Gone West

In a bungalow with a chimney removed down into a cold loft would, in your opinion, filling it with EPS beads be as good an option.

It is the only way 😃.

I used red and blue conduit for my water pipes, so it was easy to check my first fix was ok.

Ahh, the good old days. In my view all utility providers should be non profit making.

Maybe it depends on how the property is marketed. We marketed ours, as built to PH standards, and included details of the heating requirements. The two buyers who were left at the end, outbidding each other, had both gone to the bother to find out about PH standards and were looking for properties with an "A" EPC. I guess it's the luck of the draw.

The decision could be made by the car manufacturers irrespective of what the government requires, as yet another manufacturer is to stop making diesels. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/09/volvo-to-make-its-last-diesel-vehicle-in-early-2024/

No it was my experience. Could be many things that affect house sales in different parts of the country.

A friend converted a timber framed barn and cleaned all the timbers, mostly oak and elm, with oxalic acid. Worked well but took a long time.

We sold our house as soon as it went on the market. We had people bidding against each other for it and the final price was well above the asking price. They were interested in it because it was built to PH standards with an EPC of A95 without any PVs.

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.