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The figures you provide from the BEIS document actually make my case for me. If you understand the figures and how they are produced, you will note that the points made above (about non-dispatchability and unreliability) are not addressed in the production of these figures. The calculations...

Nonsense. Wind power is vastly more expensive than nuclear or gas/coal. Why do you think UK electricity prices are so high? In France this afternoon the electricity is sourced 95% from nuclear, and the standard electricity tariff is the equivalent of 17p/kWh compared to over 30p in the UK...

If your young kids are slamming the doors now, just watch out when they're teenagers! What about some form of suitable door closers? Would have to be compatible with fire doors, but slowing the close might help?

Thank you gents! I did suspect that the cap was possibly pressing down on the pin. An interesting case of 'observer effect' where you can't know the state without changing it. As it happens, he finds it doesn't get very warm at all, so I left it as loose as possible to encourage flow. Its an...

Visiting my son over the weekend, and looking over his heating system, noticed that a newly fitted radiator did not have a lockshield valve, but what looked like a TRV valve without the head.The other end of the radiator had a TRV as normal. I can't see quite how this allows the system to be...

We used DIY-Kitchens last year for our utility room. As Bod says, you do the design work yourself, but we're very pleased with the outcome, and will do the main kitchen with them this year. We had quartz (Silestone) surfaces through them. They subcontract these to...

I need to re-seat a run of sandstone paving that forms the top step at the edge of a lawn. Its been in place for around 14years, and all the stones along the top are loose. Originally there was just a brick wall in place. The wall was left in place, and the slabs laid on top. Over time the...

They are only very short connections, and if you cut them you will then need to terminate them securely, so what do you gain? I would leave the extra leads intact. You could tape them back, or maybe cover with heatshrink if you feel they are unsightly? I would guess the third connector is for...

I'd welcome suggestions as to how to deal with a problem I have. I have a vertical waste pipe coming up into a unit, into which feeds the utility room waste pipes from sink, washing machine and boiler condensate. I need to move the unit around 20mm to the right. This is to fit in an 18mm...

I've used roof-mount, and towbar mount systems of different types over the years. When I was holidaying in a camper van with six of us and our bikes (albeit young children, so small bikes), we used a very solidly engineered towbar rack from Pendle engineering. It was fitted on with four bolts...

Its floorboards, with NoMorePly on top.

I will be tiling a utility room shortly, and later on tiling the kitchen with the same tile (600x600 porcelain), and I'm wondering how to treat the connecting doorway. The utility is approx 3.5m by 2m with the door in the long side. The kitchen will be approx 3.5m by 8.5m, with the connecting...

Thank you RR, that is useful. The length of external wall once the internal wall is down would be very close to 9m, so I can see why leaving a 500mm piece of the wall intact on the external wall side was suggested.

Thanks gentlemen. I can see there is an interesting etymological discussion to be had on the varied uses of the word 'buttress' and I apologise if I've used it in other than the narrow technical meaning of lateral support to a wall. The central pillar that supports the steel beam does need to...

Here's a floor plan and the rear elevation. The wall in question is shown between the kitchen and the 'TV' room. At the moment there is a stud wall separating the TV and lounge rooms. We propose to move this back in line with the wall between the kitchen and hallway so that the finished...

thank you cdbe. Given that we've a fair bit of ripping out to do on the old kitchen (tiles and units) and that a full redecoration will follow, I guess that now is as good a time as any for messy work if needed. The room will be mainly kitchen one end, and living the other, so a light studwork...

We're considering removing a wall between a kitchen and living room in a late '70s/early '80s house. The wall divides the two rooms on the ground floor, and does not continue above the ceiling (the room dividers upstairs are all studwork, and have a different layout to the downstairs walls...

We're trying to decide on tiles for the kitchen/utility. Most of the offerings seem to be porcelain, some are described as polished, and others as gloss. Is there a difference, and what would be better for a kitchen floor?

A child needs assistance to survive both within the womb, and outside the womb for a considerable period after birth. Using a "the ability to survive outside the womb" unaided as a criterion would allow what is euphemistically called 'post birth abortion'. Now normal caring for an infant does...

This gets to the nub of the matter I think. One gives sympathy to the woman who loses a wanted child, but then goes on to say that an unwanted child can be killed. This is a claim that a child only matters if it is wanted (convenient?). Consider applying that logic to the old, the sick, the...