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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    If you're talking about manufacturer figures [ie, WLTP] then they're not true miles, they're just a comparator figure.
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    Worked for me for years but I'm reluctant to just say "yeah, crack on, you'll be fine". I paid particular attention to the temperature of the socket and plug when in use.
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    EV CHARGING AND FUSE

    Maybe, but the OP won't be installing the EVSE themselves, they'll be getting someone qualified to do it.
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    Cooling the home, methods?

    My cat actually jumps out of our upstairs windows. No way would I suffer in a sweltering house just in case he does something silly.
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    Circular retaining brick edging on a slope

    It's a matter of taste. Perhaps nobody would notice. Perhaps you wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't mentioned it! If the wall was rendered, it wouldn't be noticeable. You could avoid the question entirely by just edging it in brick rather than having a small wall.
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    Composite decking help

    I can only assume you haven't actually seen one - the smaller head is the point.
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    Circular retaining brick edging on a slope

    You may or may not be bothered by this but I think it might look odd if it didn't "echo" what that wall behind it does, ie sloping from 1 - 3 bricks. If your plan is simply to lay a single course of bricks and fill just to that depth with soil then you risk something that dries out and needs...
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    How do i get the perfect drill hole width?

    Can you hear a whooshing sound? I believe he was employing humour.
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    Flyproof ventilation covers

    Round soffit vents?
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    Composite decking help

    Google 'lost head screws'. But obviously the lost head means less fixing power. Maybe a small washer in your clip + a lost head screw would work? I would test just the lost head screws first, see how much they resist pulling out.
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    Composite decking help

    Shave the sides off the clips. Bit of a fiddly job. No, that's not going to work, because the centre of the clip would still be too wide for the bottom of the planks. Replace them with penny washers?
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    Fabricated or solid gate posts

    I reckon that a square box will be absolutely fine as a gatepost, right up until the point where fails spectacularly :)
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    Repairing Water Damage to Window Frame

    Here's how I would approach this: - Hoover/pick/scrape/brush out as much of the loose material as possible - Squirt PVA in to the crack. Might have to push it in with a thin something or inject it with a syringe. Clamp it shut with multiple clamps - but I can't see how tall that bit of timber...
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    RTS turn off

    Is the change in load correlated across these meters? If so, one could estimate how many are in service by looking at how the load changes when the on peak/off peak signal is sent.
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    Help me identify these bushes please

    I would just leave it and see if it comes back. Some plants [eg alder and hazel] will send up lots of new shoots after being pruned hard, some will be mortally wounded.
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    Waterproofing wood outside

    What is the shelf for? Only MDF and chipboard would be a worse choice than OSB for an outdoor shelf, if longevity is a concern.
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    Help me identify these bushes please

    I don't know what it is. The stem looks like alder or hazel but the leaves look like lilac. In any case, it looks like it's on a trajectory where it will tower over your conservatory and you probably don't want that, so get rid. If it is a lilac it could be pruned down to a more manageable size.
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    Smart meters - good choice?

    There are two fuels and four lines, the dashed ones represent the SVT unit rate cap. The lines that vary day to day represent what was actually charged.
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    Concrete pad advice for a small summerhouse

    Make the pad the same size as the summerhouse. If the pad is too big, rain will splash up and shorten the life of the lower timbers.
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    Cooling the home, methods?

    If all this was about, was convection, then you might have a point, but the loft isn't airtight and there is a breeze, so air moves both ways. When I opened the loft hatch, after a while I could smell the smell of the loft. So air from the loft definitely came down.
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