Gone West

But unfortunately not yet and until smoking tobacco stops the tobacco industry does a lot of harm to the environment. https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/tobacco-and-the-environment The environmental footprint of a smoker The environmental impact of being a smoker was also quantified at an individual level, highlighting the sizeable individual contribution of a single smoker, whereby even one cigarette is associated with an environmental burden.4 5 The authors calculated the environmental impact of one person smoking a pack of 20 cigarettes every day for 50 years, these were quantified as:4 5 6 A total carbon footprint of 5.1t CO2 equivalent emissions, which to offset, would require 132 tree seedlings planted and grown for 10 years.13 A water footprint of 1,355 m3, which is equivalent to almost 62 years’ water supply for any three people’s basic needs.14 Total fossil fuel depletion of 1.3 tonne oil equivalent, which is comparable to the electricity use of an average household in India for almost 15 years.15 Tobacco’s efficiency and yield on resources was also highlighted, with the authors reporting that in comparison to the average consumer of sugar in one year a smoker contributes almost five times more to water depletion, nearly ten times more to fossil fuel depletion and four times more to climate change.4 5 Research predicts that by 2025 cigarette consumption may rise from current levels of six trillion to nine trillion sticks,16 this prediction has significant environmental consequences.3 5 16 This could result in required agricultural land use of 7.9 million hectares, water and fossil fuel depletion of 34 billion cubic metres and five Million tonnes oil equivalent respectively, and annual CO2 equivalent emissions reaching almost 130 Million tonnes.4 5 Summatively these findings have reinforced the ideal that smoking needs to be highlighted as a global problem affecting us all, not just smokers and those around them. Research evidence has irrefutably demonstrated the level of damage smoking is posing to the sustainability of our environment.4 5

We bought our door hinges from ironmongery direct. https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/browse/hinges-seals-and-intumescent/hinges/door-hinges/filter/ironmongery_finishgroup>{brass}%2F%2F%24s%3Dhinges

Our plant room was next to the wetroom so the floor was tiled without any upstands anywhere so if there was a leak it would find it's way into the wetroom shower drain.

300mA, 50V DC LED drivers on Ebay are £4 to £5 from China so you won't be saving yourself much.

I sympathise as it took us eight years and I was glad when it was finished. It is a nice feeling though once you move in and can enjoy it.

If it was a single house situated towards the rear of the site it doesn't look too bad.

@Jimmyjazz Welcome to the forum and good luck with your search. This site is at Whitstone around seven miles or so from Bude. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129285185#/?channel=COM_BUY

You're definitely in the right bit. Once you're down past Bodmin it's all tourists and pollution.

That's right, we lived there for just over three years. If you've got a well performing house and they're sized correctly, they work well.

I made my own.

Yup.

We used solid wood door linings and MDF architrave and skirtings.

I used Nu-Lok in 2011 and the two English suppliers I used no longer seem to stock it. It looks like you have to go to NI to get it now.

We had to have a couple of the glazing units replaced as we could see marks between the panes of the triple glazing. One of them was 3m high. Apparently there are rules about the size and how easy it is the see the marks from a certain distance. Can't remember the rules exactly.

Yeah, she was my favourite for a while as well, but that was a long time ago. Memories, just memories. 😍

I installed a similar compact unit, in 2017, into my 120m2 Passivhaus. It was a Genvex Combi185LS and it worked very well. It was quiet, it stored 185l of water at 45C efficiently and kept the house ventilated. IMO it only worked well because the house was small and only required 13kWh/m2a and had an airtightness of 0.47ACH. The house was heated with three electric towel rails in the bathrooms and the warm air from the Genvex was only produced when it was cold outside.

When we sold our PH, not certified, in 2021 we had several buyers bidding against each other for the house, which sold for way above the asking price.

IIRC when I did my PHPP runs in 2010 you could specify a compact heat pump unit supplying warm air through the MVHR which calculated the space heating load and whether that was sufficient on it's own to maintain the required internal temperature.

Use one that ducts air in from outside. https://www.vaillant.co.uk/for-installers/products/arostor-domestic-hot-water-heat-pump-58880.html https://www.orionairsales.co.uk/cool-energy-ecostore-200l-all-in-one-air-source-heat-pump-hot-water-system-ce-es200-solar-thermal-16610-p.asp https://www.clickonbathrooms.co.uk/3069426-ariston-nuos-fs-200-floor-standing-direct-air-source-heat-pump-water-heater-nuos200d-c2x12743911 https://www.orionairsales.co.uk/giona-all-in-one-indirect-unvented-air-source-heat-pump-with-250l-cylinder-288kw--10000btu-240v50hz-4682-p.asp https://www.dimplex.co.uk/product/edel-hot-water-heat-pump

IIRC he bought them from the village bakers.

We had the final test in 2017 and he was thorough and also liked his pasties. https://www.airtightnesstestingkent.co.uk/air-tightness-testing PS I've just noticed the picture of him on his website, which I took, is of our front door, hall and porch.

I paid £200 for a half day airtightness test in Kent.

I thought the stumps had to be dead before that would work, as the rising sap stops the oil soaking in.

I'd cut it off level and drill half a dozen 25mm holes, 100 to 150mm deep and fill with neat glyphosate or SBK.

I used it for all my pipe runs from the manifold to the various appliances. You can just see the red ducting for some of the hot water feeds.