Business Ideas Sub-Forum ?

However is a forum on how young entrepreneurs or those with business ideas and are struggling to move forward can ask for and get advice an idea? For example, a lot pf people starting out don't know what their local LEO can do for them.
 
But the askaboutbusiness forum exists already?

Anyone who has a question can ask it there.

We review the forum layout from time to time. It is a balance between having very specialised forums and having too many forums and having duplication in forums.

Brendan
 
@thedaddyman

I don't think that an ideas forum is the place for people who already have their business idea and simply want to get advice on how to proceed.

Shovel ready projects - because of their immediate prospects for giving employment and profit and therefore their more immediate need for attention - would dominate the mixed forum.

So I feel that two separate forums is right if both types of posting are to be welcomed by AAM - a decision for AAM management in any event.

You mention that a lot pf people starting out don't know what their local LEO can do for them. I agree.

I can help with this question right now.

The local LEO will do NOTHING for those STARTING OUT.

Plain and simple.

Ireland's LEOs exist to provide jobs for the people who work in LEOs, not those in potential businesses.

To that end, LEOs come on board only after the enterprise has swam a full circuit of the business pool by themselves and demonstrates a capacity to do another with no thanks to the LEO fussy-pots. Of course if this practice became anyway common then there would soon be calls to abolish the LEOs. So at that point LEO people monitoring the enterprise will "offer" some finance to enable the new business to move to a - somewhat - higher level, e.g. buy a new machine, a delivery vehicle, a bigger premises, etc.

An enterprise accepting such LEO grant/finance (in truth the cash comes from the local main banks and finance companies) willl be classed as a client of the LEO and willl appear in an annual listing of supported enterprises in the local paper.

I think some of the credit unions have started lending to smalll enterprise now. It might be a better - and more honest - place to start.
 
Leo said:
A decent curtain maker will do those for you, got some made years back by Curtain Services in Crumlin.
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Called this one.

She says she couldn't make such curtains as the insulation would be too thick and heavy for the rails. All she has is to select an insulating lining - which isn't too insulating.

So this idea needs some experimentation before we can proceed.
 
trajan said:
She says she couldn't make such curtains as the insulation would be too thick and heavy for the rails. All she has is to select an insulating lining - which isn't too insulating.
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Assuming you actually have glass in the windows the insulated lining they do should be all you need covering a window. Curtains will only ever do so much given the unavoidable air circulation you will get around them.

Who'd actually want ones as thick as a duvet? They wouldn't be able to fold to open them much at all.
 
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Leo said:
Who'd actually want ones as thick as a duvet? They wouldn't be able to fold to open them much at all.
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Those wanting a small heating bill.

We'll have to experiment on practical aspects like making and folding.
 
Leo said:
The savings would be minimal assuming your existing windows have reasonable sealing, and if they don't, address that issue.
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I disagree.

Component U [W/m2/K]

Wall 0.1 - 0.2 (new)

Double Glazed Window 1.6

Triple Glazed 0.8

It seems to me that, even when sealed, a large window on a cold night would lose heat several times faster than its surrounding wall and this would give rise to draughts and window evasion by the occupants.
 
trajan said:
It seems to me that, even when sealed, a large window on a cold night would lose heat several times faster than its surrounding wall and this would give rise to draughts and window evasion by the occupants.
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The windows in my place are pretty poor early 2000's ones from one of the big suppliers that developed a very poor reputation for quality in the ensuing years. Sitting under them on a cold day you can feel the cold air fall. Close the curtains (non-thermal, but good quality standard lining and that all but goes away. The problem with going any thicker is unless you are sealing all around the curtains you're get diminishing returns. You'll still have the air in contact with the glass cooling and dropping where it will flow out under the curtains pulling warmer air in behind.

Studies have shown that how tightly a covering is fitted has far more bearing on efficiency.
 
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Not sure what you mean by 'window evasion by the occupants' and going down a bit of a rabbit hole here but anyway ...
Windows suffer all 3 types of heat loss;
1. Conduction: impacted by U-value, the lower U-value the less conductive heat loss. Some Dg windows have better U-value than TG... curtains have no impact on conductive heat loss
2. Convection: aka draughts or air leakage either through the window casements directly or through the junction of the fixed frame and the construction in which they are fitted... curtains have no impact on convective heatloss
3. Radiation: impact a relatively cold surface has on our skin (comfort feeling), often misunderstood. Unless windows have an excellent U-value (better than 0.8 W/m2k) this discomfort will be noticed by anybody near the window when cold outside... curtains (or blinds) of decent quality do play a positive role on occupant comfort when drawn but don't need any special insulation lining.
 
Micks'r said:
Not sure what you mean by 'window evasion by the occupants' and going down a bit of a rabbit hole here but anyway ...
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I mean people in the living room staying away from the window area so as to avoid draughts and chills.

In some living room layouts it might be less easy for all occupants to do - leading to domestic discomfort, strife for the warm area chairs, etc.

Home life is about peace and harmoney, after all.
 
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