Kelvin

Our SE did a detail for our deck which consisted of a large concrete foundation which surprised me. We (she) have decided not go with decking though.

You need to have a conversation specifically about the hedge, don’t leave it for another year. For example. There’s a hedge that bounds part of our land. It belongs to the neighbour it then leads to a fence and some trees that also belong to my neighbour. One of the first conversations I had with him was to discuss the upkeep of the hedge, the fence, and the trees and we’ve come to an agreement on how to manage it and the height of hedge and trees. Fortunately we both have the same opinion on how best to manage it.

Have you spoken with your neighbour about it? That’s your starting point. Once you understand their position on the hedge you can decide on your next step.

Octopus have a tiny share of the ASHP market. While this will increase it will remain a tiny share. Most ASHP installs are by smaller independent companies and that isn’t going to change. They don’t insist on connecting the ASHP directly to the meter cupboard. It just sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. I really can’t see Octopus switching off power to your ASHP willy nilly when it suits them. Octopus seem to be one of the better companies.

Hair is the most likely culprit as it forms a thick mass with soap and scum. I’ve had good success with the pipe cleaner stuff. It’s a bit of velcro attached to a bendy wire. Surprising how much hair gets trapped in the pipes.

I agree with @Nickfromwales based on a sample size of one. Our architect has been poor at answering any questions about insulation approaches and related items so much so I stopped asking. There’s a good website here where can model your fabric build up.

Been searching for it but can’t find it. It was a group of young builders using a mobile panel making machine (I think) So they had all the speed and practicality of using SIP panels and none of the overheads of operating a factory.

There was a Grand Design episode where a young team of builders had put together a process for constructing SIP panels on-site.

It was reading your blog post on this that convinced me to get a proper percolation test and soakaway design done as part of our due diligence before we bought the land. Obviously I could easily enough have dug my own hole and filled it up with water and timed it etc but I just felt more comfortable having it done professionally and getting a report at the end of it.

Sent it to you. Ask on here if you get stuck.

My dad was in the Fleet Air Arm on Buccaneers so grew up around the base. Visited on holiday last summer very different since my time but the old Lossie was still there.

I was born in Elgin and grew up in Lossiemouth. Lovely part of the World.

That does look rather tight.

Why does it need emptying every year. That’s unusual for a PTP.

That’s a big bank! Last Friday 😂

@Piers If you can’t find it let me know and I’ll send it to you

Haha I am also including my garage in the total cost because it’s very big and not that expensive for an insulated building so brings my £/m2 down 😂

It’s still unclear to me if your £2.5k is the total cost to do everything start to finish?

yes but what about the doorbell? badum tish I’m here all day

Bloody hell. What an arsehole. Although inevitable it was going to go in this direction. You need get legal about it now which, of course will escalate things. Do they own all the land around you including across the road? How big are the gardens of the 4 properties caught up in this mess.

Direct from the meter box? For some people (me) that would be completely impractical. Octopus don’t cover my part of Scotland for ASHP installs anyway.

What a PIA. I hope they don’t start dumping pig shit near you!

Where did you think the pipe terminated when you bought the house and what difference would that have made to your problem if it did?

I’m sure you would have said but I assume there isn’t a ditch that follows the road?

But still needs land owners permission to do the works on the land to get there. I know you said it’s hard to speak with the land owner directly. However you really ought to try every avenue. It might be they are unaware of the degree of problem this is causing you but equally they might well be the driving force behind it.