SteamyTea

What colour for Easter, dripping blood and nails?

That may be a useful thing though. We do make the smallest homes in Europe.

If, though some magic of science, you can deliver 1 kWh of hydrogen power to a boiler in a house, and it only takes 1.5 kWh to get it there, then you still only get, at best 0.95 kWh of thermal energy out of it. Even a poor heat pump installation will deliver 2 kWh of thermal energy for every 1 kWh put in. When it comes to price, the hydrogen brigade, are comparing the peak electricity price, which is based on market demand, with the lowest stored, steam reformed, undelivered, hydrogen price. Here is a government report on hydrogen prices https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1011506/Hydrogen_Production_Costs_2021.pdf

Yes. Serves you right for having 999 on the side of your vehicle.

You can average out the lot, or just pick one or two. As you want to find the difference between the inside and the outside, you may be better getting an extra two and placing one in the MVHR extract (the pipe that is all the house air), and the other in the MVHR inlet (the outside air).

When I am bored I make up bad reviews about people I have never used. I also call the numbers on vans and lorries to complain about the poor driving. I assume people write their own reviews most of the time.

The landlords can sell up if the business case cannot be made to be in the rental market. The property will not magically vanish. It is not the same as the fresh food market. Does not have to be done in a year, it just has got to start. UK GDP is around £3tn. So about 23%. I think you quoted 1 quarters GDP. Insulating homes, like a good old fashion war, or not intercepting large, illegal drug shipments, actually increases GDP. GDP growth is not, in itself, a good indicators of a better general environment. You only have to look at surnames to realise that there has never been much mobility in the workplace. The people most likely to move for work, are the group that have lefts since we voted to leave the EU. My family are a bit peculiar. My Grandparents were children of immigrants. After WW1, they both got moved as part of the government's relocation policy. Grandmother (French) from Kent to Derbyshire, Grandfather (Turkish) from Cornwall to Derbyshire. Then, they got moved again (Grandfather was a Civil Servant) to Buckinghamshire. My Father's family was from the Midlands, Wolverhampton (Yam Yams), my Grandfather, on that side, was in the forces (Army) so got moved a lot, but ended up disabled out in Bucks, so just stayed there. The rest of that side if the family are still in Wolverhampton. Most if the people I know still live in the area their grandparents grew up in, just one side of my family has moved about because of work, and that is my immediate family, and my Mother's sister, who moved to Canada 50 years ago. So the drag on the economy is not an immobile workforce, more a case of immobile commerce (what Levelling Up is all about. Houses are not mobile, so easy to insulate. Takes a few days for most. So no more excuses, we just need to do what we can, starting today. It really is not hard, or that expensive.

No one can ever afford anything. It does not have to cost the often quoted £25,000, which is, in any case, is about 9% of the property value. it is about time we stopped making excuses and exceptions, and just forced people into doing it at time of sale, people have been talking about this for two decades, and all that has happened is nothing. And many people will think me going away on a long foreign holiday has huge public benefits.

The owners should pay for it. No one pays for my car, except me, or my diet, or holidays, so why should a house be different. Rather than (expletive deleted) about deciding/arguing who must pay, just tax the bollocks out of house sales, say 2% of sales price for every EPC point below a B.

Won't be any soon. https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/08/uk_publisher_using_ai/

Just had a look at my last 3 years worth of temperature data. The Δ Temp is just the maximum mean temperature minus the minimum mean temperature, there may well be greater extremes i.e. leaving a window open all night in the winter, or not opening a window in the summer, but these would be relatively short term fluctuations i.e. hours. As you propose to do exactly what my storage heaters do, I don't think there is any real risk of having a house that is way too hot in the mornings and too cold in the evenings. We can all cope with ±1.5°C without noticing it.

I think the real problem is that people do not know the difference between temperature, power and energy, and how they all relate to each other. A better headline would have been. "Boiler manufacturer enjoy financially punished thick people that fell asleep in science lessons"

Surely the big news today is that Rishi Sunak allowed his dog off its lead, when the signs clearly stated they must be on a lead. https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunaks-family-reminded-of-rules-by-police-after-dog-filmed-without-lead-in-hyde-park-12833743

Standing proud for morning wood and flagpoles.

Stand for election.

If there is an assumption that the parish council will object to a new building, is it really worth spending any time dealing with them? Not as if they have any real power.

There is nothing to stop people varying the power output in different rooms, while still being on the same zone. Changing the UFH pipe spacing is just the same as having different output radiators.

You need to work out the voltage drop over the distance and make sure it is within limits. <2% drop I think. Your electrician should be able to tell you.

When I said I was referring to planning law, no one gives a toss if it is made from platinum or dog turds, or worse, straw.

Was camping there in August '79, when the Fastnet boat race was on. My tent, along with several others, totally vanished. Was a terrible night and next day.

Had you put the silicone treatment on the walls by then, or was that after?

Surely planning is about legal technicalities, not emotions.

I am sure the GBF will make some nice lentil broth to go with some long words. Or a lot if swearing, and inappropriate comments.

What does BA stand for?

The two go hand in hand as the dew point is related to temperature and pressure. You may find that a simple and cheap to run Air to Air Heat Pump will give you all the climate control you need They can warm and cool. Reducing sound transmission is much harder. It is a combination of absorption and decoupling. There are decoupling bars (resilience bars) for plasterboard, worth fitting them. It may be worth stopping for a few days and searching on here for suitable options. But basically, what you want to do is insulate, reduce ventilation losses, then control those losses. You could just give up exercise and spend all your free time on here with a beer and an ashtray.