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Building insulation is any object in a building used as insulation for thermal management. While the majority of insulation in buildings is for thermal purposes, the term also applies to acoustic insulation, fire insulation, and impact insulation (e.g. for vibrations caused by industrial applications). Often an insulation material will be chosen for its ability to perform several of these functions at once.
Insulation is an important economic and environmental investment for buildings. By installing insulation, building use less energy for heating and cooling and occupants experience less thermal variability. Retrofitting buildings with further insulation is an important climate change mitigation tactic, especially in geographies where energy production is carbon-intensive. Local and national governments and utilities often have a mix of incentives and regulations to encourage insulation efforts on new and renovated buildings as part of efficiency programs in order to reduce grid energy use and it's related environmental impacts and infrastructure costs.
i need help, i stay in a block of flats and i am at the bottom and the sewage pipe for all the flats runs right through my flat.
recently i noticed there was a dripping coming from the area where the pipe was, stripping the area down to get to the pipe i noticed there was no leak, but there was...
davidbrown
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While fitting a new unvented cylinder for a client. A building control officer made an appearance and was adamant that lagging of all pipes withing a metre of the cylinder needed to be insulated / lagged. In order to get me up to speed on the subjects. Has any one come across this practice? Is...
Hi all, quick one, is there any requirement to insulate Central Heating pipes in the attic if they are plastic??....going to anyway, just wondering if there is something written down somewhere
peteisfishing
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Hi, We used to have an old back boiler in the dining room, in the summer we had BG into replace it with a condensing conventional boiler. At the time the BG installer said if we didn't want it any more we could put something in the air vent (in the wall) to stop the drafts. With the weather...
yeleek
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I just finished writing up a four page report on a thermal store I was called out to on Friday. The lower immersion heater was rigged up to a timer as there was no available white meter (economy 7 ect).
The timer is a Nobo 500, which is transmited to via RF from the consumer unit. I opened it...
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brick cavity construction with cavity insulation , all double glazed , loft insulation , just wondering if a 15kW boiler sounds about right , i know no one can be specific about this , just looking for ballpark ideas of yes or no :)
paulyoung666
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Hmm!
The son is not to happy, he is having his housing association refurb done. Anyway went around to have a look!!!
Ah! Well!! I am not being critical just observing.
The Plumbing is all push fit and flexy connectors. He also tells me that the wc cistern rocks like mad and...
Bernie2
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Hi Folks,
has anyone ever experienced a 22mm poly straight on a low pressure system (0.1 bar) to be affect by frost in such a way that the copper pipe slips out of the retaining ring but stays in the oring, the fitting in question was completely wrapped in 9mm armaflex and taped with...
keithkbs
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Hey peeps
I have had a look at a link posted on here for the Seduk calc. Can anyone help me out with how to use the bloomin thing?
I have a bungalow that im converting to a chalet bungalow with 4 beds and 2 baths upstairs with a main bed and ensuite downstairs. Its quite a large floor area...
Scottley
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Currently working on my gas hours to sit CCN1 and some other elements.
Most of my time thus far has been spent with service engineers who are paid by the service, so I am keenly aware that my slowness can affect their pay-packet. I mostly stay out of the way and try to learn as much as I can...
CMairiD
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I have been asked to replace a mains pipe from the metre along 20m run to stopcock in kitchen.
The metre is about 450mm deep (though 750mm was the min). I will run new 25mm mdpe pipe in 63mm blue ducting to the house. I was going to insulate the last bit from 750mm down to stopcock as comes up...
I have been asked to replace a mains pipe from the metre along 20m run to stopcock in kitchen.
The metre is about 450mm deep (though 750mm was the min). I will run new 25mm mdpe pipe in 63mm blue ducting to the house. I was going to insulate the last bit from 750mm down to stopcock as comes...
Hello, i am looking into getting a oil combi boiler as the price of tanked gas in rural areas is very high. Can anyone recomend a type or size or give me any advice on the matter. It will only be feeding a kitchen and a bathroom (no shower).
Thanks Colin
colin1983
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Hi there, Newbie here
I am building a small 40'x20' log cabin and am planning on having a vented direct cylinder in a substantial cupboard in the bathroom. I'm planning on putting the header tank above the cylinder, since there is no loft space.
Since the cold header tank will be in close...
johng123
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A couple of days back I had a plumber around to sort out a leak in my loft. Turned out to be a the top of the cold water header tank (with a pile of insulation foam) that had collapsed into the tank and as a result had caused the stopcock to be blocked into "on" position. Combined with the...
SurreyWinter
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hi i was offered a 300 gallon buffer tank made from steel(not stainless steel) i was told that a a lagging jacket went on fire and there is burn marks on the outside but they say it is fine. it has a solar coil in it should i have it pressure tested or would it be ok and are these any good or is...
holedoctor
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Hi this is my first time on the forum and I would like some advice. I have laid a new mains water pipe to my property at the required depth however my stumbling block now is an underpinning block of 1.5 metres deep and 1 metre thick. If I went above this it would only be around 20 to 25 cm...
paul simmons
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Anyone had much dealings with BBU's/fires and ceiling fans in same room?
I am aware the regs state that spillage test should be carried out with fan at all speeds etc., but this does not give any indication about the fans effect on the flue pull for the back boiler.
There have been a number of...
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Hello from a newbie - we're renovating a detached bungalow (70 sq m), not on gas, and oil/LPG both undesirable/impractical. The plan is underfloor heating with an Ecodan air source heat pump, and a thermal store which will eventually have solar thermal added - also keeping options open and will...
thehat
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