GreatAlbatross

I think Brum lives in the Cotswolds.
CT would never make it there, too many A roads.

The UK trots out legislation like this every few years.
So far, it's not gone through.
However, to paraphrase a parasomething, "You have to defeat the proposal every time, we just have to make it law once"

Geralt is a very popular man.

80% of the noise over 75dB in a French city is two stroke petrol scooters going "baaaaaaababababbaaaaaaa" at 3 in the morning.

Pleasingly, most of the comments are people saying theirs if fine. For a change!

Honestly, this all just seems to stem from the ASHP breaking down, and possibly being undersized in the first place.
If it as having to run on resistive the whole time, then yea, it would cost a blooming fortune.

Building regs on heat retention have also tightened by 20% since 2020, so newer builds should require less to heat them now.

What I don't get though, is that if it was a newbuild, would it not be covered by NHBC's warranty? Which should include the heating system, unless it is already under another warranty.

Always nice to have a silver lining!
I really don't want to think about a 10 year future where everyone has to go through this.

The bioaccumilation of PFAS in mortal blood is concerning for me and my colleagues.
It would be very sad to live for 600 years, only to be killed off by fire suppressant.

Somebody didn't get the memo: OSB is not a sensible wall finish.

IIRC, the owner chose to support brexit because it might mean the UK implemented minimum alcohol pricing sooner, which might have increased his trade when the gap between supermarket and pub drinking got smaller.
It really rubbed me the wrong way that was his reason.

They'd catch a death of cold.

I was curious about how the zoning works on it. (I also have not a clue how planning permission works in the US)
It doesn't look like any external windows, so maybe it's a "this is technically industrial/farm space, but oh look, there is a bed and a kitchen, fancy that!" sort of deal.