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    Hi

    SteamyTea replied to Hecateh's topic in Introduce Yourself

    I have often wondered why roofs are not, shall we called it sheeted. Just seems to make sense to me. I am also surprised that it is not standard down here in the wind and wet.
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    And the potato stuffed in the back. It was at a hotel anyway
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    "Practice on a shed or garage wall" says the man that has tried to plaster 3 times, only. And as for body dryers, I popped my nads in a Dyson Blade today, just for a laugh, now I have two acres to nurse
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    Hooks that go under the tiles, unless slate, then it is threaded rods that go though the slate, or sometimes a thin plate that slides under the slate. https://www.cclcomponents.com/schletter-roof-hook-universal?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImp7ui8Oh2gIVTzobCh0JngvQEAYYASABEgKCPfD_BwE
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    Most things in nature, and in mathematics look better on a natural log scale. No one knows why it is that way. I have planed the saplings in the local wood, so shall keep an eye on them over the next few years and see how they grow in their natural environment.
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    I think my Mother's was around a grand. Thinking back, the old one was damaged when they refurbished her kitchen. So not a fault as such, just bad fitting. She puts slat granules in it rather than tables, not that it should make any difference.
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    She has a softener made by Kinetico. It is the second softener she has had in 30+ years and I think this one is over 10 years old.
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    Do you understand the basics of thermal insulation and how the different metrics work? If not, I am sure one of use can knock up something to explain it pretty well. I am a bit busy with a show this week, but if you are not in a terrible hurry, I may be able to say something about it next week, as long as I am reminded.
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    That is for babies, try a Carolina Reaper raw, it makes you shake. I know, I ate one for a laugh.
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    So about 1170 kWh/(kWp.Year) That is quite high, but then you are only 1.5° North of me. Having 20, 175W modules seems odd now as 250W is about the minimum fitted. We got offered a container worth of them a few years back from a company that had miss ordered. They were a good price back in 2011 I seem to remember.
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    What size is your system?
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    Or a large incoming hot water temperature gauge on each shower. I have always thought that a foot operated valve would be a good idea. Stand on it for water, step off to 'lather up'. Or just get male tenants, 10 year old boys never wash.
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    Big ASHP, 4-500 lt storage and E7 running for a few hours before the alarms go off. You could add some inline heaters as a backup. You could also limit the flow rate to 8lt/min. I would be tempted to split the DHW and the space heating. Did I miss that you do/don't have gas. If gas, scratch the ASHP but still maybe use E7/E10. Or put in coin meters. I have just had my second bath of the day (my body aches dreadful sometimes). Did that on a gnats under 19 kWh for the whole house. The two storage heater and the water took a mean of 2.4 kW with a peak of 7.55 kW. Should be able to double that on a normal 100A supply and have a bit to spare. I also run the water up to 50°C, so you can get a bit more storage running it up to 65°C. It used to take my old lodger, before I beat her into submission (and showed her the £2000 water bill for the year) about 35 minutes to empty the cylinder. Shower delivers at 11lt/min (less now as I have not cleaned out the filters since I changed the cylinder.
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    What is needed is a quick precis that included the minimum legal requirements (and links to the legislation), along with some best practice guidelines Then that needs to be posted somewhere separate for others to find easily. Good luck with the second part as I suggested some simple calculators that were permanently placed so that we did not have to keep showing the same basic calculations to people.
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    Seems my neighbour's scaffolding has a tag, can't say I have ever noticed one before.
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    I am not a lawyer, but have been forced to study law at university (they stick these things on to make us rounded people). I think H&S is mainly criminal law, so a company going bankrupt will not stop a prosecution. What I suspect that what happened is that they are going after the person who is most likely to pay, which is you. What should happen is these cases is that a court hearing should be forced on all concerned. Most people will back away from that pretty quickly. I would have thought that it was pretty easy to show that you had no contact with this bloke before his accident, that no one witnessed and he did not want treated.
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    My neighbour has scaffolding up at the moment, same company I used when I worked for a PV company. I shall see if there is an insurance certificate on it. I can't think I have ever seen one, ever. It does make sense to have a sign-in book. Seem petty and bureaucratic, but would help this sort of nonsense from going on.
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    Or an undiagnosed eye problem. Or a botched operation on an eye that left me with permanent vertigo
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    Is that the blue stuff we used at school to copper plate things?
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    Who was it that was asked to show how far apart the staples were on the VCL. I may have mentioned it before, but in my view, there really needs to be a 'one-stop shop' at the council where you can deal with all the people necessary. Probably be worth the utility companies putting reps in as well. I could easily be paid for by the larger building supply companies having 'sponsored walls', would show up TPs ridiculous pricing too.
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    Thanks I may well take that off your hands. I like playing.
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    @recoveringacademic You should have a read of our old mate Ed Davies blog, he has similar issues. https://edavies.me.uk/2015/09/drill-test/ Re the welding. Remember that bit of uphill I did for a laugh.
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    I can claim some decent Basque bloodline, with a bit of Turkish thrown in for good measures. So I fit in quite nicely here
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    Just a quick update on my energy and why it is best at night. Having tinkered a bit with the temperatures of my new water cylinder and storage heater, I have reduced my daily usage by 10 kWh/day. Now it is 17 kWh/day. Yesterday my mean was 703W, during the day it was 75W and at night is was 2320W. The room temperature is now at a better 20.5°C, yesterday it was at 21.9°C, day before it was 21.7°C.
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