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or as I like to call him, the Andrew formerly known as Prince
Toby Cambray
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A protocol droid that understands the binary language of moisture evaporators. Jack of trades including #Passivhaus, #builidngphysics, heritage, #moisture, heating and ventilation, #retrofit, sustianabilty. Master of none, but working on the moisture bit. #horselogging
@TheBreadmonkey A jetty is orthogonal to the shore and made of stone.
A quay runs parallel to the shore and is made of stone.
A pier is orthogonal to the shore and can be made of wood.
A wharf is parallel to the shore and can be made of wood.
Riker Googlingwhy isnt meteorology the study of meteors
Its basically mindfulness for horses. When a thought passes through our mind we can acknowledge its presence but see that it is separate from us, and choose not to react. E.g. there's some nice hay over there
This week we have been learning to stand still. Simple but important: if youre lashing a chain around 100kg of log and trying to attach it to the harness, you want to be *damned sure* that the horse doesn't decide to wander off... so we've been simply standing around, stock still. If she moves a foot so much a centimeter, she has to put it back but if she stays still she's told what a good girl she is.
No good if you're managing ancient woodland, or anything where biodiversity is A Thing. (Spolier, maybe it should be mor of A Thing in large scale commercial forestry). So there's a niche for horse logging with organisations like the various Wildlife Trusts and estates who are engaged with biodiversity.
If all goes well, i will be offering horse logging some time in the autumn or winter. But wtf is horse logging? Well, back in the day, all timber was brought from theplace the tree was standing, to the road or, i guess, all the way to the sawmill, with horse power. Nowwadays its done with specialised tractors (forwarders). But these temd to make a right old mess, and forest soils are quite delicate. Thats ok if you're clear felling a monocrop of sitka spruce or whatever, but...
2025 was an intense one. One big decision was that my brain cannot deal with sitting in front of a screen for any sig ificant chunk of my working life. So, with the encouragement of Ms J, my partner in all things, i went on a horse logging course, loved it and have bought a Grace: shes a Comptois, an old French draft breed. Not too tall but a beefcake of a horse!
Sean HoodI keep posting my #retrofit stuff to bsky as that seems to be where the other #passivehouse people are but ought to post them here also:
Got my work cut out for the weekend. Bedroom bay window is a stud wall filled with brick off cuts. To be insulated with 160mm of the finest German made woodfibre. New book for if I get bored too. More details in alt text.
Current U-value is ~2.1W/(m²K), will be ~0.22W/(m²K)
From the thermal image, can see how bad the problem is. The detail is showing a horizontal midsection slice, it's also more complex as this is a curved wall. I hope to also insulate the part of the wall between the floor joists too.
Furthermore, cold water lukes the same as warm water, no?