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From the government website If there’s a no-deal Brexit You’ll need an EORI number that starts with GB to move goods in or out of the UK if there’s no Brexit deal. If you already have an EORI number that starts with GB, you can continue to use it. It will be 12 digits long. If you’re registered for VAT it will include your VAT registration number. and Apply for an EORI number It takes 5 to 10 minutes to apply for an EORI number. You’ll get it either: straight away within 5 working days (if HMRC needs to make more checks)

Yes, and I think it was able to go below 1 with drawing heat out of the tank to defrost, this was the reason I asked if the ASHP could be programmed to deliver hot water right up to the point of defrost then switch itself off so it did not defrost but you were able to get hotter water if the external air conditions were suitable.

I agree but it must remain civil and such a contentious subject can lead to “the red mist coming down “. I think I have learnt more relevant facts from this forum on the subject of Brexit than the papers!.

@ProDave and I heat our DHW to 47 -48’ using the ASHP and don’t find the need to top it up as we have found this temp very adequate fir our needs.

Timely reading!!!, I have just bought an old cylinder mower which has a fair amount of rust on various parts, I was going to wire brush with angle grinder then hammerite. Would I be better off using above acid stuff? Is there a particular way to get good results?.

I too hate “rattley doors, mine are oak but I use small bump stops mainly sold for kitchen doors etc, self adhesive and clear, one at the top and one at the bottom. I don’t need draft proof doors as we have MVHR.

I am just over the border in Devon and we had a hell of a fight to get proper two stories, had to go to the Secretary of State on Appeal to get our way. Planners were hell bent on either bungalow or room in roof. The quoted our neighbour as a “good design “ it was not till I told them next door was 1.4m higher than the planning application for theirs was (20 years ago) and my two story “cottage” was shorter by 500mm.

And me, years of renovations (and compromises), my new build was a breath of fresh air and a clean slate.

Ah, missed the beam and block floor bit ?, I still think say 40mm vertical gaps in the blocks would be good, saves lintels, run it past your S.E.

Wow, so many goodies ?, shame I am the wrong end of the country (or maybe that’s a good thing ?).

I have done this, saves blocks and mortar ?, it’s only carrying a floor. 215mm wide also seems excessive.

Yes, he was recommended by someone on this site, so far he has been very good indeed.

Just to say my VAT reclaim went to HMRC today (via Andrew Jones the VAT man) and I got this :- In around 2 weeks, HMRC will write to you, if they ask any questions at that point, please speak with our Andrew before answering, irrespective of how simple and straight forward something may look & sound, HMRC always have a motive At the point of writing to you in the first instance, this part of the process is called eligibility (at this point HMRC are looking for ways and reasons to refuse your reclaim). If there are no questions, brilliant. After appeasing them at this point your reclaim moved on to processing, where the job is waiting for a case officer to actually look at each individual document and see if they agree with our workings. This takes around 4 weeks from initial letter to getting the package back. You then receive the paperwork we will have posted in, back in the mail together with a letter advising how much they feel your reclaim was worth and advising it will be paid to you in 20 working days (the money is in your bank in around a week). interesting point about motive!!!! will keep you posted ?

I found different manufacturers of soil pipe toilet connectors have different dimensions , I went through several to find one that fitted properly, the ones I settled on have a rubber flange that covers about 10mm around it. Can’t remember where I got them from now ?

I turned my home made manifold into an attenuator by fitting baffles and acoustic foam inside it.

Thanks @JSHarris will pass this info on to my friend.

@Temp like me he is just outside Bude, the tech guy was telling us that our area was one of the first to go digital (guinea pigs) and now one of the first to loose channels ready for 5G.

Thats not what the tech guy from the shop said, my friend had already done a retune hence the reason for calling the guys out. The channel list shows the channel with a symbol next to it to show it’s not available anymore. (His favourite 80s music channel was one of them ?)

I was at a friends house today who has a rented tv and they called the shop out as some channels had disappeared, when the engineer arrived he explained about the channels being ceased to give 5g more “space”, my friend was not happy but He understood it was not their fault.

I built a detached garage but it was included in the planning application, I built the garage first (under permitted development whilst going to appeal to get planning permission) so I had somewhere for tools and kit on site. Yes it makes sense to pour footings at the same time, can you not amend you’re planning application to include the garage (it will need building regs). edit to note, if your building inspector is as good as ours was, I am sure he will inspect the footings trench at the same time if you tell him you are going to amend you planning application to include a garage.

@ProDave your a star mate, thanks fir the link, found out my aerial was about 25’ out, now I get 76% strength and 100% quality. (advantage of indoor aerial is I don’t need a ladder to alter it) ????????

Watching this with interest as our in loft aerial only gives 50% signal strength and 50% quality (according to the hard drive recorder) bbc1 last night was constant freezing intervals. Considering higher gain aerial or amplifier.

Our plot is very remote (couple of neighbours) and I love being in the middle of nowhere, mind there is always lots to do, cutting grass, hedges, collecting eggs. Etc etc. I love it (when I eventually finish it !!!,!,!)

Must comply to the MCS planning standards i wonder what that means, it also says must be removed if no longer used fir micro generation (I guess they mean grid connected) as we are talking about non grid tied. So I guess MCS standards are not applicable.

I looked into a Wild West type of wind driven pump when considering using well water for my site, simple diaphragm pump to create a head of water.