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| tautech:
--- Quote from: Simon on August 30, 2022, 06:50:25 am ---Can we keep the politics out please. As for the UK Armagedon will start when we have to cut gas supplies as we don't have enough to generate electricity and you can't have a bit of a grid. Industries will have to shut down to save electricity. The UK made it's worse mistake when it did not take renewables seriously. Without outside energy supplies we are nought. --- End quote --- Wouldn't rolling brown outs to the residential areas be more acceptable to keep industry running and then there's the tube....... :scared: Authorities can also get a lot smarter with low consumption lighting and/or dialing it back when security and safety requirements permit. Has your Gubbermint started asking for the population to go easy on energy in preparation for the winter ? |
| tom66:
Moving away from politics as clearly there is fairly fierce disagreement here. I have been looking at super-insulating my home. It is a 1930's detached house, extended in the 80s. The walls have cavity insulation, and the loft is insulated, the windows double glazed, but I'm fairly sure the floor isn't insulated. I found this interesting guide: https://www.sureinsulation.co.uk/services/services-house-warming-parties-blog.shtml It looks like a day or two's worth of work to do for the living room (and I'd probably use PIR sheets instead as it'd be quicker for minimal extra cost. would save fitting battens between the boards) but potentially worthwhile. I want to replace the carpet in the living room anyway as it's badly stained from the previous owners, so it might be a good two-for-one job. The other rooms would be more difficult. The diner has a solid floor and the kitchen is tiled, so those might need to wait, but the living room is one area we will spend a lot of time in. |
| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: vad on August 30, 2022, 05:05:58 am --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on August 29, 2022, 06:28:21 pm ---I don't support Putin, but the EU, along with NATO are partly responsible for this mess in the first place. If they promised Russia they weren't going to expand eastwards and kept to it and stopped interfering --- End quote --- This is Russian propaganda. There is no a single international agreement, ratified by any NATO member state or not, that spells out such promises. --- End quote --- Yes, there is. It's called the Budapest memorandum. It states: --- Quote ---Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they agreed to the following: Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against the signatory. --- End quote --- Oh wait... |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: tom66 on August 30, 2022, 09:19:03 am ---Moving away from politics as clearly there is fairly fierce disagreement here. I have been looking at super-insulating my home. It is a 1930's detached house, extended in the 80s. The walls have cavity insulation, and the loft is insulated, the windows double glazed, but I'm fairly sure the floor isn't insulated. I found this interesting guide: https://www.sureinsulation.co.uk/services/services-house-warming-parties-blog.shtml It looks like a day or two's worth of work to do for the living room (and I'd probably use PIR sheets instead as it'd be quicker for minimal extra cost. would save fitting battens between the boards) but potentially worthwhile. I want to replace the carpet in the living room anyway as it's badly stained from the previous owners, so it might be a good two-for-one job. The other rooms would be more difficult. The diner has a solid floor and the kitchen is tiled, so those might need to wait, but the living room is one area we will spend a lot of time in. --- End quote --- Can you get under your house? If yes, then you could apply insulation there onto the other side of the floor. But whatever you do, you have to be very carefull with trapping moisture / creating 'cold bridges' that can introduce build up of moisture and cause mold & water damage issues. Better get an expert's opinion first on what is a good approach. |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: nctnico on August 30, 2022, 10:33:39 am ---Can you get under your house? If yes, then you could apply insulation there onto the other side of the floor. But whatever you do, you have to be very carefull with trapping moisture / creating 'cold bridges' that can introduce build up of moisture and cause mold & water damage issues. Better get an expert's opinion first on what is a good approach. --- End quote --- No access under the property without building a basement unfortunately. However, I do need to check if the building was actually constructed with airbricks to provide under floor ventilation, to prevent the timbers from rotting. There's signs in the garage of these (garage is attached) but I can't see them anywhere else, which is a bit odd. |
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