I have been simply using my mobile with a hands free which is built into my sat-nav in my car.
But the sat-nav is too far away on the dashboard so there is a lot of background noise so I have to shout and customers can not hear me that well - That is not very professional. I have bought a blue-tooth earpiece - a version which says that on one AAA battery it will standby for six months - cool. but it is no use: it disconnects at random and does not automatically reconnect again. So when that vital call comes along it could be lost. I will take it back to Argos today and buy a different one.
I don't like those that stick right in the ear : I want to hear as well!
Can anyone explain why Sandra (my sat nav) adds the word colliers after every time she says High street - "A two hundred and eighty four, High Street Coliers" I cant see any coal merchants around!
My Tomtom sat-nav is ridiculous. In an attempt to make it do everything, it is packed with features, some of which are highly annoying and possibly dangerous. It contains lists of police stations and doctors - but only Irish ones. So my nearest doctor is 300 miles away on the irish coast !. It is also possible to dial 999 accidentally with a couple of touches. Because it is touch sensitive, these screens are easily accessed by accident when you are handling it. So on several occasions I have accidentally dialed up Irish police stations and chemists and on 2 occasions the emergency 999. Is there a word for this over-stuffing of features and gadgets ? Worse still it appears impossible to disable this feature alone and disable this feature without disabling the whole blue tooth connection. This thing is out of control! Sooner or later I think my sat-nav will try to take over the entire world ? Does yours ever spout out in an Irish accent "Its yer sat naav , Turn the bloody ting off!" I suppose next time I prog it to get me home, it will say "I noo where yooo live!' And how are we supposed to drive to Ireland from England? - It will be directing me over the cliff edge lemming fashion before briefly alerting me - whilst falling through thin air - that I have exceeded the speed limit, that there is a hazard ahead, and that the nearest undertakers is Kilblarney. "Connecting you now to book an appointment".
Saturday, 27 September 2008
tuppaware
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blocking chimneys effectively can be a problem. First I ascertain if the flue has ever been used.
if it has and there is any soot residue -then it would be foolish to do a standard depressurization test because if the temp seal or bung failed then there is a risk of soot in the living room! In this case I always turn my rig around and do a pressurization test from the outside. I have tried blowing up a baloon and putting this up a vent but there were sharp edges and it popped! I have a football and this often works in round flues. I also have a collection plastic kitchen pots of different sizes to act as bungs. This lot tend to rattle around in the back of the car so that I appear to be a demented tuppaware salesman!
blocking chimneys effectively can be a problem. First I ascertain if the flue has ever been used.
if it has and there is any soot residue -then it would be foolish to do a standard depressurization test because if the temp seal or bung failed then there is a risk of soot in the living room! In this case I always turn my rig around and do a pressurization test from the outside. I have tried blowing up a baloon and putting this up a vent but there were sharp edges and it popped! I have a football and this often works in round flues. I also have a collection plastic kitchen pots of different sizes to act as bungs. This lot tend to rattle around in the back of the car so that I appear to be a demented tuppaware salesman!
Friday, 26 September 2008
100 percent pass rate
Since I have been testing, none of the dwellings I have tested have failed the Air leakage test.
Some have been close to their design value of 7 or 8 but others have been well sealed with values of 4 or less. Obviously I have to stick to the standard procedure and can not allow cheating such as gaffer tape. One of the main problems that I encounter is windows and doors Typically a trickle vent is missing - so there is leakage - no I can not stick tape over it! Ill fitting windows and doors are a problem also. So please check all windows and doors before ordering your test.
Sooner or later I will get a leaky dwelling that fails - but I like that 100 percent pass rate! So customers block up those holes. On the whole I suppose that is a good thing because the buildings are performing as they are designed and this proves the dwelling is well constructed, with an air barrier.
Some have been close to their design value of 7 or 8 but others have been well sealed with values of 4 or less. Obviously I have to stick to the standard procedure and can not allow cheating such as gaffer tape. One of the main problems that I encounter is windows and doors Typically a trickle vent is missing - so there is leakage - no I can not stick tape over it! Ill fitting windows and doors are a problem also. So please check all windows and doors before ordering your test.
Sooner or later I will get a leaky dwelling that fails - but I like that 100 percent pass rate! So customers block up those holes. On the whole I suppose that is a good thing because the buildings are performing as they are designed and this proves the dwelling is well constructed, with an air barrier.
Selling new homes
I find now when I am Air pressure testing new homes that the owners are having trouble selling them. More are resorting to renting them out to cover some of their costs in the home that the market will rise again. It will rise eventually - but when? I think that there are several years of economic correction ahead.
Air pressure testing - logistics
Well I have redesigned the website to get more hits and I am traveling further to jobs.
Spent a couple of nights in Malvern and did some tests in Herefordshire almost as far as the welsh border. Then turned eastwards to Leicester before returning home in the garden of England.
Spent a couple of nights in Malvern and did some tests in Herefordshire almost as far as the welsh border. Then turned eastwards to Leicester before returning home in the garden of England.
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