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We used the Isoquick system which is preformed and slots together with vertical sides. The specific design is dependant on the site and your structural engineer should have provided drawings for your groundworkers.

We were several hundred pounds in credit with SSE and they still kept increasing the monthly direct debit. I got fed up with trying to sort it out so cancelled the direct debit, got a refund of the credit and set up a quarterly direct debit which just pays off the bill.

We used a compact unit which was a Genvex Combi 185LS. It's a combined MVHR, hot water cylinder and EASHP. IIRC, we've since moved house, I set the fan levels at around 30% and we never changed that. We never used boost and we didn't have any condensation in the kitchen or bathrooms.

This is the table I calculated back in 2010 for my PH build. I can't remember much about how I did it but I commissioned the setup myself using a Testo 405i and the BCO wasn't interested in any aspect of the system.

Now you're asking. I'll have to try to remember how I did it. IIRC I worked out the area of the duct, which in my case was quite small, so I didn't want to restrict the flow at all. I then made a square cover, as in the original thread, which was larger than the duct, which when multiplied by the open area of the mesh gave at least as much area as the duct.

Where are your vents fitted? I fitted ours in a position where it was easy to brush them off two or three times a year. The insect screens worked well but the important thing is that the mesh open area is sufficient for the vent size and duct cross sectional area so there isn't any reduction in flow rate.

We were a couple of miles inland. Hidden pins.

We had a late Victorian cottage years ago and that had cavity walls.

Our Canadian WRC ended up grey and no staining from the fixings as they were stainless steel. We were in East Kent at the time though so low rainfall amounts.

I'm not hung up on where the report came from but more interested in the fact that the Ofgem are considering scrapping standing charges which will help those who have spent money and effort in reducing their energy usage.

Plenty of other ways to tax those owners without hitting everyone else.

What a good idea! Ofgem considering it. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-11031939/Scrap-energy-standing-charges-prevent-fuel-poverty-says-charity.html

It's wrong not to pay someone you have employed to do a job. If you don't like the quality of the work ask them to redo it. It's your fault for employing them. I employed a carpenter, who was recommended to me, on my build and his work was very poor. I had taken time to explain exactly what I wanted done and why and supplied all the materials. I paid him for the day and told him not to come back and why I didn't want him back. I think that is fair.

"Start with inflation. Barring some unspeakable catastrophe in Ukraine, inflation will be falling rapidly from this winter onwards. Pantheon Economics, an independent British consultancy with a good track record, has done some number-crunching. It concludes that while there will indeed be a peak of around 11 per cent in the consumer price index in the autumn, next year inflation will fall right back. By the end of 2023 it will be below 2 per cent – so below the Bank of England’s target level." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/inflation-to-fall-right-back-down-and-other-good-news-about-the-economy-yes-really/ar-AAZ0z5A?ocid=mailsignout&cvid=c306b256e82d42e6be8deb924d9926b9

They are blackfly and the ants eat the secretions from the blackfly. The ants will carry the blackfly to other parts of the plant and effectively farm the blackfly. The best way to get rid of them is to encourage blue tits which will eat the blackfly and ants and also blackbirds which will the ants. https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/blackfly

It looks like, as from today, you will not be allowed to fit a dumb EV charger. You have to fit a smart charger with a data connection to discourage some daytime charging. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1078138/Guide-to-evscp-regulations-2021-V2.1.pdf https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-electric-vehicle-smart-charge-points

You can hire chimney scaffolding, not something I've ever done or would want to do though. This is the sort of thing builders have used in the past for me. https://fossewayhire.com/type27p/chimney-scaffold/

What I was hoping to do was, to put all the PV output, whenever it's available, into a thermal store, rather than run other things in the house and only use the excess to heat the thermal store as a Solar iBoost would normally do. When the thermal store is fully charged the PV output would go back to powering other things in the house. This might reduce oil consumption was the reasoning behind the idea.

Thanks for the offer, but not what I'm looking for unfortunately.

Thanks for all the comments. It seems it would be a complicated solution to a less than good idea. I think the idea of two immersions is simpler so will aim for that, plus thinking about it, at the moment, oil is a third of the price of electricity.

Sorry for all the questions, but do you know the thickness of insulation on the TS. I've seen up to 100mm shown in adverts.

But won't there be situations when I would be using the PV to heat the water rather than burning oil? This is making my head hurt 😁.

Thanks, that's useful info. So is your TS direct feed to the UFH or is there a heat exchanger in the store.

That's right, it does, but what I'd like is all output going to immersion first, then excess going to the rest of the house.

OK thanks, so as large tank as possible running at 70C in winter.