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Is the current system working OK? If so, leave as is. If not, move house(s). Rain and foul water must not mix under the current regulations. Maybe that mixture is what's causing the current system not to work well?

Well done from a fellow-foul-drain struggler. I dont think much of your outside toilet, though. The one used by your garden gnomes: the one on the concrete plinth. You could at least provide them with some steps, or at worst a ladder. Come on, shape up!?

But she married you Gary. ?

Especially when great Crested Newts waltz over your site, your walls get blown over and scrotes nick your tools. Humour and a brilliant, supportive partner help. Hmmm, second thoughts, essential

Concrete cures underwater perfectly well.

Hi! Welcome. Tell us what you are planning. A few photos would help. ' ... tastefully ...' No flock wallpaper then, or multi colour LEDs , or Tupperware windows, or paper-thin doors, or rugby ball kicking gnomes in the window. Shame really ? Ian PS, a few posts in Welsh would liven things up .....

Well , lad, yer skin's thickening up nicely, methinks. Sod ' em. Just do it. Ian

You are all really very kind. Thanks very much. But pissed now so.... Head Down, Arse Up, Go!

Yes, I am privileged in many ways. How many do we know who'd give their eye teeth to be able to self-build? I have to remind myself - often - that the thing is to get the bloody house done...... not to worry about the odd f@ck up , or an irritating delivery driver, or a set of scrotes who decide to nick some of my gear.

Thanks for the good wishes folks. Head Down Arse Up - Go!

My fault, I should have reversed the digger up to the container doors. The CSI came round pronto - said it could have been much much worse. Police came round, said it could have been much worse. PCSO came round and said it could have been much worse. Son (a local detective) said it could have been much worse. Thats Ok then, I feel much better now. Properly insured - but my last run in with a Loss Adjuster makes me absoultely determined to get the details bang on right. So thats me office-bound for the next few days, compiling a list of what I have and have not got left. I know, I know, I should get a proper problem and stop fussing about details. Its only tools. Advice given: Get a Screamer inside the house Get some PIR lights Dont challenge them, ring 999 and say "Burglary in progress." Hey Ho! Cant take a joke? Don't use power tools.

@Barney12 , you do know I can delete anyone's posts don't you...... ?

Yes. Like this .... Tops! @AliG ! SWMBO wants ......... (No more photographs OK?)?

Thanks @Onoff, always wondered which bits of mouse I need to pick up most mornings..... (gall bladder) Ermmmmm, how do you know it's the gall bladder? My guess was the Colon.

Point taken. I think I'll group all of the isolators in a conveniently conspicuous part of the larder - out of sight from the kitchen, but easily accessible to the average adult arm's reach: say at about eye-level, just by the back door. I'll need to think about how to reduce the likelihood of accidental switching .... Thanks everyone, you've all helped me untie a knotty, physically painful problem.

Ahhhh! Yes. I suppose 20Amp Scolmore Click Modes will do? Like this, but on a 4 Gang (Dishwasher, Oven, Hob, Extractor) yoke and plate

Luckily, we have met. You are the opposite of the guy that installed a good deal of stuff in our house - you can manage a smile for one thing. You talk, you listen, you have a sense of humour and most of all you are (and always have been) generous. Dave, it really hurts, like really ..., now to do simple things like isolate the hob: so the just the word ' underneath ' now makes my spine tingle in anticipation. Is there a way of corraling all the necessary isolators in one easy-to-reach space? Maybe simply pop them in part of a small cupboard?

Arthritis is a useful spur to taking the issue of (in)accessibility seriously. In our current house, every electrical item was installed by a sparky who frankly could not have given a flying foxtrot about anything other than his miserable, introverted, shrivel-hearted, spiteful self. Its now quite gratuitously painful to isolate (for example) our oven. To do that , I have to ; kneel down (Challenge No.1 - mitigated by knee pads and kneeling with the aid of a chair) open a cupboard under the oven (Challenge No. 2 - easy) bend down and squint into the depths (Challenge No. 3 - painful but acceptable) reach to the back of the cupboard (Challenge No.4 - painful and long-winded - I have to grope for the switch because the isolator has no neon). If Great Crested Newt Towers (Salamander Cottage) is about anything, its about getting systems to serve the inhabitants. Not the other way round. This isn't just a Materials First House: it's a People First ( well after America First of course) house. I have to hope that the area immediately above our kitchen worktop (the splashback) is not merely a line of 13 Amp sockets (8) , isolators (3 or 4), task light switches (3) . I want to keep the area above our worktop clear, simple. But as usual, the practice of simplicity is the opposite. Has anyone managed to design the space above the kitchen worktop that addresses both the issue of accesibility and simplicity? This image is stolen fair and square from Scolmore's promotional material - illustrating perfectly the way that manufacturers simply ignore accessibility: what can you isolate easily in this kitchen? Nowt.

That is the key thing. The sets of networks we build. The trick is to try and link them appropriately. And in you have at least one major element of your team in place. Good luck Ian

I have had a look at your site ( url masked so I cant give the exact url). So I stole this image from http://www.willowburn.net/ (without your permission) Red's the hot manifold and white the cold one? Why the spare ports on the manifolds?

Like this for example ... ( given that I'm using Hep 2o)

Running hot water pipes from a common manifold ? Or both hot and cold?

Have read .....

What does instant mean, I wonder? With the heater so close to the tap, the pipe run could not be shorter could it? The NHS guidance is - that hot water is not required. Now, dunno about you - but that surprised me. I routinely have to flex and massage my damaged hands in warm water, so I haven't given water temperature a thought - warm water helps a good deal. It takes us 15 to 20 seconds ....?