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I just shopped around for my brass ones . Couldn’t find a great variation in price tbh .

I like them ! . Bet they are only available in very limited ranges though ....

Even I used the Thermalite blocks . Easy to lay and easy to cut . Got it dead straight and flush . As I’d never done it before looked a bit rough . Once rendered ( k rend type thing ) looks spot on !

The sparky will install the CU and wire everything into that also all the DIN rail stuff. So I am just doing the donkey work. In my experience over the entire build this is where you make the savings.

First of all when I spoke to him over the phone he wasn't that keen. Once he met me though he was hooked. His original concerns where I'd do it "my way" not his and he feared we'd argue over the right method. I explained to him that he is the electrician not me! - so I"ll do what he wants. Also to supply and wire a basic house his cost was around 3k - a more complex system (like I have with HA ) he said around 5k. He knows nothing about HA so is really interested in what I do. I very briefly told him my HA ambitions ; he was really really interested. So I was lucky that I could find a willing and trusting sparky!

I took photos of everything so will walk him through it . Anything he doesn’t like I’ll change . The arrangement I have with the sparky is he checks as I go . So any issues are resolved before final fix .

Hey! All wires run vertical to all sockets. You spotted that odd one as it's just a pull cord cable so I can pull a tv ariel feed in there later.

Document the installation!!!! ???????????????? That’s a no . A sparky will check my work though ....

Yeah I was thinking that . But would say a screw through a cable be picked up with this method ? I.e you’d still have continuity.

I’ve almost completed the socket wiring install 1st fix for the ground floor . Is there any way I can test each part of the cable ? My concern is that it’s not impossible to imagine that a screw has gone through a cable . Rather than have everything wired up and find the fault it would be much easier to rectify a cable issue now at this stage . So for example in the pics ... Test the cable coming into the socket at ‘this’ end - and where it goes into the next socket .

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Grab me some proper German ? whilst you are there !

Roof mounted ones are apparently more efficient as they allow airflow under the panels .

Actually @Jeremy Harris ; can I ask a question where I assume I’ve vastly over simplified things .... As you have an EV how many ‘miles’ can you get from a 5p per kw charge for 4 hours ? Just trying to compare electric cost against petrol cost for same distance ( also assuming of course not using pv for charge ) . I don’t have an EV - but certainly would want at least the cabling in place ready for a charge point . If you did include PV and assume you charge your vehicle 50% pv and 50% 5p kw - wonder what that does to the figures . Actually perhaps this isn’t so simplistic ?

Yeah sorry ; cross posted . They assume a 8% annual increase in electric which does sound on the rather high side !!

I',m confused. According to that you pay of the near 13k long before 25years.... Answer my own question!.... The estimated value of your new system in year one is £304 based on annual electricity bill savings, assuming a daytime electricity rate of 17p and that you are able to consume 50% of the power generated. Your bill saving will increase as electricity prices rise or if you are able to consume more than 50%. Over 25 years – the life of your panels – your bill savings could exceed £19,456, if electricity prices increase by 8% per annum.

There PV figures (no battery) System peak power: 4.55 kWp Annual output: 3,581 kWh Solar energy used on site: 1,791 kWh Your bill saving after year 1: £304 Your bill saving after year 25: £19,456 CO2 saving after year 1: 1,941 kg CO2 saving after year 25: 37,850 kg

Yes ; I think octopus energy have a 1am to 4am window at 5p per kWh . It can’t just be on the figures I think . Add in an EV ( and you charge off pv for that some of the time ) then the benefits improve . It did seem like a good price . Also - what will the cost be of ‘grid’ electric going forward per kw ? . I kind of see it like buying a car . I could spend 5k I could spend 20k - common sense would be the 5k car .... To do it now ( and exclude vat as part of a new build ) has its advantages. Figures wise it doesn’t add up ( nor does the 20k car ) - but at least I’m trying to be off coal etc ...

So! What do you guys think? The total price for a 4.55kWp Solar PV system & a Tesla Powerwall 2 battery is £12,920 zero vat, excluding scaffolding. System peak power output 4.55 kWp Panel orientation East/West Number of panels 14 Panel arrangement TBC Inverter specification Fronius Primo 3.6 Dual MPPT Mounting type T-hook & rail Total annual estimated electricity production 3,581 kWh Your System GuaranteesSolar PV Modules 25 year performance guarantee ensuring 80% minimum output after 25 years. 25 year manufacturer’s warranty Inverter 7 year warranty Other materials x will pass on the benefit of warranties received in respect of all other supplied materials Installation x offers a 2 year workmanship warranty Battery Storage SpecificationBattery type Tesla Powerwall 2.0 inc Backup Gateway Battery location TBC Usable Capacity 13.5 kWh Standard continuous power 3.68 kW Weight 125 kg Dimensions Height:1150mm Width:755mm Depth:155mm Mounting options External or Internal wall mounted Your System GuaranteesTesla Powerwall 2.0 10 years – unlimited cycles Other materials x will pass on the benefit of warranties received in respect of all other supplied materials Installation x offers a 2 year workmanship warranty

You are facing the wrong way ! Should only see that when you are pissing !

Vertical grout lines above the sink aren’t equal distance from edge of sink . FAIL - redo , now !

Oh yes ! Agree 100% - tank like there is no tomorrow. From your pics you seem to be in a similar point to myself with the bathroom . We can confide in each other as we move slowly and painfully forward ! ? . Stay strong brother ! . Man was put on the moon ? . Domestos kills all known germs dead and Jesus has a Netflix account . Therefore WE can do this ! ???

Have a screen. @Nickfromwales advised me on this in another thread . I've still yet to start the bathroom! ; but trying to plan ahead!!

Yes ! I got something right !! ????

Can I jump in with a dummy question ? Is it not better to plaster board the ceiling , get it skimmed , painted I.e finished - before any walls or floors ??