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   Commander Kinsey  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:26:12 +0100, Cydrome Leader    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >> Commander Kinsey  wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 04:02:23 +0100, Cydrome Leader  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> whit3rd  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 3:59:31 PM UTC-7, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> ... I just want to know how close to the correct reading the readout   
   is.  Adding another digit doesn't improve anything if it's incorrect.  And   
   shooting all the bullets in one place doesn't help if they all miss.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Not true; sometimes a reading difference doesn't have to be greater than   
   the calibration error,   
   >>>>> it still tells you something.   Accuracy is not the only merit of an   
   instrument, sensitivity   
   >>>>> and precision matter.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A completely uncalibrated item (like a level or plumb bob) has no   
   'digits' at all,   
   >>>>> but is completely helpful.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ha. There has to be some goverment lab, somwhere with cal stickers on   
   >>>> construction levels or a plumb bob.   
   >>>   
   >>> Indeed.  In Scotland, the government is actually considering throwing   
   money around to produce pointless jobs to fit insulation into houses.   
   >>>   
   >>> 1) You don't create jobs for the sake of it, you might as well just hand   
   that money to those workers.   
   >>>   
   >>> 2) We've already got insulation from the last round of tax wasting.   
   >>>   
   >>> 3) If you want insulation, pay for it yourself.   
   >>   
   >> Does this involve the insulation cladding or panels attached to the ouside   
   >> of building?   
   >   
   > Not sure, I have no interest in having other people do things to my house, I   
   do DIY.   
   >   
   > I assume the answer to your question is "sometimes", based on what's been   
   done to other houses previously.  If it's double brick, they pump in stuff   
   through drilled holes.  If it's single brick, they attach foam sheets then put   
   pebbledash over it.   
   >   
   > My house is double brick with just an air gap.  R of 6 is enough for me.   
      
   Fair enough. I noticed construction practices are very different by   
   country. We have some really flimbsy accepted practices in the US for new   
   construction. The obsession here with insulating everything results in   
   buildings that will mold and rot from the smallest of water leaks. You can   
   flood and older building and since it's not sealed up like a plastic   
   freezer bag, it will dry out and be fine. The codes vary from state to   
   state as well. Some places are more tolerant of fiery death traps and   
   buildings that collapse while being built.   
      
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