House cold in summer.. too well insulated! Help.

Davesnave

SuzieSue wrote: »

Ours is cold in the winter and the summer. We often have to put on more layers when we come in from outside. Fortunately we also have a conservatory and, as others have said, this warms the house up when it is sunny.

I was told off over on one of the other fuel-related boards for daring to suggest that a conservatory could be fuel-saving.

It's true, though. A good sunny day in February and we soon fling those doors open, making the house warm enough for other heating to go off for a few hours.

Bexm

Thanks for the the suggestions. A conservatory probably isn't an option but I do remember in a previous house this was a great source of heat. Unfortunately in the summer way too much!
Sky lights might be an idea though, we had been thinking of putting some of them on the kitchen as it's am extension with no upstairs.

In the absolute height of summer it probably will be a blessing but in our current house were blessed with massive bay windows and we haven't really had the heating on since February (other than on the really miserable evenings when there's been no sun).
It's going to take a bit if getting used to!

londonTiger

Davesnave wrote: »

I was told off over on one of the other fuel-related boards for daring to suggest that a conservatory could be fuel-saving.

It's true, though. A good sunny day in February and we soon fling those doors open, making the house warm enough for other heating to go off for a few hours.

it's only fuel saving if you're daft enough to put the heating on in the summer because it's too cool indoors. Let's be clear it's never going to be that cold, probably 16 degrees which a light cashmere sweater would solve.

Davesnave

londonTiger wrote: »

it's only fuel saving if you're daft enough to put the heating on in the summer because it's too cool indoors. Let's be clear it's never going to be that cold, probably 16 degrees which a light cashmere sweater would solve.

The para you quote refers to solar gain in cool times of the year from a conservatory heated by the sun and vented into the rest of the house.

This will save fuel when detected by the thermostat on the house boiler.

In summer, the boiler won't be on.