Chapter 126. How to get insulation (1)
Ttuktak! Pop!
The first snow was falling.
A cold wind blew along.
However, even such snow and blizzard could not cool the heat at the construction site. No, rather, it inflamed the motivation of those who sweat on the field.
“Wow! It’s snowing!”
“uh? Is it real?”
“Ha ha ha! What a windfall!”
When the first snow began to fall, the soldiers of the Corps of Engineers cheered.
The reason was simple.
“It’s a bad weather allowance win!”
The Corps of Engineers was a private soldier of Yeongji.
They were literally soldiers hired by the lord.
Therefore, even if they participated in the construction, it was all about receiving a little extra allowance and bonus.
But even there were some exceptions.
Night work after sunset.
Or late-night vigil work.
Inclement weather operations on days with poor weather conditions.
In addition, on days when he worked with risk allowances, he received a hefty additional allowance without fail.
It was thanks to Lloyd’s meticulous on-site management.
‘Lloyd-sama, no secretly, openly has a salty temperament. He hates losing even a penny. But, strangely enough, they take care of the wages they give to the workers meticulously.’
It was the part that everyone was puzzled by.
The usual Lloyd couldn’t be that salty.
He was a person who would kick up the covers all night if he lost even a single coin or a peanut. It even made me wonder if that human was born in a salt field.
If you hear this far, everyone will think that he is a natural born dream owner of evil business.
At first, the Corps of Engineers also thought so and worried.
But do you keep watching?
It wasn’t.
Quite the opposite.
‘He took great care of us.’
I didn’t know anything else, but I didn’t make a single penny wrong with special allowances and bonuses. There was no delay in payment. It was always paid like a knife on the promised date.
Lloyd even gave the workers a day off.
On the 7th, I made sure to take one day off.
He always emphasized the cleanliness of the site.
The reason was that safety accidents easily occur in unorganized sites.
Thanks to this, the Corps of Engineers always thought.
Lloyd-sama doesn’t consider them expendable.
I sincerely care and treat you.
It was the same today.
“Hey youngest! Mark the time when it started snowing!”
“Why are you talking?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? On a snowy day, the rule is to work for an hour and warm up in front of a fire for 20 minutes.”
“Ah, are you talking about the field rules established by Lord Lloyd?”
“of course!”
Fat Dang Tak!
Promised bad weather allowance and adequate rest.
Believing that, the Corps of Engineers worked even harder.
“Oh, by the way. I have a question.”
“hmm? What are you curious about, maknae?”
“This central heating room we are building right now.”
“uh.”
“Why are you working like this today?”
“what? What does that mean?”
“I heard at first glance that the refugees will be moving into this apartment only in the fall of next year. That means there’s still plenty of time left…Do we really need to rush to the extent of working on a snowy day like this?”
“Oh my. Do you mean Lloyd-sama’s point of view that it might be a waste to make us work at the cost of bad weather allowances?”
“yes. Although Lloyd-sama takes good care of us, he’s the type of person who never wastes things, so I don’t understand why he’s forced to work today.”
“Tsk. The guy who knows one and doesn’t know the other.”
“…yes?”
The 10th division commander of the Corps of Engineers clicked his tongue.
“What are we making now?”
“I heard that it is a heating system.”
“Then what season is it now?”
“It is winter.”
“Then don’t you think that we should hurry up with the heating system now so that it will be built before winter ends?”
“But moving in is next fall….”
“So, before this winter is over, we’ll have the heating installed and test it.”
“…ah.”
“So, wouldn’t it be possible to check in advance whether there are any problems with the heating before moving in next fall and to what extent the room can be warmed up in actual winter weather? huh?”
“That’s how it works.”
“yes. That’s it. Is Lloyd-sama a little meticulous? So, let’s work.”
“yep!”
Severe weather allowance that must come out.
The soldiers were able to work hard with just that belief.
Thanks to this, the heating facility work proceeded without obstruction.
First of all, a central heating room was built on one side of Building 101 Plaza.
A special steam kiln was installed with the help of a Dwarf artisan.
Bamboo piping was also provided to carry steam from the kiln.
The outer surface of the pipe is covered with insulation made of straw and rice hull lime. So many pipes were laid like a spider’s web in each unit of the apartment.
