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Only if the test is carried out. My BCO just looked the stairs, said very nice and carried on.

@JulianB We have a Genvex Combi 185LS which has a MVHR unit and 585W EASHP built in which heats the DHW and provides supplementary warm air heating through the MVHR ducting. I don't know the CoP of our unit but IIRC it is supposed to average 4.0 in our climate. The DHW is stored at 45C and the showers run at 38C. The Genvex Combi 185LS is suitable for a small (130m2) very low energy house but would struggle in a larger house. There are other EASHP DHW heaters such as the ESP Ecocent.

The answer is yes. I would put a few packers around the edge to prevent it moving and leave doing it until very close to your BCO visit. I'll add that you're in a difficult position re the insulation because of the ceiling height but I would put something insulating between the concrete and wood flooring if you are removing the Celotex.

That is the way I would do it, whether that's strictly correct is another matter, but I can't see why it isn't.

@JulianB Just a couple of points. We heat our water with an EASHP and it is stored, 185l, at 45C although there are only two of us. Although it seems popular I wouldn't use UFH on the ground floor due to it's inefficiency, I would probably use some form of skirting heating.

I had a 350mm I-beam frame built which used I-beams for the sole plate. There aren't any header plates because mine is a portal I-beam frame but I have seen I-beam wall plates used.

Yup, no problem as Jeremy says. Does this remain the same after the 31st.

You want to enjoy it as much as possible. Getting stressed when building the house is no fun. IMHO do what you can afford and are happiest doing.

@K78 Looking at your pictures I can understand your concern about possible breakout with ICF and how you could install bracing to counter that. I like your idea of using the lego blocks and hope that you are able to complete your build using them. It's nice to see different construction techniques being used rather than the same old methods. Good luck with the project.

We bought a Speedy Access aluminium tower when we started our build. It has been invaluable for all the jobs we have used it for and when we bought it, it was £750. It looks like they have increased in price quite a bit. https://www.laddersandaccess.co.uk/product/speedy-80-access-tower-working-height-5-50m/

I installed Mint 16 many years ago from a download. I did it from the downloaded file not USB or DVD, I think (hope) it was as described here. https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-replace-windows-xp-linux-free.htm

I haven't seen any mention of this but have you considered creating a new partition and downloading and installing a version of Linux on that and dual booting.

@pepelepeu Hi and welcome to the forum. Sounds like a very interesting conversion much like one that was on Grand Designs recently. I guess you've seen it before. https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/grand-designs-houses/486-grand-designs-tv-house-2019-episode-4-hull Good luck with the project.

I guess so judging by this:- "Paul Tomlin, owner and operator of Green Driving School in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, was one of the first to make the switch and has been using an electric Nissan Leaf to teach automatic learners since 2011."

@Toppers I fitted a corner toilet in our wetroom with the soil pipe stub in the corner like yours. Pan connector and 90 degree bend and it fitted fine. We bought it on Ebay and it is similar to this one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WC-Ceramic-Toilet-Bathroom-Corner-Toilet-White/283456730805

I paid a fixed price for the floor tiling I had done, a few years ago, which was based on £32/m2 and the length of time he thought it would take. It took longer than he estimated so he lost a bit.

They call it a retro design.

I find their advertising confusing.

So in a single pedal EV with cruise control working, in an emergency you would have to blip the pedal to cancel cruise control and then do nothing and hope it stops in time. I hope they'll come up with something better than that!!!

We heated our kitchen from 23C to 25C yesterday when we cleaned the oven using pyrolysis. The weather was dull so it didn't seem too hot.

I think the new Honda EV coming out this year has only one pedal, so that will be interesting. I also wondered how easy it would be to get used to braking without a brake pedal to hit in an emergency.

When do the brake lights indicate slowing down in that situation?

Stunning!!!

One of our local garden centres has a very nice bistro, mostly the reason we go there.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Are you building, renovating or just getting ideas?