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As an LL I have a couple of industrial dehumidifiers in case a T causes a water leak. I recommend this model (or two of this model) as manageable, rather than the toy ones you get from B&Q. Hiring is *&^%$ expensive. I have a bigger one too but it weighs 60kg. *That* costs £1000+ new. It will help your plaster dry later in your build, and you will get most of your money back at the end when you sell it. If doing a big job stick a heater in there to get the temperature up, as that makes a huge difference. Put it a couple of feet off the ground so you can run the drain to a soft bucket or similar. And check it at least daily. https://www.dehumidifiersuk.com/brolin-br40c-damp-buster-heavy-duty-40-litre-portable-commercial-dehumidifier-built-in-uk.html

Don't mention Aunty Ethel and her fancy man.

Oooof. This is going to get serious if the law is not enforced. Having repeatedly expressed their willingness to cause vulnerable people to die, what happens when the first Insulate Britain idiot gets themselves killed? This was October 13th. https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/furious-motorist-drives-into-eco-protesters-blocking-road-near-dartford-crossing/

No, I didn't say.

I'm arguing on a very general forum, so it is about convincing several thousand third parties to keep open minds ? . Quite a bit of proper-gander around from "UK Govt is evil" people, and ASHP skeptics. Need to make sure I don't overegg my pudding.

I normally serve it on tenants in the house file.

There are various reports and predictions on that. Currently electricity demand is due to decrease for a few more years, then build up again. Whilst a smart grid is in the works and new electricity sources are coming on stream. Lots of moving parts.

Further to this, comments on this suggested table of increased pipe sizes would be interesting: https://omnie.co.uk/heat-pump-pipe-sizing/

Whew. I'm quite opinionated on this one. My *personal* view. The problems I have with Insulate Britain is that they are: 1 - Actively hurting the vulnerable in society by preventing patients getting to hospital, and impeding ambulances. And then publicly justifying it by stating - from the leadership down - that others' lives and health are a price worth paying because their cause and their opinions are so important. Here, for example, is a report of a stroke victim who was delayed for 6 hours in a traffic jam they caused, and ended up paralysed. There are multiple accounts of hospital patients being impeded. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-paralysed-stroke-after-m25-25015653 I don't care what they say, how much they know, or how important they think they are, bastards who do that belong behind bars for a very long time, or perhaps need to be sectioned. Were IB to be attacked by men with sticks and end up in hospital themselves with broken legs or broken heads, imo it would be pure poetic justice. 2 - IB are ignorant or dishonest, conveying misinformation. They claim, and try to convince people, that "nothing is being done". Actually the large ECO3 programme has been, and is still, running throughout - doing 100s of k of energy efficienccy measures. IB are preventing people looking for insulation, rather than helping. 3 - They tend to be privileged, narcissistic hypocrites We know that ER and IB trend middle-aged middle class, and are interfering with young families, older people, carers etc. Fine, some are goons who have been groomed into criminality; others are doing it willingly. But criminals deserve criminal sanctions. One of the four who smashed the windows of the city bank lives near me. 60 year old semi-retiree millionaire who lives in an old farmhouse (energy efficient?) renting out barn conversions (not very energy efficient ones - EPC 70) for up to £2500 per week. And takes it upon herself to wreck other people's lives on the basis of a set of arguments that are not even well-informed. Overall - beneath contempt. F

Cheers. My thinking is leave the existing pipework in place, reduce the flow temperature, and replace existing rads with double stackers as the simplest solution if heat emitter area is a problem.

Have done.

I'm expecting there to be "minimum EPC" standards before they get a grant, as there were for solar pv towards the end of the programme, as was applied to RHI through the mechanism of grants linked to how much C02 is saved. Now the appropriate standard to insist on would be C, as now between 30 and 50% of dwellings are C or better.

