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(Not the Russell you asked but…) Find your nearest metal fabricator (most towns have a couple or more). Have an idea of what you want and get them to make exactly what you want, to the colour you want. Two ‘L’ section pieces may work, or one ‘U’ section and one ‘I’ section. The metal fabricator will most likely have some bright ideas as well.

They sent two sets in case we have trouble with any other seat. Fitted in seconds, great service.

Looks like they have a showroom in Stockton on Tees (wouldn’t have helped us, way too far oop north).

I thought I'd just report what I consider to be great customer service from Lusso Stone. All of our sanitary goods came from Lusso Stone and have been in use for coming up to 5 years now. The soft close mechanism of the most frequently used toilet seat is becoming less and less soft close so I gave Lusso a call to see if there was a fix, or if they had service parts available. I was informed that the soft close mechanism is covered by the same 25 year warranty as everything else. I was quite amazed, and a few minutes after the call the new soft close bits and bobs are in the post (they also look to be very easy to replace as well, video instructions have been received). They're not the cheapest out there, they're also not the most expensive, but the great customer service (second time now) is making it feel like a good purchase decision.

Bugger. It would appear that my All-In-One didn’t charge up last night but I only spotted that this morning when we had a brief (1 second) power cut. It looks like that was the battery emptying and the grid picking up. Pretty sure that scenario shouldn’t give us a power cut but it did. All indications I get is that the battery is at 7% and not taking any charge from the excess solar we have at the moment. A quick internet search for resetting the AIO is to press the button on the right hand side of the battery for 5 seconds, the battery will shut down and then 1-2 mins later start up again. Guess what. It hasn’t restarted. Any one have any similar issues? Or any pointers as to how I can get this heavy box of chemicals working as a battery again? ~~~~ It turns out that pressing the button again restarts the battery, so it’s up and running but discharging at max rate when it should be charging from excess solar. I reset to factory defaults and all seems to be well for the time being.

Most people shop around for most things, it would be a bit odd to not shop around for the best energy tariffs just because you don’t agree with how they are set. Laudable but you can’t cook on a storage heater, or shower, or drive to the shops etc and you probably don’t need that storage facility for half of the year. Batteries are useful all year round.

A MWh cost me £52 and I sell it for £120. The simple calculations get muddied by the various tariffs/self generation etc. This house really has cost us nothing in energy in the 4.5 years we’ve been in.

The battery would be VAT free during the build and maybe VAT free after. They became VAT free (outside of a new build) a couple of years ago and for sure that gift will be removed at some stage in the future. Definitely get the battery when you’re building, they change the game entirely compared to just solar PV. It’s costing us naff all to run this house (and hybrid car) the battery and off peak tariff is a large part of what makes that possible.

I believe it does - I also hope it does! Standing by for JohnMo to fill in any blanks in my understanding.

Bugger. Fingers crossed everything keeps working locally. I can live without the cloud access.

I think my plot would fit nicely into that pond 🤣

Following with interest, my boss says she wants a pond as well.

Is it brand spankers? Did the developer give you a figure of how airtight it was? If so, get a professional air test done to find the real figure and demand the builder rectifies the situation.

Quite reassuring as my battery sits quietly doing its thing in the roof space (not really a loft more a habitable space that we don’t inhabit). I’d read all the manufacturers blurb regarding the safety of LiFePo4 before choosing the location but that video you posted brings more confidence that it won’t burn the house down any quicker than a loose wire somewhere. Thanks.

Looks like the F-500 EA is the one to go for. Whatever that is.

No, they make their own. Short of submerging them they can’t be extinguished and if you remove them from the water before they’ve cooled down sufficiently they’ll be off again.

It’s not highlighted in that drawing but the GRP angle was resin bolted to the face of the slab. Actually, I don’t think it was resin bolted. I can’t quite remember how it was done, I’ll check the photos when I get home.

@Ed_ here's our detail with GRP angle supporting the sliding door. I don’t have any photos of the installation with me, but if you’d like pictures I can upload some when I’m back home at the end of the week.

@Ed_ Not read all of the above, apologies but it is Friday night. 🍷 If it’s of any use we used GRP angles to support the sliding doors and negate any thermal bridge. MBC, timber frame.

With the exception of Zoot, I do wonder sometimes if you’re all being trolled? (An observation, not bullying)

I have numerous friends in Portugal, a few of whom are planning a new build, I shall pass this on to them 👍🏻

Our utility that has a fair bit of plant in it which adds a bit of heat. To dry washing, with the door closed, the MVHR does the trick overnight with ease. The good lady and I have been working outside a lot these last few months, frequently come in with drenched outer layers, on those days we hang the wet stuff in the utility room and run a small dehumidifier for a few hours to aid the drying. Works like a charm.

What hob is it? Our down draft induction hob has a grease filter followed by a carbon filter and then discharges to the room at floor level. I would certainly be concerned about ducting air that hadn’t been filtered for grease into the units or at floor level. At least on the floor you could clean it with ease, into the units it’ll just go rancid over time and, well…

Our wasn’t necessarily cheap (but thanks to info from @JohnMo massively cheaper than the first quote we got). The tariff dictates our usage, currently 15p export and 7p/29.14p import. We’d be mad to use our solar when the batteries take us through the day with ease and the off peak tariff heats the house/water does the dishes/washing charges the car etc etc. Sure the tariff will change, and is about to, and working out ROI would be tricky, too many variables etc but our annual usage at peak rate would be around £2500/year. Last year we paid minus £400. Which is nice.

@scottishjohn can you not get a cheaper off peak tariff? We’re all electric. Fill up at 7p export at 15p (soon to be 12p) if there is anything to export. We’ve used very little peak rate electrickery over winter