At its end was a steam grill resembling a modern radiator.
‘Of course, it’s not as good as an ondol room where the floor itself is heated.’
However, since it is an apartment building, heat loss is much less than that of a detached house due to its structure. In other words, it can be sufficiently warm with less heating.
In addition, the area of each household in this bee house was much smaller than that of a normal house.
‘There’s no kitchen or dining room.’
Even bathrooms and toilets are all shared facilities and are placed in the central square.
So each household had only a small living room and a sleeping room.
It was a kind of desperate measure to reduce the burden of heating while accommodating as many refugees as possible.
‘…It’s saying, but it must be properly heated.’
Central steam heating for each building.
It was a first try.
I also tried the simulation option of the design skill.
First of all, there were no major flaws in the simulation.
Still, throughout the heating work, Lloyd did not relax.
The installation status of the equipment was checked daily.
In addition, he directly supervised the insulation work of the interior.
Insulation made of a mixture of straw and rice hull lime was carefully applied to the walls, floors and ceilings of all units. When the insulation was sufficiently dry, a thin wooden panel was placed over it to finish.
So towards the end of the year.
Finally, the heating work for building 101 was completed.
Lloyd immediately tested the heating performance.
‘please! Be warm!’
Fu Chemistry!
The special steam kiln in building 101 heating room was heated by the heat of coal.
The water boiled and hot steam was supplied along the pipes.
‘good. It’s going well so far.’
Fortunately, there were no leaks of steam.
Lloyd walked along the plumbing.
I entered the first floor of the apartment.
I touched the heating radiators of each household.
“Tsu!”
I almost burned my hand.
Thanks to that, a smile spread across my lips.
‘good. Then let’s go to the second floor.’
After looking around all the households on the first floor, I went upstairs.
The heating condition on the second floor was as hot as the first floor.
However, as we went up, the story changed little by little.
‘…hmm? this. a little.’
Lloyd’s expression stiffened slightly as he checked the heating on the 4th floor.
‘It’s little by little, but the higher you go up, the colder it gets.’
The first floor was hot.
The second floor was hot.
The third floor was hot.
By the way, are you going up to the 4th floor?
‘It got a little tepid. Certainly.’
Anxiety sprouted.
The fifth floor was warmer than the bottom.
The 6th and 7th floors were completely choppy.
When I went up to the 8th floor, it was just cold.
‘Whoa. is this a real story I’m going out like this.’
In the midst of soaring disappointment, Lloyd analyzed the cause.
In fact, the cause was simple.
‘The pipe’s actual insulation performance is worse than simulated. That’s why while the steam flows along the pipe, it gradually loses heat and cools down.’
As evidence of this, the lower floors closer to the central heating room were warmer. When I went upstairs, it cooled down noticeably.
“Apparently, the plumbing is too long. Even though the piping is independent for each line to prevent heat loss, the distance from the central heating room on the ground floor to the upper floors is too long. No matter how much insulation you apply, there are limits. That is the root cause.”
chin chin.
Lloyd tapped the cool eighth-floor plumbing with the palm of his hand and said.
Xaviel lightly crumpled an eyebrow.
“Is there any way to shorten the pipe length?”
“Of course it is.”
Lloyd laughed.
“Actually, it’s simple. You can add an additional heating room on each floor.”
“But why aren’t you doing that?”
“The reason is simple. It’s dangerous.”
“Is it dangerous?”
“Because of the fire.”
said Lloyd.
“Hundreds of refugees will come and live here in Building 101 alone. But what if there is a heating room for each floor indoors? And what if a fire breaks out in one of them? Something terrible to put into words will happen.”
“…The casualties must be enormous.”
“Exactly. It’s a building made to fill as many people as possible rather than convenience. The design went in that direction. Even the interior is all finished in wood. But if the fire spreads, at least half of the people will die without being able to evacuate.”
It’s real.
If nothing else, that’s for sure.
If there is a fire, it will be a great disaster.
There may be at least hundreds of casualties.
Lloyd, who designed it himself, could confirm that.
‘Because modern evacuation facilities and fire suppression facilities are not properly equipped.’
There is no fire extinguisher.
There is no fan to exhaust smoke from the room.
There are no helicopters to rescue people who will evacuate to the rooftops.
