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  1. joe90
    yes, if I was still about to build I might be tempted to buy then rent it out or re sell.
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    I wanted blown warm cell in my build but could not hire one of these, I even got a friend in the tool rental industry to look fir me and could not find one in the country.
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    @Meabh Kelly Mine was a “Kingspan “ unit (of the insulation industry) and the reason it was sold off was Kingspan decided not to go into the ASHP market after they launched it, however it is a re badged Carrier unit, and Carrier make millions of air con units and ASHP,s based in the USA. They have a good reputation in the industry. Mine had no warranty but it was still shrink wrapped on a pallet out of the factory so I thought it worth a punt. The only ones to avoid (I have heard) are the non induction ones coming out of China.
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    Interesting that on Marr this morning the head of the NHS said obese people were twice as likely to die from Covid if in intensive care.
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    I may be wrong but I think the hybrids are to boost the water delivered by the heat pump (fairly low) to “norm” DHW temps. However both @ProDave and myself heat with a heat pump to a temp of 48’ which is enough fir DHW (if you have a slightly larger tank) and way hot enough to blend down fir UFH or straight use with larger radiators. I paid £850 fir my ASHP on Ebay and fitted it myself, it’s only 4kW and we have a 3 bed detached house with “good” insulation levels copied from passive principles but not certified. I would never consider oil after having an ASHP.
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    Ditto. Even my windows arrived on time and I didn’t go over budget ?
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    would definitely stop you having squiffy room shapes, just depends if you want the hassle of the change of plans (But I would). However I would still contact the BI and get him to site (when your there) to discuss.
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    But, if the foundation is up to the boundary , the wall will be centred on it leaving room for guttering etc within your space!
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    Ring the BI and confirm he told the builder where to dig!!! As said above I don’t think he did, inspectors ussualy arrive after digging to make sure trench is deep/wide enough and clean. Them confront the builder. Make sure you are there fir inspections in the future .
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    I once had a BI try to change what had been approved previously, I threw him off site, went to his office and complained to his boss, never saw him again and built as approved. This is the problem with not being on site during inspections. I don’t see why you cannot build right up to your boundary as long as you don’t undercut your neighbours (Dads) walls which don’t appear to be the case or have guttering facia etc hanging outside your property. Not sure you can “add” to a footing. I would get the BI back to explain and discuss.
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    Yes, I have finished our build but the field (hopefully to become a meadow) is a daunting task that seems endless as is the garden, currently shifting piles of soil about with the JCB , picking up stones that litter the ground and trying to get some sort of level.i am looking forward to just cutting grass and gardening.
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    @Strawman looking forward to hearing about your progress.
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    For a loft conversion I did years ago I did my own drawings taking details from two different other loft conversions where I borrowed their plans. The BI was intrigued as he said plans were like a finger print (back in the day) and they could recognise the architect By the drawings, when I told him what I did he was well impressed and it all passed.
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    Ah, so it’s not really load bearing as the roof load is on the timber uprights.? (Only interested as once I had extensive plans to build a straw bale house but chickened our ?) I helped lime render (plaster) a straw bale build and those straps, if not tight to the bales, made plastering difficult (they “twanged” the lime back at you). My design had steel cables and turnbuckles above the wall plate so you could wind down the top plate (no timber uprights). i like you’re idea of getting the roof on prior to inserting straw and wrapping In poly to keep the weather out. With mine (two story load bearing) i planned a complete scaffold house outside, with temp roof, to enable building inside a waterproof structure then remove scaffold.
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    a few year ago Bristol had a tethered balloon that was winched up and down with tourists on board, great view of the city.
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    I don’t think you have to occupy a house to pay council tax, when I was selling a previous house (took a year) I had to pay council despite it being empty. (Not sure about Haggis land).
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    @Pord67 ???
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    No, this is where you have to convey to the TF company what you want and that includes I find too many people let their architect dictate what they design, they will soon tell you what can’t be done.
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    I am not an SE and I didn’t realise you are still at the planning stage. I would give you’re timber frame co. You’re requirements and give them the details of the doors you want and they will design the structure for you.
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    @puntloos what is you’re wall makeup, brick, block, TF? If brick like me you have to get it right as you don’t want to add or subtract on nice brickwork, if rendered not such a problem. If it were me I would order the opening size you want (visible frame) as I guess they are made to order looking at the brochure then you don’t have to second guess gaps, hinges etc. You talk about load bearing pillar, can you chop you’re blind box (160mm) into that with no problem?
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    Very nice, spray lime render or the hard way??? What did you use to strap the wall plate down, can’t quite make it out from the photo.
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    From their drawing I also believe 110mm of the screen box could be sunk into the wall but the depth of “sunk” depends on where you mount the frame within the wall depth!.so your builders opening (viewed from the outside) will be “visible frame” dimension plus “wiggle” room to pack the frame square and central, say 10mm each side?. Might be best to get this clarified with the manufacturer.
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    @NewToAllOfThis A sketch may help get a handle on this.
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    have you established flow rate of the water you have on site to consider hydro? i remember Dick Strawbridge building a water wheel to generate power fir lights, luckily he found a 60:1 gearbox but the losses with so many cogs was high, i surmised a chain drive of 60:1 would be a lot more efficient, but didn’t find a plot with water ?
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    A container is deemed movable and it does not have wheels! (Did I mention it will be fir sale??.?).
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