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Thanks for the offer.....wouldn't be any good though would it to run the 12V pump direct?

Extraction is constant if connected to your MVHR. Even with mine (no MVHR), pan extraction starts as soon as the main extract fan starts, then carries on whilst you're "sitting", flushing and for 15 mins from the moment you start the fan. It's constant if the room humidity is above 65%. Get your bco to come sniff mine, with and without the pan fan going!

Can you do a plan?

No the panel inlet & outlet (same heights) were well above the tub water level.

That looks like it'll do the job! What 12V panel do you use as in wattage? Cheers

Anyone know where I can get a solar powered in-line pump with a small pv panel? All the ones I'm looking at seem to be submersible types?

Ta. My small, home made one worked an absolute treat by thermosyphoning a couple of years back. Cold in bottom left, out top right. It DIDN'T initially work in the pic below trying to suck up from the washing up bowl: It DID work as a closed loop below. You can just see the panel bottom right. Cold out from the original tap now on the "bottom" of the tank (by the brick pillar) to the bottom left of the panel: To say it worked is a bit of an understatement tbh and that's about 50degC above ambient in the UK: Meant to scale it up but got bored...

As can birds and bees/wasps. Lent my mate my foam gun to do gaps around his windows and he did some holes in the outer block wall too. Birds pecked it out to get in and bees/wasps too. Maybe previous/existing nests in the cavity they wanted to get to?

One for @scottishjohn maybe..... Filling up the hot tub at the weekend and I thought I'd try and jury rig my one remaining, intact solar thermal panel to thermosyphon from the hot tub and back in. A failure all in all. I think I need the "intake" lower than the out pipe so the orientation of the panels is wrong with both in & out at the top. A small solar powered pump might have worked. I even tried priming the panels with water from the hose to fill them (yes I know they're meant to be filled with glycol not water). Here's what I don't get... Filled the panel with water from the hose and stuck one end of another short hose connected to the panel top right, in the hot tub hoping it would thermosyphon, sucking water up from the tub and pushing it out hot the other side. Nothing happened. If I took the hose out of the tub and raised it above the top of the panel then "gravity" appeared to push the water through and it came out steaming on the top left. As an aside the panel elevation wasn't optimum and half the panel was shaded by next door's tall conifers! 1) Are these panels biased to a particular flow direction? As in must they be connected so flow is right to left? 2) Replacement tubes? I think Navitron do them. How easy are they to fit? Cheers

What about beards?

Can you wear them if you wear glasses?

I got a slice of tree trunk, VERY roughly routed the number in and filled with white paint. It's in keeping with the rest of the house...

Its like the one my boy made for his A Level project! ? Second pic roughly assembled pre gluing. Got a pic somewhere with the ldrs and solar panel on... 

You've a large wildflower area haven't you?

We have had, in the past, lots of mason and leafcutter bees. Before we permanently positioned the various little wooden boxes for them, over 2 successive years they faced SW, First, we put them on a patio table and before we could fix them they were colonised. The next year taken off the table and placed on a concrete step again the bees quickly moved in. Last year I moved them high up under the eaves, maybe 8' off the ground, facing SE. Pretty much no takers! I wonder if the boxes are too high or not warm enough now? My attempt at making one. I was thinking maybe nobody has moved in as it's treated wood but more thinking its positioning:

These WERE a steal if you have the depth. Same as mine. I bought one so have 3 the same now, a mate got one and possibly some on here too. Sold out now: https://www.pcsclearance.co.uk/save-170-geberit-duofix-wc-frame-with-up200-concealed-cistern---model-111292001-562-p.asp They do do the Omega frame though. It's quite tall mind and no odour take off: https://www.pcsclearance.co.uk/geberit---duofix-1120mm-wall-hung-wc-toilet-frame-with-120mm-omega-cistern-644-p.asp

That's that gold bog that's been nicked isn't it? Apparently the police have nothing to go on.....

No, I remembered after I posted it's Abacus (I think). Look very similar down to the Geberit blue of the frame. So much so I think Geberit tried to go legal on them. The flush mechanisms look near interchangeable. Half recall the quality isn't so good.

Veering off thread a bit but can anyone remember the make of wall frame that is a near clone of the Geberit kit? It has been discussed on here before.

I'm wondering out loud here as to whether it would be easier for you to introduce a diy take off and stick with the 8cm frame.....

And another:

This general thread about fitting the wc that you might glean some bits from:

And another thread with loads of info:

My stud walls were built first and attach in essence only to the ceiling and walls. Floor was poured after the stud walls were done. When I was playing with how the frame was going to go in I sat it on the floating sole plate of the stud wall. I then though notched out the sole plate and screwed to the concrete floor. I didn't have UFH close to the edge though: I was lucky depth wise as where my frame went was an old doorway I blocked up (with 9" blocks). The depth is so great I resin anchored studs into the back wall and used hex extenders: Just found this old pic looking through where the new bathroom door is through where the old doorway was into the cloak in the hall: Glad to say its changed a bit!

Btw, I'm pretty certain now my diy extract system, following Jeremy's lead is working. Doesn't maybe clear the sometimes explosive, initial "release of gas" but all good thereafter. The planned inline pc fan should provide an extra boost (poost? ? ).