Ferdinand

How heavily are you re-landscaping. One option is to go for a bigger, shallower soakaway. Or a bog garden, which can sometimes become a pond? Where does the water currently go?

No. That's in Bolton, NC. (When it's not in Jellystone.) https://www.strangecarolinas.com/2016/07/hanna-barbera-boo-boo-statues-bolton-nc.html (Time for me to leave)

He means the shed, I think, not your aunt's house.

As someone who rents out a purpose built student house or two, I find making tenants supply their own dishwashers surprising -- it's a step towards the austere German system where most of the tenants have to supply to kitchen and bathroom fittings in rented homes :. I have supplied dishwasher, washer and dryer since about 2010 for my students.

Interesting,.There's a whole series of these about different types of Finnish homes. This one is modern student apartments. In this pic, our genial host looks wonderfully psychopathic. What do we think?

Glass is a liquid, of course...

IS it a covenant that restricts you? If so, if others have breached the same covenant then it is likely to be unenforcible. So I would download the deeds of the houses where these other places were built in the gardens, and see if any have that same covenant. Then you have evidence of unenforcibility. Perhaps once you have that, check with a local long-established legal firm, or Town Planner (MRTPI), who may with luck have dealt with the question before. For your PP I would go for Outline, not detailed, with most matters reserved. Others may differ on that. F

Are these like marks on brushed alu fridges? Perhaps WD40? Or computer screen cleaner? Or baby oil? Or perhaps a razor blade scraper, as used for ceramic hobs?

I think my answer to that is "deep enough", as it depends on the circs.

Is the loo roll in case you get too nervous ?

I meant ventilation fans eg in the bathroom, of course ?. Sorry, should have said.

It's a bungalow FFS. What bl***y good is a crane? 90kg .. decent sack trolley or slaves. Your issue was that you bought a staircase (was it a staircase?) that wouldn''t bounce.

I would stick a min/max hygrometer in there for a bit to get a handle on what is happening to the humidity. Wants to be below about 60% iirc. About a tenner: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermoPro-TP50-Digital-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B01H1R0K68/ I can't remember if it is insulated at all or it has lecky, but a traditional loft heater on a timer for a bit every day might be one long term option if you can't do it passively. Something similar to this one at £16. https://www.toolstation.com/dimplex-thermostatic-tubular-heater-ipx4/p17033 There may also be a suitable anti-mould paint. If you replace, you could do it with hollow soffit board plastic cladding, perhaps?

(I think) a modern (post 2005 since when they have been required aiui) gas boiler running at more than about 55C output temperature will not be in 'fully condensing' mode so will be running at an efficiency of 70%-90% rather than 90%+ Another 3 months, then . It sounds like a candidate for skirt or wing insulation should you get the chance. Do your ventilation fans have backdraft shutters or HR? Sounds like a great story overall. Good stuff. F

Can you look at something like the type of heat pump that just requires a single hole in the wall, and sits on the inside?

I've always viewed wing insulation as an alternative to skirt insulation where the latter was difficult. I think the modern Autonomous House man (with the circulating pipes drilled beneath his basement for an attempt at seasonal storage) who was off grid in suburban England may have had wing insulation, but I think they moved to the Islands to something slightly less autonomous, and slightly less hard work for oldsters. But that is dragged out of my memory so could be BS.

Evil, 1970s technology. Fill with foam. One way to deal with those is MVHR. My poor man's MVHR is a PIV loft fan, and a HR trickle fan (eg Vent-Axia Lo Carbon Tempra) at the far end of the downstairs.

How much older are you now, and does that alter perception?

The last lot of EWI people I interacted with (good, long established, local company) said that they had only ever done ONE skirt insulation (not the wing insulation) in a retrofit, and that that was for an enthusiast in a wealthy area (West Bridgford). And he thought they were a bit loopy ? .

Talk to your local gym and offer them a donation to their charity for the year in exchange for 2 or 3 people for 10 minutes. Crossfit Gyms would take that up if your offered perhaps £30 or so; pretty much all have charities they support. At ours we fundraised for one of those defibrillators which is now in gym reception for the surrounding industrial area. Or ditto Army or Air Cadets for a donation to the Poppy Appeal. It sounds like just under 100kg, so doable by 2-3 easily I would think. Or buy a sack trolley.

In a well insulated house I put them on internal walls as the cold air movements near windows should be less, and it makes running the services much easier.

@Cognis0 Where are you, roughly?

Quite interesting. Exactly the sort of people who should be investing in their own property.

It's a fsirly inefficient design - especially having that kitchen door 2/3 along the wall in the kitchen, rather than in the corner. An alternative could be to flip the kitchen, so that the run of units is behind the current door opening, and perhaps replace the door with a slider, or swing the other way, or leave open plan. Then you have 2.8m x 1.6m of area to put your table. Alternatively you could probably steel a chunk of one end or the other of your shower, make it a compact loo, and get extra space in one room. I would probably set it up for a table in the lounge area as that is a work table, and put a breakfast bar in the kitchen - which could be a small 400-500 x 1.2m thing on the LH wall or something bigger if you flip the layout or redesign. A table that folds down at both ends might be good. Or do both the above.

I think the other side of that is technology transfer of separable reusable / recyclable packaging. Plastic hi-tech packaging is difficult,, as it has a big role in preservation. I had a salad lunch from a local cafe the other day, and it came in a beautiful corrugated cardboard 'bowl', with lid, folded from a flat sheet, which I can just shred and compost. I think Maccie Ds will do something like this soon. Perhaps we need a Pigou tax on foam boxes. And the way forward on that (and to reduce fertility) is emission-efficient development. Roll on solar farms in Equatorial Africa. I am wondering if such could be a good new focus for our strategic Overseas Aid effort.