall. I will be doing this work myself. So which to choose - stone slips or full stone?

Please video it ?

My garage design requirement has a four post lift included - I own a classic and do a lot of the work myself (much to the annoyance, but praise and admiration, of the local specialist garage) so it will be used for working on the car and also storing it raised with drip trays installed and the daily drive will be parked underneath.