ProDave

I suspect ripple actually have nothing to do with the maintenance of the wind farm. My guess (and it is only a guess) is they have bought a share in the wind farm and are sub selling smaller shares to individuals. I would give the project more credit if they were more open with the actual arrangements.

There is a long thread about Ripple on the MSE forum https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6177271/ripple-energy-wind-farm/p62 A lot of people there thinking it is a good idea and a few questioning it. I did ask if anyone who signed up to it how long it took from paying your money to getting first payment and the one person that answered it was about 2 years. That tells me 2 things, the wind farm you are buying into is a long way through it's planning process, it is a lot longer than 2 years from planning permission to generating power. But secondly, when you are presented with a payback time calculation of say 6 years, you really need to add that 2 years on so it will be 8 years before you have recouped your investment. For me it is looking too risky and too long payback. Putting more money into more PV and battery storage looks a lot more secure and likely a quicker payback.

That's an odd arrangement. I would first be asking does the wall need or would benefit from extra insulation? This is the once chance you get to easily add insulation before proceeding so think about that first.

Most on here including me would advise keeping the manifold pump and blending valve. I did wire a system with a Grant ASHP earlier this year where they only used the single pump in the ASHP but I don't know how that worked out in practice.

I have started this thread to discuss Ripple energy, and to prevent a thread where it was recently mentioned going too far off topic. Ripple Energy is a Wind Farm Coop where "members" buy shares and their payback is they then get energy from the wind farm at wholesale rates. Their website is here https://rippleenergy.com/ To "buy" enough capacity to supply all the needs or our all electric house would cost a little over £3K and you would then get wholesale priced electricity for 25 years (the life of the wind farm) Drawbacks as far as I can tell: You pay £25 to reseve a place on the next wind farm to be built, you then pay for it when the shares are oficcially offered but don't start receiving your wholesale electricity until the wind farm comes on line. They conveniently don't tell you what that time interval is.

Might I suggest I start a thread to discuss Ripple Energy? I was thinking about doing so anyway, and it would stop this thread going off topic. EDIT: Thread for Ripple Energy discussion is here.

You lifted the "trap" out of the shower to clean it and did not put it back properly.

Can we set a time for the release of the answer, I can't take the suspense.

You forgot to tape a joint in the air tight later?

And then tell everyone how useless heat pumps are.

Window pane fell out

AAV failed?

Air inlet duct for stove fell off?

Hose fallen off MVHR inlet or outlet vent.

You had left another window open and forgotten about it.

It is supposed to be cold and well ventilated up there. The loft insulation, the pink stuff at floor level, could do with some tidying up to make sure there are no gaps through to the actual ceiling (likely where it is lifted in that picture)

We used to run a B&B and that had UFH in the bedrooms, which we all know is slow. We used to keep the thermostats set at 20 degrees. One morning after the guest had left we went to service the room, only to find the thermostat set at 30, the room far too hot, and the window wide open. I guess they wanted it a bit warmer than 20, turned it up, nothing appeared to happen so they turned it up more. Never under estimate how stupid some people are.

I thoroughly despair at the state of customer services with most organisations now, both public and private. In the last week I have sent two complaints to 2 different companies because I just can't get any sense out of them. And one of those (the public one) the ONLY way to make a complaint is by post.

Hi and welcome. You are a brave man. The biggest challenge I expect will be to create a home that is anything like energy efficient. Don't even consider UFH until you have a proper conversion plan and an estimate of heating requirements. I look forward to reading how this project goes. Best of luck.

I run the current clamp cables for my home made PV diverter through about 25 metres of 6 pair SWA telephone cable that gets them into the under stairs cupboard, then about 10 metres of cat 5 inside the house to get them to the plant room. It seems to work okay. But no guarantee it will work with any particular system.

That raises more questions than it answers. Why does consumption rise? Is it because the insulation is failing? Or because customer use is changing and it would have risen even if no insulation had been fitted? Is the "increase" measured in cost or units of gas consumed? It just seems to be clickbait to push the "you must get a heat pump" message.

I would put 10mm 3 core steel wire armoured. That will feed a sub main, to the outbuilding and your solar PV would feed into that. But we don't know what is going into the outbuilding so that is a bit of a guess. As you talk of batteries there will probably be some data cable or a cable for a current clamp that has to go on the main incoming cable by the meter. I would be thinking of Cat 6 network cable for that? anyone else care to advise? Is that available in a SWA form or would it have to be outside Cat 6 in conduit?

Possibly similar seals? I think the difference are 2 fold quality windows fitted with care by builders that understood. I know while getting the frames square, there was a lot of opening and closing of the casements to ensure they closed evenly without distortion or rubbing. The Rationel windows come complete, glazing fitted and casements fitted into the frames. A lot of UPVC windows come as the bare frame and assembled on site, more chance to get things wrong. That's not to say you can't get good UPVC windows, there are plenty on here who have good well fitted UPVC windows. I definitely would not get the local "double glazing" firm to do my windows.

Answered in first reply. Fitted by builders I trust who took the time to fit them square, straight and secure so they won't move. And air tight sealing to building membrane detailed by me.

Are these run of the mill UPVC?