dpmiller

if it's not a massive area, buy a small blasting gun and do it yourself. Slow and messy but doable

flick the light on for a couple of seconds as you enter, then it'll run on the overrun time as you shower. Likewise if there are nasty niffs to deal with

while PIR between the studs is theoretically better, the difficulty getting a thermally-good fit vs just shoving in rockwool makes the rockwool my preferred choice.

have you flexifeet to stand it on? Two block on flat, each end.

try a tiny smear of grease on the back of the latch.

even better!

camping fridge with a coil of hose in it...

you could get them to put a 3m2 heatpump coil in?

Are there any unusually green spots recurring in aerial images? I can't see a 500m field drain being likely somehow... So little water is involved that it's an irrelevance, frankly. Do you think SEPA are likely to survey based on your data? I'd be tempted to give them a random grid ref and carry on...

pretty sure our Smart is a 6PE? BL30 tank

If you were worried about the air supply, you could easily go up a size of duct to reduce restriction. Are they size-for-size? Solido comes in a few different tank sizes. Is the Solido you're quoted specced with pump out or alarm vs the basic one with airlift only? Is the output quality same?

@SuperJohnG I extended the air inlet hose about 6m with some buried 25mm conduit to place the snorkel in the hedgeline out of the way. Has no effect on the running of the unit, the volume of air required is quite low. With Smart C there is no separate control box, there's an LCD built into the top cover flap of the pump. Lift manhole, unscrew lid of "equipment capsule" to access. Funnily enough I lifted the lid on ours yesterday for the first time in a year or so. Couldn't hear the pump at all until I lifted the manhole cover, no odour whatsoever, and a seething mass below.

I'll go against the accepted wisdom here as I went ASHP/TS/ boiler stove. At least that's the plan, the stove is a wee bit down the things-to-spend-money-on list yet. Likely Woodfire Passiv, but I'm holding out for the option of a FHT Stove actually coming to market (or having a play at building one myself..)

Might there be an upstand on the rear of the cill?

that's one of them Spanish/ Portuguese things that doesn't work if it's cold?

Flow temp is fixed in Day mode, following the schedule, but is weather compensated in Low Speed. Not quite sure about Night Mode, If I get a chance this evening I'll delve into the installer menus and see what the parameters are for it.

standby and preheat consumption should be listed in the TUV document?

the Coolenergy controller will happily run variable flow temperatures at different times of day, the four timeslots have programmable setpoints for all three modes. Weather comp then "adjusts" these numbers. Plus the fan modes (high/low/night/pressure) alter the compressor's max speed too.

are you reusing or selling the door? If neither, can you add hinges and a roller to *it*?

A nice long mains cable that's *just barely* the right capacity might do the job...

how low is low, and what does reasonably-priced mean?

needs a delicate touch with enamelled pipe, but is cutting the F and/or M bits off it an option, if one is too big and the other too small?

I've never seen a "proper" slowcooker with any kind of simmerstat or thermostat, they generally switch the elements between series and parallel to get different ratings? Multicookers a different kettle of kippers tho...

Get a price for a bespoke unit from World Heat. You might be surprised at the cost, and you can get all the fittings where you need them to match the current layout which will save time and money. The can offer Big coils too.

might be worth getting it typed to see what variety of disposal is necessary. There's the likes of Iota, Chemtest, and G&L Consultancy (who are good at surveying); they may also be able to make recommendations for disposal too. I look after equipment for all of the above, but you'll see the guys from G&L out and about more so they might be able to assist quicker?