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46668 ian
marsac23 Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
8:12 am
... Thanks John, you have posted some good links for tanks in the past, my reference to the tanks was that they seen to know what is required to make a good...
46669 impvan Send Email Nov 1, 2005
8:15 am
... windmills, will ... My missus reckons that not even a windmill would stop my wind... impvan...
46670 W3526602@... Send Email Nov 1, 2005
8:20 am
In a message dated 01/11/2005 08:16:14 GMT Standard Time, carl@... writes: My missus reckons that not even a windmill would stop my wind... ...
46671 impvan Send Email Nov 1, 2005
8:23 am
... No. It keeps slipping through my fingers. impvan...
46672 Hawes,Timothy Edward ...
haweste Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
8:37 am
Errr....3" is nominally __75__ mm (76.2mm if you're being really pedantic as 1" = 25.4mm http://www.edasolutions.com/Units/SIConvert.htm) And 150mm is approx...
46673 mckde2001 Send Email Nov 1, 2005
8:39 am
I cut all my worktops using a circular saw - nothing special, and no chipping.. You need to cut from the underside as you say. The saw must cut from the front...
46674 David Chapman
davidchapman... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
8:49 am
... Thanks Ho yin, Yes it is contemporary, in a perfect world we would probably have done shadow gaps but combination of children and vacuum cleaners really...
46675 markbrinkley
markrb53 Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:02 am
... Pete, The actual value of tog ratings was discussed a few years back and IIRC a tog is equivalent to a tenth of a metric R value. A tog of 2.5 is thus ...
46676 Tim Fairless
TimFairless Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:10 am
http://www.creativecarpetsltd.co.uk/ We bought from these people in Leicester a few years ago. They manufacture heavy duty wool carpets on site. We found...
46677 Richard Owen
richard_owen... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:18 am
... No. Wind has a lot of energy. Even if everyone had a windmill we'd only be taking a miniscule percentage of the total. Richard...
46678 Ho Yin
hoyinng Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:23 am
Ho yin starts crying .... inches - minches ... Have you never talked to an architect and asked them "so how large do you envisage that column?", their reply...
46679 Nick Laurie
nick115398 Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:26 am
What the heck ... Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs 01458 250834, 07941 731 056 ... In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living on the outskirts of...
46680 Andrew Doyle
andrew_w_doyle Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:26 am
Rick Well done - great to see such a good idea bear such fruits - now if only you could measure the benefits to all of us who have posted and had answers over ...
46681 Andrew Doyle
andrew_w_doyle Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:33 am
Chris That's not really a downside. Current Account mortgages are just one form of "interest only" mortgage - there are many more. The point of an "interest ...
46682 azbxcydwev Send Email Nov 1, 2005
9:35 am
... Ian, Using "very" low temp UFH, an array of thermomax panels and a large thermal store, it all appears cost effective with this man. His Thermomaxes are...
46683 Jeffery Hardy
jeffery.hardy@... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:36 am
It lists the inverter for the 5kw system as a separate item at £1290. Still cheap though. ... From: UK_Selfbuild@......
46684 azbxcydwev Send Email Nov 1, 2005
9:40 am
From April next year you have to air test your house. Even if you miis the reg, it is worth getting done as it will be a good selling point. Also, it drops...
46685 PDW125 Send Email Nov 1, 2005
9:56 am
Looks like passive solar houses will be out then... If you have to limit solar gain..!! They've spent years trying to get people to build more efficient ...
46686 Sara and Andy
saraandandy Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:24 am
Another chat with the planners yesterday about our plans to build on a relatives garden. They refused our first application as out of charcater. Planner said...
46687 Richard Owen
richard_owen... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:36 am
... Well then, let's hope it sticks. There have been a lot of alternative/local energy movements over the years. In West and North Wales, prior to 1945, most...
46688 Richard Owen
richard_owen... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:41 am
... Hi Sara, this stuff is such a pest. Are there other examples of what you want to do in the area ? If there are just show the planner that you are building...
46689 markbrinkley
markrb53 Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:48 am
... She was havin' a larf, methinks. I don't see how anyone could suggest that a 40m2 footprint is too big for a 600m2 plot. This is the current government ...
46690 Jeffery Hardy
jeffery.hardy@... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:49 am
Guessing (as the shape of the triangle will make a difference) that you have about 600m2 of plot and the building is only 40m2 (i.e. 7%) of the available area,...
46691 azbxcydwev Send Email Nov 1, 2005
10:56 am
... What makes you think that? ... What makes you think that? ... Again, what makes you think that? Air tightnmes does not restrict anything in design. It is...
46692 Jeffery Hardy
jeffery.hardy@... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
10:58 am
And at 50/hectare that's only 200m2 per plot. Apply for OPP for three dwellings and let them beat you back down to one! ... From:...
46693 azbxcydwev Send Email Nov 1, 2005
11:07 am
... origin. ... They said nuclear would be too cheap to meter, not free. There would have been a standing charge on the size of the house, like the water...
46694 ian
marsac23 Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
11:16 am
... I haven't read the whole document but they use the term excessive solar gain, this is where a/c is required in summer. Also for passive solar there is an ...
46695 Benfield, John (Penta)
benfjo Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
11:26 am
... If you add Beans and do you get a form a perpetual motion, or just motion of other kind ;-)...
46696 Sara and Andy
saraandandy Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
11:29 am
Hello, Yes we reckon there is loads of space. It is rural, best described as hamlet but less than a mile from larger town. Not AONB or anything like that ! You...
46697 Jeffery Hardy
jeffery.hardy@... Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
11:40 am
Bl**dy hell! Looking at the picture, Mark is bang on the money - she's 'avin a Steffi!!! ... From: UK_Selfbuild@... ...
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