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We have Amtico click smart same 27C max. No problems with little or no expansion seen in 2+ years

I look after a disabled fella for 2 days a month who has sky glass. My observations are; it buffers when he is online with other things and when his broadband is down he cannot default to freeview. The picture quality is muckhausen.

My understanding is. providing you got whole house exemption, the CIL becomes payable if you do not send in form 7 part 2 within 6 months of the completion cert issued. In our case, after commencement, we decided to go for a much larger garage which we did by means of a new application. I notified the planning obligation dept at the LPA and they indicated ok to proceed. I have yet to get a completion certificate, the LPA have chased this but I just said my builder is unobtainable and so I am unable to go for sign of as yet. The LPA are fine with this but will periodically remind me.

I have a 20kW Viessman system boiler on a 4 pipe system for DHW and UFH. There is a mixing valve at the UFH manifold that seems to be at odds to the indicated flow temp on the boiler and measured flow temp on the manifold. The boiler readily modulates down to 2kW and cycles approx every 35 mins. The boiler is quite sophisticated and I can have 3 different flow rates for different times of the day. I do not have weather comp. Is there any value in say setting the UFH mixer to say 50c, so in effect permanently open and just let the boiler regulate the flow temp which is presently at 37c. The flow temp on the boiler does match the temp on the hot side of the manifold when the mixer is set high and I have a deltaT of 8c with five zones controled by in room wall mounted programmer/stats.

Woke up this morning to find I have a beta version on the my SolarEdge app for manual control of battery, not before time! It’s not too sophisticated as it only allows times to charge and discharge with no facility to control depth of charge/discharge, but definitely a step forward.

I find this app a godsend, manual input but daily, weekly, monthly, annual analysis with export facility of data. I use for elec import, export, gas, water. i just I put meter figures off meter or in house display and now have 7 years of data, showing trends vis last year etc. I guess available on android too. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/meter-readings/id320551309

Here's the very man in conversation with Jim Al-Kahlili in the Life Scientific podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n8d9

Why don't you explore the possibility of a cash settlement with the loss adjusters/insurers. They may well be be happy not getting involved in interim payments and ensuring the build cost to date is comensurate the the interim payment. A buildings policy is generally one of reinstatement or indemnity, they might let you loose and just seek sight of the final account(s) for release of the vat element if any with a new build. This would free you up to add any extras you feel fit to add.

Try Luxal, Manchester, they do Reynaers to trade

I’ve pm’d some photos, we went full width and although bulky it was well insulated and we’re happy.

That does seem low but clearly dependant on what kind of a day you’ve had. Our system is similar in many ways 10.02 kWp over 3 orientations with 2x 9.7 kWh dc coupled batteries and an immersun dhw diverter. Here’s our stats for comparison. What neck of the woods are you in? We have 2 strings over 3 arrays all optimised.

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Would you turn right out of your access towards Nelson Road? If so, it could appear from your location plan to be about 10 meters from the rhs as egressing of your access to Nelson Rd. The Highway Code says , Rule 243, you must not park withing 10 meters or 32 feet of a junction. If so there should be no cars parked to your right to hinder your view of affect your turn out.

Yes you can engage the services of a traffic consultant to look at splays and parking. It is evident the parking is somewhat variable and snapshots over a period may be helpful. If you took the residents argument to another degree, they wouldn't let any of their kids pass the driving test and buy a car and park it in the road. There is often a lot of hyperbole spoken as was the case here "extreme problems" etc, get the professional opinion and survey to counter.

I've just read the officer's report. Paras 6.26 to 6.30 are simply supportive of your proposal in terms of highways. You may have a position were you could air a cost application on appeal if the committee remain intransigent. They have no evidence your access and parking causes an issue. They are having no regard to the highway's officers recommendation. Without evidence they may be considered unreasonable.