dpmiller
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Is my Timber Frame as Fire Resistant as it could be?
dpmiller replied to Triassic's topic in Building Materials
Fig 1 in the document has a layer of PIR over the studs and is agreed? -
descaler won't fix a leaking seal.
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^didn't you already test for that tho, as Dave recommended?
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Mud mud glorious mud.
dpmiller replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
we did most of the site in 4" crushed rubble, then a strip around the footprint blinded as a nice firm base for the scaff. Everyone that visits remarks on how clean and level it is. -
How to stretch 6 m to 15m
dpmiller replied to Russell griffiths's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
same charts are supplied for diggers too. -
what kind of cowl? Was there a HETAS or BC signoff?
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Any baffles in the top of the stove that could be distorted or fitted incorrectly?
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Wow. Did they know it was a newbuild?
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No, I was impressed. Grey/white pvc, 13 2g windows (inc. front windows at 1800x2400), plus composite front door with sidelights, french doors with sidelights, back door. Well under 7k installed.
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Turkingtons. Spec acceptable, price keen.
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Good question. Design isn't finalised yet so as much as I know the walls will go up quickly and the upstairs floors will be in cassette form, the roof structure is as yet undecided. The central portion of the roof will definetely be cut, but the L&R "wings" could be either cut or top-hat trusses. For now I'm presuming a couple of weeks which ties in well with the 6-8 weeks lead time on the UPVC windows. I'll know more when the final drawings arrive (which must mean it's time to pay some more soon...) and when Kieran visits site to inspect access etc.
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Scaffolder booked, windows ordered.
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no tbh. It's all a load of bull**** but that^^ makes sense now. Uhh-huh.
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Shed's for later at this stage. I'm sure the last kW could go there sometime...
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Hmm. I've been sitting looking at the plans, ruler in hand, and am unsure whether I can reasonably get more than 12 panels where we're looking at. I did however get what looks like a pretty good quote from Plug-in Solar- 12x 270w Talesun panels, GSE kit, 6x microinverters, and all the gubbins for c. £3.3k inc the VAT. Opinions?
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Looking at he MIs, terminal 3 on the TS715 has no function, they're just using it as a junction.
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depends. You bringing the beer then?
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and we have a date for the TF. Due on site w/c 29/10.
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I'd say that in the kit I work on (autoclaves, incubators) it doesn't matter whether it's SSR or electromechanical, they still fail. Also need to consider a chunk of space for the heatsink an SSR needs to make it reliable. At 13A non-inductive I'd go with a cheapo plugin relay and base though rather than a full-on contactor.
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I went the same route as @Ed Davies some years back. I've a 600W/1200W peak inverter that I can run off a car battery for light loads or the car idling for heavy work. I've also one of the Lidl inverter gennies (superb value) which replaced a B&Q 2-stroke which wasn't bad either for ten years... Repairing these as I do and seeing then instore, I'd ignore the brand unless you have money to burn. Cheapies more often than not use Honda-clone 4-stroke or Yamaha-clone 2-stroke engines. Although i haven't yet worked out who designed the tiny 4-stroker in the Lidls one yet. For really quiet everlasting suitcase inverters it's got the be the premium Japanese stuff or maybe a Kipor. For everything else? Chinesium.
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a 20 tonne load looks like nothing when it's tipped out. Heck we recently lost about five tonnes of blinding, filling potholes in the lane.
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Off the shelf non vented roof windows
dpmiller replied to vivienz's topic in Skylights & Roof Windows
can't you just keep the vent closed? can you change to a more common size? -
makes our few cubic metres small cheese...
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Hi!
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called down to the site this evening to check up, to find the site loo had gone for a wander before being righted, tied off and propped by the neighbour. I didn't look inside...