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What's your biggest DIY calamity?
SteamyTea replied to Mulberry View's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Did not happen to me, but I know someone that was fitting a log sauna, his mate was hammering down a log, with his mates tackle caught between two pieces. 'Black Man's Pinch' did not start to describe it apparently. -
Not sure how different lime and Portland cement are chemically, that is one for @Jeremy Harris, but as concrete is used for foundations, I can't see that it is a problem (under current legislation). Not a lot we, as individuals, can do about large organisations breaking, or bending the laws and rules (short of direct action sabotage).
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I just had a quick look at a small domestic wind turbine. This little 1 kW jobby needs a rotor diameter of 1.8m and a wind speed of 12.5 m.s-1 (28 MPH) https://futurenergy.co.uk/domestic-wind-turbines/airforce1/ I would be dubious that they can deliver more than a few watts about.
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Concrete gets crushed into hardcore.
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"Fluid linearity of space" FLOS
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Heard on You & Yours some marketing person talking about 'emotional mechanics' today. That should cover any effect nicely.
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Are these those fans that use the heat from the stove to turn s small fan? I have often wondered how much energy can be moved with them. Quick Google and you can get them from Aldi for less.
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From what I have read and heard, there is never a good time to use lime. It is either too cold, too hot, too dry, to wet, too sunny, too dark, too windy, too calm. I wonder why people bother with it.
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I have seen it used on a loft conversion where it was screwed. Could see nearly every screw because the plaster skim had popped out.
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Maybe because it is, in effect, an upfront council tax payment. Different councils charge different amounts. We do get to vote our local councils in and out.
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Master bathroom gutted - suggestions needed
SteamyTea replied to H F's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
Buy him a camper van. -
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Welcome. Almost in the horror that is Cornwall then. You can smell the special smell of Tavistock though.
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Depends how bad the OCD is, really bad cases you get a grant to employ them.
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This is often touted by lighting designer for a reason to have more lights. The thing is, less light worked just as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
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I had my cataracts changed, sorted that problem, can put a 3 watt build in a room and see fine. I do use a cheap standard lamp for reading in bed, still got a 3 W bulb in it.
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I have always been a bit dubious about lighting designers. I worked for one of the largest manufacturers of lighting controllers and diffusers in the UK about 20 years ago (my project was not lighting). Often we would get a lighting designer come in with some great new concept. They were all flakey "designs" and nothing new. We treated them with respect, nodded at the right times, pretended to be enthusiastic, then did a quote for them. That was the end of that. I am very happy that I have not been involved in the business since LEDs have come along, would have been the same old all over again, but with smaller illuminairs and more colours.
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Possibly interesting book for architects (and self-builders?)
SteamyTea replied to jack's topic in Research Resources
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Possibly interesting book for architects (and self-builders?)
SteamyTea replied to jack's topic in Research Resources
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Possibly interesting book for architects (and self-builders?)
SteamyTea replied to jack's topic in Research Resources
Is it really only 99p for the Kindle edition. I have a Kindle. They cost about 40 quid and pretty good. -
Looks similar to what that Irish bloke was trying to fob people off with a few years back, along with the interseasonal thermal store.
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Not my house, it is the useless architects that designed it. They fell into the trap that small is cheaper, though they also knew that they would never live in something so small. How much would an extra 7m2 really cost.
