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Post by brian2957 on Nov 17, 2022 9:04:41 GMT
I can't imagine having a window open when it's 9 or 10c outside like now. I find that having a wool duvet regulates body temperature so I don't get hot at night. One of the best purchases I've made in recent years actually, just so much better than a down duvet for me ... Lol...we must be used to the cold Jules. It was 5 degrees last night and our window was open. When I was little I remember scraping the frost from the inside of the window to see what it was like outside. I doubt very much if I was the only one. No central heating and only a coal fire in the living room in those days. Strangely enough I'm still hear and reasonably healthy  |
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Post by Slinger on Nov 17, 2022 9:08:51 GMT
When I was little I remember scraping the frost from the inside of the window to see what it was like outside. I doubt very much if I was the only one. I remember those days too. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 9:46:48 GMT
I can't imagine having a window open when it's 9 or 10c outside like now. I find that having a wool duvet regulates body temperature so I don't get hot at night. One of the best purchases I've made in recent years actually, just so much better than a down duvet for me ... -4'c we think about closing the window. Have had it colder than that. Summer we have a Velux window open on the top floor, usually for weeks. No heating on of course |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 9:48:13 GMT
Seen on YouTube
Tip for saving money on cooking
Turn off the oven 10 minutes early and leave the item in there for that 10 minutes as the heat barely drops
Sounds too long to me
Anyone tried this or similar ?
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Post by MartinT on Nov 17, 2022 11:07:22 GMT
We can do that and watch the temperature reading. The fan continues for a while, too.
Worth trying.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 17, 2022 11:34:05 GMT
I can't imagine having a window open when it's 9 or 10c outside like now. I find that having a wool duvet regulates body temperature so I don't get hot at night. One of the best purchases I've made in recent years actually, just so much better than a down duvet for me ... Lol...we must be used to the cold Jules. It was 5 degrees last night and our window was open. When I was little I remember scraping the frost from the inside of the window to see what it was like outside. I doubt very much if I was the only one. No central heating and only a coal fire in the living room in those days. Strangely enough I'm still hear and reasonably healthy Ahhh ... those were the days. I'm welling up, the thought of young Brian scraping frost off the window, with a hacking cough after a hard day's work down pit with a budgie strapped to his head. Just a bowl of boiled cabbage for dinner, six kids all sharing the same bed till they were 21. No presents on Christmas Day but a smile for everyone. They left their doors open back then as there was 'owt worth nicking. It's Dickens's The Christmas Carol |
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Post by brian2957 on Nov 17, 2022 13:19:27 GMT
Hahaha....love it mate. I do have five brothers, though we were brought up in a council house with four double bedrooms (moved from two shoeboxes glued together into this humungous house. Bliss...bliss it was I tell you ) Only one bathroom though. Probably correct in the 'owt worth nicking bit. No bad memories of my childhood Jules but my dad was the only parent working. We did live in a mining community but no-one in my family was a miner. Happy days them  |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 17, 2022 13:51:40 GMT
I lived in a cold flat in London in my youth. We had a roving paraffin heater and, if we were lucky, my dad would buy some coal for the fireplace. Those winter days were bracing!
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 16:01:29 GMT
We can do that and watch the temperature reading. The fan continues for a while, too. Worth trying. Don't have one so I'd have to buy one |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 16:12:02 GMT
When I were a lad...
We had one of them new fangled central heating things installed in our 3 bed semi.
The British Gas salesman said no need for a radiator in my bedroom as the hot water tank was in there.
Somehow we managed to have an even newer fangled insulated jacket installed on the hot water tank.
Guess who had the coldest room in the house ? A North facing bedroom with 2 outside walls
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Post by MartinT on Nov 17, 2022 17:51:49 GMT
Don't have one so I'd have to buy one You don't have an oven? |
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Post by petea on Nov 17, 2022 18:02:02 GMT
He just hasn't found it yet!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 17, 2022 18:40:06 GMT
LoL - I've been doing this for ages. Just turn off the oven for last 5 or 10 mins. No thermometer required, it hasn't killed me yet...
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 17, 2022 19:27:32 GMT
Don't have one so I'd have to buy one You don't have an oven? No temp reading |
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Post by brian2957 on Nov 17, 2022 19:35:24 GMT
Yup, will definitely give this a go, especially if I'm cooking meat in the oven. I'm vegetarian |
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 27, 2023 21:31:32 GMT
Does anyone have experience of, or indeed have vacuum glass double glazing at home or somewhere you've stayed? Seem to be 2 choices, Landvac (Chinese) - could be risky depending on political situation Fineo - Manufactured in Belgium. Not quite as efficient as Landvacs offering, but very close. There was a third, Pilkerton but less efficient and off the table, I read somewhere. We've probably all been in commercial buildings with huge panels of glass - could well be vac glass to get sensible efficiency. Claims are it's as effective as a well insulated modern construction exterior wall / meets Passive Haus requirements. Particularly useful where ripping out wooden / period frames and installing questionable environmently unsound uPVC, is not an option. Prices may be 3 times a trad argon filled double glazing pane, but where the existing frames are not draughty and are sound, this may not be an issue. New wooden hardwood frames, if looked after after slated to last 70 years +! uPVC will not match that, not even close they say. Here's the relative efficiency claims  We had tripple glazing in a 1983 build Swedish end of terrace house. It wasn't super thick air gap though. It was quite effective, minus 20°C outside temperatures on occasions during winter. The dew point was just about reached though if it was very cold. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 27, 2023 21:39:03 GMT
For the cost of replacing double glazing I can't see a reason to go for it
Need to see the cost differences of them all
Wood has to be better again depending on costs
I bet thick curtains have a quick payback !
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 27, 2023 23:02:08 GMT
For the cost of replacing double glazing I can't see a reason to go for it Need to see the cost differences of them all Wood has to be better again depending on costs I bet thick curtains have a quick payback ! Hehe, hardly going to get passive haus levels, even with all your windows stuffed up and sitting in the dark all day long! Mould will grow quickly due to lack of air movement as the dew point will be reached regardless with basic glazing. Even older or narrow width double glazing is pretty poor tbh. |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 28, 2023 7:39:24 GMT
Isn't narrow double glazing more for sound deadening than heat insulation?
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 28, 2023 8:10:29 GMT
Isn't narrow double glazing more for sound deadening than heat insulation? It's a compromise of non-chunky looks vs rubbish thermal value. Don't think it's good at sound deadening. For that you need huge air gap / secondary glazing is best or a vacuum🙂 |
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