scottishjohn
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was a while ago now --but someone bought one for doing 2 houses anybody remember who it was or if they finished with it yet
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I bought and electric arrow gun fior doing under the floor to hold up the 2L2 bubble foil + sf40 multi foil toseal off the joistsand keep heat in there against any drafts in crawl space I have a hand one but by the time you have used a box of staples your hand will be dead especially if doing it upside down especially if joists are old + wood has gone hard
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Most expensive trade, you’ve had.
scottishjohn replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
anyone local with a digger and a tree shear attachment.? -
Most expensive trade, you’ve had.
scottishjohn replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
could well be right --but if you asking me to work out what I would think was fair 3 men @£300 a day each --insurance for if they break things £300 van mileage etc £70 TOTAL £1270 + abit ==£1500+vat=£1800 you know you should have ASKED for a quote for anything that is quantifiable -
thats a non starter then as a commute vehicle in uk weather
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yes a city car --cheap and easy to park
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and this is the other end of the range in ev cars https://www.uk-car-discount.co.uk/vehicle/70604/renault-twizy-coupe-13kw-expression-6kwh-2dr-auto/technical
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thats for sure --that is one of the reasons why the landrover as we know it was killed solid bumpers attached to a solid chassis --no crumple zone and why "roo bars " disappeared on 4 x4 ,s edit _ and why the 2cv was killed --it had no crumple zone --it just all crumpled and squished the driver
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Should I connect to the Grid or is their Alternatives
scottishjohn replied to GrantMcscott's topic in Photovoltaics (PV)
connect--not even worth thinking about I am similar situation but my power connection will be close to 30K- even then it don,t makes sense cos i would still need a gen etc and want to live a normnal not hermit life style and i,m getting older If you had a reliable 3kw or more of hydro --then maybe --but you will be replacing batteries every few years -- --so its not a one off spend with no work have pv panels to sell power back if you like --but if you not diy man doubt it will pay back inless then 8-10years -
self build type mortgage on a rebuild of derelict house?
scottishjohn replied to scottishjohn's topic in Self Build Mortgages
I could to a point could get very messy if they have other life problems ---- not even sure you could write a water tight agreement these days so you could repossess it if it all went wrong in a reasonable time . certainly could not afford to wait 20 years --I might be dead b y then -
wouldn,t worry --easy to seal that up in the roof build ,especially if going laid GRP just a 4-6"upstand of GRP round pipe and a hat on it
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I can honestly say ihave never had a problem swopping dif makes of nuts on diferent make of compression fittings at same size be it 22mm in line srvice valves or angle 22mm -- all seem to be same just never had a reason to find out -- plenty of 3/4bsp to 22mm fiitngs out there if thats what you wanting to do question still stands why do yo need to know --what are you trying to do ?
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are you trying to mix bsp +metric? and why do you need to know ?
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so tape round all the pipes and extend that down onto the plastic sheeting --having a foam shoulder to sit on will help and you know they are air tight where they penetrate the wall or as @joe90 flex conduit poking through air barrier -filled with foam and then tape to conduit
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would it be simpler to use builders foam around all of them to a height which you can trim off where you air tight barrier is going to be --then just tape that to the foam ?
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Insulated raft - ICF suppliers warnings ?!?!
scottishjohn replied to BotusBuild's topic in Foundations
check this out for your waterproofing of basement https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=waterproofing+a+basement+on+icf+west#id=13&vid=532e8dd4b58905f10b550c4bd7514ad2&action=click -
Insulating the floor of an old stone cottage
scottishjohn replied to mcna's topic in Heat Insulation
I was wanting to say that LOL -
Insulating the floor of an old stone cottage
scottishjohn replied to mcna's topic in Heat Insulation
A guess on my part the walls will not have a damp course in them and no doubt rubble infill so they will act like a sponge and suck moisture up from ground and if roof is not good ,maybe water going down into walls from there as well -
yes but not for PIR
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look again you can get 6" long blades https://www.amazon.com/Bosch-T313AW3-3-Piece-Special-Materials/dp/B001J0U1HC
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https://www.amazon.com/Bosch-T313AW3-3-Piece-Special-Materials/dp/B001J0U1HC
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or maybe you can rent a pro hot knife -to buy they are £2-400 can cut up to 300mm some of them
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Iwould make an extrra large base plate for jigsaw --so it keeps it sat right angle to foam -bit of ply fixed to std jigsaw base.
