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To be honest @Nickfromwales, I told the surveyor to not even bother quoting for a new supply. I was that Peed off. The only actual quote i received was £2k for the split of the existing 3phase. 100amp for each property will be fine, even if i chuck a bit of solar on each house.

@JohnMo Good questiions. Sounds like The firm building the house will simply be the main contractor. But i agree, it is confusing ? I will try and put my own situation, which sounds similar. I Own the land. I have a building company. Limited. It is dormant but i file returns. I instruct my building company to build the house, and i pay it, each time it issues me with an invoice. The company, builds the house, Zero rating my invoices as applicable. The company reclaims any Vat paid, every quarter as applicable. At the end the company shows a small profit, and deals with that as its own entity. I get the benefit of effectively not having to wait until the end to get my VAT back as a self builder. The above is my intention...

@Nickfromwales No mention of the transformer. Traffic lights, blah, blah, blah, Seems a joke at £24k. The cable is at most 750mm deep. I would have paid £5k for the future proofing of Two 3phase supplies, but, £24k buys a few materials for the build.

I don't know, but could you instruct the Limited Company to build the house on your behalf ? The limited company buys all materials, and labour, and reclaims any Vat paid, every quarter, while billing you, Zero rated as applicable. Effectively, You have a main contractor building the house for you ? The company does not own the land, or the house. You do ?

@jonny I know what you mean about cost. I have 3phase to my existing bungalow. Only One phase is metered. I have permission for knocking the bungalow, and building Two new houses. I enquired about bringing in a new 3phase supply. It is in the ditch outside the front boundary, and no more than 1.5 meters from my boundary. To bring a new supply, to a new cabinet just inside my boundary, i was quoted £24k. That was with me supplying the box at the boundary. My alternative is having the existing supply split, with each new property having 100amp single phase supply, leaving the Third phase unused. Cost £2k. Each new house is going to have a single phase. Im not paying £24k. Blinking ek.

That looks rough as IMO. A thin layer of EPS before you put the membrane down would do the job.

Yellow and green is for earth, so i expect you need an earth rod. It will have to achieve a certain, impeedence ?

Well done. Hope you enjoyed a cup of tea after.

At a first glance you will want to consider doing something with the huge void between the ceiling and the underside of the warm roof, where all your expensive heat will exit via the eaves.

I have always done the same on all property renovations. A tupperware box, usually with a small Teddybear, Some photos, with names of the family, and a note telling the finder a bit about us. I also put our first Dogs collar and tag, around the trunk of a Silver Birch tree that we planted, to remember him. When we sold, the leather had been enveloped into the growth of the trunk, with just the name tag sticking out. The people who we sold the house to, who remained friends, told us that the name tag recently got enveloped by the trunk. They have not done any major alterations. So the tupperware box is still inside One of the stud walls. We also built in secret, letterbox sized connections, between the Two of the bedrooms. There children had both these rooms, and we were told they were delighted when the found the secret connection between the rooms. It took them over Two years before they discovered them. We told them about the box in the wall, but have refused to tell them where it is.

Perhaps it's the nightclub vibe.

Another interesting artical @SteamyTea can we just put the solar panels on dinghy's and float them in the sea. Save all the land for cows and sheep, for my burgers, and lamb donner's

Morning. Welcome. Post away your problems. A great bunch of problem solvers on here to help. We love the odd photo as well.

I was proposing UPVC frames, with tripple glazing. I am unfortunately proposing that my most glazed elevation is West facing. This means that i am currently failing my Part "O". I dont want shading by way of, shutters, overhangs, or external blinds. That leaves me with Solar Glass to mitigate the overheating. I usually use Modern UPVC for supplies, but as they are closed, i cant ring them, or find from the webside if they do solar glass. I know that everest now do tripple glazing as standard, but it says on the website that they dont do solar glass. Any idea of a firm that does decent UPVC, decent price, and solar glazing ? The house will be sold on completion, as i have permission for Two, and intend keeping the other One. Am i going to keel over when i find out the price of solar control glass ?

@mjc55 Common with most people who think Oak is a hardwood. It's not.