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I would agree with figs. 4 & 7 but only if the window ventilation can be carried out every day. It is possible to purge the warm air over night but if you are away and not able to do so the heat will build up inside the house and it will take along time for the fabric of the house to cool down in the same way as it takes time to warm up a cold house using air heating only.

We have a small area of South facing glazing and it doesn't currently have an overhang. I will be adding a brise soleil which will reduce solar gain in May, June and July. The worst area for us is the large glazed gable facing WNW which has solar gain in May, June and July late in the day and to which we had external solar film applied. This has worked well. Your best option is built in automated external blinds or SageGlass.

Ours isn't photochromatic nor I think plain tinted. I was told that in order to have the film, it must not have a mirror finish and must be not be noticeable. We went for Clearview Vista 80X because it was the closest to meeting those criteria. It is very effective, but expensive, and if the photochromatic film was more expensive I couldn't be tempted. Clearview Vista 80X Total solar energy rejected - 45% (55% on double glazing) Visible Light Transmission - 77% Visible Light Reflection - 8% Ultraviolet Transmission <0.1% Glare Reduction - 12%

Yes I was replying to Dave and the BCO wasn't interested in ours.

I don't understand the problem. Ours is standard 720mm base units + 150mm plinth + 30mm granite.

I was thinking more Devon/Somerset. It's a long way to the tip of Cornwall.

I'd like a bungalow like that in the West Country, I wouldn't convert it though, just to live in.

Sounds like progress has been made, that's good.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with the project.

I banged our Brabantia ground spike into a temporary position twelve years ago and it's still nice and firm. I will move it this year though, to it's permanent position.

Half the price of Internorm.

Possibly, depends what you want and what you're comparing with.

They can be better than wood. We have Rehau Geneo frames which are fibre reinforced plastic which means there is no steel required. The sections are foam filled and they are better than PH requirement.

The chap who did our plastering has given up plastering due to shoulder damage, only in his thirties as well.

The granite worktop supplier/fitter just cut the slots in the underside of the granite and I fitted the sinks. It was straightforward.

They've been in use for over a year now without any problems. Probably fatal saying that though.

@zoothorn How many terraces do you want to create between the top and the stream or do you want a single 3.5m high retaining wall leveling off the garden?

@zoothorn What is the height difference between the flat area outside your door and the water level?

Cementone Cempolay Deep does up to 50mm. Think it's changed it's name. https://www.bostik.com/UK/products/Screedmaster-Deep-floor-levelling-compound

Enphase Micro Inverters have a 20 year warranty and are possibly what we will use if we decide to install PVs.

We can see the pink glow from the glass houses at Thanet Earth at night. They have a contract with a local farm to remove all the unwanted tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers which they turn into liquid fertilizer. They also collect all the bines and compost them.

I ran PHPP for my house design with air leakage results varying between 0.2 to 1.0 and there was very little difference in space heating requirement. I did it for a friend whose result was around 1.0 and was disappointed. I did put them on the AECB forum several years ago but can't find them at the moment.

Strangely ours was exactly the same at 0.47, for both measurements, which surprised me.

@Ralph yes as @oranjeboom said we have fitted a Fontenot Genius 030 modular staircase and are very happy with it. We wanted the look of a free standing staircase and it fitted the bill. There is a section in my blog about it. https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/blogs/entry/164-hall-staircase/

Aye.... when I were a lad . The suppliers wanted £600 to fit our two Internorm entrance doors but being penny pinchers we fitted them ourselves.