..and that just didn't happen, feeling a bit deprived now.
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..and that just didn't happen, feeling a bit deprived now.
I've been puzzled by that sudden hump, in the yellow trace, for the indoor temperature log, at around 5:30 am. I have just worked it out, it was due to me, closing the the front and rear windows. I have a similar trace, and rise, for this morning. The rise is the heat rise, from the internal house fabric.
You put the oven on?
Most modern houses have little thermal mass inside the insulation envelope, It allows rapid warming up on cold days, but without air con, it’s difficult to make houses cool.
I personally think we consider houses with: exterior wall insulation, have high density concrete blocks on the inside and floor insulation below the concrete and screed.
I wonder if underfloor heating can be turned into underfloor cooling
I personally think we consider houses with: exterior wall insulation, have high density concrete blocks on the inside and floor insulation below the concrete and screed.
I wonder if underfloor heating can be turned into underfloor cooling
Didn’t mention insulation - did I.
Tell me - what building reg's do you know of that are in place...
for keeping homes warm without one thought to how they will keep them cool
Prey tell?
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The one time I went to Delhi- the only thing I drank over the week I was there was Cobra- nothing else. I was paranoid about Delhi-belly.
The day I got back to the UK, the skin on the palms of my hands and soles of my feet started falling off. For 2 weeks I looked like a leper. One day I pulled a 7" long piece of of skin off my feet. Didn't hurt, but it was embarrassing. GP had no idea what caused it. Naturally, I didn't blame it on the Cobra. I still drink it when I go for a curry.
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Bet you lostI've been having water gun fights in the garden over the weekend the kids love it and its very cooling
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Same here, I won. They were no match for me and my kettle.I've been having water gun fights in the garden over the weekend the kids love it and its very cooling
I am actually interested in this issue. It is commonly said that many new homes get too hot. Is that even true. If so, what are the causes?
Any house with a roof will get warm in the summer sun. The better they are insulated, the lesser the effect of the sun. Those houses with poorly insulated walls and things such as conservatories will contribute to warming.
There is zero logic to this though...
Do you mean just by circulating cold water through it? If so, the temperature difference wouldn't be sufficient to provide any meaningful cooling.
Although, presumably if you have an ASHP, you could reverse the cycles and pump very cold water (say 5 degrees) through the whole heating system. Both underfloor and radiators. That should be enough to cool a house by a few degrees. Radiators might not work well in reverse, though, because they mainly work by convection.
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