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Tesseraction posted:The beardy guy split into the two redheads. this is what will happen to everyone if the liberals get their way
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there arent actually any liberals dont worry
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Tesseraction posted:The beardy guy split into the two redheads. Is... is it possible to learn this power?
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Dec 16, 2022 23:37
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OwlFancier posted:Anything that closes the gap should help. Draft strips should work but you can use anything as wadding. Christ there's a lot of types. Would this work? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Adhesive-Weather-SoundProof-Strength-Anti-Collision/dp/B07P8DT1WR/
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Sure probably, though with adhesive stuff you want to try and think about how you apply it, even strong glue won't appreciate shear forces, so try to apply it such that when the door closes it just presses the tape against the surface it's stuck to, rather than dragging it across the floor or trying to rip it off each time. So on an internal door I'd put it on this bit, facing into the direction the door opens.  Then when the door is closed it presses the foam into the thing it's stuck to. Also has the advantage that if the wood moves with the seasons it won't jam the door. For an external door you should have a similar overlapped part but just make sure you aren't obstructing the locking mechanisms or causing the door to put pressure on any non-load-bearing PVC bits or whatever. Nominally, plastic and metal doors should have closer tolerances but I guess if you're getting a draft it presumably doesn't or isn't one of those. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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Dec 17, 2022 00:27
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That just reminded me of a quote from an old engineering teacher: the best number of sliding seals to have in a system is none. Also that even the strongest anchor will fail at one of three points. Either it shreds bits of the rubber off, rips bits of your door material off, or (probably the best case) it isn't that strong of an adhesive. So yeah I agree with OF, it needs to be fitted as a compression seal or it'll cause more problems than it solves.
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Dec 17, 2022 00:44
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You can get these sort of... weird foam scroll things that you can wedge under the door and which are designed to drag across the floor. For the gap on the bottom I would use one of those then when it falls to bits you can just get another one. They have big rounded sides so they don't chew up the carpet too. An exterior door should have the same overlap on the bottom that it does on all the other sides so you should be able to use a compression seal there too.
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Dec 17, 2022 00:47
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Also reminded that my nan used to sew gators and snakes with button eyes out of all the old trousers and towels for draught excluders, stuffed with newspaper. The gators were both harder work and less use than the snakes because their legs always got in the way of excluding any draughts, so I'm not sure why the design evolved beyond the perfectly efficient tube, but nematodes probably say the same thing about us.
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Everyone here where I live thought I was batty because I put the door snake along the bottom of the door on the outside (my front door leads off a corridor) while my door opens inwards. However, a couple of them did cotton on and told me they'd finally figured it out! Because if you put the snake on the inside of the door, whenever you go out, the snake is pushed to one side and the draught comes in under the door. But if it's on the outside, snake stays put and continues to keep draughts out when the door is shut when I leave. I bought a ready-made snake £2.99 from Home Bargains about 5 years ago.
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I tried using a snake to exclude draughts but whenever I wasn't paying attention he'd swap himself out for a cardboard box and go invade Shadow Moses.
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My mum knitted me a very long dog and it is perfect for lying along a door.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Everyone here where I live thought I was batty because I put the door snake along the bottom of the door on the outside (my front door leads off a corridor) while my door opens inwards. However, a couple of them did cotton on and told me they'd finally figured it out! Also if you forget the snake is there you will break your neck and then you don't have to worry about drafts.
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OwlFancier posted:Also if you forget the snake is there you will break your neck and then you don't have to worry about drafts. My mother hates the snake and every time she visits she stamps on him. Deliberately. And calls him "the blessed snake". As in bless-Ed not blessed by god or something.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:As in bless-Ed
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i just seal all of my doors with concrete and never go outside
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Angepain posted:i just seal all of my doors with concrete and never go outside When I lived in Sheffield, first place after leaving my parents, there was no hall, the front door just went into the living room. So my housemate decided to just get some gaffer tape & tape over the gaps of the door because it was drafty. Let me tell you, that made getting deliveries a pain in the arse, as I'd have to climb onto the couch and shout out the window to go around the back because the front door was out of order. Made sense when winter came though
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Angepain posted:i just seal all of my doors with concrete and never go outside a somewhat brutalist approach
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My Gran made very ornate draft excluding animals, snakes and sausage dogs and, I recall, a very long fish. They were good for beating the crap out of siblings and cousins.
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Tesseraction posted:The beardy guy split into the two redheads. I feel like we'd be in a better world if they all did this
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When it comes to how long heating is on for, what's the average? It's probably dependent on a lot of factors (like house size/insulation, etc), but it looks like mine is on for about 2.5 hours across the day keeping the house at about 20.5 to 21 degrees. I'm in a new build so the insulation should be good, but I wasn't sure if 2.5 hours was considered a long time or not. This is the first year I've got usage data to this degree so I'm not sure how it compares with my own use last year. Kin fucked around with this message at 09:41 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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Dec 17, 2022 09:37
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Do we have any PIP claim experts in here? I've been diagnosed with ADHD this week, on top of multiple other illnesses so was thinking of finally braving the DWP and claiming.
