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Not certain on data usage, but I get the impression that it is only streaming data on demand as opposed to constantly. The site phone is running the app the whole time, but you switch from standby to live via a viewer. So hopefully not too data hungry.

I have been looking at an interim solution for some live cctv coverage of our site, however no BT line / broadband yet... Think I have found a cheap solution that might interest others. Just installed it today and working well, so far! www.manything.com It uses a mobile phone as the camera, I have an old sim free iPhone connected to a Mifi unit (had one on contract already), can now happily view remotely and it sends alerts on movement too. Currently on a free demo, but when the build is 100 miles away, looks worth £3 a month to me.

Thanks for all the advice. Much appreciated!

Just wondered what people have been using as a duct for the air feed to a log burner? We will be putting one in on top of the concrete slab, between the celotex and below screed layer? Tricky element is is that I have not chosen a stove yet, Jotul in pole position. 100mm duct seems fairly standard though. Yes, I appreciate they are not environmentally sound and we run the risk of over heating, but we want one....

I would like to get a phone line ( or more to the point broadband) onto the site as soon as possible. I have already got ducting provided by Bt back to their underground junction box installed, this comes out into the middle of our slab. The challenge is that I only have a slab at present, what have people managed to get Bt to fit a master box into? If I put a weather proof box will that be sufficient? I have additional ducting under the slab, that I can then take the connection off to our caravan, along with its mains power for wifi etc. So what is the minimum?

Clare We are building just down the road from you in Exton... empathise with your long wait. Taken me 30 plus years to get to my current position of a large concrete filled hole in the ground!

I promised lots of questions... For our new build in Devon, we have specified (and been recommended) a Klargester Biodisc GRP packaged ST plant model BA IPS. This will pump into an existing percolation system. One of the unusual challenges that we have, is that the house is not going to be lived in continually. How do these sewage systems cope with sporadic use, can see it going for 3 weeks of inactivity, followed by a weekend of use, then another 3 weeks of inactivity? Any particular makes or designs better for coping with this use?

Auchlossen, just wondering how you got on with the Airflow Adroit? Looks tempting, seems to be one of the few in that price range that networked / cloud control...

Many thanks for the responses, I recognise now that the running costs will be low and benefit the house both when occupied and left empty. It will be heated via gas fired central heating using an underfloor system, left low in the Winter when not in active use. The log burner will be one with an external air feed. Looking like I will put in all the ducting as we build and see how badly I've over spent by the end, then decide on whether the system goes in now or in the future. I suppose I could install a MEV pump and just connect up the wet rooms initially?

Newbie post , so I apologise for any blatantly obvious questions in advance, (I have had a look around for answers to no avail)... As mentioned elsewhere I have just purged the footing on our project in Devon, and the scope creep has started... At present had planned on conventional extractor fans, in Kitchen, bathroom and ensuite, this has progressed to should I have a centralised system, which in turn could become a full mhrv system. Now if this was to be my main home, I would jump at Mhrv, however I'm initially only going to be using the house for occasional weekends and holidays, before the haters come out, the family has been linked with the village for 4 generations, and one day in the distant future I might retire.... The thought of an Mhrv system whirring away in an empty house does not seem right to me. Also I'm trying to do this on a budget, with a view to enhancing in the future, but conscious that it makes more sense to put ducting in now, even if it is not connected up! I'm looking to get a decent degree of air tightness, it is a timber frame and cedar clad construction. Detail below The layout, will be primarily glazed to the South West Aspect, with a 2m roof overhang to provide solar shading, however I'm conscious that it is likely to get warm in Summer, so if I had an extract vent at the in the main front room, at the opposite side to the kitchen, would this help to extract hot air from the house? (Summer bypass?) The front aspect will have 3 glazed sliding doors totalling 7m wide 2.4m tall, which will be open as much as the uk climate permits, kind of negates passive haus... Also there will be a log burner in the front room, is this going to complicate the whole mhrv deal? Thoughts and comments welcomed!

Thanks for the welcome! I'll start my mhrv questions in the relevant forum...

Evening, just discovered the forum... I have recently started a build project in East Devon close to the Exe estuary. A timber frame build, clad in cedar, lots of glazing to a South Westerley aspect, making the most of the view and solar gain, which will hopefully be controlled in the Summer by a 2m roof overhang... For those of you that like time lapse videos I have some footage of work to date at http://www.exe.holiday I fear this forum will encourage project scope creep, I'm now investigating MHRV systems....