Not quite the correct thread, but I'm having a minor heat pump debate this morning elsewhere with a couple of ASHP-sceptics (aka haters), including an engineer who says they have installed 5 and all are unhappy customers. We have installed 5 in domestic new build properties, all had a plant room to accommodate all the equipment required, the cost was between £15-£20,000, the users are disappointed with the heat provided so far and that will only get worse as the days get colder. Currently although we make more money out of ASHP we would never recommend them. Another point to remember is heating in a Commercial setting. We do lots of boiler changes in School's. We did 4 this summer, all were changing old gas boilers for new. On a technical note a gas boiler will provide output at 80 degrees, an ASHP willprovide output at 30-40 degrees. Therefore the size of pipework in a house willhave to be changed from the standard 15mm to anything between 22mm to 42mm depending on the output of the ASHP and all the radiators will need to be changed to match the new pipework. Imagine having 42mm pipework running throughout your house. Now, the flow temperature thing is blather, as condensing boilers become far less efficient over 55C, and rads are recommended to have a max surface temp of 43C where vulnerable people (eg children) are around. But the new 42mm pipework thing. Do ASHPs require new pipework? Really? I thought pipe systems had a tolerance for flow variation which would just allow say a single -> double rad change and an moest increase in the flow. Can anyone comment?

I'd certainly agree that the 2005 date is not workable. Unless he has a Tardis. (I edited the OP to 2035)

Anyone is likely to have to pay a commuted sum to cover 25 years' maintenance if a local Council body adopt a road. It is expensive to do.

One option to look at is simply to upgrade heat emission is to replace your existing rads with double ones, which will fit the same space. Though when I upgrade an old house I tend to switch the rads from under window - as windows no longer leak and are warmer - onto inside walls, which are closer together and keep the heat in the house. F

We had a lot of hot air ducted heating systems installed in the 1960s/1970s that came out on skirting or floor vents. As children we loves sitting in front of the vents. Making a comeback?

So in that case surely his role as the engineer is to tell them that the house needs some investment first? Heaven knows there have been enough funding packages to increase the energy efficiency of socially rented homes over the last 20 years. A singe programme that ran from 2001 to iirc 2018 or so was worth around £20 billion.

(Mod action: Two separate heatpump grant threads merged)

At present I think quite a bit of it is about encouraging the skill base and the domestic industry to develop, whilst providing a measure of certainty. The UK market at the moment is about 65k this, compared to around 1.5 million across Europe and 250k-300k in France (*) Personally I think that 5k should be more than adequate; if all the cost is funded by the government then we will have money-grubbing fools falling over themselves to stick heat pumps in before creating decent quality fabric. If say half of the heat pump cost is funded then they will spend some money on insulation, ventilation, airtightness first. And reduce their heating consumption therefore need smaller heat pump. Hopefully we will also have a sharp requirement on the EPC Level required to get a heat pump grant - hopefully C or above and a new repot required first. Integrity of the EPC database is one important question. (*) This makes sense as they use very little gas, so no switchover required, and do not have our longer, colder, wetter windows on the whole.

Couldn't you have given him an at least one hour of happiness and a sense of accomplishment ? Going for the new industrial dippy-hippy look - breezeblock.

Are both parties committed to the sale? Does it have PP? What will your solicitor charge to draft it? If it is a reasonably small amount then get it drafted and make your formal offer conditional on it. Dependent on how hot the market is for this plot, reduce your formal offer by a suitable amount. If you have it drafted, it avoids any need for you to waste time quibbling about specifics you disagree with. I had my solicitor draft a clause of easement, they didn't question the wording, so I now have an easement with the widest definition of "services" I have ever seen. I could dig a tunnel to import elephants if I had a decent reason for needing them. The only risk as I see it is either them stealing your wording for the other plots or if your sale falls through. If a sale is agreed I think they would rather have your xxx k rather than kill the sale for the small amount. Assuming they *want* to sell it. Where is the downside of your solicitor doing it? The answer to "cui bono?" is most probably you. F

It sounds like the answer is an insulated kettle...

On the fence if the face of the wall is along the boundary, you physically can't put one in as it will be in their land ?. And you can't put it up tight as presumably there are foundations sticking out ? Tbh your trellis idea sounds really good. Where's Barbara Woodhouse when you need her? OK. Here's how to do it for a Friday PM.

High hedge complaints usually have a large fee attached for the complainer. Like £500. Check it for your council.