ProDave

Electricty only, no gas here. We are looking to move our plot away from ebico's no standing charge rate to a more "normal" electricity supply deal. Now that the big 6 have all put up their prices it seems a good tome to look around. Best I have found yet is Flow Energy. 28.8p per day standing charge, 14.67p per unit, fixed until April 2018 This is for North Scotland where we are hit with a higher distribution charge than other parts of the UK. Anyone know a better rate?

Yes. You need a KMF

Shall i find you an electrician?

Now doesn't @Onoff have a whole body air dryer waiting go go into his epic project bathroom somewhere?

I generally use that perforated galvanised strapping that comes on a roll, and I would have screwed the two ends down into the top of the trusses. But many ways to achieve the same thing and none are complicated.

Exact boundaries only become a "problem" when there is a dispute. As many others when I bought my plot, the hand drawn plan in the deeds was very poor and not definitive, so my solicitor went through a process of obtaining a "P16 report" where the land registry try to match the parcel of land with something on their maps, and came up with a pretty close match, so we then agreed to buy it on the basis we were buying what was enclosed by the current fences. But our is not build close the the boundaries so if there was ever a boundary dispute and we lost a small bit of garden it would not be a big issue.

A land registry map will rarely show enough detail to determine the boundary without some reference. That reference is usually the fences. If the fence is NOT on the boundary, then it will usually be shown on the plan as inside not at the edge, of your land.

In that case my "wet" towel will be pretty light.

I can see a forum wet towel competition coming soon. I am not sure I want to see that (might turn into a wish I could unsee that moment)

British Waterways morphed into the Canal & River Trust. What is their interest? Plumber and digger driver should not have issues. If I can install my own unit myself the professionals should not have a problem. But we do look forward to pictures with diggers and big holes in the ground (we are easily pleased) As long as it's approved to the relevant BS number I am sure building control will accept it.

That is very similar to the discussion I had about my static caravan and they backed down and removed the clause requiring it's removal on completion of the house.

Yes but a much more serious question. Has anyone found a way to make freshly washed towels fluffy, without the use of a tumble dryer? Getting them DRY is no issue but "sandpaper" is a description I get told of any towel that has not wasted spent time in the tumble dryer. EDIT: Jeremy beat my by 2 minutes.

Just to say I stopped the test after 2 days which confirmed it's clocking up 2KWh per day on the meter.

yours for the cost of postage if you want something "rare"

Yes. No hole for the water to get out. Screwy's have posted a replacement.....

Check your components before assembly.I didn't So I have done some basic plumbing to get some water on in the house. Except when I turned it on, no water came out, not a gurgle, not a drip. I start worrying my incoming pipe has a major problem. What I have connected is so simple it can't possibly not work. Can it? So I crack the nut on the input to the stopcock, yes there's water there. I crack the nut on the output of the stopcock, not a drop. Take the stopcock out for inspection. Spot the problem...

The issue is not how long can your tails be, but the DNO will only allow THEIR fuse to protect tails up to 3 metres long. So if you want longer, do as already suggested and fit a KMF with an 80A fuse in it.

It will be now as the EWI will have blocked the weep vents and I see no sign of any new vents being fitted.

I'll let you know when I try it. Planning 150mm long 6mm screws (because I have plenty) into the brick. got to first buy a longer 6mm SDS bit

I believe it's EON. It's a timber framed bungalow, but an old one when they only built with 100mm frames, and not much insulation in the frame, then a 50mm cavity then the blockwork. Adding the EPS will improve it but who know by how much. Who says it has to meet any particular target U value? surely just the fact it's improving it is the target?

Had an interesting one today. Had a call to go and do some electrical work in a bit of a hurry. The story is , the customers energy supplier is paying for external wall insulation, for free, on a standard bungalow. This was aparently the 4th time they had applied and much to their surprise they were accepted. So the bungalow is being clad in 80mm EPS (or is it XPS I can't tell the difference) and then being rendered. The reason for the panic call to me as an electrician, is they were simply going to cut the stuff around a couple of external 13A sockets which would have left them rendered in place in a recess and unservicable. so my job was disconnect them, extend the cable and leave just a cable to be threaded through a hole and then rendered, and to go back when it's all done to re fit them. Also had an outside light and a couple of PIR sensors, who know what concoction they would have dreamed up had I not removed those. The insulation is cut round the external oil fired boiler, and also cut round a stack pipe that's tight to the wall. Also where a fence panel joined the wall, they have taken the fence panel off but left the post that was screwed to the house. It looks like they will render around, this fence post then put the fence back!!!!! It will be interesting to see what the finished thing looks like and how much difference it makes.

Pictures. We like pictures.

I would just plant the hedge and buy mature plants so it is fairly well established quickly.

The video shows it all. Except in your case all the nuts will be very tight because they won't have been off for years so you will need a big adjustable spanner.

It was common to have a gate valve on the feed to a header tank, in the airing cupboard below perhaps. can you post a picture of your ballcock valve and we might suggest how to dismantle it, but don't try until you have turned the water off somehow.