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This is how I would have done it, do your pre checks on line to make sure it’s legit and then verify numbers and condition on arrival before parting with cash.

Had to google it just to find out what it was........ well above my pay grade but looks like a very nice idea if your into good food and cooking. I wonder where larder and pantry change as a larder wants to be kept cool, what about a pantry ?

Haha same problem when I cut up pallets to burn..... but they come free and anything else is just so expensive so I use the pallet wood to get things going and then swap to my hardwood and finish of with coal to keep it going into the day.

you need good clean air for a turbine to be effective, meaning it has to be unhindered by buildings, trees and numerous other things. Just looking at your photos would suggest your site I not suitable IMHO. Also wind turbines on a domestic scale just don’t add up on instal and maintenance and everything I have read so far has put me off. I live on an elevated site with open frontage to the sea, facing south west where the prevailing wind comes from and so far nobody has said it’s a good idea! One day (a long time from now) I will instal a small turbine as an experiment to help provide heat and lighting to a proposed polly tunnel..... but it will be for novelty and fun and I won’t be heartbroken if it is not cost effective. I was just recently at a farm where they had a BIG turbine installed and the guy said it had just broken even on instal costs when it had a serious failure (also just out of warranty )and that it was going to cost serious money to get it fixed but felt he had to take the gamble and get it repaired with the hope that nothing else went horribly wrong again for a good long time otherwise he really would be loosing a lot of cash.

I rebuilt a couple of my chimneys...... they both took me about a full week each all in. I had a bit of help to Move stone and mix mortar but only about 1.5 days of extra labour the rest I did myself. I had my own scaffold tower and roof ladders which took half a day to set up. I reclaimed or used stone I had on site. it took me a day to pull the old one apart and get it all down. it took me 3 days to rebuild. I had to buy one new pot, other was fine, reused cowls. One pot / outlet was no longer in use the other was so I also put a new stainless liner down the one in use and vented the other. took another day to fluff around with cowls, paint, tidy up and remove scaffolding. I did not put lead trays in........ as they were not there...... but now I know better for next time ! the other chimney was a bit different...... this was just my own experience, I was not working quickly as I was using non dimensional stone. so seven days labour and materials - Sand, cement, lime, one pot and a few coats of paint.

I used the metal bottom channel and filled it with CT1 and pushed the panel into it, cleared it as @Nickfromwales described and it’s been totally fine for the last 3+ years. My set up was a bit different as I was using a shower tray with inbuilt up-stands and the board came over these up-stands but not all the way down so I wanted a clean finish on the bottom of the board without any exposed silicone. I would use the system again as I love lot having ANY silicone within the shower area but I should have put the boards a bit higher up as I only left a small gap below them and the shower tray which is hard to clean.

Maybe a good idea to put up a copy of what your asking the builder to supply and do, that way people can see what needs to be added.

Once you have used a dust Cyclone you will never look back ! I have 3, one on the router table, mitre saw and table saw and wish I had more ! Easily made my money back on not buying Hoover bags and generally destroying the motors. Rutlands do a good one but it’s not cheep. I got a cheep one of ebay and it does the job but I regret the buy as you cannot see through the plastic.

I installed a small 800 or 900mm shower in my cabin, 2 bar water pressure, 10.5 kw electric shower. Guests really like it and even leave positive comments in the reviews! The step down should have been designed out but it was my first shower build and nobody has complained. I have another 2 showers to build in the next few years and will make then a bit bigger but staying well away from the wet room design, personal preference.

^^^^^^ totally agree with @PeterStarck sounds like In This situation it (could) work. Again really looking forward to seeing a hubber pioneering new build methods. Triple check everything before putting your order in !

Do they do it with a curve ?

Hi and a very windy welcome from argyll.

totally in this boat........ I had the cash to do a new build, plenty of space but due to my limited knowledge I went down the renovation road.... far to late for me now and no point crying over spilt milk but I do agree about taking a serious look at the pros and cons to major renovations v demolition and new build.

