SteamyTea

It is just down to mm/unit area. But when it is reported, it becomes attached to a geopolitical area. Same as wealth, pollution, cost of living etc. There is nothing inherent in the words Cornwall or Cumbria that make the areas have more rainfall, it is more to do with topology. As long as the sides are parallel.

I don't know what it is in mm now, but was something that was highlighted on my Climate Change course. It was really highlighting the difference between geopolitical and geotopology. By rights, either Yorkshire or Devon should get the most rainfall, as they are the largest counties, and Rutland or IoW (depending on tide) should get the least. My thinking is that High Wycombe is the wettest place, can drizzle for days there, days and days.

Gardens don't need watering down here. I think the average rainfall in Cornwall is greater than the average rainfall in Cumbria though the wettest place is in Cumbria). Did you leave the protective wrapper on.

Costs me less to heat the water than pay for the sewage when I pull the plug. Have I ever mentioned how expensive water is in Cornwall, the most expensive in the country.

Not measured it properly, but it feels cramped, and as you know, I am only 6 foot 2 inches tall. May combine it with some rainwater harvesting. I am sure seagulls shit only smells slightly of herring.

Good. May be able to modify my bathroom to get a slightly longer bath in it.

Can you get panels in plain white. I hate pattern in a bathroom.

No. