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ujoni08 wrote:Could you spray some aerosol contact adhesive on the joist and wall, then put the insulation in place?

not sure I can do it reliably. Really is tight

HI, have spent 2 days under the floorboards and now have 200mm fibreglass insulation slung under the boards with airbricks nice and clear. BUT I have a gap between final joist in 1 part and wall about 2 inches. If I just stuff it with insulation, very difficult to reach, it may well drop over the ye...

woodburner wrote:From my experience you will also need to ensure there is NO access for rodents. Mice love to live in, and make nests in rockwool at least, maybe also glass fibre.

Already checked proofing - airbricks all intact and no access

Going to insulate under floorboards tomorrow. Have about 6 brick courses underneath, and I've been down in the crawlspace. planning on using 200mm spaceblanket held up by mesh under the joists. 1. is there a problem with this - still be plenty of space for air movement. 2. in order to make sure the ...

Thanks. Will into that option,too.

Thanks to all . Lots of help and lots to think about. As with previous preps, the decision is the easy bit, now the work begins. I have friends with a canal boat who are good on 12V, and they will help. Ken, I think using the "marine type hook up" is the best solution. I like the units tha...

If a lead acid battery is discharged relatively quickly then the capacity is much less than than the nominal capacity. If you have/intend to aquire 3 batteries each of 100 A/H, then I would permanently connect them in parallel so as to give a 12 volt battery of 300 A/H. If the load is 300 watts, th...

Any reputable make of pure sine wave inverter would be suitable. Avoid "modified sine wave" which is a marketing term for square wave and is unlikely to be suited for either a fridge or a boiler. Xantrax are the brand leader. I would suggest at least a 1KW inverter in order to allow for t...

Hi, bit of advice needed (adam2?). Need an inverter to run off a deep cycle battery for fridge and boiler back up. Have a 75Ah deep cycle I use for a pump to put veg oil in the car. Now need an inverter to attach and plug in in case of power cuts. Longer term, line from our grid tied solar PV comes ...

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I did rabbit-skinning with my scout troop a while back (ages 10-14). I was fully anticipating some negative reaction, ranging from passing out through to "OMG, it looks just like Whiskers!". However, none of them batted an eyelid, they just got on with it, prepared their food, cooked it o...

The Guardian - 21/02/12 'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins The energy expert and physicist describes his vision of how the world can attain a green energy future by 2050. Article continues ... So why do we want all this cheap energy? To carry on making things t...

You mean once we start getting serious deaths in the UK.... TB is a disease of poverty, poor nutrition, and overcrowding. Most of the countries struggling with MDR TB don't have decent health facilities or budgets to adequately nourish their patients and keep them taking their drugs. Some countries...

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Back before I knew anything about PO I did bug out when the first Scud crashed into Tel Aviv during Gulf War 1. I can remember the sudden chill inside me even now. I would love to know what kept the Israeli Air force on the ground that day :? According to John Major via a neutral they told Iraq tha...