ProDave

The same principle applies to fitting a flex into a square pin plug.

You should not need to take any bricks out, just rake out the mortar one brick up to slot in the missing bit of lead and then re point it. And send the bill for the remedial work to the roofer that "forgot" to fit it?

Not my idea of a house design but each to his own, if you have deep enough pockets. Worst case he would have to sell a car or 2. He operates in a completely different financial world to normal people. Yes I thought the cladding with all it's ripples was not the crisp look he wanted? And I guess every episode in this series is doing to have the Covid delay factor in it. But how did it go from an unfinished abandoned shell to a finished house at the end with no documentation of that part of the build and how they overcame all the previous challenges?

Yes but the cardboard says "INSIDE VIEW". Take the top off, turn the plug over as if you are about to connect a flex to it, and then compare the inside terminal markings to those on the cardboard and report back. EDIT: Time was you did not need instructions to put a flex into a plug. At a very young age as a boy, my MOTHER showed me how to put a plug onto a flex. I bet it is not even taught in school now.

There will be no issue with the size of the conductors. You might find if it is marked with a voltage rating it will not be as high as 230V but in practice I would be very surprised if there are any issues with the voltage unless they are using bell wire.

Is this a new build? HAve you just bought it? History / conttext please. As above the bridging piece of lead is missing. Shockingly bad by whoever put that roof on, total bodge that they have done. But a relatively simple fix to put it right for a competent roofer.

The cardboard would be correct for an inside view showing you how to connect the cables. Since it gives the stripping details of the cable that is probably it's intended use. EDIT: it even says "Inside view" on it,

E12 is a standard size bulb, used to be known as SES (Small Edison Screw) so you can get 240V lamps for it. The wiring will be US colours. Caution, black will be L and white N probably, it is important you confirm which connects to the body of the screw thread, that must connect to N.

@John Keith where abouts are you that you should be worried about an ASHP not liking the cold? If mine works okay in a "sheltered Highland Glen" with a cold winter climate, I am sure they will work anywhere in the UK.

The erratic pressure is probably a sign of the expansion vessel bladder having failed or needs pumping up. When was the last time a plumber serviced the system including checking the expansion vessel? It seems you are choosing the wrong reason to replace a boiler that probably has a simple fix?

In Scotland it's 5M from a building or boundary and 10M from a watercourse or highway. I think in England it's 7M from a building.

A "building" should be 5 metres from a septic tank. If you can achieve that, then fine. Assuming this is temporary accommodation for a self build I doubt anyone cares if it is closer than that.

I assume this is a typical Scottish timber frame build? The frame would have gone up first, timber around the window opening on the outside forming the cavity closer, window fixed to that timber and then the outer brick or block built up to the window. So the window will be a little larger than the opening in the brick. Typical replacement window company would bodge that by making the window smaller and filling any gaps with foam and stick on bits of trim. If you want to get back to original, i.e. window in original place and original size you need to do it from the inside, so strip off the plasterboard from the ingo take old window out, fit new window with straps that fix to the window frame and then the timber frame around the opening, replace plasterboard and decorate.

Almost every house has a void like that. It will be below DPC, cold and damp. Anything you put there in the way of tanks etc will need GOOD access. Are you really that tight for space? Best thing you can do is crawl in there, insulate the space under the floor then seal it up and forget about it.

Nobody is disputing that. All I am saying is don't just replace your (probably) 2 solar thermal panels with 2 similar sized solar PV panels and expect as much hot water from them. You will need more of your roof covered in solar PV. Personally if I had solar thermal and it worked I would keep it and add solar PV as well.

What nobody has mentioned is you need a bigger area of solar PV to give the same output as solar thermal.

At £700K for 2.5 acres with basement, foundations and drainage installed for a house that will be about 300 m2 It looks good value compared to the small plots and golden brick prices at Graven Hill

But it still means you have got a building plot for less than the cost of a building plot would be normally.

Plasterbpoard dot and dabbed as tight as you can get it. I see you are fitting UFH in there. How much insulation is under it?

The only time I was on Raasay was about 30 years ago and we didn't go right to the end of the road as there is a very steep section and the owner of the camper van we were in was afraid it would not make it up the slope.

ebay is often helpful, indeed VERY helpful in this case https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124864933988?hash=item1d1287b064:g:fgsAAOSwEBdgMSf6 A job lot of MCB's for £16 including postage including four new in packet MK 25a type C I would go and snap that up very quickly. EDIT if you don't and it's still there in a few days I will probably buy it myself.

You should have got insurance at the start as a self build site policy. It would have covered all your public liability as well as insuring the building at whatever stage it is now. That is what you should be seeking but is harder to find after the project has started.

That's an interesting graph, but must be total energy not just the electricity generation? But it shows we were only able to phase out coal because of reduced demand, NOT because the coal generation has been replaced with an equal capacity of something else that is less polluting.

Not quite, he improved Calum's Road which was indeed a hand made private road made some time earlier. He has a fantastic website about his off grid living https://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/

Sheet the WHOLE roof in OSB, the Scottish way, we call it "sarking" It makes for a so much better roof in so many ways for little extra cost.