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OP... If you've started looking into Linux on the internet... you've probably found that most of it gets technical very quickly, mostly because techies tend to run off deep into the woods when explaining things. Most of it will not be relevant, most likely vastly over-explained, and can be very...

Suggest to OP.. If extremities getting cold then could be blood circulation issue... suggest getting tested for Diabetes (seriously)

Having tried various versions of Linux, supposedly great for beginners.... my sincere advice to OP is: They ALL say they they are easy to use.. LIES! Most are initially incomprehensible to a Windows user. Lubuntu is probably the simplest for someone coming from a Windows system. It will also...

Hi mate, PM me if you want... maybe easier than 'many voices' on forum. Smartfones & tablets.. nope. Old desktops.. yep.. that's my thing! :-)

Linux - that's where I was heading with this... need to know the hardware as latest kernals not playing ball with some older CPUs depending on the on-board graphics

Okaaay... :) Don't suppose you know what's inside it.. motherboard, cpu, RAM, hopefully a separate graphics card.. If unsure, there's a freeware program called Belarc Advisor... should give good info, also a very good program called Everest Home Edition available from Filehippo Give them a whirl...

OP... Have you got any old PC's hanging about?...

It's a bit like this... but I haven't got a porch..

@Leofric I'll 'acquire' some planning software and upload layout.. may take a little while for me to work out how to use it though.. will post back once I have done so :-)

This afternoon.. (no heating on) mebe 4pm... room temp 14c... attic 18c... not a particularly warm day. Is it possible that attic so warm in summer that heat is radiating downward.. hence mechanical attempts at cooling being futile? All upstairs ceilings have a horrendous botch artex job on it...

Have tried the windows method, even assisting with a 16" metal bladed fan in upstairs window to pull air through the house from the shaded side at ground level in the evening... still can't get temp down to anything sensible.. :( Am taking a dual approach of prevention and extraction...

Now THAT'S the set-up that I had in mind.. :-) There is only one small window upstairs at rear of house (in said bedroom).. currently have a 16" fan facing outward so as to draw air through the house from ground floor in the evening from shaded side of house. Seems to be pulling a fair bit of...

Ahh.. good info, cheers!

House built circa 1860... they didn't use string let alone a spirit level. Short of knocking it to the ground I gotta work with what I have.. :-/

Temp up there right now is 8c, bedroom is 12c. Heating hasn't been on for a few days... is a bit nippy! I went from no insulation whatsoever... have considered using a rake to pull out as much as I can reach. Or sending a 6yr old up there.. lol

Ahhh.. that makes a lot of sense and do-able... had been considering solar-reflective paint on the outside but unable to find much info other than sales blurb from companies selling the stuff (obviously biased and subject to many pinches of salt!)

@catlad concrete(?) tiles.. not slates. Internal membrane. @Ian H Overheating problem started when I had the loft insulated a few years ago... there's about 9" of shredded Honey Monster up there! @SFK I suspect the void is probably warmer than the house during the 6-8wks of stupid weather that...

Imagine if you will.. small stone built terraced house, shallow pitched roof. Upstairs get's far too warm in summer... I have a portable aircon unit in bedroom so I can sleep (proper one)... but I digress.. The roof has 2 ventilation tiles on each side.. 4 total. Attic hatch is in bedroom where...

Glad the OP has resolved their 'apparent' issue... Next time I'm feeling a bit chilly on the extremities I'll be sure to get some USB heated mittens and insoles rather than effect simpler and far more practical resolutions... It may even be that there is no solution for an imagined or possibly...

Asda thermals... they don't look sexy but they're cheap and do the job. Whine also helps..