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Shall have to go looking for some when I have time. Though it seems most are by product interested groups. Same with this. I have seem lichens (a bacteria infected fungus) growing on lime, so while it may be better than concrete, I am not convinced. I agree that ventilation is becoming more and more important, and it is going to be hard to convince builder and building users that they have to have it, and use it properly.
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Passive House, storms and power cuts
SteamyTea replied to Russdl's topic in Energy Efficient & Sustainable Design Concepts
We know the true cost of helping out. It can quickly ruin a reputation, just not worth it. -
Passive House, storms and power cuts
SteamyTea replied to Russdl's topic in Energy Efficient & Sustainable Design Concepts
The village I work in had an area without power last night. One slightly distraught customer came in at closing time. We had nothing left. Told her to get the camping stove out. "I have 80 guests" was the reply. Was one of the local hotels. BBQ for them then. And Cornflakes for breakfast in the best Seventh Day Adventist tradition. -
I am struggling to find that model. But looking at the manual for Solis 4G range, there are user/installer functions that allow you to look at historic data and change settings, including the country standard settings i.e. voltage and frequency limits. Getting this checked out does not involve anything more than pressing a few buttons, no need for scaffolding yet.
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There the damp/water takes longer to dry on my bathroom tile grout, mould forms. What stops mould forming with this sort of wall makeup? Or does no one ever check?
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Or it might be a simple problem. What makes you think it is complicated. And what make of Inverter have you got.
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LG Therma V mono block Air Source Heat Pump
SteamyTea replied to ProDave's topic in Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
Is that on a Raspberry Pi. Saw a project online about it. Keep meaning to look into it more. I use an old CurrentCost with the optical pulse counter. -
Battery Storage installed
SteamyTea commented on MikeGrahamT21's blog entry in Back on the self-build waggon...
Really has not been that bad here. We are used to 100 MPH winds, though not had any recently. As the wind was predominantly from the West, app the ports are sheltered, they they are built that way around. -
Battery Storage installed
SteamyTea commented on MikeGrahamT21's blog entry in Back on the self-build waggon...
How many years/decades have you lived in that area? -
Estate agent arranged for a surveyor
SteamyTea replied to Oceanjules's topic in Surveyors & Architects
They trust a nobhead estate agent to measure it. -
Battery Storage installed
SteamyTea commented on MikeGrahamT21's blog entry in Back on the self-build waggon...
It is comic day. So ignored all advice and gone out. Unlike the post sorting office that is closed, with my parcel in it. -
Battery Storage installed
SteamyTea commented on MikeGrahamT21's blog entry in Back on the self-build waggon...
The worse power cut I have had lasted 4 hours. That is in over 20 years. And that was caused by a digger. It is not really third world down here. Waiting for this Eunice to do here worse, not too bad at moment and the tide us now on way out, so flooding risk is dropping rapidly. -
Design your electrical system as if it is an off grid place, then you can plug in either a generator or a battery system. The PV system may as well be an off grid system to start with, either pump into so thermal storage (water or rocks) and a small battery for lighting. Cooking becomes the harder part. Even a small induction hob is going to need 2 kW and an oven 1.5 kW. So maybe bottled gas for those until PV/battery prices make it viable. Just stick in the wiring and swapping them over is easy. Just keep it all simple, low capacity (so don't have 50 downlighters around the place) and flexible with radial circuits.
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Boiler temperature for UFH and hot water cylinder
SteamyTea replied to Rob1992's topic in General Plumbing
You have highlighted why the term 'Engineer' needs to be protected. Nothing wrong with being a technician, but there is a huge difference between one and an Engineer. -
Measuring levels, can a layperson do it?
SteamyTea replied to Grian's topic in Surveyors & Architects
Or a man measures a hole. How long to sell the glazing? -
Measuring levels, can a layperson do it?
SteamyTea replied to Grian's topic in Surveyors & Architects
SMP (simple mathematics project). Can tell when you went to school. The example I had was two men digging a tunnel, 1 and 2 metres and hour and the other at 3.5 metres and hour. What times does the cat put the tea on? -
Thanks £577. Get a generator and a few gallons of gasoline for that.
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Raspberry Pi ZeroW and a BME280 or DHT22 and you can log the temperature and RH.
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Can't get past the cookie and invite screen, so won't be seeing what it is about. I wish websites would stop offering a choice, when there is no choice.
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Help me ter fix this please.....
SteamyTea replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
How irritating that some little fart designed it so badly. You can always tell which house in the street is rented out to the bad ones. The meter box door is broken. -
How much are you willing to pay a metre for a custom design?
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Seems they need more than just the element/thermostat combo. https://www.estg.eu/en-gb/mypv-immersion-heater-3kw/
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I have had that with people on here. Agree with them, but saying it differently seems, for some, to be the polar opposite.
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You know there are 2 sites? The main one gets the data from Elexon, if you hunt around there, there are some notes about what is metered and what isn't. Without looking back up the posts, do your numbers match with the link you just posted? Ah, they do, needed to scroll down a bit more.