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Lungboy posted:Do we have any PIP claim experts in here? I've been diagnosed with ADHD this week, on top of multiple other illnesses so was thinking of finally braving the DWP and claiming. I very strongly recommend subscribing to Benefits and Work and downloading their guides.
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Guavanaut posted:Also reminded that my nan used to sew gators and snakes with button eyes out of all the old trousers and towels for draught excluders, stuffed with newspaper. These were a 'fad' back in the 70s in Ireland, everyone had them and were making them. My gran had a really draughty house, so had a few of these about the place, and as a 2yo at the time I would be loudly swore at if I moved them BUT I WANTED TO PLAY WITH THEM
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happyhippy posted:These were a 'fad' back in the 70s in Ireland, everyone had them and were making them. Every Irish gran had one of these and a knitted dolly toilet roll cover.
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Lungboy posted:Do we have any PIP claim experts in here? I've been diagnosed with ADHD this week, on top of multiple other illnesses so was thinking of finally braving the DWP and claiming. Definitely go for it, executive dysfunction alone is a very strong case for a surprising number of categories. I just finished a friend's fitness for work rigamarole, with the DWP accepting that the legal standard for disability/impairment (conveniently plastered on every single page of the form now) is met by ADHD on their stupid "can you bring a fork to your mouth" final question. Depending on presentation and severity, it's can push the daily living portion quite close to higher rate just on its own. It is good and useful to get plenty of sources, I'm not familiar with benefits and work above but it seems pretty solid and thorough on skim. Citizens advice has good primers I'll look out after a coffee. Just remember/pick up that a solid understanding of how disability is defined before you start actually trying to answer the form imo, treat the four tests as a mantra and the whole thing becomes easier to organise and way less impactful on your self esteem. If you have any specific qs about anything I'm always happy to try to answer DWP stuff so post it itt and I'll respond if I'm not beaten to it
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Kin posted:When it comes to how long heating is on for, what's the average? My hearing is on for 2 hours total but split across the day and evening. The downstairs is anywhere from 12 to 16 degrees, upstairs is warmer. The thermostat is set to 21C but it doesn't reach that high before the timer switches the heating off. Two hours doesn't seem a long time especially if your house is maintaining a good temperature. My house has almost no insulation and the windows aren't sealed properly. A few years ago I had a new front door and naively thought they would replace the black rubber seal. Instead they reused the old stuff, which was too short. If the wind is in the wrong direction the rain comes in so there's no chance that it's keeping heat in.
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Rabbit is very confused and scared right now
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I would simply fix the NHS by going to World of Mattresses when they have a sale on.
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Oh dear me posted:I very strongly recommend subscribing to Benefits and Work and downloading their guides. Spangly A posted:Definitely go for it, executive dysfunction alone is a very strong case for a surprising number of categories. I just finished a friend's fitness for work rigamarole, with the DWP accepting that the legal standard for disability/impairment (conveniently plastered on every single page of the form now) is met by ADHD on their stupid "can you bring a fork to your mouth" final question. Depending on presentation and severity, it's can push the daily living portion quite close to higher rate just on its own. Thanks both. I've spent so long thinking my ADHD was just me being lazy/disorganised that teasing out the detail for an application is going to be difficult, so I'm planning to spend the christmas break reading as many sources as I can. learnincurve posted:Rabbit is very confused and scared right now What species of Death Noodle is that? This is mine, Plissken: 
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We hear how the NHS is short of funds. Wh don't ministers put more in?
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He has a point, why don't they just put in more beds. Let's examine this in more detail.
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Lady Demelza posted:My hearing is on for 2 hours total but split across the day and evening. The downstairs is anywhere from 12 to 16 degrees, upstairs is warmer. The thermostat is set to 21C but it doesn't reach that high before the timer switches the heating off. Two hours doesn't seem a long time especially if your house is maintaining a good temperature. Yeah, I got a figure from Google saying British gas customers had the heating on for about 5 hours on average and couldn't tell if that was way off given its twice as much as mine. I've got a Nest system (and might not be using it right) but have sort of min maxed the schedule based on when we're in the living room or the general house. So it'll be things like get the house up to 20 degrees by 8am for when we wake up (I think it's supposed to know how long it takes and kick in at the right time to get to this) , but then I tell the system to set it to 13 or something at half 8 so that it doesn't keep trying to heat it at 20. Then it's back up to 20 at lunchtime and down again just after. I've no idea if I have to actually set the lower temperatures to stop it heating but the house feels warm enough (with a jumper). I just wasn't sure if 2.5 hours was normal or if I've actually managed to be efficient.
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keep punching joe posted:He has a point, why don't they just put in more beds. Let's examine this in more detail. Why not use Bunk Beds?!?!???!
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Just have all the sickies quad up in beds like Charlie Bucket's grandparents.
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Every big brained tory ever : 'oh, that massively complex problem being agonised over by thousands of highly qualified professionals? They should consider my stupid, ill informed, pig ignorant, non starter of a solution  '
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:why don't homeless people just buy a house 4Head Starving? Just eat something, duh!
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