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Everything posted by Nickfromwales
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Maybe... https://www.toolstation.com/smoke-pellets/p38123?store=W8&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dc&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKCAiAl9efBhAkEiwA4ToriuY-AcXOHK9G3nIStFhy-s13nL9thMMcGEGfjru1uSsANb6VERbOiRoCe8oQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds These burn / output smoke for a good while, but you need to see if they'll kill you ( or not )
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Use a builders flexi-tub bucket? Wedge that into the hole and tape, then push the fan into the bucket until snug. Cut the bottom completely flush / out of the bucket, of course!
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search on here, someone else was doing this with a car radiator fan jobby from a scrapyard.
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I would strongly advise employing an AT testing company who agree to stay on site for an hour or two whilst you locate / cure / re-try. AT is the key to cheap heating bills and maximising the RoI from you MVHR. AT is a far better bang for your buck than insulation, IMO, as ventilation heat loss is a killer vs fabric heat loss. Go at this with all you have is my advice, and get sub 1.0ACH or better. I'm now going to get myself a DIY rig as suggested by others here, so I can perform my own "day of plugging / testing" on my clients behalf, eg before employing a 4rd party to come and test and issue a cert. Seems the best money my clients could spend, and is already going down well when I suggest it.
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Simple. The stat in the immersion reaches the set point, and bingo, no more input goes to the immersion and export kicks back in at full wallop. Shut off the power to the immersion, whip the lid off, and post a pic of the settings on the stat head please.
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I get all of mine done with my PV partner, so I know they're kosher / MCS compliant etc. No experience of any of the solar packages myself, but loads on here have used them I believe.
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Yup. Someone had to wash your filthy mouth out Shouldn't you be doing unpaid work in the community right now? Off you go. Chop, chop!! 👉
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+1. Needs a proper solar survey doing with the shading looking at exclusively. The lower panels may be worth sticking with, if the software states it.
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That's the kiddy.
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(expletive deleted) you. 👍
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@Wilbur1969 Use the search engine and you'll find a lorry-load of answer on this subject. Feel free to find and add to a relevant thread / topic and we can keep the library in good order
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Beware running electrical cables directly in insulation though! You need much larger ducts / conduits to run cables, or you will not evade regs requirements for de-rating a circuit or massively increasing the conductor size to allow you to run through insulation. You don't need to worry about short rises / drops though the 300mm thickness, but after 300mm horizontal for eg the regs kick in.
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Minimum height of insulation build up on concrete slab
Nickfromwales replied to seano's topic in Barn Conversions
Fabric first approach wins every single time, without exception. You design once, you insulate once, you go mad on airtightness once, and then you reap those benefits every day until you cark it. Money in the bank, in an ever changing ( worrying ) world of energy dependency. Why are our building regs standards still so utterly shite?!? -
That's for a basement though I don't like installing a skinny heated layer over a decent constructional slab as it simply turns on and off ( as a heat emitter ). Not desirable AFAIC vs the huge thermal time constant(?) you achieve from heating an entire slab. That allows you to strategically 'inject' pockets of low cost energy into the floor as a battery / heat bank and for that to slowly release heat into the home with near zero difference in temp shift ( hysteresis ). Simply night and day better IMHO. Heating a constructional slab / passive aka insulated raft is absolutely the better option, and installing a 300mm wall a-la MBC and fully pumping with cellulose is just an absolute and inarguable no-brainer ( budget allowing ). If you are time-constrained ( or impatient ) then removing all the extra labour / cost / detailing / airtight measures of a multi-discipline wall system will pay massive dividends in 'getting a wiggle on', as one MBC PH TF I was on took 31 days from a hole in the ground > passive raft > frame up and complete ( YES, 31 DAYS ) including a couple of weeks on stop for the slab to cure before the frame went on. When the stars align, I will build my own out of MBC PH TF, and develop with that or Nudura. Just waiting for a ship to come in, and then it's off developing I go . Anyone who wants quick, stress free and to have a huge amount of liability / responsibility removed should look long and hard at MBC's offering with a minimum guaranteed airtightness score of 0.6ACH to boot! Folk, some are / were on here, have had issues with MBC and them farming stuff out to sub-contractors, I'm on one that suffered this atm, but thankfully Joe took direct action and this has now been resolved. No company can say they've been 100% issue-free 100% of the time, I don't care who they are, ( or if they do then they've just been very good / clever in covering it up the trail of breadcrumbs ). DIY'ers won't want to pay the premium for a turnkey package, some will actively desire acquiring their self-build wings, so, as with anything, it's horses for courses. The choice of company and service will be down to the clients own remit.
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Well played, sir. We salute you, the whole world salutes you.
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Minimum height of insulation build up on concrete slab
Nickfromwales replied to seano's topic in Barn Conversions
Can you share where you purchased for the OP, please? And how long ago, of course, as the world's gone entirely tits-up over the last few years. -
Minimum height of insulation build up on concrete slab
Nickfromwales replied to seano's topic in Barn Conversions
My wife is the same. I go to the shops and open her text for the shopping list and just stand there asking myself WTF half the things are on the list. When she calls out what they are, it's spelt how she thinks the words sound. Then I say "oh, yea". -
Flush pipe keeps leaking due to un-even floor
Nickfromwales replied to Dan1983's topic in General Plumbing
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Have a sliding pocket door from utility to WC. Bob's your Uncle and Fanny's your Aunt. Thank me with beer.
