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What building regs apply to a wooden garage,?
SteamyTea replied to joe90's topic in Garages & Workshops
That could be any size though. -
Holier than a........ Just no!
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A flue works by having a lower pressure at the outlet than the inlet. The pressure difference is caused by temperature related density changes. Flow rates are affected by the ratio of cross sectional area to circumference ratio, which changes greatly during a bend. Flow rates, or more accurately, mass flow rates, are complicated to calculated as increased velocity can actually stall the system. Much easier to just put a fan heater in.
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Must I insert the thermometer to prove it, again, again, again. The difference between an oral and anal thermometer. The taste.
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About the same as ore body temperature. But I have a hot body. That may be how you make a pasty, not how thy make them down here. No one knows what goes in them.
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For me 37⁰c starts to feel chilly.
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What building regs apply to a wooden garage,?
SteamyTea replied to joe90's topic in Garages & Workshops
Make the slab the size, and shape, you really want, then build to just under 30m2. Not sure how well you want to insulate it, and if that has to be inside the foot print or outside. If you make it of TF, or SIP construction, it should be easy to make it longer then no one is looking. -
I might sound like Bruce Willis, but I have a much better memory.
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When I was at school, we used to call people that finger pointed 'sneaks'.
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And I thought that special orange message about behaviour on here was directed solely at me.
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You as well as @pocster Will budgie smugglers be allowed again.
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GRP every time. Think of it as a boat. Do you want something that is capable of being sailed around the world, or something that almost makes it across the Channel. You do need to get it done properly, and that is where the challenge is.
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Do some measuring and the sums. Td = T - ((100 - RH)/5.) where Td is dew point temperature (in degrees Celsius), T is observed temperature (in degrees Celsius), and RH is relative humidity (in percent).
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Fit two, separate ones. One near the boiler, and one in a suitable living area.
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Let us know if it works, and is a practical solution.
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Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Do you have two separate businesses, one for quotes and one for contracts. I just hope my pension find invested wisely in energy production companies, and now pulls out of them. -
Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Not to be too controversial, but isn't HS2 really just a reflection of our under investment in the rail infrastructure. The kind of thing that we should have done decades ago. Unlike Wales and its roads, where all development is stopping. -
Where is the kWh price heading in 2022?
SteamyTea replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
By picking the cheapest (at the time) generation method, the idea was to set a target for other generation technologies to aim for. Been a good policy as wind and solar had surpassed the 'cheapest' generation type. Only nuclear is given special treatment now, and I doubt that will happen again. Just taking EDFs generation profits of around £1bn for the last year, it is peanuts compared to the £23+bn they are spending at Hinckley. I think Centrica paid close on £1bn in corporation/windfall tax, in top of all the other taxes they normally pay i.e. VAT, employee taxes, business rates, vehicles etc. -
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The one thing you regret not doing
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
I wish I had stayed in the West Indies. Heating system, not needed. A/C could probably be designed out. Energy cheaper than water. Coral reefs to swim over. Sailing in warm weather. Best Rijsttafel ever. -
I think I heard that, or something similar.
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ASHP turning out to be very expensive
SteamyTea replied to Venkat Rangala's topic in Other Heating Systems
Yes, not so far off what I worked out my place was before I did a few minor improvements. I still think it is high. Don't think my old Victorian place used that much, but I did move out of there in 2002, which means 21 years of my life seems to have vanished. -
W is power, a joule per second. The joule is the SI unit of energy and can be converted to Wh by multiplying by 0.0002777778 A kWh is 1000 [the k] multiplied by W [watt] multiplied by time in hours [h]. I think you are getting confused with kW and kWh. There is no kW/h, or kW per hour. No it gives a power of: 83 [kWh] / 24 [h] = 3.5 kW (to 1 decimal place) That is the power that the heater is giving out, on average, for 24 hours. kWh / h the h [hours] cancel out to leave the kW, the power.
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To Raspberry Pi or not, that is the question.
SteamyTea replied to TerryE's topic in Boffin's Corner
It died during the night, almost made it to midnight. Hopefully just a dodgy cable/connector. Shall look at it later.
