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My wife and I did just this, though the 981 S came a few years before the macan. I’ll agree the macan is easily best in class in terms of sporty driving for an SUV, especially with the air suspension. If I had to have a do it all in a single car, it would be it, you really can throw them around...

I completely understand this, but remember these are now 10 years old for the early 981s and refined and reliable to be used as an everyday car and many have been. At 50-60k miles, that’s 5-6k per year so not a lot really. Mines sat on about 54k and still drives the same to me as it did when I...

Sports exhaust and pasm were must haves for me along with heated seats and climate control, yes that’s not standard either….. The other thing that makes a huge difference to the feel of the cabin is extended leather dash. Everyone says Bose is a must have, and whilst I have it, I could...

I wouldn’t be fixed on sports chrono unless you hate the hazard warning button and how that looks without sports chrono. I have it on my 981 cayman s and would say it’s one of the most useless options it has. Have maybe used sports+ mode a handful of times as it feels like the gearbox is...

It sounds like you have similar needs to me and assuming you have an unvented cylinder given you’ve 4 bathrooms I would look to prioritise flow rate. Next decision is do you have power nearby where you would site it. I didn’t which is why I went with the delta morava as it doesn’t require...

Depending where you would be able to site it, and how your house is plumbed you could tap into your supply after your kitchen tap, meaning your kitchen tap remains unsoftened and everything else downstream is softened. That was how I had it setup with my first one. Only reason I needed a...

It depends on the individual softening unit, some more, some less. Mine uses 18l per cylinder. I have no idea how often it regenerates as it’s in an outside boiler room with the rest of the heating system so I never hear it but that will also depend on the hardness of your water. I also don’t...

I’ve had water softeners in two houses now and wouldn’t be without one, especially if prone to things like eczema. First one was a single metered tank, second one is a Delta Moravia, which whilst expensive is awesome especially if you have an invented cylinder as unlike most twin tanks, it uses...

To an extent, yes but this is different. It has a coil within the stove pipe recovering further heat that is usually still lost up the flue.

I came across the recoheat stove heat recovery system this week which looks intriguing for those of us who use stoves a significant amount. Would be a bit concerned about access for sweeping, potential noise and well, the pumps a bit ugly isn't it!

@radderfire - absolutely there are options, from secondary glazing to simple window films. We already have thick blinds which when closed do help. On the plus side, on sunny days we get huge solar gains! @Freefaller re: external insulation, again it's an option, but part of the charm of a...

It's all about perspective and what you are used to. With your usage, my guess is you have a modern, well insulated home. I've used almost 2000kwh gas in November, and that's also with using two wood burning stoves. Tado TRVs in every room, most set to between 16 and 18oC max and only when the...

We've had a smaller purevision cpv5 for 3 years or so now and it's been fantastic. The active baffle really helps if you have a cold column in the flue and also prevents any smoke from coming into the room when you open the door. Fantastic stove, easy to use and efficient. Good upgrade...

Most of which is unviable unless you look extremely long term which I admit is the problem. Losing a few inches with pir is not a problem, I am not lacking in floor space in fact the opposite and I'm fortunate in that respect. I do doubt however the suitability of pir in a period property. By...

My house was built in 1875. It is poorly insulated versus modern standards as it has solid brick walls, large single glazed bay windows and several chimneys that are excellent at keeping a good flow of air through the house via the stoves contributing to massive heatloss when they aren't lit...

In January and February alone this year, we got through almost 7000kwh gas, with annual usage close to 21k kwh so these amounts don't suprise me at all. Baseline usage is remarkably low at around 250 kWh per month but the house is a detached Victorian, solid walls, large single glazed bay...

If you set it the gas to 30 min reads instead of daily then yes, you will see that in the app. You won't get more than that as the meter doesn't constantly send readings to save the battery (from what I understand)

Good luck, you may need it. I had mine installed by Shell (SMS) in June and the gas has never worked. I've had them back out twice now to recommission and they are coming for a 3rd time next week to replace the gas meter. Every time it doesn't work, they have made me wait 28 days in case it...

I had a high background load of 6kwh a day, the cause of which turned out to be the fridge freezer. It was a basic integrated neff model fitted by the house previous owners that was badly installed and constantly icing up. Changed it to a much larger American style fisher and paykel and now...

If you plan to store your logs outside, consider if you need kiln dried logs or simply well seasoned hardwood. I have used both in the past and pretty much don't bother with kiln dried these days as I found the moisture levels pretty much normalised overtime. Being fair this may be because I...