Kelvin

We definitely can’t hear it when in the house or if standing with the house between us and the turbines. Oddly I’m the only a person that’s heard it. My other half couldn’t even after pointing it out to her. One of my dogs isn’t keen on them. Whenever we walk up past them he woofs at them if they are spinning. Obviously not a fan of renewables 😂

You will hear it some of the time. We have three 2.2km North of us and when the wind speed is relatively low but strong enough for the turbines to turn you can hear the whoosing noise. I have to dial out the other sounds though and focus on it to hear it. As the wind speed rises the noise of the wind itself can only be heard. It’s very rare that I hear it though. It’s actually quite nice oddly. It’s certainly not an insufferable noise.

If you did talk to your neighbour how much of a problem would this be? What do you want the outcome to be? If it’s removal and relocation then you’ll need to contact Openreach. Without pictures and a better idea how the houses are laid out it’s hard to comment.

Ffs. Frustrating.

While it’s true that that the pipes are likely safe it’s irrelevant as far as the op is concerned. Scottish Water have agreed to replace it and have delivered a terrible service is doing it. Write to their CEO, Alex Plant. https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/executive-leadership-team# Use their own words in your correspondence https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/About-Us/What-We-Do/Water-Sector-Vision

I got a quote of £66/m2 for materials only 2 years ago. Catnic will provide a quote from their website.

We don’t have any heating upstairs for the two rooms. We wired for fitting panel heaters in case we ever needed to actively heat the rooms. The upstairs bathroom is heated by an electric towel radiator. The house isn’t finished yet so it’s hard to say how it will work but it seems to be working ok so far.

Are we they not removable?

Thanks for this. Very helpful. Like you I don’t want to vent through the house roof hence why the garage roof was a good compromise. The BCO has already approved this with an AAV in the house. But I wondered yesterday if I could vent near the treatment plant or if the blower itself would allow venting. Mine is a Graf One2Clean. ETA Just read the installation manual and unlike the Vortex system it doesn’t specifically say you can spur off inlet or outlet and the install diagram shows a more traditional layout venting out of an SVP in the building. Shall contact Graf and ask them if it can be installed similarly to the Vortex.

We have a treatment plant. Everything I’ve read states you can’t install air admittance valves instead of an SVP.

Don’t I still need an SVP somewhere in the plumbing?

I need to get my SVP up through my garage metal roof so have been looking at suitable weatherproof flashings. Something like this. Any other suggestions. My intention is to bring it up through the flat bit of the roof rather than the seam bit. Flagged @saveasteading https://www.drainagesuperstore.co.uk/product/dektite-premium-grey-epdm-100mm-to-200mm-external-pipe-dimensions.html?srsltid=AfmBOopCaz9ldi74y3SGI8z--US8RsMOhq3Md1p-hashII9ajMp5VtYtULA

Ours are 3G advertised with rain noise reduction. You can still hear the rain quite clearly. I’ve no idea how much quieter it would be if it was a 2G window. They are very good at keeping other sounds out however. With the vent open I can hear the babbling burn at the bottom of the garden. Close the vent and it’s silent.

You need the arbor which the one from Amazon includes. You need to buy it separately for the one from Screwfix. Don’t be tempted to cut quickly, go nice and steady.

I assume you’ve seen the compatible flush plates on the Victorian Plumbing website?

This is the only sound we hear when it rains too and just on one cill which is the downstairs bathroom. I suspect with the doors on a shut we’ll probably not hear it. I do aim to fix it though by adding a drip to the window head somehow.

That’s 2017 prices.

Old thread resurrection. @Pocster what did you fit in the end? I got a reasonable deal on two Aqualisa Optic Q showers. Just arrived.

New plaster over plasterboard. I scored the crack, smoothed filler over it filling it in, then paper tape then another coat then sanded back. That crack came back albeit it’s barely visible. The other one I used a caulk type joint filler then finishing filler and sanded back. It’s been fine for a month or so. I have a long straight hairline crack in the ceiling that I think is because the plasterboard trapped something underneath it so it’s not flat. The paint stuff you posted might do a good job fixing that.

Good timing. I have the same problem. I’ve tried the paper tape and redo and it cracked again. I’ve also tried caulk and it fixed one of them.

Great outcome. Well done.

You need to assume at least one of the deliveries will damage something and plan for the outcome. Our access wasn’t too bad and we still had our wall driven into and the culvert collapsed. The best thing I did was install an LTE based camera at my entrance as I have video evidence of everyone that comes and goes.

The fact they’ve come back out is a positive sign. You just need to persevere. So far I’ve had almost £10,000 written off/discounted for shoddy work on my build.

Sure but then there’s the reality of getting it done. Look at the difficulty in England to get planning permission for wind turbines or the transmission problems the National Grid has largely caused by delays in decision making at Ofgem etc etc. There are lots of things we could do but it needs political will and collaboration to achieve it. I know Roger doesn’t want to talk politics but unfortunately the two things are deeply connected. If Trump wins the presidency in November, and there’s every chance he might, what then for climate policy in the US for example.

There’s plenty of doubt we can. Last year the IPCC issued a report saying we are at last chance saloon to address it.