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  1. MikeSharp01
    In your access statement language is everything so if you use the word 'Ancient' you are likely to trigger every archaeological planning requirement in the hemisphere. PS did the Romans have access to rubber I wonder?
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    Welcome Jim looking forward to seeing progress and hearing a torrent of good news.
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    If our experience is anything to go by the demolition notice will trigger the start of project inside the local authority this happened to us and caused a problem because we had not discharged all our planning conditions so the LA put a stop notice on us even though we were working on the prep and starting demolition with removal of asbestos. A 'conversation' with the planners sorted it and away we went.
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    Looks like a great self build opportunity - let's hope planning goes smoothly - good luck.
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    I blame thermal mass - Jeremy does not believe in it so it doesn't happen to him. You have not perhaps so strongly espoused the true path so it is still happening to you. Simple answer - keep the faith.
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    Can you record the IR sequence from 'the tool' and then replay it using a recording remote I wonder then share the sequence on the net and Drayton won't be able to change the sequence without updating the existing 'tool's. The sequence is unlikely to be hand shaken or anything is it although it may be copyright.
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    It seems to me that the only challenge to the sand and cement scenario is the likelihood of cracking if there is any movement / flex so anywhere it might move / flex, like round the ends of joists (differential expansion / contraction) use a membrane and tape to ensure cracking does not harm the air tightness.
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    Air Tightness.
  9. MikeSharp01
    Looks amazing, welcome to THE forum.
  10. MikeSharp01
    Looks good Dave - loads of interesting cuts - bet they were a mission.
  11. MikeSharp01
    Halifax might well deal with you directly. It is a bank after all so won't have any of the hangups a building society would have. They may ask why you have bypassed the broker and you can then tell them.
  12. MikeSharp01
    Does that mean the flat bit has to be 600mm wide? As I read it provided the flat bit, a 200mm wide and deep beam in my case, was no more than 300mm from the peak then you were OK.
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    I think the regs say they need to be placed no more than 600mm from the peak (150mm for heat sensors) so if you have a flat bit then it, if my reading is correct, should be on the flat bit at the peak.
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    Most of these are simple to solve, remain well outside the relms of environmentally friendly building in the round and seem to me to be stretching your argument, already it seems to me erring on the side of thin and perhaps even somewhat lacking balance, a little too far. In some senses I am with you, we may not get our build certified, but the credibility of the model is none the less sound it seems to me. Additionally you can probably, with a little tweaking / extending, take your original bunch of data idea and apply it to any research / development / profling / financial situation provided after you have validated against the original data it continues to work when presented against more recent data in this way you do have a valid model. This in the same sense that Newtons laws remained able to fit the data until we got mixed up with new data on a different scale, quantum, in such places where Newtonian physics do not apply or have limited application. So what the PHPP does is predict how a building will perform given a number of inputs and provided you stick with the units and scale it is not a bad predictor, although perhaps not as absolute as Newtons laws (where they apply).
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    You have a big choice now, you can go for tracker / fixed / offset in all kinds of combinations. Watch out for fees as depending on how long ahead you are looking and what circumstances, including personal, you see ahead the fee / lower fee / no fee equation can get a bit fraught. You may or may not be thinking forward to helping the kids as this can have a bearing as well because, among other things, the longer the fix the more the early repayment charges will be etc. One thing to bear in mind is that if you choose a fix then at the end of the fix period the provider is usually obliged, check, to offer you the chance to move to any of their other products without complications of applications etc. Also if you go for a fix try and get them to max out your repayments so that you end up with the smallest possible, you can afford, outstanding amount at the end of the fix that way you are making the most of the interest rate.
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    Thanks Jeremy. OK so I have two 4m Strips which is about 4.8A in total fed from both ends I can get away with 2.4A in the return and 800mA on each line (assuming they are wired as three colour signals and one return [0V] connection). I think that means the DEF STAN 16-2-4A cable I have should be fine, I think I may have some screened stuff somewhere but I suspect not need. Will bring it down and pull it in on Monday.
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    How much is a fair bit these days? Better get the cross section right, was working on 500mA @ 24V = 12W per colour / 1.5A return but could be way out.
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    Just got to pull the last few cables through in the Garden room and I have two lengths of Ceiling wash RGB LED lighting I need to feed. My plan is to run a multi core cable to each of them and have the controller in the systems cupboard. I am not sure of the number of cores I might possibly need as I have yet to choose the LED product. Also as this is a test bed for the main house I may want to change it. Anybody got any experience to share?
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    Well done @recoveringacademic, is it beer o'clock - don't worry I will buy my own?
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    Yes but that is not the point is it. Even if the model has its flaws, and it does, it addresses the key issues consistently and levels the playing field with a set of reasonably transparent calculations and associated underpinning assumptions. Some things cannot be argued - the more air tight you make it the less heat it will loose. the more insulation you use the better the U value and so lower heat loss, etc. Connect this to those consistent assumptions about how much hot water a number of people will use alongside all the other assumptions and you have a model that is consistent. So if you want to leave the hot tap running you can that won't make it any the less a passive house just a wasteful one.
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    Think you need a 110 AAV as it has a toilet feels to me like 50mm won't vent it enough for a good flush but I am sure someone who knows for sure will be along shortly, frustrating if you cannot hide it though what about having 4 - 5 50mm AAV's in a row on a prefab manifold you might hide them.
  22. MikeSharp01
    They do base the certificate on the reality rather than the theory in the sense that they use the as built details to validate it. Only long term will you actually 'know' what is what.
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    If you can get better than 4.8% then why is everybody not doing it. I suspect because it's not regulated, we perhaps have not adjusted our ROI meters back a sensible return over a slightly increased period to allow a business to florish and we have forgotten that if a thing looks to good to be true then it probably is to good to be true .
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    Watch this and be moved by what we can do, how far you can go in 40 years if your are travelling at 40,000 miles an hour, notice how insignificant we are when seen from 20.8 billion Km away and then ponder our stupidity - I think therefore I am just a little worried.
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    Or perhaps not as it has taken over 2000 years to pick up the pieces the last time the son of a god wandered free on the planet.
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