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Post by brian2957 on Dec 11, 2022 18:49:21 GMT
I didn't think it got that cold down South guys  It's been between zero and -5 up here. It looks like we are all suffering the same freezing weather then. We are lucky in that we can afford to keep ourselves relatively warm during this cold snap, many can't. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 11, 2022 20:05:54 GMT
-8 is the coldest I've seen
Might have been colder before I started looking, some many years ago
Cycled to work one day -6, my coldest ever
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Post by MartinT on Dec 11, 2022 20:11:50 GMT
-20C in Hamburg in 1984 was the coldest I ever experienced.
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Post by brian2957 on Dec 12, 2022 8:43:03 GMT
-7 here this morning and it feels it  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 12, 2022 10:44:08 GMT
A balmy * + * 0.5 here today
Much nicer than yesterday - and snow
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Post by HD Music & Test on Dec 12, 2022 11:03:40 GMT
As with Mike its a tropical 1C here but very little snow.
This is the most all round and half respectable camera I have found that will do the job for you Mike.
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 12, 2022 11:15:51 GMT
Thanks Tony
That sounds good !
Next will be finding a builder that knows what they are doing are or a range of specialists
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Post by seanm on Dec 15, 2022 13:40:27 GMT
This guy in the video below has set about surveying his home and fixing leaks and cold spots.... His camera was circa £350 it seems
Cheers
Sean
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 27, 2022 19:57:22 GMT
Mine has arrived
Quick look shows I need a builder or expert to work out what can be done
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Post by brian2957 on Dec 28, 2022 9:56:32 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 28, 2022 10:59:53 GMT
I'm taking on what I saw which is not nice Think I will find the places I can sort and come back to the larger items later. Advice from a savvy DIYer will be helpful when he's next here What needs doing ? So much  |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 28, 2022 11:11:24 GMT
I have to get some wooden beading to block gaps between the floor and tall windows in our master bedroom. It's the only real area of draught in our house now.
We did once have draughts coming from our sauna but that was remedied by replacing the external vent with a proper shuttered one.
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Post by brian2957 on Dec 28, 2022 11:31:46 GMT
I'm taking on what I saw which is not nice Think I will find the places I can sort and come back to the larger items later. Advice from a savvy DIYer will be helpful when he's next here What needs doing ? So much Bit at a time Mike. Write down your priorities, things you can do/easiest fixed, then move on to the worst areas. 'Every little helps' as they say  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 28, 2022 11:49:39 GMT
I'm taking on what I saw which is not nice Think I will find the places I can sort and come back to the larger items later. Advice from a savvy DIYer will be helpful when he's next here What needs doing ? So much Bit at a time Mike. Write down your priorities, things you can do/easiest fixed, then move on to the worst areas. 'Every little helps' as they say Bit at a time it will be This hit home in the recent very cold few days. The big kitchen diner was never warm. Reason for that is probably because our plumber took 3 radiators out due to a system leak a while back. Normal winter temps we are fine. I wonder at the amount of heat being lost Onwards and upwards ! |
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Post by brian2957 on Dec 28, 2022 17:35:58 GMT
Yup, my mate's kitchen was never warm. Turns out these was massive leakage from a relatively newly fitted kitchen window. It was the edges of the window, not the window itself, which was leaking. The window needs to come out and the edges properly sealed, then window refitted.
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 28, 2022 18:49:49 GMT
Think my main problems will be for missing or badly fitted Cellotex in the vaulted ceiling. Either remove the plasterboard in the vaulted ceiling or take off the roof tiles. With any luck a squirt from an expanding foam gun to fill the holes night do it
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Post by MartinT on Dec 28, 2022 20:58:50 GMT
Sounds expensive. We don't even have a ladder long enough to get up to our roof and I'm damned if I'd do it anyway.
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 28, 2022 21:14:43 GMT
I'll only do the easy stuff myself
Want an expert to do the rest - need to find one
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It's been between zero and -5 up here. It looks like we are all suffering the same freezing weather then. We are lucky in that we can afford to keep ourselves relatively warm during this cold snap, many can't.