I can’t comment but a very interesting post and I too will be looking to have my set up as KISS as possible.

For work I used to use water levels, inclinometers, and string lines and then I got two good quality laser levels, a rotary one for big set outs and a pendulum one for close work. I have never looked back and even now after I have given up my trade I still use them often on the building site, garden layout and drainage. I would never go back to the dark side.

Fantastic progress and super tidy ! You must be stoked.

From what I have read on this forum, if someone is burning solid dirty fuel and you are downwind with mvhr then it’s not good news and your best turning it of during these smokey periods. Not good if your looking at the whole heating season..........

No such dramatic effects on this island....... 3 houses on a windswept coastline with no neighbours for a long way..... no one is being effected by my building heat losses except the people who have decided to live here. But I get what your saying and hopefully one day I will be able to be concerned about how how much heat I am loosing from continuous fan extraction / input and if I can put a figure/ cost to it maybe it will get moved up the priority list.

I don’t think it works like that as PIV is just a box mounted in the loft with filters and a fan blowing in cold air through a cutout in the ceiling. It’s great that it does what it’s meant to do but at the end of the day it’s just controlled continuous cold ventilation. It’s very quick and simple to instal, an hour at most as there are no pipes like MvHr or the need to get as air tight as possible.

Personally I dont know as the dynamics of the house have changed as I have pretty much moved into a building next door..... also there is now a live in au pair who has her heater set on 21 degrees that is unheard off in this house....... sorry I don’t have the numbers but I was trying to point out that without PIV the house was unsafe due to black mould so any cost was / is acceptable until I can sort out the insulation. Even when the insulation is installed I will keep the PIV but will hopefully see a reduction in heating costs.

I have a completely uninsulated house and Used to use minimal heating, then it got complicated and now there are two children and there mum living in the house.... bad habits like Extra heating and cooking without lids etc led to black mould Like @Ferdinand I have installed PIV in the upstairs hallway and a continuous trickle fan that comes on to boost when the bathroom light is switched on. this has eliminated the mould problem heating bills are eye watering but at least no black mould. next 3 months are going to be all about insulation still need to deal with kitchen extract.

I have been running various volunteer programs over the last seven years, my property is large with a very wide selection of projects that can cater for the unskilled right through to the very skilled. I have found it very rewarding working with people from all over the world and the main thing I say people must have is ENTHUSIASM. Volunteers are not for everyone, you need to be good at managing them and keeping them busy but overall I have had a very good experience.

I once did a very detailed risk assessment (in Australia) for working under a helicopter while long lining 1000kg of rocks in bulk bags into a deep canyon that had never had a helicopter operation carried out in it and as it was a deep canyon did not get wind through it to blow of dead branches (called widow maker’s) with all practical measures in place the risk was HIGH but by providing an emergency response procedure and a whole bunch of other measures to protect the ground crew I was confident that should something go wrong a medical response could be provided within a minute or two at the most. The guy representing the government agency I was working for told me to go away and re do the risk assessment and get it down to medium, I told him that unless he wanted to clear fell the whole canyon of trees (we had multiple drop sites) there was NO way it could be reduced and that the rating HIGH was the correct one. He informed me that I was obviously incapable of carrying out the operation and that his own government team would do there own risk assessment and do the lift ( I had 20 years of experience working below helicopters) he had only been out of university a few years...... needless to say during there operation a big branch came down and broke one of his guys arm and collar bone, was lucky it was not his neck, and no paramedic on site. Fudging the numbers on a risk assessment is a very dangerous thing.

Have planned this for my retro fit as well, just struggling to fit all the pipes in on my design....... Need to take another look at it but other priorities first.....many others.......

My house was notorious for mould but changing the way we live and installing a positive input ventilation system At the top of the stairs as well as extractors in bathroom and kitchen with long overrun times had cured the problem, I use minimal During the summer and only purely necessary heating in the winter because there is no insulation and it would cost to much........