Last seen: Sep 11, 2025
Absolutely!Child labour is well suited to the task of pipe insulation in confined spaces. To seal where pipes enter the steel shed, I'd be using off...
If you're going to take a DIY route to fixing the pipe insulation, then you should be asking for a rebate from the installer. To calculate this, fir...
As for the steel shed, I would expect to see around 100mm thick insulation sheet for the roof,and around 75mm for the walls and door. It must be dra...
I don't think the insulation around those four external pipe runs is adequate. Although I can't see how they arrange themselves to pass through a 10...
Please clarify. Are you suggesting that a power-cut would lose the data which the AAA control system has 'learned'? If so, then DESNZ need notifyi...
And here are my annotations for inside the shed (plant room)
Oh great: photos! I can't see where the DHW pipe run enters into the house,but I thought you'd appreciate my first observations And that pipe in...
So was your installer a major (national) company? FWIW I could easily arrange for a 2m external pipe-run to lose 10°C if I wanted! I'd make sure...
I will suggest that the better Installers are more likely to be local, working from a single address, and not employing sub-contractors.Their reputati...
Yes @johnr - a well-built shed...... although there's quite a few contractors brought in to achieve that result.They're not cheap! I'm less happ...
Good point @johnr - but it also sounds like a good location for a substantial storage battery and inverter(s). The heat generated by the inverters w...
The level of evidence required for Arbitration or Mediation under the Consumer Rights Act is lower than that needed to win a case through the Small Cl...
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