2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes
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Started by Admin in Ski News 21-Jul-2009 - 75 Replies
RoseR
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
No need to do any of that to my house. I live in a road of 12 houses. It was a competition for up and comming architects to draw up plans for this road and who ever came up with the best would get the contract for the road, but they had to be energy efficient. The criteria was......family friendly, large garden, off road parking,double glazing,utility room,central heating, low maintenance, 4 bedrooms, large bathroom, soundproofed and very energy efficient. Hence why we have a flat roof, there was not enough money in the budget criteria left. But they are really warm, quiet, and our bils are half on what we were paying at our last house so wont have the need to do any insulating
I'm a laydee
AllyG
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
Rose,
You're very fortunate, it sounds like a lovely house. I'd better get back to working out how to improve the insulation in our (very old) house!
Ally
You're very fortunate, it sounds like a lovely house. I'd better get back to working out how to improve the insulation in our (very old) house!
Ally
Ian Wickham
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
AllyG wrote:Rose,
You're very fortunate, it sounds like a lovely house. I'd better get back to working out how to improve the insulation in our (very old) house!
Ally
Knock it down and start again Ally :D
AllyG
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
Ian,
I don't think that would be a very good idea. It's been here since 1300. I think it's a better idea to improve the insulation to help slow down global warming and improve the chances that there will still be some snow left when I want to go ski-ing.
Ally
I don't think that would be a very good idea. It's been here since 1300. I think it's a better idea to improve the insulation to help slow down global warming and improve the chances that there will still be some snow left when I want to go ski-ing.
Ally
Ian Wickham
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
AllyG wrote:Ian,
I don't think that would be a very good idea. It's been here since 1300. I think it's a better idea to improve the insulation to help slow down global warming and improve the chances that there will still be some snow left when I want to go ski-ing.
Ally
Much better Ally if you start a fresh, possibly cheaper to :wink:
Dave Mac
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
AllyG wrote:
Comparing use of train, with use of Gondola.
The train is on wheels, going horizontally.
The Gondola is going uphill.
So for an easy, not entirely accurate comparison, you might find it easy to push an 80kgm person along in a wheelbarrow, Work Done is a function of mass x coefficient of friction.
But it might take, say eight times the power to carry that person up a mountain, where work done is a function of mass, height,time.
I know that there are many other factors, but our power usage on Gondolas is not insignificant.
Dave Mac - what's so particularly bad about gondolas? Do they use masses of energy or what?
Comparing use of train, with use of Gondola.
The train is on wheels, going horizontally.
The Gondola is going uphill.
So for an easy, not entirely accurate comparison, you might find it easy to push an 80kgm person along in a wheelbarrow, Work Done is a function of mass x coefficient of friction.
But it might take, say eight times the power to carry that person up a mountain, where work done is a function of mass, height,time.
I know that there are many other factors, but our power usage on Gondolas is not insignificant.
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Dave Mac
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
AllyG wrote:Rose,
You can still insulate your ceiling, although you would lose a bit of head height and it is more difficult (you'd have to move the electrics for the lights etc.
I am thinking of doing this in one of our rooms where the sloping ceiling is against the rafters. They now sell insulated dry-lining plasterboard for fixing to walls and ceilings. Depending on whether you can work out where your rafters are, to fix to, you could attach it to your existing ceiling. You can glue it as well, but I'd be a bit worried it would fall down - plasterboard is quite heavy.
The best thing would be to take down the existing ceiling, batten it out and start again, but it would be a messy, slow and expensive job. You wouldn't need to put 1 foot of insulation if you used the ultra insulation board, like celotex double R, which has twice the insulation value, so you only need half the depth.
Ally
Kingspan 35mm insulation board, plasterboard faced, has a better U value than 100mm of Rockwool. Apply directly to the existing plasterboard, having marked the ceiling joists or sloping rafters, fix with 65mm dry lining screws, with a powergun. Tape the joints. Also gives good sound insulation, and is fire-resistant.
Dave Mac
reply to '2010 Gear Test Camps - Autumn At Tignes' posted Sep-2009
Trencher wrote:
It's quite simple. The yellow skis are the fastest. Blue ones are great for carving. Dark purple skis are very good for moguls. White (or very light coloured skis for powder, and the more designs/colours, the skis have on them, the better they for all round performance.
Trencher
Trencher, You cannot do this to young J2skiers. They will just believe anything you say, just because you are, well, so commanding.
All the boys know that the fastest skis are in fact, deep bluey red, witness my k2s. Fact.
Carving is for gay people, so pink skis are just sooo right. (This is a joke folks, so don't get too PC, Harriet Harman, go away)
I do agree with dark purple for the moguls.
As for off piste, skis are bright crimson with yellow & maroon flashing lights. When I go rsuppards, I want to be found - right?
Topic last updated on 09-September-2009 at 10:42