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  1. Gone West
    @Bitpipe Is it possible to put a temperature sensor behind the Parex boards to see if there is a significant heat build up? I would be surprised if a ventilated cavity behind a white surface would get that hot.
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    @Ferdinand So 10mm as a minimum and the link recommends 20mm for replacement slots in mitigation work.
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    IIRC the slits in the bat boxes we put up were about 15mm. Pipistrelle bats are very small, probably smaller than a mouse and they get through small gaps.
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    I've used one of the Evolution electric compactors for my parking area and I will use it for my workshop base. I used <50mm crushed concrete in ~70mm layers up to 200mm and it worked surprisingly well. I wanted to be able to take my time through January when the weather was good so buying my own made sense. For the final wack I will hire a much larger one for a day. https://www.speedyservices.com/18_0104-h-forward-reversible-compactor-plate-diesel-400mm-16in
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    Welcome to the forum and good luck with the build. Any plans or site pictures?
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    Not exactly rock garden, but I have Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden book which has similar planting.
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    I've got Senco 1st and 2nd fix gas guns, over eight years old now. The 1st fix only gets dragged out occasionally these days to fix fence panels and the like but still works ok after a battery charge.
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    Schneider make some nice ranges.
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    Hi, welcome to the forum. I have built a Passivhaus which has a roof window. The roof window was fitted around eight years ago and was not a Velux because at the time Velux did not produce a roof window without trickle vents so I fitted a Fakro. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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    If you had a vented cavity behind your outer skin how would that affect the temperature of the main wall construction and hence decrement delay.
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    Yes, that's what I was thinking in respect of how much solar gain could be stored in the floor slab. I was thinking it would be very difficult to work out unless it is a more or less a homogeneous material. I have a concrete slab with a layer of tile adhesive then porcelain tiles. Presumably how reflective the surface of tiles is would also affect the result. Some of the flexible tile adhesives have air bubbles as well, so would act as an insulator. It would be interesting to know how much is being stored in the floor when the sun shines on it but I guess not really possible to work out, although maybe possible to measure.
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    Is there any data showing what the thermal gradient is or whether it is linear in different materials with differing thermal conductivity and capacity.
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    Yes, I remember scratching a hole in the ice on the inside of my bedroom window so I could see out. IIRC our only heating was in the living room in the form of a paraffin heater.
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    Welcome to the forum Nick. It looks like you're making good progress. Good luck with the rest of the project.
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    I found that to be the case and went back to a sprung mattress and it's fine now.
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    I'm well into OAP territory and can remember the ice inside and am thankful things have moved on, and I can sleep in a bedroom at 22C without having to worry about draughts or the electricity bill.
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    As Ed said there was no excavation required by UKPN. I took the ducting up to the base of the pole and they connected at the top of the pole.
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    Our electricity connection was £636. We laid the ducting, with a couple of hockey sticks, from the pole in the orchard, at the corner of the garden, to the meter cupboard which was 17m. We fitted a draw cord. For the £636 they supplied the cable, pulled it through the duct, and connected both ends.
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    Friends of ours tried to do that and it took them ages to get it finally sorted out. From their experience, which was near Deal in Kent, I would change the existing house name first, well before starting the new build. I would then give the new house the old name.
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    The worst thing about current building regs. is the airtightness requirement. If you aim for a maximum of 1 ACH the rest of the regs. aren't too bad. If you can improve on the insulation levels so much the better.
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    It was replaced at no cost to us. We had several smaller panes replaced, also at their cost, where the marks were obvious.
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    We have a 3/4 glazed gable that is 4.1m high made up of three vertical triple glazed panes. We had marks on all three of the panes and we had the two largest of the panes replaced. We still have a small mark on the smallest pane but accepted it as it is virtually impossible to notice.
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    I wanted to call our cedar clad house 'Shadezagray', but it was vetoed.
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    It's standard practice for the farmers around here. They do what they want and if there are any complaints they put in for retrospective PP and then ignore any subsequent conditions.
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    I doubt he has reached outside his own expertise. Netting doesn't work very well.The farmers around here net the cherry orchards but there are always birds inside the netting from blackbird size downwards. All that happens is that when people appear the birds panic and get caught in the netting and usually die.
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