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Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu wrote: »Internal insulation attached to solid wall.
I may do that myself at some point, depends on whether we plan to stay long term in our current house or not.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
How fair is it to increase the cost of homeowners energy to fund the Governments project, especially when this will affect the those with the lowest incomes, especially those incomes which are fixed.
How many more increases in the price of energy can people simply accept.
We pay £130 a month for Gas and Elec in a 2 up 2 down Terraced. We have an A rated Combi boiler, we have cavity wall and loft insulation, e have A rated double Glazed windows, we only have on the items we need on. we only have 1 or 2 lights on at a time, we use the CH very little (2 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night).
There's not much more we can do to reduce our consumption.
It will reach a point where we will simply no longer be able to afford to pay more, and thats when they energy company will get told, thats all we have, you're getting no more.
If anyone should be paying for the Governments green energy schemes it is big business, not the little consumer. They've been squeezed enough, there's nothing more to give.[/QUOT
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It is now 15 years since any rise in world temperatures allegedly caused by 'global warming'. And yet still this nonsense continues.0
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chucknorris wrote: »I may do that myself at some point, depends on whether we plan to stay long term in our current house or not.
I have a belief that in 15 to 20 years time, utility bills will be the overriding concern for home owners and that any houses that help to reduce these costs will be worth far more than those that don't.
We intend staying put in our house for at least 10 to 15 years and so the installation of all this insulation is worth it. If we were looking at moving in the next 5 to 10 years then I don't think we'd bother. I'd still do certain things though to make the house warmer for us, such as pointing all of the walls beneath the floorboards (you wouldn't believe the gaps and the drafts under there!) and then filling them with insulation.
Apart from making the rooms warmer and quieter, filling the floor/ceiling voids with rockwool helps protect your family in the event of a housefire.0 -
How much does putting insulation in the floor voids, between say ground and first floor actually help, thermal efficiency not noise, if you use the whole house?
Appreciate it would help zonal heat retention in a property that isn't being fully utilised."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »How much does putting insulation in the floor voids, between say ground and first floor actually help, thermal efficiency not noise, if you use the whole house?
Appreciate it would help zonal heat retention in a property that isn't being fully utilised.
To keep the heat in the living room, rather than having it rise into the bedrooms. Typical comfortable temperatures for living rooms are 21C and for bedrooms are 18C.
It's also very useful to insulate the radiator feed and return pipes that are between the ceiling/floor voids as a lot of heat can be wasted there.0 -
Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu wrote: »To keep the heat in the living room, rather than having it rise into the bedrooms. Typical comfortable temperatures for living rooms are 21C and for bedrooms are 18C.
It's also very useful to insulate the radiator feed and return pipes that are between the ceiling/floor voids as a lot of heat can be wasted there.
Our house has smaller radiators up stairs to achieve the differential effect. TRVs too.
I appreciate that it would be useful in certain types of property.
We have a good sized airing cupboard. Whilst the tank is well insulated the pipe work is bare but it does mean that we don't use the TD (except if we forget something) during inclement weather. Any limited heat loss vertically, through feet of towels/sheets and a lower degree of insulation keeps the water tanks from freezing."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Our house has smaller radiators up stairs to achieve the differential effect. TRVs too.
I appreciate that it would be useful in certain types of property.
We have a good sized airing cupboard. Whilst the tank is well insulated the pipe work is bare but it does mean that we don't use the TD (except if we forget something) during inclement weather. Any limited heat loss vertically, through feet of towels/sheets and a lower degree of insulation keeps the water tanks from freezing.
Would still be better to hold the heat in the living room rather than having it leak upstairs. If your ceiling/floor voids are like mine, they will have a hurricane blowing through them. A lot of heat will be lost in the radiator feed and return pipes and lost from the convection of heat from downstairs before it reaches the bedrooms.
They always advise not to lag under water tanks but instead to build a box of insulation around the tank so that heat rises beneath the tank but does not escape into the rest of the loft.0 -
posh*spice wrote: »I don't want more nuclear power or fracking....The German's don't feel they need nuclear power I'm not sure why we do?
Basically, because its the most cost effective method of electricity generation, and the cleanest "non green" energy producing option.
Wind is stupidly expensive, and solar isnt much, if any, better. tidal is the only green method that is cost effective to use - and there are only so many locations where this will work meaning a fixed % of national generation.
Personally, I think investing heavily in tidal, building more hydro (if there are suitable locations) and investing in more nuclear plants is the best option. Add to that legislation wher any new buildings (be they commercial or residential) must have Solar PV pannels as roofs in all suitable facing areas - and we could have a relatively clean and efficient national generation plan.0 -
Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu wrote: »Typical comfortable temperatures for living rooms are 21C and for bedrooms are 18C.
18C too cold for me......Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.0
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