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2017-10-26 08:26:14
- #1
Let’s make it concrete please: what are things that a layperson can oppose to a contractor (HB), and how does a layperson determine that the contractor has no clue?
It’s easy to say that you should inform yourself beforehand, but about what exactly? Reading individual cases where the framework conditions are unknown and maybe not even comparable? Along with statements from partly laypeople who, apart from a strong opinion, have neither many years of experience nor the appropriate training?
What exactly are you supposed to do when the contractor says, we select this or that system with such and such kW and buffer storage based on the heat load calculation and for these and those reasons? Seriously, that someone in a forum said this is nonsense and contractors have no idea about the matter?
So, what are concrete points, checklist-style, that the builder can mentally go through to find out in conversation with the contractor and/or planner that there is actually nonsense being built here?
And preferably something more concrete than “all contractors” have no idea when buffer storage is planned and “inform yourselves.” And very preferably with sources or statements from experts, because otherwise it’s a single opinion of a layperson who at best knows their own property, which stands against the opinion of professionals with experience from many other projects – while the latter also has to guarantee that the building will later be warm and stay that way. The former just has the convenient situation of claiming things from a distance about the local conditions without having to take any responsibility in any way for the damage they cause.
Without concrete reference points, it’s really difficult if not impossible for the prospective builder to make any impact, isn’t it?
It’s easy to say that you should inform yourself beforehand, but about what exactly? Reading individual cases where the framework conditions are unknown and maybe not even comparable? Along with statements from partly laypeople who, apart from a strong opinion, have neither many years of experience nor the appropriate training?
What exactly are you supposed to do when the contractor says, we select this or that system with such and such kW and buffer storage based on the heat load calculation and for these and those reasons? Seriously, that someone in a forum said this is nonsense and contractors have no idea about the matter?
So, what are concrete points, checklist-style, that the builder can mentally go through to find out in conversation with the contractor and/or planner that there is actually nonsense being built here?
And preferably something more concrete than “all contractors” have no idea when buffer storage is planned and “inform yourselves.” And very preferably with sources or statements from experts, because otherwise it’s a single opinion of a layperson who at best knows their own property, which stands against the opinion of professionals with experience from many other projects – while the latter also has to guarantee that the building will later be warm and stay that way. The former just has the convenient situation of claiming things from a distance about the local conditions without having to take any responsibility in any way for the damage they cause.
Without concrete reference points, it’s really difficult if not impossible for the prospective builder to make any impact, isn’t it?