Ferdinand

Try looking for their list of "Validation" Criteria. Google search with site: parameter may be the best route.

I think you should get this, but need to be a bit judicious. 1 - Why not switch the roof on your garage by 90 degrees? 2 - In terms of visibility of in roof panels being a problem (it isn't) ask to borrow some of Jeremy's photos. He had a conservation officer come back when he had his in-roof panels in situ, and remark how good it was that they hadn't been installed after all. They are *that* visible LOL. 3 - Solar panels are Class A permitted development on a roof in a conservation area if they are less than 0.2M from the roof surface. But if you say that your PD rights may suddenly vanish ! http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/14/made There should be enough routes there I would say. F

You probably just made his day...

My original gutter supplier was the @#£&*()’l self builder who did the conversion before I bought it. ? TBf there have not been many problems. I think the issue is really speed of water hitting the gutter on one side, and as you say the other. Roof angle is 5x degrees iirc, and the roof length on the slope is about 6-7m. The gutter run around that conservatory is slightly complicated, and at pr3sentvtg3 corner a5 the bottom F th3 valley has debris. I think the only way to clear that one is to go up on the conservatory with a crawler whenever it happens. Separate issue. F

That is a continuing experiment. ?

it is Marley something tiles.

I have this problem both front and back. Here are a couple of piccies of the gutters overflowing. The core issue istm is that both gutters carry the runoff from about 40sqm of roof, and it comes 80% down a single valley as it is a large roof with big gables. Here is one: I would say that the answer is 1 - Deep flow gutters on the sections to catch the heavy flow. 2 - A couple of extra downpipes. Untidy. 3 - Something to slow the velocity of flow n the valley some distance up the roof. Thoughts welcome. Ferdinand

This seems a little unworthy of an activity followed by Halo-burnishing. Eradicate the food supply, then move in the spiders. A little torturous? "Good morning, Fido", said Mother Hubbard. "It is your favourite birdseed today; I removed the Pedigree Chum last night because I knew you would need breakfast. But think of your slimming campaign." F

I think you are not getting advice because no one knows. Suspecting that the way to fix this is going to be to replace the whole thing with a custom designed replacement from somewhere like Pears Stairs or Stairbox. I have no idea how to fit that in to an existing space but stairs seem to get installed late on in self builds. I think that if you can bottom the dimensions and how it fits the jigsaw, then the actual cost could be modest (Ish), as they are not hugely expensive. That is, low thousands not high hundreds. Lots of design work though, and you will need a demon checking partner, cos if it won’t fit you could be seriously banjaxed. That may be a better option than several days of Joiner, though I would explore both. Can you get hold of some docs with the original design or dimensions? Ferdinand

Do you happen to have a split air conditioning unit that you have bought, and found it doesn't fit? (Just asking for a friend)

Lordy £22. Bit pricey for what it is ! I shall look for a tabletop or hanging one.

Do you have a link for that? The laws of the universe guarantee that my kitchen and conservatory which get the problem sometimes when cooling down first or last thing are north facing !

Outside, yes. Inside .. not always. We have mint in jugs to discourage them, but it beats fly spray (which has been used once this month chez Ferdinand.). And we are of course endeavouring to avoid using air conditioning. F

Does anyone have any experience and recommendations? I am after something that will help on the occasions that we get some of the bug-gers in when the doors are open for ventilation. It seems to make sense to go for one that could either sit on a table or hang on a hook, and that uses a common type of zapper bulb, if such exists. I want something a little domestic looking, rather than suitable for the offal-hall at Pork Farms. Cheers F

We seem to be back in Hogwarts. if this is still the unico tower 12 HP one, it weighs 54kg, but is Afaics designed to sit on the floor against the wall, not dangle.

i have a T who temporarily disconnects the tumble dryer vent pipe, and uses that. F

I guess that one thing to add here is rid of any remaining halogen bulbs, and switch to LEDs, as they put out a fair amount of heat.

Are these any good? I see that the sports ones are about double the price of the work ones ! https://gsworkwear.com/products/portwest-cooling-vest-cv01 It might be something to try for mum. Ideally it would be a back-support as well.

I come close to that with a patio door on N side, and skylights on E side - but it needs a certain amount of juggling. Sometimes works with an exposed door on the S side - but last night it would have been backwards and the warm side would have rushed in. I did wonder if there is a separate thread about creating watery environments (eg water wall feature in your Winter Garden) which would work with airflow, and may have more effect on a low-E house as all the numbers are sometimes smaller. That may be a separate thread. F

Perhaps suitable for the cooling season, does anyone have any systematic thoughts on this? My little list of considerations. Maintainabilty. Ease of use. Automated? Power opening and closing, but also detecting conditions. Security. In sight or hidden? Prevailiing winds. Insects. Interlock with air conditioning? (see - Tenants and District Heating victims cooling the house / flat by opening the window not turning it down) Control systems that are obsolete in less than 10 years - simplicity or switches not whole house systems? To me one idea is skylights easily openable at opposite ends of the prevailing wind direction. Ferdinand

Also watch out vertically or horizontally in line with switches, plugs etc. These are "safe zones" where electrical wiring goes (in theory). ie unsafe if you drill in. Personally I specialise in hitting water pipes not electricals. F

Ooh. What a story to have. Did you video the glass elevator?

i seem to have discovered a limitation of the Bear Freezer (Lee-Bear). Normally if you leave it on SuperFrost by mistake. It is down at -30C within a few hours .. this time it took most of the night with an ambient of 27C. It seems to have given me a nice cool draft for 2 cups of coffee with the door open, and the bit of the room with the thermometer near the freezer is about a fraction of a degree cooler. An an idea very much from the ‘solve global warming by opening our car windows with the air on on’ school. F

My feeling is that it would do it, but that that would depend on everything else being equal. And I do not know if that is the case in your house. Ferdinand

Back from appliances direct ... no sound of gouging but a bit of scrimmage. Several people demanding that they had been instructed to collect the air on they had ordered over the telephone. Yeah right. Temperature outside has been at 31.5C. Inside in the kitchen at about 27.3 at 65% RH. Opened skylights .. not a sausage on temp, but dropped RH by 10% quite sharpish. Experimenting with how good the Liebherr Supercool Function is when applied to a whole room. F