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Does anyone need reminding of this nonsense spouted by Cooper?

You don't need to be, just follow the link...

Just a quick update... Half of the roof boards are Weetabix - deep (maybe 2") still dry and very solid. No insulation or vapour membrane under these, but I think I'll put both in over the plasterboard. The other half: One board is chipboard - soft and saggy, which I'll replace, and the rest...

We've got away without needing to - light fittings and gaps around the edges have helped prevent pooling and sagging...

Thanks for your reply, I know it's not condensation because it pours in under heavy rain, and never at other times.

Brilliant, thanks, much appreciated

Personally I'd think it likely to be cheaper and easier to solve the parking problem than all the expense and stress of moving. You clearly like being where you are. So here's a thought experiment - do a rough calculation of all the costs of moving, then ask yourself: If I had that amount of...

We have a small kitchen and bathroom extension, with a flat roof, butting up to a 2 storey building. It's been leaking, so we plan to strip off the felt, replace any soft OSB, and re-cover with EPDM. There's been no condensation on the ceilings of the rooms underneath, so I presume there's some...

Planet

I was repeatedly surprised by the temperature the solar thermal systems at C.A.T. produced in Wales... Solar thermal is a lot more efficient than solar PV, BUT it needs maintenance, fiddling about with, grumpling and is generally quite a demanding toddler of a system - as far as I know, very...

This is the time of year to thin the apples on the tree... ...which will lead to the tree dropping fewer apples. "There should be no more than two fruits per cluster, and clusters should be at least 6 inches apart." From Real English Fruit

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CIA

Edited: When we got deemed export feed in tariff, it made sense to install an Eddi - I could get paid for export that I was actually using to heat water. Then when many of us moved over to metered payments for export, it made economic sense to heat water using either gas, or low rate...

Microscope

Good to see that the photos confirm that they're not floor to ceiling horizontal cracks (best not to buy a house that defies the laws of physics).

So yes, absolutely - you would need to wait quite some time, but you do get that, eventually, if the temperature stayed higher outside than inside, some, likely quite small, small temperature rise on that wall will happen... ...and it wouldn't need to be that large a wall temp change to start to...

Anyway, stepping away from theoretical physics for a moment, I do like to soak my sun hat in water, put it in the freezer for a while, then put it on my head...

Edited: Yes, I understand that's the point you're trying to get across. I'm not clear why you're wedded to this absolutism. One point I am bringing is that if the insulation is sufficient, and the temp difference is short or small enough, then the inside surface temp will not rise enough to be...

...are we finally heading towards a 'both and' understanding? We are writing about the interaction of a number of complex systems - human bodies, convection, conduction, thermal mass, conductivity, evaporation, weather, including internal weather, humidity, temperature variation, solar gain...