Gone West

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 .

Sorry.

https://store.walabot.com/uk/walabot-diy-pack.html Seems expensive but reviews not bad.

We have built a PH and have very little south facing glazing which consists solely of 2.4m x 2.4m lift slide doors. These are in shade until midday but the gain from the east and west facing windows is enough to keep the house warm at this time of year. We don't have an overheating problem in early spring and autumn but did find that the large glazed gable facing WNW caused overheating problems from mid April to mid August until we had solar control film applied to the glazing.

We had a 47m borehole drilled nine years ago through clay and shingle and it cost £3000. There were large variations in quotes, so get plenty.

I used the old original Devolo plugs for the last fourteen years until I moved into the new house. Had a couple in an extension board as well and none ever missed a beat. I guess I was just lucky.

Would the fact that it had never been charged in those two years mean that the battery pack would be in a worse or better condition than if it had been used.

We have a triple glazed roof window in our bathroom and I chose low (32%) solar transmission glazing. As a result we don't have a problem with overheating but it is slightly darker in there in the winter. The room faces ESE.

I seriously considered changing my DHW heating method to using a Sunamp around eighteen months ago and am so glad that I didn't.

I won't be selling mine for a while . I tend to go to Axminster Tools because they are fairly local and have a good selection.

So is that because of Wendy's hat or the fact we recycle everything?

I used a testing kit bought from Amazon when I tested mine, which turned out to be Chrysotile. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asbestos-Testing-Kit-Sample-protective/dp/B071ZN1W3W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1550652477&sr=8-3&keywords=asbestos+test+kit

As an update, what we did in the end was as simple as possible, surprise, surprise. We bought some 2.4 x 1.2m 50mm mesh, laid it over some 50 x50mm timbers for support and riddled it by hand. We started in the middle of January and finished a few days ago. We have been doing it every day except when it rained and when there was a bitterly cold wind. I've been shovelling and Wendy riddling. All the larger than 50mm rubble we put in a telehandler bucket and the farmer took it. We started with around 40 tonnes and the farmer took around 11 tonnes. The only good things I can say about the process is that it has saved us a lot of money and kept us fit.

You could always try a portal frame then you wouldn't have to worry about structural internal walls at all .

I had a strongback in the way of one of the ducts so I cut out a section of the strongback and replaced it with pieces of timber between the top and bottom cords of the joists.

It's the same as mine except you have an additional grey thingy, but then mine's a few years old now. What is the grey thingy for?

I used Bentonite around the inlet and outlet pipes on my sewage treatment plant because they were just sealed by rubber grommets. The water table is high enough around here at times for the hydro static pressure to force water past the seal. It is extremely effective at keeping water out even with a relatively thin layer.