Looking at what just happened in Canada where they ‘sold’ 8600 in one weekend, it may be a case of 4000 Teslas registered in the UK but not necessarily ’sold’

Or just replace the GB and EU stars with a swastika

I see your 5 eyes and raise you confiscation of all UK Trump/Musk assets to pay for the Ukraine war, as they are now both obviously Russian Oligarchs.

I’m not aware of any insulation and rendering options that allow breathability of the sub structure. This is why any internal leaks need to be fixed and rising damp needs to be mitigated with DryRods.

Pretty much the only buildings that cannot be insulated without a massive amount of work is where the floor of the building is sitting in groundwater without a waterproofing membrane.

I agree, but then articles like this are the reason these people are so annoyed at the installers, they make it sound like there are mysterious procedures and practices which are not being followed, while failing to detail any of them and making the problem worse.

Anyone reading this will only ever come to the conclusion that they had a bad installer and won’t want their help, all while their house is turning into a stroganoff.

I know a lot about building and insulation. The most likely cause of this is pre-existing damp that was just exasperated by the insulation making it warm on top of the damp.

If there is any sign of “rising damp” the modern way of dealing with it is by installing a layer of DryRods, however if the insulation was installed during a particularly dry period there might not have been evidence of a pre-existing problem.

Other than that possibility it could be an unrelated pipe leak, physical damage to the insulation and render, or an issue with the guttering.

Finally cold-bridging where a portion of the envelope of the house is uninsulated and forms condensation, this is pretty much the only issue which could be a mistake on behalf of installer, but even then it should be obvious and made worse by failing to open windows or turn on extractors when showering, drying washing or cooking.

Any of this information could have been in the article, it’s absence is suspicious. Whatever the reason the first thing you need to do is let the contractor investigate.

It sounds like the company is offering to come back and fix whatever problem is causing the damp but the homeowner is refusing to let them fix it. Sounds like they’re just idiots.

The article doesn’t say what installation standards are not being adhered to. It’s not rocket science, you take insulation boards, you glue or screw or both to the house and you mesh ad render over the top. It sounds like whoever wrote this didn’t do much investigation.

What a waste of money, ask any independent climate scientist what you could could spend £22bn on, carbon capture and storage wouldn’t even be in the top 100 suggestions.

Ah yes I always forget about the archive!

I was so close… petrified businesses not ruined businesses, they are just scared of being ruined.

I generally don’t believe anything printed by the Torygraph. I’m not going to donate my data or any money to them so I can only read the headline, I’m guessing they are putting a really negative spin on it? ‘Labour will tank the economy’ and make things much harder for already ruined businesses (while not mentioning what spent the last 14 years ruining them)

I’ll just be glad to be well enough to get back to work, a 4 day week may get me back much sooner.

Maybe, but if you are a disgusting human being anyway you may as well do everything they want and they might give you another 10k next year.

We could have told them… but you should never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

It’s a non-news story so no papers are talking about it right now except this one trying to score points from it.

The Guardian ran the story last year when the guidance actually changed during the Malkinson compensation case.

25% of turnover would be painful… 25% of profit and we’d have to pay them!

I just wish instead of weapons, we were a world leader in solar panel and wind turbine design and manufacturing.

It’s obvious people have not read the article which refers to cases where the decision was made years ago under the Tory government. Future bed and board payments are being reviewed and expected to be scrapped.

In this case he was awarded £650k compensation and £37k was deducted from that.

I understand the line in the sand where the country has been bankrupted and just can’t revisit every bad decision made over the last 15 years and pay up, there isn’t the money or the court time.

Unfortunately this article is written to stoke hate for the current government, I’m just offering the alternative bias.

So the Tories spent all the money, promised an extra £22bn that they didn’t have… and didn’t even have the decency to leave a note.

Another great reason to ensure every property is well insulated, upgraded to heat pumps and removed from the gas network as soon as possible.

Oh no!

…Anyway…

I would also expect there to be hundreds or thousands of these locations all over the country, but the nukes to only be in a handful of them and the location of the genuine ones only known to a select few with the highest security clearance.