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    Perfik Rodders. Perfik.
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    Good to hear the story from the other side of the farm gate. Change the words '... they think someone else ... ' above to ' ... know that their immediate neighbours have ... ' and you'd be bang on in my case. Here's the story
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    John, one day we'll meet. And then you'll know. You'll politely shake your head, and go away muttering dark scottish things under your breath.
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    On this thread , reading between the lines, it would appear that it's common for self builders to get back boxes and noggins ( and whiskers on kittens) in the ' wrong' place(s). I do not want to pee my sparky off. (so far the only trade to do exactly what was agreed on time on budget, no moaning no fuss) Help me sparkies, please. How best should I fit the noggins? What are the noggin-gotchas? What are the back box buggerits? If there's a back box Oh-FFS, then I wanna know please. It's be-kind-to-a-sparky day today. ?
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    Oh dear.....? I'm going to have to watch tonight.....
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    I have a monthly blow-out with my mate - badly needed after this week's little 'challenges'
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    Thanks for posting the link. There appears to be - from my low level perspective - a fair number of self builders locally. Lets hope the event is well attended.
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    Welcome. I will be particularly interested in your contributions. We - with none of your expertise - embarked on a similar project. At the risk of boring you rigid, here's a list of the stuff we did in relation to our chosen ICF. Not all of it pretty either.
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    Thats the hook, right there. Perhaps it's because I really appreciate the hard work behind the design and coding the videos....
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    Sign of a healthy organisation: critical examination of what we all do is vitally important.
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    I dunno about you, but for someone like me who has never ever done much round the house - and now finds himself building a house (!) - the Knowhow videos provided by Geberit are very reassuring now that we're almost in First / Second fit mode. The production standards for the videos are very high indeed : just as high as their prices. My argument is that since we can't find reliable trades people operating at a fair price, having a company that takes online video support very seriously becomes a huge factor in the purchase decision. Starry-eyed I am. Dangerous. In the interest of balance, give me a healthy slap in the face with a wet fish. Tell me why I should NOT buy Geberit.
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    So, there you are @K78 , just buy one. You have my permission. Just a question of price now.?
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    I rarely pour cold water on any tool-related purchase discussion: buying one - even a simple thing like a plumb bob - is one of life's pleasures to be savoured, thought about, over-researched, talked about in the pub, dreamt about. But. Every chippie I know - and respect - says don't buy a first fit gas nailer unless its used weekly. They need too much love and care. Bit like a whiny child. Always catching colds. Damn Damn Damn. My sincere apologies. Ian
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    Whaaaasat? Whats the story about back boxes? Which should I fit?
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    You bad man, Ed.
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    400 centres... I thought there might be some sort of 'rool' about it Russ....
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    Yeah, just realised what I wrote there... Anyway... I have some stud walls that are over 3m high.... 2 noggins per vertical?
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    I've a good mind to - with BH permission - ask the author of the paper to review this thread and comment. I suggest this because - if the author of engages with us - we will all benefit. Does anyone mind if I email the author and ask for comment?
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    I would use the 10mm ballast - if you can trust it. There be sum shoit ballist roun' yur : ' happen 's wuy it cost £25 bagged and delivered. Loads a' glass innit.
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    " Thermal Mass mate? Wodja mean? " And then listen carefully That'll do for me. Is it a Unit of measure? (not yet) Is it a mess? (yes) Is it widely mis-applied and misunderstood? (yes) Well don't bloody use it then. Exactly. And sometimes they publish them.
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    The Poor Bloody Infantry in this discussion deserve better. How - with two apparently well qualified scientists (Competent Person(s) in the lingo) taking diametrically opposite positions - can we (the people whose bank balance takes the hit) make up our minds? There will be people - many I suspect - who invest large sums of money on the basis of reading the attached paper(s). In my old jobs (running Virtual Learning Environments inside three UK Universities) I would be delighted - because I'd see the opportunity to arrange a classic Disputation (defence of a Doctoral thesis) so that students could listen and read and perhaps watch well-regarded scientists put their case. That's never going to happen here is it? More's the pity. And it's our bank balances that take the hit Is that ( ' ...that can act as a buffer heat store .... ') , J, your way of saying Thermal Mass ?
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    In the pursuit of openness, balance and intellectual rigour I attach a serious and, apparently well-argued paper, explaining the concept of thermal mass. The arguments advanced appear to be properly referenced, but I haven't followed them through yet. ThermalMassExplained_Feb19.pdf Accessed April 1st. 2019 https://www.concretecentre.com/Search-Results.aspx?searchtext=thermal+Mass&searchmode=anyword This URL links to a download for a publication that explains the concept of Thermal Mass in the context of housing. (you'll need to register - hence comment below) [MB_Thermal Mass for Housing.pdf : I have uploaded this copy to our server to save you having to register - and be spammed] In the context of this tread, I find myself wishing I hadn't found this resource : my brain hurts enough coping with the build. (and @Onoff's tiling saga) This isn't an April Fool's joke. Ian
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    And I fought it wuz me. Yew shoor know sum stuff Russ! @MikeSharp01 thanks very much indeed!
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    I dug our hole wiv me leetle digga. (2.3 tonne) Sure? There are plenty of boats that are made from concrete (sometimes called ferrocrete). If it's empty, waterproof, and there's enough water underneath it, it'll float. Promise. Big fat smelly promise.
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    Smells like an old doorway - that was bricked up rather than allow it to become one of @ProDave's suicide doors
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