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@jamiehamy, I've plans somewhere for a couple of DIY biogas plants. Feedstock for it can be varied but think they reckon 50/50 "green to brown" as in waste veg matter ratio to the yucky stuff from whatever source! Needs the sulphur taken out from memory to run an ICE but will burn good for other purposes.

Congratulations to you both. I saw it part finished and it was fantastic. I'm sure it looks even better now. Hoping that everytime I use my wall mounted wc I'll think of you and it'll inspire me! (To those unaware Peter kindly gave me a couple of his surplus Geberit fittings )

@Diablo, any news?

I've been known to wear a Thinsulate hat to bed I'll have you know!

11degC. Welcome to my world!

It's about to change some, fire "proof" method of clipping etc. This shamelessly re-copied from another forum: https://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-regulations/18th-changes.cfm

It's not rocket science is it? Super insulated and super airtight (itself aided by the icynene spray foam insulation) and you've a near sealed box. A good proportion of any heat source is staying in there. My very tentative playing around with vcls (and penetrating them thereafter) recently has given me a whole new appreciation of "draughts" and that doing it properly pays the most massive dividends in preventing heat loss. Aka the Devil's in the detail!

I never knew all this. Incredible!

Erm.....issue appears to be an airlock. I forgot if you use the upstairs shower and run the bath downstairs then the upstairs basin and wc cold feeds stop. Only way at the mo to get the cold to en suite basin and en suite wc running again is to "bleed" via the new cold to bath. Think it's something to do with the 25gal cws tank?

Now the question is will the shed be passive esque and designed in sympathy with the house?

It's all about attention to detail which I really don't think "mass" builders can ever achieve as long as they hit minimum standards. Someone recently said on here he doubted the average buyer would even care. I've been in the place (Peter's) with no heating whatsoever and it simply feels toasty, cocooned and draught free...and then some. Labour of love? I'd hate to cost the man hours he's put in on it. Perhaps they should start hammering energy conservation and it's implications in schools?

Yeah, but I'm a soft, southern, shandy drinking poof who likes his onesie!

I lost the Golf yesterday on Otford roundabout. Lucky it was about 04.30hrs! No damage, just my pride! I'm thinking of asking if I can work from home on Friday.

Was that S'oaks? Farningham to the station was appalling this morning and yesterday. Up along past the Lavender Farm etc.

-19 is the worst I can remember here.

Did you give it to her?

Timber for the man cave!

Not a clue what the numbers mean but having visited the build you deserve a good result. Enjoy!

Thinking about it I tried the bathroom cold upstairs and that's NOT on mains...was half asleep! Guess frozen in loft by tank. Can't remember if I tried the kitchen cold which is obviously mains. I'll get SWMBO to put upstairs and downstairs heat on constant. Guess last nights bath and showers emptied the cylinder of hot. Don't know if it's then filled back up with cold...it wouldn't have / won't if the mains up the garden is frozen. If the dowstairs loo fills after flushing then it means the mains coming in is OK, at least to there. It was pretty cold when I came out this morning. 9 miles took 50 minutes!

Good shout. Thanks.

Wow! Has it been that long? Awoke to find the mains water to the house frozen. Still, I should I guess have back filled the trench properly by now! It was 700mm deep but just has a covering of sand and whatever has fallen in since. I've kept meaning to lay the CCTV duct over the top before I filled it in...but haven't. Again, Just hoping when it thaws there's no lasting damage. Did half wonder, as the pipe is in a duct whether I could introduce some warm/hot air into it via maybe a vacuum cleaner set to blow? The issue might be at this stop cock just inboard of the boundary.....hot air gun on "gentle"? Or from the house end maybe, though that could be a problem as I forced down a 1m length of 22mm lagging where the MDPE comes up through the footings: We can always melt snow!

I struggled to read that Tea Tree one to the the missus for laughing. She said "I don't know why you're laughing you haven't even got one!"

I use that stuff and can confirm it's a bit tingly first off!

See, even there you had to slip one in!

I never thought a laydee would take @NSS's crown! I have a mental picture of that lass in the gents in the Full Monty!