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Or we having the cooling requirements. A lot of France has similar weather to us.

So my old lodger, who had a stroke in the first 3 years of her life, is a scrounger. As are the people affected by thalidomide. Are the workers that got made redundant when a large employer closes scroungers?

Define 'scroungers'. Seems the over 65s are currently the biggest contributors to income tax. https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/share-adult-population-paying-income-tax-age-bracket

"No taxation without representation" Or "No representation without taxation" Alan B'Stard

Was that really caused by the reduction in uncontrolled ventillation or by an increase in internal temperature dry the structure out. Have you tried checking the RH levels without the PIV switched on recently?

TL:DR the replies. It is worth doing a heat loss calculation on your house, then you may be able to target the areas that can be improved. My guess is the suspended floor (it is a large area) and general air leakage are your main problems. Double glazing, in isolation, does not cause condensation, it is caused by the interaction of humidity and temperature, you can get condensation at 40°C.

There are a number of different reviews about world energy, EIA, OPEC BP, Petroleum, all are within a fraction of each other. Makes it easy to see the Venezuela has more proven reserves/resources that anyone else. The trouble with all these reviews is that many people do not want to believe them. Those people cannot be helped.

It didn't.

I have been told many times that the world economy is affected by oil prices. So I thought I would look at global inflation rates and oil prices since 1970. When inflation is low, oil prices are high, and visa versa. Seems to be the polar opposite from what I was told.

Yes, but it is a good place to start looking for a leak.

The OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) has, apparently, issued an apology for creating the most recent leaks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmn991pz9jo So they should be the OBI from now on. What a bunch of twats.

Henry are good, as are Numatic (which is the same but a bit cheaper). We got one of these for general cleaning at work, is good, but heavy and hard to push when on full suck. https://sharkclean.co.uk/product/shark-anti-hair-wrap-upright-vacuum-cleaner-with-lift-away-pet-model-black-nz691uktdb-zidNZ691UKTDB

WD40 is not really a good lubricant, it is really a water displacer, so used to free up stuff. These sort of bearings should usually be greased, so a finger of Vaseline, or silicone grease, which I know you have by the bucket load.

This is the good stuff we used, cheap to.

We recently painted the bare concrete floor in our restaurant. The job was pretty easy, and seems to last well (same paint in the high traffic exhibition area). If I remember I shall find out the make of paint on Wednesday when I am next in.

Was not a banding issue, was the fact they charged me when I was exempt (as a full time student). Seems they cannot cope with someone that is a student and a home owner, so charged me double. Total twats in the council office.

Welcome. Good luck with the council tax appeal. I never got very far with mine, but after 6 years they conceded they made an error. I never got the £2500 back though.

You lot use dragons to deliver them don't you.

@damspt UFH = under floor heating OAT = outside air temperature IAT = inside air temperature DHW = domestic hot water WC = weather compensation kWh = energy kW = power

I work with someone that has a house similar to mine, it is also on E7. She decided that the old storage heaters were faulty, so had them replaced with new ones. Guess what, she paid the same to heat the house. Someone at work has lent her a small (500W) fan heater, as it 'only costs a penny to run'. A penny on her tariff is about 2 minutes use. When I questioned as to why the heater was so good and cheap to run, I was told 'because it is ceramic'. Now theses twats know my educational background, have asked me in the past about the best things to do to reduce the monthly bills, and then ignored it. I shall start taking in my bills and complain about my expenditure, which is about a third of theirs. As a general rule, if 'science' is mentioned in some advertising, the product is crap. No one mentions the polymer science of car tyres, or the electro-magnetic spectrum for a DAB radio, I really wish people would stop wishing things were magic and when they have bought them, convince themselves that they have made a good purchase.

That will account for the negative usage then.

Oh dear. Must be getting close to Christmas when all the magic starts happening.

I re-charted your data in a more suitable way, but as I do not know what Heating Degree Days (HDD) base temperature you used, was it 15.5°C as that is the usual UK default, I suspect it is not giving a true picture, as at 1 HDD, your house has no base load. 15.5°C is really a reflection of our shoddy housing stock and crap heating systems. At 3 HDDs, and 3°C is a typical house temperature above OAT when there is no heating on, your daily, non heating, load seems to be about 10 kWh. Adjusting the base HDD temperature, and with a full years (or more is better) worth of data, should show you the DHW usage and any parasitic loads. I have found that HDDs are not very good for homes like mine that have E7 heating as during the shoulder months it is too easy to have an overheated house. I also have a secondary issue in that half the time my house does not draw anything from the grid, this skews the numbers if I try an calculate it at the hourly level to reduce the effects of the overheating issue. Where HDDs work well is in offices that are fully climate controlled i.e. very stable internal temperature.

Some say that a Cornishman is like a Yorkshireman with all the generosity squeezed out of them.

Won't they sink into the grounds?