Triassic

Intrestingly I applied to move my supply just over 12 months ago and was quotes £1400. That quote was valid for six months, so I reapplied earlier this month and the new quote, for exactly the same move, came in at £875. I think the price is often down to who you talk to at the DNO.

It's not 'traditional' enought, it's too new fangled, too much retraining required!

You need to challenge that, I've just been quoted £875 to move the overhead supply. The new supply will come down the pole, onto a 6m long duct (I'm installing) then into an exterior meter cupboard fixed to the block work shed I'm building. Inside the shed is another panel for the supply to the garage, the caravan and the new house. I wouldn't pay for a temporary supply as you'll only have to pay again to move it to the perminant location.

You need to contact the Street Naming team in your local Planning Department, it is they who add your house to the official database. We found that our address then appeared on the Post Office address database within a couple of days and in less than a month it started to appear on address lists of the like a Amazon, DVLA and the like.

The problem with much of the retrofit Insulation is that there is no guarantee, often all the customer gets is a nice looking piece of paper that might say 'guarantee' on it, but if there's a problem down the line it's often worthless. Two recent examples - A friends elderly parents had a damp problem, so he lectured them about good ventilation and he bought them a dehumidifier. Months later the problem still persists. On investigation he finds that the problem started after cavity wall Insulation was fitted. An intrusive survey ( removing bricks) was found that the Insulation fibre was bridging the damp course and wicking moisture up the walls. On trying to contact the Insulation company name on the guarantee, he found they'd conveniently gone bust. He's now having to pay to have the Insulation removed. in the second case a disabled friend moved into a nice bungalow, during the legals she was told the property had been fully insulated and on completion she got a number of certificates, including the Insulation guarantee. The certificate clearly states that cavity wall and loft Insulation had been fitted. During the last few months she's complained the house feels cold. S I go round with a set of step ladders and a screw driver, the loft hatch having been screwed shut, to find there is no loft nsulation, just the odd pile of fibre which appears to have blown out of the tops of the cavity walls. So she tries the phone number on the certificate and finds the numbers no longer in use! Maybe what's required is a mandatory guarantee scheme to cover such eventualities.

This is what you need, a space plug... http://www.screwfix.com/p/space-plug-kitchen-cabinet-space-plugs-extra-large-45-80-x-x-30mm-10-pack/5753H?cm_mmc=periscopix-_-social_remarketing-_-Screws%2C+Nails+and+Fixings

I got my table saw for free, it was left buy a builder who went bust, I wrote to his company address with a list of everything he'd left on site and gave them notice that if it wasnt removed it would be disposed of. I never got a reply!

A group of us went for a meal in a restaurant in German. We were talking English at the table and the waitress took our order in English, a few minutes later she was stood at the back of the resturant talking to the other waitress and slagged us off in German. My mate, beconded her over and in fluent German asked not to slag us off, red faced she dashed off and we didn't see her again for the whole meal. Be careful what you say!

Out of interest where did you come across Gaulhofer? I've never heard of them until I read your blog.

OoOh, I need signs! Might be a bit far to collect.

I've just had a chat with the DNO local engineer, he's agreed that he will move one of the meters, it turns out the second one is redundant. He's also agreed I can dig and install the duct and he'll do the pre backfill inspection via video conference, good man! Makes the job a lot simpler.

I know what you mean. The smart meter fitted in my last home and lasted six months before the smart bit packed up, so it was back to the meter reader visiting every six months.

Still on the topic of meters, I'm filling in the form to get the incoming supply moved to its new location. On the DNOs web site it says they can move the meters, I thought it was the meter company who moved the meters? Also we have two meters, a regular and an E7 meter. No doubt if I contact the electricity supplier they will want to fit a smart meter. So is it smart enough to do both regular and E7 or will I still need two meters?

To be honest it was fairly normal Cumbria weather for us. At midday it was still, the sun was out and not a cloud in the sky.

I'd stand it back up and see if it survives.

Which sparky is responsible, the DNO, the meter owner or me?

I'm in the middle of moving the incoming supply out of the, soon to be demolished, house into an outbuilding. The plan is, we will have a new wiring system all to the latest Regs and all in the new colours, rather than the mix we have at the moment. As part of the move I've got the DNO booked to move the incoming supply and my current electricity supplier to move the meters. The one thing that bugs me is that the meter tails are the old colour. Is it permissible to over tape the tails to the new colour or will they have to be replaced.

As it's old cast iron there is no guarantee that a chain cutter will give you a clean cut. As your going to retain the outlet side, you could use a disc cutter and cut a wedge out of the section you're going to scrap. This wedge, once removed should allow access to disc cut the back of the pipe.

I see that post Brexit the newts are going to get the chop! https://www.ft.com/content/83cf8ff0-eef0-11e6-ba01-119a44939bb6

I'm confused, who are Buildlite and what is there relationship with MBC and Hilliard?

I've been looking at insulation prices and noted a very long list of price increase across a wide range of building products list here - http://www.encon.co.uk/price-changes If I had a barn to store stuff I'd be buying everything I need for my build now!

Really, I know of two small developers, both live in large detached properties in very nice areas, one even has his own helicopter and a Ferrari! Mind you the Bovis profit margin could just be fake news.

7. Moisture resistance – Celotex, due to having a closed cell structure, is a hydrophobic product meaning it doesn’t absorb water. This allows the thermal performance and reliability of the product to be retained over time. https://blog.celotex.co.uk/technical/10-advantages-of-pir-insulation/

@Triple07, thanks for the information, with a name like "Royal Ascot Abbey Slate", I assume they come from the UK?

Why not use a Humidity sensor ?