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Here's hoping I've enough solvent cement on these 3 joints! Couldn't get much of a "twist" on the grey to brown. More of a load up the male, a quick smear on the female and push ' em together: Hence the excess - I tried to wipe off with some IPA.

So if we're getting creative, if one of these people happened to have an !accident! we could term it "pest control / waste disposal"?

Big box of CHEAP sand? Sharp? Silver? Seems desert sand has particular qualities. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160104164852.htm

Trust me, the day I run my car / boiler on water I won't say a word, I've read Ben Elton's book! How about using another less efficient heat store medium but twice the size if space isn't an issue?

I was talking to two I guess fast response (not armed) coppers just outside Sevenoaks. I asked how far they covered. "We go as far as Thanet" said one. I said so if there's a serious shout in say Margate they might have to go there. "Yes" came the response. (40 minutes?) Jokingly I said "Not just the two of you?". "No, there's 8 of us!" At that point two of their mates pulled up!

The police will do sweet FA over a broken padlock. I think you can even "get away" with shoplifting now if caught, if it's under a certain amount. Police stations near me now 9 to 5, closed on Bank Holidays whereas it was 24/7/365 only a few years ago. Spoke to a copper, 51, the other day, he said "I've 4 years to go, can't f***ing wait!" There's not enough police and they're hampered by liberal do gooders. Protect your own property and there's a good chance you'll be nicked because it's EASY for the authorities to do so. Only solution in my book is sort it yourself, live with it and keep quiet. Just disappear the scum. Return to the concept of an Englishman's castle and all that.

Is that a cable coming out of the tee?

Of course there's nothing to stop THEM reading THIS thread!

Just some silly thinking about what goes in a Sunamp and how "clever" it really is. Right I've found 25kg of sodium acetate trihydrate for £50. What else do I need? Plate heat exchanger (£70/35kW), old mini fridge case to put it in and some Celotex to wrap it in?

Emery paper?

The story I could tell you about the recent police disinterest I encountered would make your hair stand on end and realise this country is screwed.

I've got some crossbow plans if anyone wants them! So what if you get a decent picture. Your word against his, he was only looking for odd jobs etc. Police not interested round my way. TWO DAYS for CID to attend to 80 year old neighbours when burglared. Viva Tony Martin I say.

Can't believe nobody's taken a router to a worktop and inset their toaster! How about this "invisible" one? https://www.yankodesign.com/tag/smile-cooking-toaster/

Have graves for the f***ers ready dug I say. Get a vantage point wait for him to nick something and get him in the back of the head. B'STARDS! I bet the police couldn't give a toss either

Rockwool batts or PIR / EPS down the sides. The floor under mine has 150mm of PIR and 25mm EPS. The walls down one long side and end have 50mm PIR in. On the long side there's an additional 50mm of EPS wedged in. Helps they're not outside walls. It's lovely and warm.....when I've enough hot water to fill it!

I reckon it'd drop condensation.

The Geberit wall drain arrived. So...I thought I'd get back to figuring the outside drains! Started to Kango up the old footings. Nearly at the fence and no sign of the footing turning a corner. The concrete's also full of fence wire! Wish I had a digger.

Can I have the Sunamp salt recipe please?

Seriously...."not finished" doesn't bother her, like "doesn't match" is going to! You will of course end up comparing after service etc and dealing with different call centres.

The main issue surely is aesthetics? If you can live with it! We've got a Bosch oven & dishwasher, Hotpoint washing machine, Whirlpool fridge freezer, Frigidaire freezer, Sanyo microwave etc Luckily SWMBO isn't bothered if things don't match.....like the two halves of my face!

High hopes for my 22 to 73mm Lidl set through ceramic!

Take one duct down and bring it up in the rough corner of the first building. Put the second duct alongside and run down to wherever. My very first shed base circa 1990? I wasn't silly, rope in the FiL and a couple of mates and get behind the camera! IIRC the SWA was buried under the lawn and came up thru the slab in a bit of 3" plastic pipe. You can just see it on the left:

Mine quite likes it up against the wall in our kitchen.

How is that 7m run "in the house", clipped direct, in insulation, around the outside etc. What does it feed at the mo at that "box on the wall" - a socket I'm guessing. Is it 2-core or 3-core SWA? What over current protective device is it currently fed from, an mcb maybe and what's it's rating? Is there currently any RCD protection on that 7m feed? So is the "outside breaker" in a bank of others say on one side of an RCD? Do you know your earth system type in the house? All important to know. But in the interests of doing something now: So we have 7+10+15=32m. Probably going to be a bit longer in reality as you're buried & where it comes up the wall. With a little cu (s) mounted at a reasonable height in the outbuilding (s) this could easily be 40m total. I'd go duct(s) every time. Think where in the outbuilding it'll come up. Aim for a corner. You could run two ducts from that box on the wall and let the sparks terminate there so the 6mm splits to feed each building its own SWA. Ducting is cheap. The alternative is to "daisy chain" it - duct to the first cu then from that to the second outbuilding. Let's assume you go down in 6mm and daisy chain. Take the minimum bending radius at x6 the cable dia. which will be about 17mm. Long sweeping duct bends are better than tight ones obviously. As to depth then you say "border" a rule of thumb is "two spade depths" which is about 450mm. I'd say thats a minimum. Dig your trench, lay your duct (600mm to the top of the duct would be super) and cover with sand or at least sieved soil. (Sand just gives a contrasting colour for the digger to see later). Belt and braces would see interlocking cable tiles over the sand layer. (A line of old roof tiles is a pretty good nod to the idea). Backfill with sieved soil, free from sharps and put yellow warning tape (pence per metre) about 6" under the "grass" so the digger picks it up before the duct! SWA in blue MDPE really isn't a good idea! You shouldn't but many do, run say alarm wires or Cat5/6 in that same duct. For the mininal cost increase I'd go 50/63 duct. Cap the ends for now with a bit of scrunched up dpc and cable tie and just have them poking up a bit above ground a bit to deter the tunnel bunnies. You might even find an aerosol lid and tape works! As to power, with that length and 6mm you're in the realms of having about 40A to play with over the two buildings. You could have a decent leccy heater in the main building as the main load and just light and socket set up in the little shed. LED lighting of course. Start using shredders etc and nipping inti the shed for a warm up and you'll up the draw but should all be good.

Cheap seats here as ever but I took a 3m length of cheapo worktop and thinned it down to 1/2". That's my upstand. (Do have a bit of st/st to go above). I routed 3 dead square holes in it that line up exactly with the back boxes. In case anyones wondering, I did have >300mm from the induction hob to the cooker switch until SWMBO decided she wanted the hob dead centre of the double unit instead of dead centre of the right hand door! I've to fit an extractor hood sometime and the st/st sheet between that and the upstand. The switch for that will go to the right of the hob. It'll mean a bit of in-situ routering of the upstand and feeding from the other side of the wall. That'll all be done in 20mm galv conduit like the rest.