Alan Ambrose

Is the minimum spec of the cable not in the instructions? (Tried calling the distributors?) Suggest current rating of cable should be twice the demand, just as a safety factor. And yes, regarding signal and power in the same cable, you can largely please yourself with ‘extra low voltage’ - although you should be professional enough to ensure the cable doesn’t overheat by having enough capacity.

I vote for Paul’s place - probably much more interesting at the moment.

An IP17 meet, or is that too far east for everyone? I have a concrete slab and tea making facilities to show off. Attractive, no? Anyone else have another offer?

Those stairs are for little people to scurry up and big people to stride up.

Nice

Another way of looking at the situation in the South is that the landowners take 100% - 120% of the economic gain out of the PP uplift. Because of the v low supply, the landowners price for the people with more money than sense - making any build marginally economic at best, a money loser in most cases.

>>> you have not read enough Buildhub Maybe there should be required reading of specific threads followed by a test to ensure the information has been fully understood and retained. A key part of that knowledge would be the difference between KWH, kw, kW and Kw 😄. Also thermal mass being measured in kg.degree K.

>>> Which brand do you recommend for this That bright green stuff in the image is Ubbink.

Those all sound very reasonable given the kit and skill involved.

@zzPaulzz - sorry I forgot to answer your question. I use a co called Alco Eng https://alcoengineering.co.uk for laser and bending sheet, usually stainless. And purpose powder coating https://www.purposepowdercoatings.com . But that’s largely out of habit and knowing they’ll deal with small (rather than industrial) quantities. I generally supply a design in pdf and dxf allowing for the bending characteristics, but I think Alco will do that bit too for a fee. I’m sure there are loads of other good companies too.

That graph is for the US?

>>> Seems a shame there isn't a way to run wet underfloor heating in a way that would cool the floors ? There’s lots of info here on ‘t ‘ub on running heat pumps in cooling mode. Some do it out of the box, some can be configured, some can’t.

ah thanks

It's a moral failing. Someone at the council thought 'should we try and hoodwink £70K out of a council-tax-paying 'customer' for making a paperwork mistake?'. And the answer came back: 'yes, let's try it on'. And yes, Feynman was a legend.

Nice, thanks. Assume they worked OK?

Anyone have some ballpark costs for core drilling? In particular, some 150mm holes for MVHR ducts through a 365mm RC wall?

... and which ones did you use?

>>> 3mm is 2 credit cards. Or, in imperial, about 5 miles if you have OCD. Or as I call it 'attention to detail' 😄 .

If I've understood you correctly - any chance of shaving the 3mm off the back of the tray instead?

Thanks Tom, very useful info.

As other here on BH have noted though - we British have a generalised rose-tinted view of 'German engineering'. Some of it is justified, some of it is definitely not. The German wife of a friend (they live in Berlin) tells me that the red tape in local government is outrageous and the amount of pen and paper and fax machine usage is regrettable.

There's nothing like a government-mandated monopoly owned by a hedge fund is there? There's a few of these around.

Agree with external blinds & brise soleil. Oh and low-ish g glass. But also, let vegetation grow in front of the windows in the summer. It looks great and, if you choose the right plants, they love it. Then cut it back in the winter.

If you’re lucky you might break even but end up with the house you mostly want - but likely after a few battles with planners, contractors, neighbours etc.

She’s taking the mickey, fairly obviously to try and stop you complaining about out of hours working. The boundaries held at the land registry are only approximate unless a special filing has been done.