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A good start. Found the manual online for the RESOL Deltasol BS/3 controller. Skimming it at the moment but interesting that it can seemingly be set to divert excess to the CH. Exactly what I was envisioning. 48005410_DeltaSol_BS3.monus.pdf

Great stuff, my go to that.

Tank the lot. As in the floor and walls all the way up to the ceiling I would. I think most of the tapes are specifically designed to stick at the junction of walls/floor and different mediums. I used Aquaseal tape and stuck it at corners between concrete and Aqua Panel, concrete and mrpb, marine ply etc. Like sh!t to a blanket.

Cheaper than the gym! 😂

When you came down you went through the "stairs" room to get into the new downstairs bathroom (and kindly commented I think that it was like going into a different house 😂). The floor of the stairs room has to come up, be insulated underneath etc. I have wondered at the merits of digging down and excavating a say 1500mm cube of dirt. (It's only digging). Then lining with pir and dropping an IBC tank in as a hot water storage tank.

At the moment the HWC sits in the eaves just below that tiled cheek of the dormer. Ostensibly the eaves are uninsulated and outside the scant thermal envelope of the dormer.

That was the plan but guessing there'll be times I'll have a huge excess of hot water so thinking a storage tank too.

Hoping I might get the original manuals in the next shipment of parts.

Like that cream you use; R-Sreeleef"

...continuing on from the above comment... I've an old hot water cylinder here. Acquired when someone upgraded to a combi, it seemed rude not to. Looks in good nick. 1" green insulation. It measures 1000mm overall height and is nom 450mm diameter. I make this circa 165L. Is this any use in my cobbled together solar thermal system, 3 panels and the above pump gear? I may have asked this before...it was so long ago...

Clinch-It: https://clinch-it.co.uk/

Clinch-It: https://clinch-it.co.uk/

https://www.toolstation.com/brass-tap-connector/p66154?

Yes: ...or just dip the hose end in hot water / warm up with a heat gun, push it on and secure with a jubilee clip

I genuinely have no idea.

First bits of my solar thermal kit:

You having a dig? Come up the Rising Sun Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun night and say that! 😂

Seemingly now clear of blackfly. Not sure if it's because of my efforts with manually getting rid, the accompanying dusting with peppermint spray oil or that I now have spiders and ladybirds living on the plants. Probably a combination. No beans yet but a good few flowers.

Why?

Back to concrete filled soil pipe then! 😉

To do with the resonant frequency of the quartz maybe?

Ring them up. As I say, made to order suggests they keep a stock of plastic granules and only fire up the machines when required. Makes some sense in keeping with their green ethos. If you look at the various photos they have little brackets and cleats fixed on for fences panels, wire etc. They likely wouldn't be adverse, or have perhaps done before, ones with hole(s) through, top or top and middle. Decide though first on your rope diameter and be aware it might swell a little when wet. You could do top and mid rope for the bulk of the run then say have a gap where you berth with a clip across rope.

Recycled plastic: https://www.kedel.co.uk/mixed-plastic-lumber/SG045085.html? Cheap as and seemingly made to order. They might put a rope hole in for you. Edit: Apologies, I see @Tempalready linked this.

How about... Posts set into freestanding concrete bases, whiskey barrels etc: Or 25L containers filled with concrete. I suppose the issue with both the above is some toe rag could push them into the canal... Final offer...4" soil pipe set into the ground, fill with concrete or pea shingle even. Cross pipe at the top for a rope. You could prime and paint whichever V&B pastel shade floats your boat..... Could even 3D print you some themed, feature pinnacles to slip on top!

Lengths of good old fashioned telegraph poles as posts?