Gone West

Hope that's a joke, as bats are mammals. Bat boxes for roosting should be sited facing in different directions, for instance the north facing ones will be used in the summer and the others at different times of the year. When I was a trustee of the local woodland trust we installed a lot of bat boxes for roosting.

I have a Peacefair monitor, straightforward to set up but a little lacking in safety features. Well it is from China. https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/PEACEFAIR-AC-80-260V100A-LED-Current-Voltage-Watt-Energy-Voltmeter-Ammeter-TTL-Port-With-Split-CT/1773456_32707303828.html?spm=a2g1y.12024536.productList_14339702.pic_2

I used Lacomet which was easy to use for flat or straight folds.

'Fraid so. I was using it for standing the concrete mixer on. I then used some old ply, but that's had it now. Found a newer bit which has a bit of life left in it, so hopefully it will see out the concrete mixer until I sell it. I got rid of the last four concrete lintels the other day on Freegle. I put them on last year but no one was interested, two people wanted them this time.

I've never touched the cedar cladding on my place when it's wet, but it's turned various shades of grey depending on how much rain hits it. If you haven't painted anything onto the surface then I'm sure it's fine.

According to the instructions, the AAVs I've used can be used below maximum water level height, although I have placed them just above.

I looked into air to air units some time ago. The electriQ range uses Panasonic compressors according to the AirCon Direct site and £400 for 9000Btu sounds good. https://www.aircondirect.co.uk/p/879042/9000-btu-panasonic-powered-a-easy-fit-inverter-wall-split-air-conditioner-with-5-meters-pipe-kit-and-5-years-warranty

We weren't asked for any type of ecology report by the planners despite living next to two farms and being surrounded by orchards and open fields. Mind you with the way they farm around here there isn't much wildlife to report on .

That's Wendy's argument. Wendy didn't fry, 26/27C is comfortable for Wendy. Anyway it looks like I'll have another summer to consider it as it will take some time to finish the garden.

I've been told I can't start making a brise soleil until the garden is finished. We won't need one by the time that's done.

Well having the correct data makes all the difference. Thanks @epsilonGreedy that'll teach me to cut and paste without checking. Wendy won't be happy but it looks like we will need one after all. It now looks more like I expected it to.

Isn't that longitude. I think the North refers to hemisphere. No you're right it should be 51.292297.

Before we move into our house last year I had designed a brise soleil to shade our lift slide doors which are the only south facing glazing we have. Needless to say I never actually made it and having lived in the house for the first summer and now winter I’m not sure it’s needed. We had a nice lot of solar gain recently which meant there was no heating on in the house. IIRC last summer the sun only penetrated around 600mm into the room on the floor. I’ve run the software linked to by @Cambs and results suggest I would lose too much solar gain when I need it from October to February. Any comments? The doors are shaded completely before 12.00.

Many thanks for trying. Would you be willing to supply the name of the blind and the company you bought them from?

They look good. We are currently experimenting with different blinds that attach directly to the glazing. Wendy would like to see what the rails look like from the outside. Would you be willing to post a picture?

I can't tell from that if it is OSB3 or OSB2, the 03 might mean OSB3 or 2+ mean OSB2. Mine is Sterling Board OSB3 15mm thick although all markings have long disappeared.

What type of OSB is it? I have some offcuts of OSB3 that have been lying around in the garden for eight or nine years and have only just started to break up.

I ran my house design through PHPP with varying air tightness values from IIRC 0.2 to 2.0 and the difference in heat loss between 0.6 ACH and 1.0 ACH was very small.

So are you after the Imex CF101 or CF202? Why is one twice the price of the other when the spec. seems the same.

@recoveringacademic Revenge is sweet . You'll know maybe that I can edit your posts Peter?

@recoveringacademic It'll keep you busy tidying up that lot.

Almost word for word.

Okay I try again . What is the advantage of two 9kWh models compared to a UVC storing water at 45C.

I'm very glad I AVOIDED.

You must be right, I can only apologise again. Mind you there are a lot of insane people around .