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Drive and half shafts. Kind of defeats the purpose of them. Strange some how people like modern kit in a house, but want to own a 70 year old design crap car.

To translate a compound noun to English, because they are: Posycrapunreliablecostlyuncomfortabledreadfulwasteofspace. Easier to say they are just shit. You can tow with a normal car. I towed a 22 foot spa bath to Gibraltar, behind a 309 diesel.

I am not sure it was really.

@Ed21 pointed this out on another thread. BS 5385 Pt 1 https://www.tiles.org.uk/tta-urges-awareness-of-changes-in-british-standard-bs-5385-part-1-2018-wall-floor-tiling/ So ask the grant people if the fitter is really qualified and ask to see the certificates.

You need more on the ground floor. Can you get 200mm in. The reason is that UFH will be at about 35⁰C, so a ∆T of at least that when 0⁰C outside (assuming a ventilated void). Also look at making the structure airtight, with the airtightness layer on the exterior side of the insulation. No point putting in loads if cold air can bypass it.

I learn the same thing every morning, my body aches.

@Roundtuit sums it us nicely.

I have heard that as well. I can understand it if it is a single sheet, bonded at the sides. But then I have never seen a sheet that does not have a few holes in it. A sheet of polythene is pretty cheap to buy and installing is only a matter of not being a bad tempered knob on a fixed price, and who does not understand why it is there. So that will be most builders over 35 years of age, or stones, makes no difference.

Seems it is running at too high a temperature. Has the outside unit frosted up at all? This has been covered a few times on here, have a search about and see if you are experience thee same problems, usually the DHW temperature is too high and it is using the built in resistance heater.

Water will wiggle about till it finds and easy route, why it is really hard to find a leak. Wind direction and rainfall can confuse even more. I know, I live in even wetter and windier Cornwall. I suspect that the problem is where it joins the roof, the GRP work looks alright, if a little rough. As @joe90 says, we would have put some fall on, but then we know what we are doing when it comes to GRP, unlike most builders. Either way, it can be sorted. The Problem and then the solution.

Apart from where the water is coming in at the back, which is poor design, rather than material failure, is there a problem? Can you sort the roof to flat roof interface and get that section relaminated?

As I said, the problem is really the use of dissimilar metals. I am sure with a bit of hunting about the correct fixings can be found. Or just use nylon battens.

I think the answer is, it depends. Assuming an inverter type, which is just a confusing word for variable power output, and assuming it has some temperature difference controls, then it may well draw less current. I suspect the biggest load is the fan as it is trying to move several tonnes of air an hour, and a tonne is a tonne, regardless of what it is made of.

https://www.aluminumhandraildirect.com/effects-of-salt-water-on-aluminum/

Nor me.

What I hear and read from others us that everything is a surprise to a builder, and as soon as they open the door to start work 'they have never seen anything like it before'. By the time you are showing them the third thing that needs doing, they are thinking about ways to cut corners on the first two items. Tell them you have no contingency.

Interesting in that they did not fully tape the joints on the insulation. So air can travel possibly from outside to inside. Though with the OSB on the outside this is much reduced.

Claimed by most North Coast places, except Portreath, which is a poo filled sewer, and Trevaunance Cove, which is the same, but we don't care as anyone that moves to St. Agnes gets all they deserve.

Obligatory kWh. Unless you meant your mean power consumption.

I have a similar problem. A Council owned van is parking badly in my road, it obscures the visibility. Is there any real point reporting it, no. The Police are not bothered as it is not a moving vehicle, residential street with legal parting on both sides, so that is not a problem as traffic wardens do not patrol this area. The biggest issue is that is reporting it as a danger, parking restrictions are put in place (this happened where I used to live, the only people that got fined were the local residence). On a more interesting note, the person who illegal built it has probably devalued their own house, and as we know, if you devalue a house you have 'stolen' cash from someone, even if they did not have that cash in the first place. Personally I think we need a free for all planning system, just charge more for the environmental 'stuff', that will put the majority of people off.

Did you listen to Alflie Moore this week? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000vrj4

Don't they make a fibrous cement product? Aluminium generally, does not corrode, but if the wrong fittings are used there can be an electrolysis problem. Also, how close to the coast, and how high up. The big waves come in from the SW.

Welcome Beams are fairly easy to understand, it is just the 'odd' units they use, mm4 in the moments of inertia does not sit easily in the mind. But all it means is that you take the 3D sized, width, depth and length, then measure how much it deflects. Good place to start. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/beam-stress-deflection-d_1312.html And moment of inertia. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/area-moment-inertia-d_1328.html

With something like this. Drill a hole and hammer them in. https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-nylon-hammerfix-8-x-100mm-50-pack/33940 It is to do with breathability and condensation risk. After the vapour control layer (polythene sheet on the inside), you are looking to allow any vapour to travel outwards in a heated/occupied building. So as you travel outwards, it is easier for water vapour to travel and be evaporated (evaporation is a combination of humidity differences, temperature and airspeed). To put a sexist slant on it think of drying washing. If you lay a wet towel on a floor, the part touching the floor does not dry, but the part exposed to the air does, this is why we hang washing on a line (not really sexist as I do all the washing here). This is all about detailing. You could probably do it either way. Fitting the OSB on the outside is probably easier when it comes to fitting the insulation but you will be cutting up a lot of small sections of OSB to fil the gaps between the walls and the roof. Not hard, just fiddly and boring. If you fit it with screws, rather than nails, you can easily change it if it all goes wrong. Nothing to stop you from doing both in reality. Make sure the aperture studwork is solid, square and true. And the right size. Remember, it is a posh shed, not a forever home. If you were in West Cornwall, I would come over and have a laugh. What power tools do you have, a cut off saw will be useful, as would a planer thicknesser. And a decent table to work on.

This is why people need to study science and stop thinking they can rationalise things with words. Hydrogen Challenger From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search History Germany Name: Hydrogen Challenger Launched: 1967 Identification: IMO number: 6724153 General characteristics Length: 66 m (216 ft 6 in) Hydrogen Challenger was a 66-metre (216 ft 6 in) refitted coastal tanker (previously Bernd) for mobile hydrogen production. It was fitted with a vertical axis wind turbine to generate electricity for the electrolysis of water to fill the hydrogen storage tanks. The total storage and transportation capacity was 1194 cubic metres (42200 cu ft). It was stationed in the German Bight near Heligoland (where the most wind is), and was to dock in Bremerhaven, where the hydrogen produced would be delivered to the market. History[edit] The ship was lengthened from 56 to 66 metres (183 ft 9 in to 216 ft 6 in) in 1969. The added section can be seen in front of the bridge, by clicking the photograph. The hydrogen conversion scheme was completed in 2004. However, the project appears to have been a subsidy fraud: "The ship never made trips in its planned function. The converter that was to produce the hydrogen was delivered by the manufacturer in good faith, but later taken back because the bill was not paid. Likewise, the much too small wind turbine ran basically empty, because the electricity was not used. Behind the project was a dubious company whose trail later fizzled out. The matter was covered up, and nobody talks about it today. The tanker almost sank in the harbour and was later scrapped."[1] Its website has disappeared.