Thanks @swepri , its not perfect but with what I’ve learned during this build and the documentation to remind me where it went wrong, my next one will be closer to perfect.

@robin All of a sudden – a guitar! Well done, and thank you for the documentation of the whole build.
I hope I can gain the courage to build an acoustic some day.

Frets levelled and crowned and strings on. Spent some time adjusting the saddle height, but still need to bring the nut down a bit now, and maybe slacken the truss rod, there’s a bit of buzz playing up on the…   Read more»

@nsj That’s pretty much what I was thinking, that insulation would be the key. We’ll stick with our oil fired CH for the present but would seriously think about making the change rather than getting a new boiler if the…   Read more»

@brie ours is an ancient old stone cottage too, the biggest thing to cost is insulation. An air source pump can heat any building but the better the insulation the more efficient it is.

@nsj Interesting to hear how the heat pump/solar panels have reduced your heating costs. A friend of ours is going to have the survey done to see if he qualifies to have the work done and we were thinking of…   Read more»

I actually tried that the first month. I can reach maybe 40% of the panels with a 4m pole and it works with dry powdery snow. But…   Read more»