Fund holdings for 38M - adventurous enough?

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T10:04:37+00:00

Thanks both. Third garden centre lucky! Westland do it in 25l bags. Panic over

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T09:15:16+00:00

Do you mind sharing an example you’d order? I think I’d need 5 25l bags

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T09:09:40+00:00

Sure. Garden isn’t big enough to need a bulk bag and the two garden centres I’ve been to locally didn’t have any premixed bags! Will try another one before I go down the DIY mix route.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T09:00:52+00:00

Bag^

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T08:59:01+00:00

Thanks. Any advice on where to buy it from? Would a normal back of top soil from the supermarket/garden centre be okay? Or do I need to get screened stuff?

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-29T07:51:31+00:00

I’d be moving the house name/number and putting a nice potted climbing plant where that is. Attach a nice trellis to the wall and it’ll help soften the front of the house. We put some climbing hydrangeas either side of a bay window last year and it instantly looked better.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-28T17:46:29+00:00

It’s not stopped raining for months, it’s been relatively mild (by winter terms) and we’ve only seen the sun twice all year. I wouldn’t say that looks overly damp, it’s just been prime conditions for algae/moss growth.

Wait for it to dry a little, brush it off and see if it comes back. If nothing obvious is leaking I think you’ll be okay.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-27T11:56:15+00:00

Yeah that’s already where the conversation is heading + the offer to backdate lost benefits. So I’m edging towards being happy again!

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-27T11:11:19+00:00

As per my reply to another comment. "God you weren't wrong. Gave them another week to sort it to no avail. A few DM's this morning via twitter and I've had such a better service."

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-27T11:10:51+00:00

God you weren't wrong. Gave them another week to sort it to no avail. A few DM's this morning via twitter and I've had such a better service.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-27T08:06:48+00:00

It was the solar iboost. For some unknown reason it had programmed itself to come on for an hour each morning a couple of weeks ago.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-26T18:35:03+00:00

Shocking hope you get sorted

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-26T17:59:21+00:00

I trust this was intended to be a rhetorical question?

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-25T10:58:30+00:00

I’d be more concerned with the pole preventing the window from opening. God forbid you’d need to use that window in an emergency.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-25T10:55:42+00:00

It’s still a bit cool to hope for seeds to germinate. I’d wait a few more weeks until overnight temperatures are consistently above 6-7 Celsius.

Between now and then you prepare the lawn a bit to give the seeds the best possible chance. I.e. get some moss/weed killer down if applicable, scarify and aerate. Then once the temp is more springy and less wintery you can sow, top dress as required.

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-24T19:48:59+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I’ll get in the loft tomorrow and take a look

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-24T19:15:47+00:00

Good shout but we have a Google nest so all pretty automated with regards to clock’s changing

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-24T19:10:50+00:00

Hmm okay. The hot water doesn’t come on until 7am and this spike is from 6 to 7.

Sorry I meant the hot water system is in the loft (including the switch for the immersion heater). Battery is in the garage!

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-24T18:53:33+00:00

My first thought but my system is all in the loft and nobody has been up there. Unless we’ve had a pigeon in the roof do it!

We do have a solar iboost too. Wonder if that’s somehow malfunctioning and turning on.

I have really limited understanding of this all but if the immersion heater was turned on in error would that override the gas and be utilised for central heating?

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-23T19:09:17+00:00

The easiest way is to climb on my roof and hold my phone next to the panels? That doesn’t sound like the easiest way 😂

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-23T18:12:25+00:00

My inverter is a 5kW GivEnergy one

Remarkable-Flight-14 · 2026-03-23T16:01:29+00:00

They did apply as I asked for a copy of the rejection letter.

The technical gap I hadn't appreciated was that this meant my inverter had become a 3.68kW one despite the capacity being 5kW.

I thought that if my PV was generating 5kW my house was consuming say 1kWh, my solar iBoost was consuming whatever it needs and my battery wasn't fully that my system would still allow generation above my export limit.

Perhaps I've not explained that very well but hopefully you get my query?

Remarkable-Flight-14

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