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We initially had an objection from a parish councillor that our house would spoil the view of a pele tower (Northumbrian fortified house). We looked at it and discovered that to get the pele tower AND our proposed house in the same line of view, to find the only point where you could do this you had to go and stand in my parents chicken run! I politely pointed out that I had asked them and the chickens had offered no objection..... heard no more about it.3 points
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The problem you face is that most of the MVHR systems don't have enough fan pressure to quickly clear smoke, and in the way they operate - with the sole exception of a kitchen - the risk of fire breaking out in the extract rooms is minimal. Increasing the flow into the bedrooms etc will not give a huge boost to clearing smoke etc. Smoke extraction systems use vastly more powerful fans to clear rooms. The fans in MVHR units tend to be balanced cage type fans, not axial fans which give a higher pressure and volume flow. The other issue would be smoke particles clogging the heat exchangers very quickly, reducing the effectiveness of any extraction. You could potentially "bridge" the main extract and intake ducts after the MVHR and before the main plenums and use one large fan and a manifold of some description - this could vent straight to the outside air however it would need to be balanced to ensure it didn't draw more air into a fire than clearing the smoke. I think a cheaper and better option is a range of smoke / fire detectors and sprinklers in exit routes.2 points
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One of our smoke alarm mounts has a relay that closes when any of the alarms is triggered. Our home automation system takes this as an input and... presently does precisely nothing with it! But we could use it to kill power to the MVHR if desired (and wired). Personally I don't think it's an issue - building regs don't require it and I can see arguments both ways for leaving it on and turning it off. For me the main thing is waking up and getting the flock out of the house as soon as there's smouldering. By the time any fire has got the bit between its teeth, my family and I will be long gone.1 point
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If gasses are being produced in those quantities, it'll be from combustion created by a fully involved fire. Smoke will have been produced far, far sooner than this combustion will have occurred and will have subsequently been detected by the installed, linked, detection measures. By that stage there should be no real reason why you wouldn't be (1) alerted to the smoke generation, (2) up and exiting the property, and (3) removed from a position where such created gasses are a risk to life. IMO the focus here is on the wrong thing, hence why I'm splitting hairs. If there is a remit to tackle that situation, the talk should be of fire suppression and emergency / terminal escape measures. Its one of the reasons that 3+ storey domestic dwellings send a shiver down my spine.1 point
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Have you got a power line going between the houses? we've got an extender that uses the power lines to carry the signal, supposedly, I don't trust it, but it seems to work somehow, plug the transmitter into the router and a wall socket, then the receiver into virtually any other socket, i even had it running off a 50m extension lead to get WIFI into my workshop not this model, but similar and same brand http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TP-Link-TL-WPA4220KIT-AV500-Powerline-300M-Wi-FI-Extender-Two-Ports-Home-Plug/281497297768?_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20151005190540%26meid%3D7e95933ad4b748af8c4dfde36893594f%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%261 point
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Yes, I haven't seen the price yet, but my architect did warn me it was expensive but that we'll only need one layer thank goodness. Product details link HERE1 point
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Hi and welcome to the forum. You will find a lot of familiar members here, so you are not alone any more. Try searching the sites for "newts" if you want to find out about people wasting your money and delaying your build.1 point
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So, you're 2 mm short of a picnic? To me, in terms of oak, that's outright success.1 point
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I've not used Marmox but have used Wedi board which I think is similar if not identical. It's a blue foam board with a thin layer of cement and fibre glass mesh on each side. I used it to clad a wash stand before tiling. Very easy to cut and fix. Has insulating properties. The main issue I see is what happens when retiling. I've not tried but I think it would be hard to get the tiles off without chunks of the board coming with it? Our bathroom is stone clad so our man recommended Hardiebacker board... http://www.jameshardie.co.uk/hardiebacker-12mm-cement-board The 12mm version is very strong and quite hard to cut. I think they recommend scoring and snapping. Our man went through a large number of disposable hand saws and electric jig saw blades as it blunts tools quickly. I reckon it would be possible to fix things to Hardibacker without having to find studs. Would be harder/difficult to fix things to Marmox/Wedi. I glued in wooden blocks where I knew I would have to fix things to the washstand.1 point
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I have collected prices and U values for a lot of different roof windows now, so thought it was worth tabulating the information. This is all for size 780 by 980 roof windows, centre pivot, wood finish internally. No special options like anti noise etc. Dakeu 2G U=1.4 £110 Rooflight 2G U=1.5 £133 Fakro 2G U=1.2 £186 Velux 2G U=1.3 £201 Eco+ 3G U=1.0 £221 Roto 2G U=1.2 £222 Facro 3G U=0.97 £301 Velux 3G U=1.0 £321 Facro 4G U=0.58 £1044 All prices ex VAT and delivery I still think the Eco+ 3G at £221 looks a good bet so I am likely to buy one and see. If it does turn out to be good, I have another two to buy later on. The last one, the Facro 4G at over a grand, shows to me a rather high cost for a small benefit that would have a stupidly long payback time.1 point
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If it's your ecologist not the councils then you are under no obligation to submit her report. I would brief another. I would show them her report and see if they agree your contention of the wider benefits or if not can mitigation could be used before hiring them to do a new report.1 point
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Reasonable doesn't matter too much. They can. So they do. Creative answers to those conditions might be required, perhaps? Lets start with how will evidence for each load be acquired? And can't you ask your supplier to test their product, and give that to the LPA EH department? The supplier should be able to evidence the quality of the product. Hopefully.1 point
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Yes, in some ways it is. We, as a nation, throw away about 30 to 40% of our food. Raising the price may help. But the problem, as usual, is that it will hit the poor the most. As part of my hobby, we share a building with a food bank. The people that come and claim the free food can arrive in a taxi, or show obvious signs of intoxication. Most smoke. So in a way, raising food prices is going to hurt some families, and definitely certain individuals. Usually the ones where mental health or addictions are a serious problem. I am not sure what to do about it, maybe raise the price of all alcohol/fags/illegal drugs and use the cash raised to help some people. Some will not be saved and will probably turn to crime, but it will be small scale and petty crime, nothing like the crime of not paying income/corporation tax.1 point
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Is it worth submitting an FOI for all correspondence re your application particular ly emails within the department also anything at all re policy about GCN It'll take a month but might give you more information you could use in a civil action1 point
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I see there are national tv adverts promoting smart meters at the moment. The only benefitt they seem to be telling customers is you can "see what you are using". Well you can do that by reading an ordinary meter but let's not rain on their parade.1 point
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Thank goodness you're back, been suffering withdrawl symptoms. Well done and many thanks to the proactive guys who got things going again. We are still trying to secure a self build plot for our proposed passive build here in Cockermouth, very frustrating. Does any one know of any potential plots on or coming to the market in Kendal or South of Kendal? Kind Regards to each and every one. Ian & Pauline1 point