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  1. dpmiller
    Yup, I'm just glad someone else put the pipe in.
  2. dpmiller
    you did say the "big long lane" tho, that'll be me then. Just under 1100m of 32mm...
  3. dpmiller
    200m is nothing...
  4. dpmiller
    well Balloo supplied the digger and the hammer so that's their problem. Infact the stone was pretty soft and split quite nicely.
  5. dpmiller
    And a few days of toil later, we have trenches. Yesterday morning started with us marking out, and then Paul decided which corner to start from. First time the bucket hit the ground, it found rock. The hammer (that has been booked for a fortnight) wasn't yet available- brand new digger, brand new hammer for it hadn't arrived. So he tentatively tried a different area with more luck and got a fair bit done; the hammer arrived thismorning. So now: Thankfully, that's all the spoil we have so far, a mix of a hardish grey basalt and a brown/blue mudstone shale. A lot has backfilled the back drain- and gained a tidy area in the process. Trenches just to tidy in the morning, BCO to inspect, then lay mesh and pour.
  6. dpmiller
    Last time I saw crap like that, it was caramelised Coke in the bottom of an autoclave...
  7. dpmiller
    according to...?
  8. dpmiller
    why not bring the DC cables through the felt and have the microinverters in the attic?
  9. dpmiller
    Since when did beer go off?
  10. dpmiller
    Ask me again later in the week.
  11. dpmiller
    Base drawings are in (finally!) so marking out and digging begins on Monday. In the meantime, here's the view from the top of the world (ok, topsoil bing...).
  12. dpmiller
    If it's currently in mown grass, is there not topsoil worth banking and retaining?
  13. dpmiller
    why does a pressurised system "need" a certified plumber?
  14. dpmiller
    Hey.
  15. dpmiller
    ordered three of those pumps for later use. Arrived yesterday... they're TINY! So used to the size and weight of old-style AC pumps, when the package arrived I wondered whether they'd only sent one, it was so light.
  16. dpmiller
    on the couple of quotes that we got showing erection as a separate sum, it was between 8-11k for our 270sqm 1.5-storey.
  17. dpmiller
    Oh, the treatment plant arrived today. No external controller, the Solido "C" unit has the controller integrated into the lid of the airpump which then sits in the "capsule", a screwtop container like the waterproof ones for emergency kit on boats. This then sits on a shelf just inside the manhole. Just needs an air inlet and 240v. It's a Hiblow pump, the Duo-80 http://www.maskamwater.com/products/air-pumps-and-blowers/hiblow-duo-6080/
  18. dpmiller
    Didn't actually. But Paul (groundworker) has a tame haulier who pulls out of Craigantlet so even if someone else was cheaper- and we're talking under a tenner for crusher run here- we're still saving on time as it's no distance from the depot.
  19. dpmiller
    this is something that bothers me. The council wants all plastics in the recycling bin, but they have to be washed out. Has anyone considered the load of this extra food waste on either individual or municipal treatment systems?
  20. dpmiller
    Dunno. Just called Carryduff and they were dearer still and are generally on the money apparently?
  21. dpmiller
    No, but I have now. Thirty quid dearer than Northstone.
  22. dpmiller
    Now things are getting a bit busy. Quarry (Northstone) came though with prices for stone, blocks, and concrete, and very good they are too. NIE have finally quoted for the electric, and it's pretty palatable even. Treatment plant is en-route from Cork. Rubble all in place now. Paul is currently contentedly cleaning the back drain, dropping twinwall in and stoning over. Dunno if he'll get started on the other drain today or not. Had a call form BC yesterday to confirm address details and warning me they'd be requesting a breakdown of the cost estimate. Hmm. Why does it feel like they want to up their profits?
  23. dpmiller
    In some ways the upstairs layout reminds me of ours; I'd have to ask tho, why does the bedroom with the dressing room get a "store" but the one next to it doesn't?
  24. dpmiller
    North up in the drawing, but actual orientation will be about 5deg clockwise from here. No FIT on this @SteamyTea as we're in NI. Three bodies in the house, unoccupied in the middle of the day. Thermal store and immersion diverter in the mix.
  25. dpmiller
    I'm aiming for a 4kW in-roof system, and wonder if the collective have an opinion on where is best on our roof profile to target. In the diagram, brown is the ridgeline, thick black are valleys. Roofslope is 40deg. I'm thinking landscape near the verges in areas 1 and 2, and portrait in area 3 should get the job done , but would 4 be better than 2, favouring the evenings? Ideas? ?
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