markc

I believe that’s the diagram out of IEE regs, or is it building regs?

Yes, trying to get our customers to change their machine usage and charging is like banging your head against a wall. theyhave been used to lead acid deep cycle, so leave on charge when not in use then run till dead before charging again …. Just what you don’t want to do with Lithium batteries

Discussing this with someone yesterday, we supply a lot of machines with lithium batteries and our biggest concern is the number of charge cycles. assuming you plug your EV in a home every day and use it everyday then you would get 365 charge cycles per year which isn’t too bad. if you then start discharging and charging several times a day the battery life will decrease rapidly.

Is this ground or upper floor? Where will the insulation be?

If it’s to be painted then MDF, seal all edges and faces prior to install, not just the visible ones. Same if using ply.

You do not need 100% opaque for privacy, a screen with shapes and gaps prevents anything meaningful being seen from a distance.

If you are only wanting to patch the hole then a bag of sand/cement mortar or mix your own at 4 or 5 parts sand to 1 cement

As a new build there maybe several clauses preventing you from extending or changing use to an annex.

A lot depends what will be going outside. You would normally pour the slab and then work the outside to match the slab. I am guessing it will be a decent slab to take some load away from the centre of the first beam

You will never please everyone so don’t let it get to you. the whole point of self build is to be and show individual and freedom of thinking. The sheeple who follow all the rules buy housing estate boxes and clean their BMW’s every Sunday morning. have a break for sure but stick around and share your F@#&£*& knowledge and experience. oh and the fly over

Absolutely. There is a price to pay for everything, sadly most people want without giving.

Any reasonably intelligent person should accept that the climate is changing, but is that a bad thing? it may be devastating to humans but could be exactly what this planet needs. life started and everything has evolved through change, I’m sure if you asked the dinosaurs they would have thought a major impact would be the end of the world …. Which it was but for them, it allowed the earth to reset and lead the way to where we are now. Yes we need to stop the unnecessary waste, dumping plastics etc. Into oceans and consuming everything we can find, but is change a bad thing? losing 50% of the population would certainly help the planet.

Ahh yes, I missed the “he told them” … must not speed read

The kitchen fitters should be used to fitting at “standard” height so my question would be why they fitted it so low? did they take a problem to the architect? just seems odd that they would just fit the cabinets at that height without a very good reason, - note on drawing etc.

I’m guessing this contractor thinks you blow the house up like a balloon. the sticky tape might do some damage tho

It may have been spec’d, it may be as drawn but I would dig into what you have and find out (and be sure) rather than relying on presented documentation from 18 years ago

Was supposed to say “the above” not Thea over! Stupid predictive text.

I am all for organisations and individuals reducing their impact on the environment, reduce waste, recycle more, use different processes and materials etc. But it really grinds my gears when all these inefficient, heavily polluting and wasteful organisations pat themselves on the back for being so green by buying credits! Surely that’s like showing you are not in debt by borrowing more money

I really don’t like plinth fan heaters, they sound great but in practice the localised rising heat makes me feel uncomfortable (my GF has a single plinth heater as boards at that end and I can’t stand the feel of it blowing at my legs). … this may be a weird me thing tho.

+1, to Thea over. also if you ask for help in design and wanting a fixed price to do it, the sparky will give recommendations to make it easier, not necessarily better. might be worth getting someone in for a couple of days on a day rate with a view to input and trying some fittings etc

Couple of points to consider. if it is filling up with water when partially back filled then there is a high water table and a lot of water to deal with. minimum would be a perimeter channel, dual pumps with battery back up and alarm. The flagged floor will be straight onto earth so excavating and new floor is a must, and dependant up on existing foundation depth, this could be relatively straight forward to increase height and not need under pinning. This will be an expensive and complex job so the value needs scrutiny

Looking great, good to see a garage that’s fits with the house design

I’m no UFH expert but looking at this from an Hydraulic viewpoint, 11 loops regardless of length will require a high volume pump to provide a descent flow rate through them all at the same time. So I would say this is a pump capacity issue

Just for reference of electricity consumption. I live alone, have gas heating but I do like to tinker in the garage and make stuff. my electricity usage from 30th November to 30th December was 573 kWh ?

Omg! Excuse my poor English. … then again I am from Barnsley ?