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Using hot water from a vented system for the first time in 2 years
SteamyTea replied to Oxbow16's topic in General Plumbing
That is to stop us all from correcting and clarifying what we have typed more than 30 minutes earlier. So @Nickfromwales, typing this instead of Simple answer is switch it on and leave it for 3-4 hours -
How does your garden grow?
SteamyTea replied to recoveringbuilder's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
Reminds me of my youth. -
How does your garden grow?
SteamyTea replied to recoveringbuilder's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
Cannabis. He smuggles them across the boarder most night to corrupt the Cornish youths. Last I heard he got 2 pasties and a cream tea for an eight. Purple Bude is the street name. -
Using hot water from a vented system for the first time in 2 years
SteamyTea replied to Oxbow16's topic in General Plumbing
Could you not just pop some weak bleach into the header tank, run the hot taps for a few minutes, leave for a few hours. Flush out the system for half an hour, then heat up the water. The presences of legionella bacteria in the water is not, in itself, a problem. It is when that bacteria is dispersed via water vapourisation, as in air conditioning units (where the problem comes from, not your daily shower) that there is a problem. -
Do you know what sensor the Shelly uses? I suspect it is a DHT22.
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Planning Permission needed to modify houseboat
SteamyTea replied to Temp's topic in Planning Permission
Is the Banksy worth more than the boat. At least Robin Gunningham did not have to go far to paint it. -
I do that with the arc wielder, touched a can of WD40 that a dickhead workmate put on the wielding bench when I had the mask down.
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Have caught my fingers a couple of times. Does smart a bit.
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That looks dangerous. Shall order myself one.
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Damp wood maybe. Overused disk. Only using the outer edge of the disk. Pushing too hard. Assuming that the grain makes no difference. I also remove the guard when I have the abrasive disk on. Actually usually remove the guard on the small angle grinders. I have been using angle grinders since I was a kid to sort things out, so hard to say what I actually do, it is just second nature to me.
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New blades don't much, blunt ones do. Or the jiggler/shaft on the saw is worn. I use an angle grinder for just about everything I can.
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Heat Pumps & Hydrogen Powered Boilers Book
SteamyTea replied to Des Ingham's topic in Introduce Yourself
I find that an unbelievable figure. I will have to look into it. Today, at work, I weighed the waste, worked out at about 25% of perfectly good food was thrown away. The really staggering thing is milk. Probably 75% thrown away. In the olden days, we would have just rejugged it. Not allowed to do that now. We also wrap our cutlery in paper napkins. A good 20% get picked up by customers, not used, and we have to unwrap them and wash them, then wrap them again. We are, according to a certificate, 'carbon neutral'. -
Planning Permission needed to modify houseboat
SteamyTea replied to Temp's topic in Planning Permission
Labour member Philippa Hulme said: “It fits beautifully with the eclectic mix of the harbour: you’ve got apartment blocks that look like boats, you’ve got boats that look like houses. That’s just part of being Bristol. I think it’s fantastic.” And a shed that floats. -
IKEA pac sliding doors FFS !
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
They are (expletive deleted)ing hideous, unlike the meatballs and gravy. Send them back. Did you choose them from the ColourClimax magazines. -
A wise man on a building site
SteamyTea replied to Pocster's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
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Has the inverter been set up for a different country? https://www.fronius.com/~/downloads/Solar Energy/Operating Instructions/42%2C0410%2C2148.pdf
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Mains Water Usage - What do you use?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
I was actually comparing the bills, which includes waste water, and surface run off. it is the waste side that is so expensive. We pay to keep the Atlantic Ocean clean and the beaches sparkling. Then total wankers let their dogs shit on the beaches.- 30 replies
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SteamyTea replied to Des Ingham's topic in Introduce Yourself
How about picking the right balls and shooting at a number of narrow goals. The ball is either the problem or the solution, and the goal is the target. You may miss, but the overall effect will be closer to where you need to be than just leaving it up to fate and the free market. An example if this sort of policy is the Landfill tax. Companies and individuals don't want to pollute the environment, they want to do the right thing, as long as it is cheaper to do so. The problem with the LFT is that it is now very expensive, and the chances of getting caught, and the associated fines, are relatively small. So the ball is waste, the goal is proper disposal. Make it easy to dispose of it, and it will be disposed of correctly. -
Green Home Grant application - have you had a response?
SteamyTea replied to joth's topic in Environmental Building Politics
@Dave Jones Just spent 2 minutes looking up the price of the above ASHP https://www.cityplumbing.co.uk/Vaillant-Arotherm-Plus-7kW-0010037213/p/477547 Can save almost £2500 before the haggling starts. -
Mains Water Usage - What do you use?
SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
184 lt/day over the last year, and there is just me. I am a clean chef, not one of those grubby, unshaven ones.- 30 replies
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SteamyTea replied to Ferdinand's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
I shall try and remember to look up my figures when I finish work. Southwest water is the most expensive in the country. 8 times the price of the City of London.- 30 replies
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Probably need a lot more information for a definitive answer. Knowing the surface to volume ration helps, cooling is nearly all about volume. PV on a roof will take out energy when it is sunny, reducing heat load. Also have a look at air to air heat pumps, they can heat and cool, and are very cheap. How do you want to deal with domestic hot water, stored or instantaneous? 30 m² is 2/5 the size of my place, and I use night storage heaters and a 200lt hot water cylinder.
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SteamyTea replied to Des Ingham's topic in Introduce Yourself
I am taking this a little bit out of context (of HPs or gas), but am interested in narrow goals. Is it not a case that the UK is not working in isolation, we are part of a global species. Most countries will be taking a different approach, but with the same aim of net zero. There will come a time, possibly in the not to distant future, where only goods and services must meet a minimum criteria of carbon emissions or they cannot be purchased. As long as this is audited correctly, then there should not be a problem. There will always be odd ball situations that skew the figures i.e. County A may have higher agricultural emissions than country B, but lower industrial emissions. But the idea is to get divergence to, initially, net zero. Carbon negative can come later, but not too late. I don't think we need to particularly do this via austerity i.e. heat your house to 16°C rather than 20°C, but we will need to be careful of marginal gains i.e. a factory that makes heat pumps that have embodies carbon at say 10 units per HP, overproducing to get the unit value down to 8 units and they then just sit on a shelf (we used to have 'food mountains'). How each country does this is rather irrelevant i.e. nuclear, RE, efficiency gains, tree planting, CCS, the idea is to get to net zero. Also worth pointing out that land is only around 30% of the earths area, there are huge carbon sinks in the oceans and seas. There are also huge risks of acidification, rising temperatures, overall sea level rises and the more devastating storm surges. So I don't think a narrow goal is the problem. The problem is getting the ball into the goal. -
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SteamyTea replied to Des Ingham's topic in Introduce Yourself
Are you an American? It has an s on the end.
