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I would not rely on any AI generated content. But i will view all designs and pictures it creates to see what i can take from it. If it sparks either my wifes or my imagination with any good ideas for layout then it will be worthwhile.

Not yet but chat GPT says it can do this. It even claims it can prepare building control spec drawings. I am also planning to spend sometime out in the sunshine today as well, staking out options for paths, drive way etc. I need to try to stake out the relative heights. also need to accommodate the Wife's flower beds. I am not very imaginative in this regard which is why i wondered what AI can do.

On the graphic that displays my 'obstructions' there is a quite large area behind the antenna that shows as a problem. This is because it is mounted on my chimney at about 12' up and the house is the obstruction it sees. This is with the antenna pointing north west which is apparently where the satellites come up over the horizon from. I would imagine my signal is handed off to the next one in line before the slightly behind obstruction becomes an issue. I do have a hazel tree partially in the way to the low left of my line of sight but it does not show up as an issue on the graphic. In practice none of the above is a problem 99% of the time. I think other factors are what cause the very occasional buffering in the evenings.

Like a great deal of what the state provides in this country these days. Lots of encouraging words and 'plans' But very little apparent provision. Yes i know that Openreach are a private commercial company but the vision is the governments and they are not great at delivery.

To date my experience of Starlink has been excellent. The product and everything in the box is top quality and well presented. It works very well and is dead easy to set up.

https://starlink.com/public-files/accessories_guide_standard.pdf I bought this, its the standard wall mount. Solid as a rock

Plenty of engineering text books with tables of figures for every type size and material of fixings. Google is your friend.

Discussed this before elsewhere on the forum. I paid £2100 for a 200 sq metre house last autumn. Result went from 3.8 to 1.4 over a few hours. The guys did have a couple of leaky nozzles on their kit which left an invisible gloop on my walls. It is a bitch to remove, as i found out once i discovered what had happened.

Dont give up on the the Zehnder Q350 because of its weight. I bought a brink flair 400 and that is about the same weight. I bought a cheap pulley set for about £20 and very easily lifted the unit into our loft.

I was shown today how AI can generate ideas for lanscaping when given a photo as a base reference. Question, has anyone done the same successfully from plans and elevation drawings.

The installation company i chose and subsequently turned out to regret Left me with a few questions once they left site for the final time. On this basis i was very reluctant to pay them the final invoice which basically covered the grant. They very quickly started to hassle me to pay. Stuck to my guns and argued that once they had all their money where was the incentive to #1 sort the issues & #2 actually get the grant money to me. As it turned out i spoke to the MCS people myself. They were very helpful and told me that the company had not responded to them within some time limit which killed the grant claim. The installers own incompetence had cause their issues. If you knew the full sorry story of this shower this would not come as any surprise to you. Anyway, MCS said that it was perfectly possible for the installers to resubmit the claim which they duly did once i informed them that their failings were at the root of the delay. MCS paid out within a week to their credit. Still waiting since 9th December for a resolution to our losing pressure issue from this bunch of chancers.

I wonder what hardware and service level this is. My antenna cost £275 in November and i pay £75 month. sometimes get up to 300Meg download.

The Starlink cable is proprietry and a standard ethernet cable will not work. The ends of the Starlink are slightly different. They also claim that because their antenna is quite high power that ethernet cable cannot cope.

Before i ask the Planning department the probably painful question of what their requirement is with regard to our Bin location, does anyone have any insight please? Our 'pre first occupation' condition #13 requires us to submit full details of how and where we will locate our bins & recycling containers. We have already moved in by the way. My response would be, ' over there mate out of the way'. I doubt this is what they want. For those that have been here, what level of detail are they likely to be expecting?

New build well insulated, UFH and air tight ( ish). Mains gas is not available on our plot and the delivery was going to be £6500. Not usually factored in when people discuss how expensive heat pumps are. Finding a heat pump installer was difficult and to be honest the company i chose have ended up being a total incompetent nightmare. Hey ho! lesson learned.

We have about 2100 'soft mud' facing bricks left over. I need to build (have built for me) a low retaining wall about 900mm tall by 7 metres length on each side of our drive. Are these suitable please?

Mine is now mounted on my chimney. The floor mount was to prove the concept before i committed to drilling holes. It could do with being a little higher up. The 'unit obstructed' graphic shows an area directly behind it, which is the house. I dont know if this is actually a real issue. Because the satellites coming from north west would be at a very shallow angle to the antenna when they got to this shaded area. I think they would have handed off to the next most northerly satellite before it became a problem. Regardless, 99% of the time the service is great. Perhaps once or twice an evening we might get a couple of seconds of buffering.

No machinery available There is some topsoil. Also gravel over, as poured when the build started to allow access for large vehicles. I will need to get whatever i buy poured and then thrown about by me. Done all my money building the house. I might reluctantly attempt to build a brick retaining wall. I am not a bricklayer.

Agree, which is why i said a topping of topsoil. i plan for about 200 of topsoil over whatever i end up packing with.

Or just a bit of grass. it'll be either side of the central drive. I cannot remember if planning require it to be SUDs compliant. So until i get it confirmed i am working on it needing to be. Sand would do the job unless there is a cheaper filler, hence my questions. Then a topping of topsoil.

So the question is, whats the cheapest SUDs compliant infill material?

House is built and occupied. Soil from the foundations is required elsewhere.

Each side is about 8 metres by 8 metres. Then the depth/height is 900mm tapering to zero, hence me saying a wedge shape.

Hi Guys Our site slopes down away from the lane towards our house by about 90cm over 8 metres. Each side is also about 8 metres wide. So i have a wedge shape on either side of the central drive that i need to fill. Not certain if it needs to also be SUDs compliant. Filling it 100%with topsoil will probably be more expensive than necessary. If anyone has done similar how did you approach this please?

Thanks for the suggestions guys