Pocster

Can’t wait to see your proposal!

When ya gotta go …

That’s a big word . Doctor told me that’s what I excrete …

I made SWMBO an automated irrigation system ; it works well . Currently I use a transparent tank outside so she can see when it’s low and fill it up . Don’t trust any HA device off the mains to fill the tank and one day fail . Problem is as the tanks transparent it’s not uv stable but it’s easy ( without going outside ) too see the water level is low and top it up . So I can’t use a transparent tank . A non transparent is fine but I can’t find a ‘simple’ mechanical device that shows the water level ( like a flag on a buoy ! ) . Trying to spend very little on this 😊 Any suggestions?

Sometimes things just work out perfectly don’t they …

Is this bit a sex dungeon cunningly disguised as a garage ?

Looks awesome ! So @bob the builder 2 now that you’ve finished and obviously bored …. Care to help out on my project ?

I have all the solutions to everything, bare with me …. prisons . Execute all those mofo’s . That would then be a good incentive to potential future criminals . Those empty prisons ( now ) can be converted into accommodation. Don’t thank me - send money ( PayPal is preferred )

I think @Onoff will be in trouble ; looks like it would easily catch an inch or 2

I think that’s an intentional benefit …

Sex sheds are notoriously difficult to break into ; but even more difficult to break out of ! 😉

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@graham-l . There’s certain things all us Bristolians are good at apart from knifes and bodies in suitcases - it’s building 👍

DNO ‘s can certainly be hostile . I argued with mine for a yr to allow more export ( stuck at 3.6kw ) . They wouldn’t budge . Hence went down the Solaredge I.e dc battery route . Multiple reasons ( probably did a thread on it on here ) . Problem was infrastructure needs upgrading and there were zero plans to do that .

18 months into 8 month build . Thats nothing mate ! - I’m 12 yrs into a build of “ yet to be established timeframe “ . You’re either shite like me , lazy , incompetent or just a legend ( also like me ) 👍

Must limit consumption per household ; otherwise you could fill your boots . Good concept though .

I used to have the original squeezebox players also . Been using lms on pi’s for years ; some running continuously for over 4 yrs now .

I’d argue the toss over not allowed to build down . What’s the issue ? . Volume increases so what ? - assuming not adding extra bedrooms etc . You need a proper answer to why not down . When you get wishy washy catch all reasons “ detrimental to the local amenity “ - they need to explicitly define that fragile grasped straw .

I know ( from my recordings ) part of the plan is to simply wear you down so you give up . I was told “ no-one keeps putting as many applications in as you when you’ve been refused . You cannot build up , forward, behind , nor left or right . You cannot build anything there ever “ Yeah yeah . (expletive deleted) off …. Didn’t say I couldn’t build down was his mistake . Love you planning 😘

I foresee skills and materials shortages which in turn inflates the build cost . Look at Covid ; how the economy coming back to life has pushed up material costs , with of course inflation and demand . New cities etc are a great idea but we have expensive materials already ( all self builders have found that out ) , equally Labour has increased its ‘asking’ price . ’affordable housing’ is a bit of a political catch all phrase - like ‘ Brexit means Brexit ‘ - doesn’t have any meaning . If this happens then yes more housing should be built - but at what quality and what cost ? . You can argue more housing regardless of quality or cost is better than none . I knew a kitchen installer on a large development told he’d get 1k for each kitchen he installed . Assumed was 3 days of work per kitchen . He raced through them doing 2 a day !!! . Quality must of binned . The developer realised this and then changed to £500 a kitchen ….

This ! Labour shortages, material shortages . Which in turn would increase build costs .

No I mean in the recession house prices dropped not that they caused it . Lenders lend when it suits them and risk is low . They do plenty of tricks to entice or decline depending on their appetite

I agree but in the last recession where the first time buyer thinks they’ll get a bargain …. Mortgage lenders start pulling deals , requirements for lending tighten I.e higher rate or deposit required . First sign of any downturn is when the lenders shit the bed . As they tighten their policy they look to lend less hence making it more difficult for ftb .

Has it really been that long ? I hadn’t noticed. Feels like I only started yesterday.

Because the guy doing the epc was an idiot no mention of solar no mention of increased insulation so assumed the minimum said the ufh was electric no mention of mvhr said glazing was double ( its triple ) rated low for heating controls as he couldn’t see any ( done via phone ) those are just from memory ….