Gone West

I would have thought that unless there are no other sources of suitable timber around, your cladding won't particularly attract them. I have two wasps nests in the garden this year in old vole tunnels underground. They are a nuisance, and I keep away from that area as much as possible, but we haven't been stung yet!

We had cedar cladding on our last place and the wasps chewed it, but didn't do any damage. Where we are now they chew any unpainted wood in the garden, but as there's so much around it will take forever to do any damage.

When we fitted our kitchen in 2016, the plinths came with sealing strips to fit to the bottom of the plinths.

I always use a hacksaw and file for things like that. More forgiving.

What is it that makes you believe the second SE rather than the first SE.

There's a chap near us that does robotic scrub clearance. Too far for you though. https://www.facebook.com/p/Nigel-Stevens-Scrub-Clearance-61561133578989/

Exactly. We designed and built our last place to PH standards. It was around 130m2 and was heated with a towel rail in each of the three bathrooms and an EASHP built into the MVHR came on when the weather was very cold. The whole house was kept at 23C 24/7. Very low energy costs.

Our box was remote and designed to be half buried in soil. It was quiet if more than a metre away.

Welcome to the forum. That's what I like, optimism.

I don't know exactly, but I used a compression elbow on the 25mm MDPE coming into the house. It was ok for the three years we lived there. I didn't use a standard stopcock but a lever ball valve.

We protected ours with a couple of layers of heavy duty bubble wrap. We also protected the threshold as they were dragging heavy pipes inside.

The FCA banned dual pricing at the start of 2022 Insurers are no longer allowed to charge renewing customers any more than they would charge a new customer for the same policy. https://www.cuvva.com/how-insurance-works/dual-pricing-insurance-fca

I had a similar problem at my last self build. I cut out the section of strongback, where I needed access and replaced it with a noggin top and bottom between the metal web joist flanges.

I just screw a bit of OSB in the hole and finish it the next day, and don't do it in mid-winter.

I have used Modern UPVC Windows for both windows and doors and not had any problems. I think they are good value for product and service. I did fit them myself though. https://www.modernupvcwindows.co.uk/

From the links I put up and from the roofers who put the Sika membrane on my extension. With all due respect, I don't think how it feels when walking on it, determines how it's classed.

Gradient Degrees to Percentage.pdf

A roof is classed as a flat roof up to 10 degrees. I am currently working on a small area of roof on my place and although it is 11 degrees, I'm treating it as a flat roof, for covering material. https://ikogroup.co.uk/news-advice/what-is-flat-roof-compared-to-pitched-roof/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_roof

So for pre 2024 installations is it just a 'nice to have' retrofit?

Our installation was done in 2012 and the RCD certainly isn't bi-directional.

We had 185L heated by EASHP to 45C and the 'two of us' never ran out of DHW in the three years we lived there.

No, the team laying the concrete asked where they could put the excess and washout, and we had bulk bags lying around. There wasn't that much really.

We just used bulk bags, which all the excess concrete and washout went into. Excess water drained out of the bottom.

We fitted Kidde wireless alarms and because of the vaulted ceiling on the landing we wall mounted the alarm. It was nine years ago now but there were no problems with sign off.