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Engineering wise it is going to be large. A large steel beam, a thick wall and something like a railway track to step over. It won't look like the picture, more like a Peugeot 309 sunroof.

Monitor your energy and temperatures. It tells you a lot about what is going on.

Whoops, yes. Even at the beginning of a sentence. Yet another reason we should be using joules for energy, as that is allowed to be 'Joule' in that circumstance.

Some concretes can set in water. https://www.concrete.org.uk/fingertips-nuggets.asp?cmd=display&id=1031

A proper meter?

Not the length, its is the girth that is important.

Have you thought of buying a cheap one to see how it works? https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/tf-12000ch/telefunken-tf12000ch-air-conditioner-air-conditioner If it is successful, I will take if off your hands when you are done for free (saves getting an F-Gasser in).

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-beams-strength-d_1480.html Measure the size to get the volume, multiply by the density, then multiply by gravity. That gives you the force in Newtons. Then measure the width ad length of the lintel, in meters, to work out the surface area. Then divide the N by the m2 to get the N.m-2, AKA pascals.

Cussedness sounds better in Scotch.

Used to make tooling to mould PU. The factory used to squirt it every where. If you think a tin of squirty foam is uncontrolled, watch an idiot with a proper industrial injection matching with shot weights of 7 or 8 kg. Fantastic mess.

I have always fancied an outdoor fish pond, with colourful tropical fish in it. Goes back to my time as a kid living in West Indian islands where we used to get guppies out of ditches and cross bread them to make them colourful. So why not dump the power into a small pond. Kind of thing @ProDave would do just to stop the DNO having any. He you use it to rear trout in the winter, then boil them up for supper in the summer.

I don't think doing this job well will be that hard. Get yourself a half decent cordless drill from Screwfix, or Lidl even. You will need one anyway. If you are adamant that you cannot get under the base frame at all, then you will have to 'work from the top'. You can make templates from cardboard for any rodent proof mesh (you will need to buy some tin snips) and then place them in each void, attaching to the frame with a decent adhesive (CT1 maybe). Them fill with just about any insulation type to the top of the frame. Then a 12mm flooring board, then 50 to 70mm rigid PIR or PU insulation sheet board, then 18mm flooring sheet. This may seem over the top, but heat loss through the floor gan be quite large. You will also need to fill up the perimeter gap between the frame and the ground to stop air movement. Though I suspect you will need a bit of ventilation as the ground will be damp for many years. Or just pour in 2 part expanding foam. https://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/CFS_Catalogue__2_Part_Polyurethane_Foam_Liquid_415.html

Wasn't it our @Ed Davies that played about with a modified 3 phase element to get a range of different powers. Not sure if it was an academic exercise or he did it for real. Give him a shout. https://edavies.me.uk/

KWh. That works out at 0.208 kW

Do you know what the room stat is actually turning off, or is that hidden deep in the LG controls?

That is what I would expect. Still too high in my opinion, but not scary. The manufacturers rally need to be clear about standby and other parasitic loads.

Welcome An interesting problem as you have already erected the frame. Will you loose too much height in the shed if you put 100mm of foam sheet on top of the frame? A bit of a left field idea would be to pull some plastic sheet under the structure, then pour in two part expanding PU foam.

Here is a timber beam calculator. https://www.timberbeamcalculator.co.uk/en-gb/calculator/timber-beam/british-standards?new Work out what you already have, then look for a concrete one. https://www.naylor.co.uk/products/lintels/lintels-selector/

Not for me either. But that is Devon for you, probably closed till Tuesday.

There is a blast from the past.

On here, where?

Not knowingly. I would walk out with the collection tray. About time I got my jacket buttons back.

Something architects seem very reluctant to do. None of us like our ideas shredded to pieces.

That is one way to win people over.

Yes, Bourton on the Water. Usually stop there as you can park for half an hour outside the Londis. And they have a Costa coffee machine. So cheaper, and nicer, than most other coffee places. Queen's Bench needs recarving. It is a decade old now.