Gone West
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I used one of those Mcalpine hose connectors and mine had a hole in the top in the centre, which acted as an air break.
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When we moved in we had the 4" wall cavity and the loft joist cavity filled with blown mineral fibre insulation. The amount of oil burnt dropped dramatically!! Lucky we did, as the build took eight years not the estimated two to three years.
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All I can say is, on my timber frame build, i didn't use any tapes or membranes for airtightness. For windows and doors I used two strips of Combriband and the Soudal SWS foam system on the inside. It achieved an average 0.47 ACH without any tweaks. It just requires care.
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As a point of interest, the old bungalow I lived in while building my new self build, had 1/2" T&G boarding on the 18" centre rafters, with the slates nailed directly onto the sarking boards. It was a stick built 4" x 2" timber frame put up in the 1920s as a home for heroes for returning soldiers from WW1. It had lasted 90 years with the original roof.
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Time for some new Makita goodies- any good deals on?
Gone West replied to Crofter's topic in Tools & Equipment
I have a range of Ego electric garden tools including a small chainsaw and a polesaw. I always use Oregon chains and sharpen them with an Oregon hand file and guide. I also have a sabre saw but I use chainsaws only for tree work and the sabre saw for other jobs. https://egopowerplus.co.uk/products/chainsaws/cs1410e https://www.screwfix.com/p/oregon-4mm-5-32-round-chain-sharpening-file-guide/8566v -
Out of interest, are they NuLok tiles?
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I knocked through a block cavity wall, on my bungalow, a couple of years ago and fitted 1500 x 100 x 65mm lintels and they were about £15 each from the local builders merchants.
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I can't in all honesty say I had a problem getting to sleep when we were self building. I was so knackered everyday, that I went out like a light. The only thing that got me down was the daily grind, day, after day, after day.
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Is toughened glass the best option for, above your head glazing? It can shatter, sometimes dramatically, and I would have thought laminated would be better, but just my opinion, no expert knowledge.
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I agree, but most people live on a normal street, with a postage stamp garden and don't even have a garage. The result of living in an overcrowded country where it's difficult to balance the requirements of housing, industry, wildlife, food production and open spaces.
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That brings back memories! I was using PHPP2007 in 2009/2010 and I found the results were very sensitive to which of the climate data files I used. IIRC the example data file for SE England was from Heathrow. I got data from the Met Office for Manston, I lived eight miles away at the time, and then got a free version of Meteonorm. The data Meteonorm created was very close to the Manston data so I used the Manston data in my calculations. The Heathrow data produced very different results, as did a data file I got for Vlissingen.
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Low points: and how to get out of them
Gone West replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
We cheated for several winters, and spent a couple of months in Madeira. We were refreshed when we came back. -
Mosquito Curtains Recommendation
Gone West replied to Veronica00's topic in General Construction Issues
Welcome to the forum, this might be somewhere to start. https://familyrollo.co.uk/rolled-mosquito-net?m=1709&c=135 -
Yesterday, I bought some Soudal low expansion foam from Toolstation, for sealing around windows and doors. https://www.toolstation.com/soudal-flexible-expanding-foam/p69089
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Yes, two storey, walls and roof U factor 0.095W/m2K, floor 0.1W/m2K, 0.47ACH.