Alan Ambrose

>>> Can you not design the front at the front, just to please the planners, but have other sections of house orientated to do what you want. That's actually a bit tricky as the plot is long-ish and narrow-ish. The questions is: are there actually some 'rules' somewhere or is it just convention? Alan

Hi, I have a question I have not been able to find the answer to after a few hours of Googling... It seems generally accepted to design with the principal elevation of a new house parallel to the road. Depending on the compass direction of the road though that doesn't work necessarily very well for the best orientation to the sun for solar panels and shading etc. Ideally, for best sun direction I would like to orient the house about 45 degrees to the road. Are there some 'planning rules' somewhere which might prevent that? TIA, Alan

Hi, I don't claim to have done an exhaustive market analysis - but I just replaced an Uponor UFH set-up (the thermostats / controller / actuators) with a Heatmiser one that is app-controlled. Works fine. Alan