Gone West

I did a planting plan and was able to reclaim VAT on a lot of what was planted. What we actually did was only loosely based on the plan and nobody checked it. This was many years ago and I probably only did it using MS Paint.

@irondezi I fitted NuLok back in 2011. I fitted it to an easy area myself and found it straightforward. I had the main roof, with dormers, tiled using NuLok recommended installers. I didn't use the NuLok PV tiles. I've since moved house but didn't have any problems during the seven years before moving.

The only landscaping aspect the BCO was interested in, with my build, was the wheelchair access from the parking area to the front door.

@Andyh Welcome to the forum. I shall be watching this thread carefully as these are questions I would find the answers interesting to know, as I am considering changing from oil to A2A.

Works fine on mine. Try this:-

https://flameport.com/wiring_regulations/BS7671_selected_subjects/zones_concealed_cables.cs4

https://mitweb.co.uk/services/home-heating-oil-devon-cornwall/hvo-renewable-home-heating-fuel/

Yeah I know, but I may have misunderstood the OP as I thought meant not surface mounted.

I don't think that would be allowed as it's not in a safe zone as shown in blue below.

I would be surprised if Vaillant didn't make different shaped buffers as it's going to be a common problem in many houses.

I wouldn't have thought so. I would come at it from the opposite direction. If they say you need, let's say a 10kW heater then you need that size to heat your house, but you could increase the volume of the system by putting in more radiators and not require a buffer tank. I'm no expert on ASHP heating systems so that may not be feasible, but I would ask them.

Hi @zoothorn. I wouldn't worry about noise from the buffer tank. Ask yourself if your hot water tank makes any noise, ours doesn't. The buffer tank just holds a volume of water and doesn't have to be 1m x 0.5m. It's the volume that's important so could be taller and slimmer and fit where the hydraulic unit is housed.

IIRC we had an email telling us our billing would change from quarterly to monthly and a relative had a note on their bill telling them it was changing from quarterly to monthly. We are with OVO and they are with EDF.

We have been told the same, and I know other people who have had to change to monthly billing. I suspect it's across all suppliers.

Thanks, both. Interesting to know.

Yeah, it would. It's a right pigs dinner of a setup with bits added at various times by the look of it. When we get a new boiler, or A2A, it will all be replaced. There are hot water pipes that zigzag along the utility room wall, all the pipes uninsulated.

I don't think it is. I think the diverter is bottom front of the picture.

It's not something I've seen before, but this place is a plumbing and wiring nightmare. Still deciding whether to stick with oil or go to A2A.

No, it's three pipes going in, two on the flat end and one on the curved surface. There's one pipe out on the opposite flat suface to the pump.

Perhaps someone can tell me, is the silver coloured circular component to the right of the picture anything other than just a way of joining three pipes together before connecting to the pump? TIA

I have a large sandstone chimney breast I would like to remove, but I thought that they were usually structural in old cottages, which is what is putting me off.

I put three lines of Stixall under the plastic wood and the rain still ran under in a few places as well. So I sealed the outside of the join of the plasic wood to concrete with Soudal Fixall Crystal Clear and it's been OK since.

It's under the eaves storage above the single storey utility and wet rooms. It's not very high but Wendy arranged it with stacked Really Useful storage boxes and kept a lot of stuff in there. The only other storage area was above the two smaller bedrooms accessed from the landing.

We had three areas with vaulted ceilings. On the ground floor we had a sitting room with a split level ceiling half of which was vaulted. We also vaulted ceilings on the landing and in the main bedroom.

A few years ago just after it was clad.