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Hello, new to the forum, and hoping to find a place to get advice and tips with timber frame building. Living in Belgium, I'm making plans for an addition to our house, including a first floor level, over the addition and part of the existing house. At the moment sketching and figuring out what I want before getting in touch with an architect (required in Belgium...) I am wondering about laying out the walls, and struggling to fit studs in a 16" (center-to-center) grid. How does one start a wall? Work and measure from left to right, then fill out whats left at the end? Or position the grid on center, then work towards to outside, then fill out? Is there any common practice? Easiest way? Tips? Thanks in advance!

So the Sunamp gremlins continue I see. Although a good thing that Sunamp are willing to send out replacements units, its obviously a massive PIA to unplumb and then re-do the buggers. I had to send back two 14kWh units the other year (luckily not fitted at the time) and others like @Jeremy Harris have had to pop a few hernias dragging them up the stairs. It's disturbing that there are continued issues and whilst they may be fixable, the units do need to be placed in easy to access positions and worst case easy to remove. At least mine aren't going in the loft!! My new units will now arrive in the next few weeks so from the people on here who have had to take off panels and reset/remove things from the units, which sides of the unit have the potential for requiring access? Presume it depends whether the unit contains an immersion or not. From the manual, the first pic on left, below is the over-temperature reset button location and at the end of the unit - I presume this is is the 'front' (if the heater cable (on the opposite end) is pushed against a wall)? Do either of the side panels have potential to be removed? In my case, I have limited space for the units (manifold is fixed into position already) and no way can I stack them! So hopefully this arrangement will give me necessary access (to the reset button). If the uppermost one needs to be moved then that will mean shifting the other one first unfortunately. I have one heavy duty wheeled 'skateboard' to move each unit but was even thinking of knocking up another one so that they are easier to move in/out if required to in future (lockable wheels). Plan view: @Jeremy Harris - which panel do you leave off to check status charge?