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I had the privilege of visiting a nuclear plant and looking down on the very James Bond looking hall with the cores under it. Turning 180° there was a view out to sea and about a km out, a visible whirlpool of hot coolant water. Isn't releasing energy encapsulated with the big bang, much the same as from coal, oil or gas. As you say, it can't escape, but there is also lots more of it, to not escape.

An old thread resurrected. But I have just bought a wickes stapler for about £15. Fixes membrane to osb nicely, also dpc to timber. I would want something less manual if doing a very big area.

A 600mm wall is 3 sleepers high. I meant you could set the second one 30mm further back, and repeat. Perhaps that's trivial. Indeed. The filled side is next to the boundary.

Nuclear contributes to climate change as much as fossil fuels. All the energy is being released from a historic source. All the electric power turned to heat at point of use, and a large proportion is released as waste heat at the power station.

The plastic plug method may well be OK, as the loads are well spread through the sheer number of fixings. 600 centres? But it is not for us to say, when you have an SE and supposedly expert contractors. There may be more damage, perhaps cracked but hanging in for the present. Something is wrong. Too close to the edge is likeliest. And/or Not the right fixings or hammered in too hard. Yes epoxy will sort it but the SE should specify it. Or the contractor present you with a formal remedial proposal which is not a cement and sand patch.

OK except number 10. No chance of that happening. And anyway don't we need some other funder to provide a platform to argue back against musk?

It does but it would be on your land. Dig out bank and stop short of the boundary. French drain on your land. Sleeper wall on your land, and you can step each layer back a bit and over the drain. Backfill as you go. Then you might need a new boundary marker. Is there a fence hidden in the hedge? ith th boundary being your neighbors responsibility you need agreement to repair or replace it. Also you need to keep the neighbour's pets and children safe from falling into the hole or the machinery. sounds complicated when they aren't cooperating, but maybe they will.

OK that is strong. But you may be right unless humankind becomes caring and unselfish suddenly. Or the other worst alternative is to cross fingers and carry on as is. No, it would be to reverse into turning off 'windmills'.....but half the populace might support that in their ignorance (I mean that word in its non pejorative sense.) Your solution then please.

I think hazel would grow again from the roots. Also that it propagates easily from cuttings so you could start growing some now, in anticipation. This is probably correct. Why do you want a retaining wall? Would it be above or below the neighbours' ground? You cannot dig out any of their ground without their permission. How high would it be?

I can't have been paying attention. What legislation is this?

The steel works have closed because the UK can't compete with China and Mexico etc. It's not because of pollution. China uses coal and cheap labour, but we aren't about to change that. It gets confusing when such arguments are mixed up with the current subject of sustainable energy, and I expect it is meant to muddy the waters.. Nothing is simple in reality. Britain had the industrial revolution because of sufficient resources at the time to benefit from scientific and technological innovation. We don't have the underground resources any longer and the populace don't want the dangerous dirty, low paid work that made Britain rich, and the Empire. Other countries do that. Thus steel making is from elsewhere, and will stay that way. There isn't a magic solution, or any right to have cars and houses and foreign holidays. Yet there is is that expectation. It's simple really..... No more mass housing outwith the cities, which generates traffic and the expectation of the right to space and cars. Infrastructure has to be designed and integrated from the outset. An agricultural policy that makes use of all appropriate land. Foreign holidays may have to stop. Wind and solar. Air source heating. It will be more primitive but that is a matter of expectation, and will be accepted through habit and necessity. The biggest problem is who is going to make the decision and tell the public. They mostly don't want any change and revolt.

Accepted. I was thinking of the bad years and construction, when costs were galloping. But now, 4% annually will be about 40% in a decade.

Is that an option? Along the railway lines which are an existing network to all areas of the country?

If it's not something you're familiar with, then it's worth buying a pack of screws with plugs, so you know they are compatible, even though you only need a few. I'd recommend a big brand too like Rawl or Fischer. Get stainless steel screws if there is a choice. Something like this.

Sums. When it is +/-/×/÷. Called calculations to impress those who can't do it. Maths when pythagorus is involved, and beyond. Then at some stage it becomes philosophy.

Tarrifs for power and water crossing the border? A fairly normal rule of thumb for inflation. Have you seen the amount of wind and solar in Spain. Add them to your map. And hydro in Norway and nuclear in France and....so on. A wedge being a useful thing for stability you mean?

Except that it may be a very bad thing to build a dam that might fail, or a river diversion that might hasten water flow. I think it's sensible to check, although tiny spillways are obv not going to be a problem. But how would you define the cutoff?

I didn't read it but may do. Gets a heart for effort whatever.

Heavy person clunk's down near one end. That's a big and sudden force. Both bolts take the initial impact but then there is rotation about the bottom bolt as a pivot, and tension on the top where there is a hole and a very short distance to the edge. So it may crack due to either or both the vertical load or the rotation. I had a similar bench at our office, only used for staff breaks in good weather. But it lasted 15 years and then was stolen by an outgoing tenant. It was sturdier than yours and didn't have that close to edge fixing. Were there 3 bolts? I can't remember but there isn't space on yours for a third.

It depends on every shiny surface facing an air void, and reflecting energy back where it came from. As soon as it is touching a hard surface or compressed then that supposed property is lost. Plasterboard with a foil face was once sold on this princople but this is no longer claimed. I read that their lab tests are done their own way. I would consider multifoil or bubble wrap to take the chill or heat off an attic or outbuilding, because it would be thin and easy to pin up.

I am only replying so that I can click the follow topic button. I've got tbanging and a hot header tank twice a day. Probably, we think, linked to timers and zones switching off. Isn't it amazing that there isn't an obvious solution. It's just hot water and pipes.

To me, That's not a joke. I don't know Nod but a huge amount of increased efficiency is possible at any level with a few tweaks from an all-rounder. Joined up thinking. The main difficulty is the resistance from the powers that be. Systems in government ( necessary to some extent) , inertia, and as always the people doing fine as things are....landowners and developers.

And probably extend drains that currently go into them. Presumably you know what flows where.

Diy. Saw, hammer, nails.

Timber works the same as steel. The principles are the same, but the product is more variable., and it is easier to adapt.