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Ive had pumped before and slabs. Id be interested as to what is better around cavity trays. Do pumped beads or dritherm work their way around all the folds and lintels? Pumped used to be cheaper at one point but then slabs became cheaper again. I find its easier to keep cavity clean of mortar with slabs. The compo just drops down onto last row of bats and clean it off. When you have an open cavity it drops right down to the bottom.

@Gus Potter i think there are a lot of items in your list that get copied and pasted between jobs with tweaks. For instance design and access. Moving forward maybe AI will also cut the labour involved in design and access down too? I've never used an engineer to set out or survey and have built a few houses now, just use the OS maps. Even though I've never been quoted fees as a % it is relevant because in your example 9k on a half a million pound house is a lot different to half a million on a 2 million quid house. The uplift in plot value on the planning permission will be a lot more.

Insured tree man. Like you say too built up around there. Ideally one with a stump grinder as well. Done and dusted in 1 day then.

Didnt @tonyshouse try this with a borehole in his basement. Probably too late to do now as it heated the ground up under his house iirc

Is there a photo?

Tbf im not really on about re building our network based on coal or running off 100% coal. All I'm saying is its been a choice to demolish our remaining working coal power stations. Will that be a good choice time will tell. I don't think it is. A lot here seem to be doing some impressive mental gymnastics to explain why China are building lots of new coal plants but it's ok for them.

Before you pour is better, while the digger is still there.

Sorry my reply wasn't aimed at you it was to the people who were telling me coal isn't secure.

So coal has a place to help secure energy. Are we all paying attention now

Say 200mm stone, 200mm insulation, 100mm slab. 500mm. Less full being 150mm above ground gets you to 350 reduced dig off ground height. Can reduce insulation with pir and prob go down to 150mm with stone

I get the machine to scrape out before he digs the last wall. You just go to whatever depth you need to bottom of stone for slab or clearance for suspended floor. Are you sure its only 200mm below ffl at present? Did you not even scrape the topsoil off prior to trenches? Presumably your ffl is around 150mm above the existing ground before you started?

The competition is who has the most energy not who has the cleanest. Look up how much coal China built in 2024 and 25. They ain't picky about where it comes from solar, nuclear, coal whatever works

How many coal power stations do the Chinese commission each year?

The comment its not working when they blow it up gets me. Obviously they're not blowing it up while burning coal. The point is it was shut down due to poor decisions. It was economically viable. Its like saying the landfill tax on the ash effects the viability. Just get rid of that tax for this byproduct. Job done.

There is a rail line into ratcliffe iirc

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So surely you agree blowing up a functioning power station, when we still have coal in the UK is not a great idea?

Yeh as I say, its crazy we are destroying all this infrastructure. We had a lot of it there. Can they capture any more of the bad particles nowadays with coal?

Yes but also should be careful with the pennies. @JohnMo what did you pay?

I remember it being cheaper than the equivalent u value in pir. Maybe its changed now.

I wouldnt be choosing my insulation based on the packaging it comes in. Eps all the way for me if you have the depth. Cheaper and easier.

I agree OP really should have removed the doors himself and given a spec. Or even engaged a surveyor and got them to get tenders for a spec for the job. But they won't...

Case in point. The airport spotters will be gutted as well they love to get photos with the towers in the background.

Quarter of a century of reliable power while altering the grid and infrastructure for the next phase of power. Sounds great 👍

People will actually be sad when it blows up too. They like to see the cooling towers. Its all just insane.