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Our olive tree which we've had nearly two years now had a dozen or so large olives and near to fifty pea sized ones. I was really surprised to see the blackbird in the tree eating them the other day, he's obviously got exotic tastes. So much for a partridge in a pear tree.

I found our intake vent got very dirty over the summer. We live out in the sticks and there's a lot of muck thrown up when harvesting. I will keep an eye on it over the winter. It's a good reason for having the vents in an easily accessible place.

@recoveringacademic The strongbacks used on my joists were 4" x 2". You could just rip down some of your 4" x 4".

I've just looked at his video and it looks the same. I've used two layers of Compriband and Soudal low expansion foam on the inside. Soudal do their own window installation system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HnLT9S3io

We had our Rehau Geneo windows installed by the manufacturers. They were fitted into a timber frame construction. The frames come with a central groove all the way round the outside which was fitted with Compiband expanding foam tape. It is important to use the correct thickness of tape for the gap between the frame and the opening. They then fitted the windows to the openings with straps. That gave a draught proof fitting. I then went around each window installing another layer of Compriband tape on the outside edge of the frame. I then foamed the gap between the frame and reveal on the inside and then foamed behind the plasterboard on the reveal. I installed the Internorm entrance doors myself using a similar method.

I don't think you've missed anything. There is a lot of difference between Rockwool rolls and Rockwool slabs. It isn't possible to stuff RWA slabs into small areas as they are rigid. I fitted a lot of RWA6 slabs without wearing any protection and without any problems. https://www.ribaproductselector.com/Product.aspx?ci=6375&pr=Rockwool-ROCKWOOLInsulationSlabsRWA45RW3-RW4-RW5-RW6

Hi Robert, welcome to the forum. Friends of ours had a low energy Touchwood house built several years ago and are very happy with it. We designed and built our own house to PH standards using the PHPP. As others have said make sure you have the internal layout as you want it, as you will have to live with it.

I used Rockwool RWA6 which are batts or slabs, as EWI on my build. I assume RWA45 are also batts which are resin bonded, fairly rigid and easy to cut and work with.

We put our old oil tank on Freegle and it went within a week. It only had about 50 litres of oil in it but three blokes, a trolley and a trailer and it was gone.

We bought Internorm PH entrance doors and fitted them ourselves, although that was eight years ago and things might have changed now.

This is the data sheet for them. Perlight Delta Data.pdf

You could use microinverters so it's AC going into the house. If I do fit PVs I will use microinverters so I'm not putting heat into the house in the middle of summer from an internal inverter.

We have an Isoquick PH insulated raft foundation. We have a single stud wall, but the 'stud' is a timber I-beam. The I-beam sole plate sits on the edge of the concrete and all the Icynene insulation is within the I-beams. There is 15mm OSB3 racking on the outside of the I-beams with external rockwool insulation on the racking board which joins with the EPS upstand.

The insulated slab is Isoquick and they were the company who installed ours, which was the first in UK back in 2010.

I did look at Perlight as well as LG and Panasonic when I was thinking about installing PV. I'm still wondering if it would be worth it. https://midsummerwholesale.co.uk/buy/perlight-monocrystalline-solar-panels/perlight-delta-285.html

We fitted an recirculating extractor unit to ensure that any cooking oil vapour in the air is trapped before it can enter the MVHR system and condense in the ducting.

You could try WiMax if there is a supplier in your area. Then you could still have a local phone number via VoIP in the future if you wanted.

No reason at all, ours is downstairs in the utility room and easy to access.

Yes that's what it's says on their website. http://www.brettmartin.com/en-gb/plumbing-and-drainage/products/plumbing/push-fit-soil.aspx

A Brett Martin AAV.

If you used grey EPS slabs you would need about 280mm to equate to 200mm PIR. Don't know if you can hire equipment for blowing grey EPS beads.

In practical terms not a lot really. You'll need downstairs heating at least even with triple glazing and good airtightness. In my experience from running PHPP with different U factors etc if you're in the south of England you'll need a U factor of very close to 0.1 W/m2K to not need a conventional heating system.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Don't worry we've all been there and generally there's always an answer.

I've done a bit more digging and found this table which indicates there is a PV version, so is the UniQ dPV the version you have? http://www.bublshop.co.uk/files/pdf/pdf1958b.pdf

I've just looked at the Sunamp website and can't find any reference to the SunampPV. The only product they seem to be selling is the UniQ. So I presume all the old Stack, PV etc products have been discontinued.