“If I had to find a possible way, the best response would be for Hamang to spray a huge amount of water all at once. But what if there is no hamangi? What if you are away? the answer is gone If you’re unlucky, a catastrophe that can’t really be rectified will happen. Besides, even if Hamang spits water, it will be difficult to put out the fire in the room at once. For that reason, all the heating rooms and kitchens that use fire were moved out into the courtyard, which is outdoors.”
“So you were trying to replace the lights in the room with lantern bugs?”
“uh. of course. It is common and safe in the Eastern Mountains.”
“For safety. Hmm, then the conclusion is that the heating room should be placed in the courtyard as it is now, but the insulation performance of the pipes should be improved.”
“Exactly. Haviel, have you become a lot smarter these days?”
“You’ve gotten smarter. It is a misunderstanding.”
“misunderstanding?”
“yes.”
“why?”
“Because I was smart from the start.”
“….”
“Hmm, that’s serious.”
“Usually at times like this, don’t you gloss over that it was a joke?”
“Is that necessary? I’m telling the truth.”
“Yeah. It’s the truth now.”
“Because I am a knight.”
“Are you a knight?”
“yes. I learned that a knight’s mouth should always contain only the truth. For example, Javiel Asrahan is smart. Xaviel Asrahan is handsome. Things like Javiel Asrahan has a noble character.”
“….”
“Besides that, there are other facts. For example, Lloyd Frontera is solo. So, with a petty, shameless, and bandain-like mindset, I envy Xaviel Asrahan’s talent and good-looking personality…The same inconvenient truths.”
“hey.”
“yes.”
“Did you enjoy it?”
“It was so refreshing.”
“Tsk.”
“Anyway, what can I do to further improve the insulation performance of the pipe?”
“Okay. I’m a bit worried about that too.”
Lloyd scratched the back of his neck.
It was really worrying.
“Actually, this time, the mixture of wheat straw and chaff lime used as insulation was the best I’ve ever used.”
It was true.
Straw and chaff lime.
They were the most readily available materials around.
It was also easy to secure large quantities.
so it was cheap
That was a very important point.
‘of course. In the future, all the buildings in the apartment complex must be insulated. But what if the material is too hard to find? So what if it’s expensive?’
No answer comes out.
Even if the skyrocketing material cost is second, if the quantity itself decreases, the construction schedule will be disrupted.
Therefore, wheat straw and chaff lime, which are the cheapest and can be obtained in large quantities, were used as the main ingredients. I did numerous experiments. The best combination was extracted. In this way, the insulation performance was raised to the limit.
‘However, the insulation is not satisfactory.’
what more do i have to do?
How to reinforce the insulation so that the pipe cools down less.
‘I kept the exposure of the plumbing plan to a minimum. By design, no more. So, in the end, they say that material reinforcement is needed.’
It should have better insulation performance than conventional materials.
Inexpensive and available in large quantities.
Are there any materials that satisfy that condition?
Lloyd pondered for three days and three nights.
I wanted to try using the CP I had accumulated for a while.
I also wanted to find a solution to this concern by using the special skill ‘Ending Spoiler’ after a long time.
However, he soon shook his head.
‘no. Let’s save it to use when we’re more desperate than now, or when we can’t find an answer.’
CP was much more difficult to collect than RP, which was based on favorability.
It was a waste to write carelessly just because I had a moment of trouble.
So he thought about it for another two days.
I also diligently rummaged through memories and records.
‘At times like this, this might be helpful.’
Lloyd pulled a wad of paper from the bedroom drawer.
A memo that I have been steadily writing since I first came to this world.
It was the content related to the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
‘Because people’s memories aren’t perfect.’
himself, of course.
Because he’s not a genius.
That’s why I wrote hard.
The story of the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
The main characters, the setting of events, and other minor things.
Every time fragmentary memories came to my mind, I wrote down even the smallest details as carefully as possible.
‘I think there was a setting that might be helpful in this situation…what was that…uh? for a moment.’
It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to take a look at the records that I left behind.
Lloyd’s eyes stopped in one place.
‘I found it. This is it.’
The record he finally found.
The words ‘Elf’s Forest’, ‘Xaviel Sum’, and ‘The Warm Dragon’s Breath’ were written on it.
