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the wee one from Ebay doesn't care- temperature is hard set using dip switches. edit- crap! just realised I'd posted the wrong item, I'd composed a post offfering the digital one as well and deleted the wrong list sorry. try this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-12V-Heat-Cool-Temp-Thermostat-Temperature-Control-Switch-Thermometer-20-90-C-/282297684188?epid=1131968094&hash=item41ba40d0dc:g:RkcAAOSwDN1UPOpM

Cheap simple and accurate try something like Ebay item 1688573745, I use one to control a circ fan on top of a rad and it's been seamless for a couple of years. Pay a few quid more for a UK vendor if you're in a rush 112079287480.

anyone for a flyaround?

Aye. As the existing approval is pre-PPS21 I'm going to spend a few quid getting a consultant to do the dirty deed. Sounds like ANDBC planning is running about 8 months behind so I only want to do it once and the right man might be able to apply some leverage. Hopefully. I'd be happier if we could get completion on the site first tho...

woohoo we have plans!

Not that we've much need for softening this side of the Irish Sea, but the autoclave manufacturer I work closest with supplies Kinetico Aquablu units and I'm very impressed by them- no electrical supply, and twin-tank, regenerating in parallel with flow based on a mechanical meter.

I'd guess that to get any meaningful power, you'd need to change to motor from series-wound to parallel?

ipscan24 for the laptop.

another Lidl purchase recommendation- their folding pruning saw is a nasty beast...

yup. Get it fab'd on site by yourself or others and you're good.

and FPC includes traceable calibration of welding equipment and suchlike things.

http://www.steelconstruction.info/CE_marking "fabricated and delivered to site"

Laco Slic-tite is superb. I use it on steam air and gas and it's pretty impressive stuff. A bit messy perhaps but seals up every time.

big tank in the attic and a simple booster pump under it?

^ the instore baked turnovers are to die for.

I've the previous incarnation of the gennie- £65 at the warehouse clearance last autumn. It's pretty impressive- smart throttle using a stepper motor. Doesn't idle down that low with no load and hunts a little under low loads when cold, but as @Crofter says it pushes out the watts...

I've never tried it, so what's the flow like at mains pressure down 10 or 15m of 10mm?

Anybody tried the Studbox yet? http://www.studbox.co.uk/

not spraying?

Yes, I'm liking the Rewatec Solido from Wastewater Direct, they've been the most helpful I've had a conversation with so far and it doesn't hinder that they're nice and local for commissioning etc.

Buying the site cash, and remortgaging the current pad to fund enough of the build to be habitable. Lane is already in as is water, transformer is the other side of a bordering laneway (the poles come along our side of the fence), BT line comes down the lane to the newbuild just beside "our" plot. Youngster is going into P6 this year and we currently live about a quarter mile from his school so no point moving til he goes to big school; that give a reasonable timeframe I hope.

So where are we at then. Design is finalised. Just waiting now for the final docs to arrive. Thus far, dealing with Shaun has been an absolute dream. Far from being just another "off-book" plan he's totally redrawn and redesigned the basic house. He's considered economies of build, taken on board my view of the site, and denied nothing we've asked for. Totally "un-architecty". I'm kinda sitting on my hands a bit now tho until the solicitors square everything up. There's a long shared lane so a couple of parties to involve. But once that's completed, I've a planning consultant cued up to make the requisite application, and will take advice on how best to apply for the Consent to Discharge. Other services look OK all things being considered. So once the site completes, what can I do "on the ground"? Get a machine in for a day and scrape the grass off in the vicinity of the build?Put a gate or chain up? I'm guessing not much more as the original footings will likely need to remain for inspection. Any thoughts?

^ but many do have a sump/ condensate tray heater. I'd contend tho tha it's likely to be a sightly better irem than the defrost heaters used by Beko et al.

just remember it's live with 50v dc and that they get grumpy if you pop the fuse in the exchange, and you're golden.

I've just purchased a cheapo wildlife cam to put on the site (once it's finally ours) that'll alert me via an emailed capture within a minute or two. Pretty impressive tech.