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    #32
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,070 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Why did they put a radiator outside.....
    That was the fully enclosed bit. I imagine it had a radiator to stop it being bloody freezing. :pac:


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    #33
    Lumen
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    If only we had the climate for this sort of thing.

    31e2de0a-a354-46e7-9e09-3e0b539ef6a3-1-10.jpg


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    #34
    New Home
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    Yes, but if we had the climate we'd also have all the mosquitoes and all the other bugs the warmer countries have. And I'm not talking about a handful of earwigs or little spiders.


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    #35
    Lumen
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    New Home wrote: »
    Yes, but if we had the climate we'd also have all the mosquitoes and all the other bugs the warmer countries have. And I'm not talking about a handful of earwigs or little spiders.
    I live in Wicklow and get devoured by midges if I go outside in the evening! I once got over 400 midge bites in one evening at Ticknock.

    That pic was from a French farmhouse I stayed in a few years ago. I try not to look at the pictures too often, it makes my house seem inadequate. :pac:


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    #36
    randombar
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    rje66 wrote: »
    Something like this?? I built this last week.

    Would anyone know what the roof is made of.

    Planning one of these myself and trying to source a transparent roof material.


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    #37
    Lumen
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    GaryCocs wrote: »
    Would anyone know what the roof is made of.

    Planning one of these myself and trying to source a transparent roof material.
    Something like 5mm UV polycarbonate.

    I got a sample the other day from Goldstar Plastics in Walkinstown and ran some tests for scratch and repair using a heat gun.

    It's amazing stuff, incredibly strong and optically clear but quite expensive, approx 40 euro per square metre + VAT for 4mm, but I'm guessing 4mm might be too thin to be laid flat with large panels.

    Their website shows almost everything out of stock so it's worth emailing with precise measurements and asking for advice.

    There's also 365 (Access) plastics in Meath.

    In the end I decided to go for triple glazing instead of polycarbonate for various reasons, but at approx 40kg per square meter that takes a lot more engineering for a roof although the IGUs are surprisingly reasonably priced.


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    #38
    CJhaughey
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    New Home wrote: »
    Yes, but if we had the climate we'd also have all the mosquitoes and all the other bugs the warmer countries have. And I'm not talking about a handful of earwigs or little spiders.

    We have plenty of Mosquitoes in Ireland unfortunately, that said I don't think it is going to stop me from replacing my deck with a covered patio.


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    #39
    New Home
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    If you can walk to your front gate and back to your front door with less than 35 painful bites, you're doing well. Ireland might have plenty of mosquitoes, but it's nothing compared to countries that are warm and humid.
    Now, midges in boggy areas are a different story.


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    #40
    JJJackal
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    You would be able to set up a covered patio to deter them though?


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    #41
    New Home
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    More than covered it'd have to be enclosed, like a sunroom, to stop them from getting in. Otherwise it doesn't make much of a difference.


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    #42
    JJJackal
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    Would any of those deterrent devices make a difference?


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    #43
    New Home
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    For mosquitoes? No. They may zap a few, but that's that. The plug-in insecticide works, but again, in enclosed soaces.


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    #44
    Noodles81
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    A quick google and you'll find Senator windows do them in Dublin and roomoutdoors.ie in Limerick. I contacted the Limerick one but have yet to hear back.


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    #45
    anewme
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    Noodles81 wrote: »
    A quick google and you'll find Senator windows do them in Dublin and roomoutdoors.ie in Limerick. I contacted the Limerick one but have yet to hear back.

    I contacted Senator last year and the prices were SCARY!


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