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On another forum somebody has said not to get an "electric one", that there's "lots to go wrong" and to not believe the salesman's spiel. I've gone back and countered I'm considering the Vortex based on people on here who have them that I know and trust and have had them for a while.

An apparently nice man turned up and emptied the cess pool. SWMBO was there and dealt with it. Reckons he was sucking up "bricks and glass" and "got out what he could". The guy was very concerned about the state of the lid and reckon it's been left too long to repair. Don't suppose she mentioned we only found it in 2019! 😂 Insisted he put "something" over it when finished so she found him a pallet. Said their sister company does "macerator" installs according to SWMBO but I imagine he said / meant treatment plants. They will come and do the dig and install etc. Might get a no obligation quote though from them. Tbh my BiL has diggers etc so would likely look to do it myself with input here from the clever folk. If I go that route I'm favouring the Vortex unit as others have said.

So a microwave meal and the 3 for £5.50 deal from the Co-op?

That left hand stud sticking out can't be level....

Had a sh!t week so basking in the glory whilst I can: My DIY chamfer tool did the job. Tbh a decent chamfer, even if not perfect like mine will do. Some silicone spray helps.

There be gems in my mega thread!

M&Ds bungalow. They had the upstairs dormer roof redone a while back but the Artexed ceiling inside had some old leak damage around the chimney stack that goes up through it. Brother has had a guy in who's quoted to remove the coving, board straight over the existing ceiling, re cove and paint. Area to be boarded is 2.3 X 6.9m. He's quoted £1750. Biggest issue I can see is you won't get 8'x4' sheets up the stairs and into the room. We have of course to clear everything out. Does that seem reasonable?

Like I say, to sell I think you have to get rid of a cess pool / septic tank now? See, he gets me! 😂

I do like a poo...

I also want to block pave up the side of the house. No point in doing that and leaving the clay drains run and ropey manholes in place.

I was under the impression you had to have a treatment plant if you were ever going to sell now? Not that we are but the thing won't last for ever. For peace of mind at least I'd like to "sort" the lid. Repair or maybe cast a reinforced slab in situ over the top with a safer, padlockable access.

Don't drink and 3D print kiddies. Can you guess what it is?

I've just started reading Part H.

Well the cess pool/septic tank, pit 'o sh!t filled up quicker this time. Plenty of ladies time of the month products down there despite me telling the female members of the household and visitors not to! So it's pumping time again. Rang the same nice folk I used last time to find that the guy who came in 2019 succumbed to cancer just before Christmas. Seems his treatment was delayed during lockdown and it spread! 😢 Anyway they (his wife),are coming back to me on Monday with a date. Hacking through the brambles again got me thinking once again about a treatment plant so I got the long tape out and did a rough sketch. Any thoughts welcome as to position, make of treatment plant etc as I've not got a clue as to a starting point. The centre of the cess pool is 1500mm off the lhs boundary. The boundary came long after the cess pool was built when some of the land was sold off. Cheers

No gas here but a 90% efficient oil boiler. It's staying for now.

Left or right?

No1 or No2 all over was it?

I fully appreciate your point. What I'm getting at as is very easy for the chemical industrial giants to jump on the bandwagon of veganism and basically produce ultra processed sh!t under the vegan banner, charge through the nose for it, get rid of lots of nasty, suspect ingredients to boot and pretend they're saving the planet. Advertising is geared to making you want it. The commodity is irrelevant as long as the masses keep paying for it.

"They" want "you" hooked into a commodity. Whether it be electricity or whatever. The way the whole eco friendly thing is promoted is complete b@ll@cks. It should be on a fabric first basis. Putting an ASHP into an unsuitable setting shouldn't be allowed to happen. I'd liken it to vegan products. Promote vegetarianism and you can grow a lot of your own food at home. Promote veganism and the whole industrial, socioeconomic status quo is maintained. Factories that now produce chicken nuggets produce vegan chicken nuggets. The infrastructure barely changes, profits remain the same or higher. The population becomes reliant and thus controllable. Soylent Green / Red.

Whine about it?

I've used a small petrol gennie just to keep the lights and central heating on before.

Soon! Though a remote Welsh valley was the setting for the post apocalyptic Play For Today, Z For Zachariah.

I only have the one garage. Anyway, it's far too close to the house. If I had a stream I'd put the cabin the other side as SWMBO can't swim.

Love it. Very jealous.