TonyT

I’ve spent a fair bit on repairs on a commercial set up, compressors, gas etc all add up!

I cope well with a light switch at the door controlling centre light and 2a sockets for table lights.

Don’t do it? Just finished a job specified by a lighting designer. still waiting on the info on the scene setting programmed in, info on what do the 12 buttons on the light switch do. just grief only good thing is the last person out switch

Normal ply all the time

Super Guy, not Spy

Cold bridging of external stonework all the way to the blistering paint area? Best Buy some humidity/ temp sensors for the rooms to start recording data, these can be bought for about a £5 or less on line

Gypsum plaster over existing lime? do you have kitchen/ bathroom fans or other means of mechanical ventilation/heat recovery?

Find someone to do a speedy carbide test. https://www.michaelparrett.co.uk Check for leaks check for ventilation check breathability of products

Just get anything that records 1080p Basic systems are fine. I have a basic system at home and use an expensive system at work, they have different requirements. the home unit from amazon- sansco ticks the boxes, easy to navigate, easy to record,easy to view, at your budget you don’t need fancy nice haves, just to record imagery. Or get a WiFi Netvue cctv and turn the infra red off and point out the window for under£40.

What’s the budget?

He’s not disputing the need for water, he’s pointing out that there are other options avaibe other than a large plastic tank ?

Never heard that before

I would fit the 3 phase board now, why spend money twice to swap out and have to pay an electrician twice. deal with the grief once

£500. Best £500 you will spend. 5/10/15/ 20 years time when the family all have EV and you are looking for multiple charging points! For just one example.

If costs aren’t too crazy I would go for 3 phase to allow you to maximise PV over 3 phases. helpful for balancing other loads too, particularly EV charging there is no clumsiness in using 3 phase

So you are planning to do an outside socket, great so fit an IP rated socket and adjacent to it fit a switched spur for the outside lights. spur let’s you isolate the lighting swa cabling straight into spur.

Doesn’t it depend on who is building it?

47mm for the sole plate and reduce the height of the walls by 25mm and you have the same height

If you are tying into the lighting circuit -and finding not difficult why not spur off the ground floor sockets? drill out the back of a socket and away you go. easier for cable run!

It’s a bit rough. they get mortar in, by applying enough to squeeze some out when the blocks are pushed together, and then flushing off with the trowel

Use the bar instead of the banjos/frying pans. They do the same job.

Get some mitre fix adhesive, handy stuff how are you fixing the skirting to the walls?

Have a look in screwfix, everyone’s budget and preference is different

What happens in a fault? what happens if you are not technically minded to maintain equipment what happens when you get old? only you can answer what’s right for you you can get someone else to excavate to save some costs and get the DNO to run cable, they don’t have to do all the works

2 minutes a week!!