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The Technical Guidance documents of the Building Regulations for Ireland aren't much different to the Approved Documents, as they're called in UK.What...
On a separate matter, thanks for posting the above photo. Would you like us to write anything about the levels of pipe insulation which are present ...
As such your installation doesn't comply with Part-L, sect 7 of the Building Regulations The installer has to file notifications with your Local P...
That's a reasonable default setting for the max voltage.Do you know if the BMS assesses it by measuring the volts across the main power connections to...
That looks good @batalto I'm going to expand on the above photo for the sake of others who will read this topic in future. Here's the curve of vol...
NFU Cymru (National Farmers Union) is based at Builth Wells. It's highly likely that they have members in central Wales who are knowledgeable on soil ...
HAN interference: Some homes have been presenting problems with the 1.2GHz Zigbee network reaching the IHD and/or the Gas Smart Meter Equipment (GSM...
SMETS2 Electricity Meter: The Electricity Smart Meter Equipment (ESME) and the Communications Hub are physically bolted together during installation...
SMETS2 - Home Area Network The Home Area Network (HAN) connects between the Communications Hub, Gas Meter and In-Home Device (IHD).In most homes...
SMETS2 Smart Meter LED indicators - background information: In Southern & Central territories of GB, the Wide Area Network (WAN) is operated...
Another site which provides Tradesmen's rates is the Building Sheriff.He keeps the town free of cowboys, you see! You'll need to go down through ...
There's a guide to rates of pay for the various categories of tradesmen published here just last month. It's not as comprehensive as I'd like bec...
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