MikeSharp01

And hopefully not rebuilt by the previous bovine managers.

Yes but it must be a continuum, and in multiple dimensions, so one very bad, the next slightly less so - all the way to perfect and, you of all people, must know that in such a large sample it should exhibit a normal distribution at which point is is all about the Kurtosis.

Eeeeeek - at least the insurers are sorting it out for them, loads of disruption though.

That's a dinky rack, like it.

Been there, done that, and now OFSTED have a remit in universities via the degree apprenticeship, need to keep an eye again. However the basic remit remains the same take closed minds and open them.

No you have overlooked the fundamental reason for education. Education is about endevoring to take closed minds and make them open. The basic goal is founded on the principle, in a free country such as this notionally is, that we want all members of society to be able to either agree with each other, have the wherewithal to change the minds of others or find common ground on which both can agree. It really is that simple. Sometimes it does not equip people well to see the other side of the argument or even be eloquent in their discourse but this does not mean either side is in the wrong. It mearly means that one or both sides need to increase the reach and strength of their argument(s) NOT the volume of their voices.

Thanks - why didnt I get that. Not sure it's in their interests to get us to cut back they want to sell more product not less but they control demand with cost, in their case the cost of making what they make using gas - daft but seems true. P.S. we are way off topic here do we need a new thread.

Yes it always does but the outcomes are not always predictable so it may appear not to. If you have an education you are educated if not you are not. Neither way round precludes genius or wastrel.

Sorry brain fog RE?

This is a great example of the 'socio-technological gap' technology has the capability to do things that society finds difficult. So the entrepreneur needs to path the gap closed for the society, show them the way and if you are lucky they will go for it and allow load shifted fluffing. If you are an Economy 7 customer you should already be doing it anyway. As with any problem / opportunity, your world view matters, and you can either go through it, round it or over it. (Others may see this differently EG fix it upstream, midstream or downstream ) So in this case we might spend our energies, pardon the pun, in three broad areas (from a big picture point of view and there are many other ways to see this). 1. Through it / midstream - we are already doing that by showing how things might be done the way we are doing it already but slightly better. Conserving energy by load shifting and educating the populace. [Evolutionary?] 2. Round it / downstream - Seek a. to educate people that fluffy towels are a thing of the past [Evolutionary]or b. make it so towels fluff themselves - which might also be an example of upstream as well but hey bear with. [Perhaps revolutionary as many other things would get and stay fluffy] 3. Over it / upstream - Fight to get a fair price for our exported energy so we can use the communal supply as and when - fluff whenever we need. In 1 and 3 fluffing is still with us while in 2 we no longer need to worry about it. But 3 would have massive additional opportunities. I guess the question then is who will be the biggest winners. (Don't worry either way it won't be you or I)

Can you limit access to local, do you have to have the cloud connected to operate it all? I am trying to ensure we don't have any, always on - always listening - always logging, external connectivity except though our bespoke pathway. (I appreciate that those that follow might want to use the proprietary stuff but while I am here I want none of it.)

We are approaching 1st fix wiring and I am wondering about many things but one thing, toilet occupancy, is leaving me with this question. To avoid me over thinking this, I can imagine all kinds of scenarios, I thought I would ask it here. The device will need to control the MVHR boost mode and reliably detect occupants even if they are still for extended periods.

So how do you propose to control the dispersion to the various devices and deal with the heat store / destination not needing any more EG the kettle boiling and tripping out / whistling the place down. I suppose you might use the joule bucket, if it can resolve cycle by cycle, to verify although you can monitor the current draw of the kettle. IE you have prioritised the kettle but the joule bucket is still growing so it is not taking the juice so move down the priority list perhaps then work out an algorithm to creep back up the priority list, might waste a cycle for each destination not up for juice.

Yep thanks all fixed. We got the 3m wide Intello to speed things up a bit, harder to handle but covers with fewer seams and about twice as fast.

I have also used the Novia product in the garden room build but it's not quite as well made as the Intellio product but it works perfectly well.

We are using the Intello product for ours, mainly because it has the capacity to be two way and is strong enough to contain the blown insulation. When we had a WuFi analysis done there was a section on the North wall where it could get difficult but with the Intello it all worked out OK.

I would take care mounting a pump on / near thinned out studs as vibration / transmission of the hum may be an issue.

If they give you very good payment terms - EG 20% upfront, you pay for the materials and the delivery is to your site, you only pay for the install once it is signed off it might be worth a punt.

+1 it takes you through everything - very gently albeit at a relatively high level, you will need other resources for the detail.

Just live with that pain in your left hand side diodes - what else. I would be more worried about your pension planning holding out.

Well it either will be done before or done on the day, there is nothing like a critical deadline for getting things sorted.

Cripes! I think that pin head just got smaller or alternatively we have all gone slightly NUTS.

For screw / bolt pedants please explain how the term 'set' fits into the debate. Sorry we sometimes do this here - we observe that the head of a pin is a relatively small area and then we try to squeeze as many ideas / concepts / comments into our pockets and do a 'jig' while keeping our dancing equipment within the circumference of the pin head. (I will now also get my coat - it is raining here in Kent!)

+1 you MUST support all the edges (T&G does this out of the box) for ply you need noggins / joists to do the job. D4 glue is great for this, we did ours, albeit T&G with the caberfix variant of D4 and we don't get any squeaks although there are quite a few 'snots' running down the joists, which too me means I used enough!

This sort of radical thinking will get you drummed out of the fraternity!