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Sad news Cman, I'm sure your wife will land on her feet, Newton, good news for your pooch. Hurricane eye passed over us around midnight last nite, no power, but generator humming nicely, no major damage, now to wait and see what the river is going to do (flood wise).
 
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I’ve just been fortunate enough to watch the official unveiling of the Murray Design T50 Supercar. What an absolutely magnificent piece of art. The front is similar to the F1 as is the side but the rear is much different with the big fan in the middle. The 3.9 Ltr N/A V12 pushes out 166bhp/litre and revs to 12.100. From idle to redline takes .4 seconds or just about twice as quick as the LFA. There is no plastic on the car, only carbon fibre and machined metal, even the clock needles are machined from solid. Absolutely superb and a snip at £2.8m!
 
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BennyD said:
I’ve just been fortunate enough to watch the official unveiling of the Murray Design T50 Supercar. What an absolutely magnificent piece of art. The front is similar to the F1 as is the side but the rear is much different with the big fan in the middle. The 3.9 Ltr N/A V12 pushes out 166bhp/litre and revs to 12.100. From idle to redline takes .4 seconds or just about twice as quick as the LFA. There is no plastic on the car, only carbon fibre and machined metal, even the clock needles are machined from solid. Absolutely superb and a snip at £2.8m!
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I trust that your mate has ordered one to go with his F1? It would be rude not to.
 
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BennyD said:
I’ve just been fortunate enough to watch the official unveiling of the Murray Design T50 Supercar. What an absolutely magnificent piece of art. The front is similar to the F1 as is the side but the rear is much different with the big fan in the middle. The 3.9 Ltr N/A V12 pushes out 166bhp/litre and revs to 12.100. From idle to redline takes .4 seconds or just about twice as quick as the LFA. There is no plastic on the car, only carbon fibre and machined metal, even the clock needles are machined from solid. Absolutely superb and a snip at £2.8m!
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Build slots still available. (I turned mine down as Mrs Crud wants to get the bathroom done this month.)
 
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Dan! said:
Sorry, only just seen this! Not like me to miss a selling opportunity!!

I can do one for between £1,500 - £3,000 depending on how much RHI you qualify for. And I'll even remove the old tank, and get you £600 scrappage from the manufacturer

Should save you between £500 - £700 per year, so we can get that pay back period down a fair amount too
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Given that it cost me £13k 7 years ago to put in a new central heating system (which included 27 double radiators plus hot water supply to 3 bathrooms and a £2.5k high efficiency oil fired boiler), I very much doubt that you could supply me with a ground or air source heat recovery system which could deliver the same level of heat output needed to fill a 3 story stone house for less than £3k.
When I looked at this as an alternative heating soln I was advised that that the heat output wouldnt be high enough to deliver the level of heat output needed from the radiators, capable of heating rooms up to an acceptable level with 14ft high ceilings. I would have to install a secondary supplemental heating soln in addition to a primary source to get anywhere near the level of heat output I would need. So as far as I am aware its still a complete non starter even today.
 
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Silvercat said:
Given that it cost me £13k 7 years ago to put in a new central heating system (which included 27 double radiators plus hot water supply to 3 bathrooms and a £2.5k high efficiency oil fired boiler), I very much doubt that you could supply me with a ground or air source heat recovery system which could deliver the same level of heat output needed to fill a 3 story stone house for less than £3k.
When I looked at this as an alternative heating soln I was advised that that the heat output wouldnt be high enough to deliver the level of heat output needed from the radiators, capable of heating rooms up to an acceptable level with 14ft high ceilings. I would have to install a secondary supplemental heating soln in addition to a primary source to get anywhere near the level of heat output I would need. So as far as I am aware its still a complete non starter even today.
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You may doubt it, but I do it all day every day. It's just a case of knowing how.

I could get you up to £18,000 in grants, leaving you around £3k to pay for a £21k system, which would undoubtedly deliver the amount of energy you require. It's quite a small system compared to what I often work with.

I've just spec'd a system for 21 apartments over 6 floors, for minus £430k. Yep, they're being paid £430k to install the system. Easy when you know how.

But anyway, sounds like you're happy burning dead dinosaurs, so I'll leave you to it.
 
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An interesting new project I'm getting into is a retrofit district heating system for around 100 properties in a village. It's a compound system using ground source to collect just 2°c from the ground, through a heat pump that then feeds the supply to the air source heat exchanger to raise it 20°c to feed the district loop whereupon each house has what is essentially water source heat pump to extract the heat to the point that the consumer unit (boiler replacement) takes it up to 70°c in the house to feed the rads and hot water cylinder.
All of which is powered 70% by PV solar

Like I say, easy when you know how.
 
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Dan! said:
An interesting new project I'm getting into is a retrofit district heating system for around 100 properties in a village. It's a compound system using ground source to collect just 2°c from the ground, through a heat pump that then feeds the supply to the air source heat exchanger to raise it 20°c to feed the district loop whereupon each house has what is essentially water source heat pump to extract the heat to the point that the consumer unit (boiler replacement) takes it up to 70°c in the house to feed the rads and hot water cylinder.
All of which is powered 70% by PV solar

Like I say, easy when you know how.
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Greta... is that you..? What have you done with Dan!?
 
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We have the original Potterton boiler in our house, built in 1987. Horrendously inefficiency I suspect but the things just go on and on.
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Easy way to see how horrendously inefficient it is or isn't is to get an EPC for about £80. That will tell you what your yearly heat requirement is (probably around 15,000kwh heating plus 2,000kwh hot water for your house at a guess) and then have a look at your last 12 months meter readings. If you've got through 18-20,000 it's not great but not terrible. If you've got through 40,000kwh or more I'll have an ASHP delivered to you by the end of the week!
 
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Good morning all.....Mid week and off out for a meal to the Pepper Mill in Chepstow which is the first day they have been open since lockdown.
 
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Morning, all. WFH home while Mrs C has been hunting like mad.

Have a great day, all

Dan! said:
Easy way to see how horrendously inefficient it is or isn't is to get an EPC for about £80. That will tell you what your yearly heat requirement is (probably around 15,000kwh heating plus 2,000kwh hot water for your house at a guess) and then have a look at your last 12 months meter readings. If you've got through 18-20,000 it's not great but not terrible. If you've got through 40,000kwh or more I'll have an ASHP delivered to you by the end of the week!
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18558 here apparently. 6 beds, three floors and one lizard (me)

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Dan! said:
Easy way to see how horrendously inefficient it is or isn't is to get an EPC for about £80. That will tell you what your yearly heat requirement is (probably around 15,000kwh heating plus 2,000kwh hot water for your house at a guess) and then have a look at your last 12 months meter readings. If you've got through 18-20,000 it's not great but not terrible. If you've got through 40,000kwh or more I'll have an ASHP delivered to you by the end of the week!
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It was a D rating from memory.

Morning. Had a night out/night in BBQ at Adams (Le Mans/F458 Speciale) which was nice to chill.

Started in shorts and T shirt, ended up in jeans and a coat....chilly!
 
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Morning you lot!
AMG in for service today. I'll take my bike in the boot so I can tootle off to see a friend. Then helping with an exit interview in the afternoon. Sounds joyous!
Wine tasting in a field this evening.
But now, baguettes have just come out of the oven so time for brekky!
HapPea Wednesday!
 
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