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by Crastney
Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:25 am
Forum: Energy efficiency
Topic: Passive stack chimney ventilation
Replies: 5
Views: 368

Re: Passive stack chimney ventilation

our house is a 3 floor 1900 ish mid terrace, in a conservation area. single room external vents wouldn't work on the front rooms, but might on the bathroom and kitchen which are in the back of the house, where there is an extension, so external walls on the side of the house. Are there companies tha...
by Crastney
Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:01 pm
Forum: Energy efficiency
Topic: Passive stack chimney ventilation
Replies: 5
Views: 368

Passive stack chimney ventilation

Does anyone have any knowledge or expertise, or advice on fitting passive stack ventilation in chimneys? I previously found a company, I think they were called Ventive, and they did a thing where they put a heat recovery unit on top of a chimney, and fed two pipes down the chimney, one with incoming...
by Crastney
Fri Mar 28, 2025 1:11 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Hive plugs
Replies: 3
Views: 329

Re: Hive plugs

yes please, if they're still available
by Crastney
Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:53 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: ASHP & triple glazing
Replies: 1227
Views: 431196

Re: ASHP & triple glazing

quick google search https://i.postimg.cc/14LJyP5D/Screenshot-2025-03-28-12-53-05.png we're in Norwich - 1900s ish house. we've still got single glazed on the back main room, the ceilings are high, so it's quite a bit of glass - wooden frames. It's the coldest room in the house as it never gets any s...
by Crastney
Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:33 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: ASHP & triple glazing
Replies: 1227
Views: 431196

Re: ASHP & triple glazing

we have dormer windows that are currently wooden 2g units, and they're going to be replaced soon. Is it worth getting 3g units? we don't have ashp, and we don't have heat recovery ventilation, and the insulation could be better, but 3g will be the standard at some point right?! it is south facing, a...
by Crastney
Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:00 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Robotic moves
Replies: 8
Views: 303

Re: Robotic moves

Have you seen Westworld? Probably for playthings to do whatever people want with it... Imagine how much money a "human" robot would make the company that builds it, if its indistinguishable from the real thing. I know we aren't anywhere near that level yet though. But surely it will get t...
by Crastney
Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:37 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Robotic moves
Replies: 8
Views: 303

Re: Robotic moves

I'm not sure I get it - why are people spending billions on getting robots to be more human like? surely the point of robotics is to get machines to do things that humans can't, or things that they can, more efficiently. There was a competition to design a robot that could climb a rope. One of the e...
by Crastney
Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:28 pm
Forum: Spaceheating
Topic: ASHP & triple glazing
Replies: 1227
Views: 431196

Re: ASHP & triple glazing

good that you're supplying them with tea, because when you have tea, you have hope, and when you have hope, you can achieve anything. very impressive new windows - I know a guy in Norfolk who recycles plastics, and he said that most double glazed frames are not recycled as there are 17 different typ...
by Crastney
Mon Mar 10, 2025 3:58 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Positioning of speakers in echo-ey room
Replies: 15
Views: 53231

Re: Positioning of speakers in echo-ey room

Your description makes it seem like you're putting up speakers to play music to people in a swimming pool... in which case sound quality is not going to be that important, so I'd stick them as high as you can in the corners. Keep them far away from any water splashes, and wires out of the way of tri...
by Crastney
Wed Mar 05, 2025 5:25 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: The Camelot Cafe/Bar
Replies: 15
Views: 3948

Re: The Camelot Cafe/Bar

I've been watching Escape to Rural France (a Youtube channel) for a few years, the guy, Dan Preston, is rebuilding a burned out French Chateau, which was destroyed by fire in about 1980, and left to the elements since (till about 2022), and he's been putting in some rockwool insulation. He started w...