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  By Thorfun · Posted 57 minutes ago
  
  Just install it! Your SAP won’t go in to such detail. In my opinion you’re very much over thinking it. we installed just as you’re proposing and love it btw.
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  Hi there, Another silly question likely but hopefully someone can offer some guidance. I'm looking at having a large rectangular plaster in LED profile, in the ceiling of my kitchen/diner. When reading my SAP Calc, it states:- Client to install lighting 100.00% Low Energy Lighting, minimum performance requirements as below: Wattage: Less than or Equal to: 5W Efficacy: (lumens/Watt): 100 Is there a way to remain compliant with this type of lighting? It seems to be the wattage that's causing the concern. Would it be assumed to be a single light or can it be assessed with a bit of pragmatism? The part I don't understand with the SAP calc, is it appears there is no limit on the number of lights I can have, so long as they are 5w and 100l/w. Surely this isn't energy efficient either if I have 1000 lights (obviously over exaggerated to make my point) Thanks in advance, Jamie
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  By sharpener · Posted 1 hour ago
  
  But they are ineffective. My installers met all the requirements on paper but the regulation tundish is too small to contain all the splashing. But more seriously, at full flow from the tprv the water backs up in the D2 pipe and would overflow the tundish if I continued the test.
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  By bmj1 · Posted 1 hour ago
  
  Sorry - I'm not intending to trickle feed - I think I've just posted a bit early in the process. The building itself is roughly 900m2 over 2.5 floors, it's shaped broadly in a cube. Agree that fabric needs to be spot on. The only draft detail I have right now is 250mm PIR in the roof. The rest will get fleshed out over the coming weeks. Mechanical ventilation is planned: a big unit from Systemair. I haven't yet seen details on how air tightness will be achieved, but I have discussed with the team making use of Aeroseal. I think it probably makes sense to post back in a few weeks with a bit more info and some drawings.
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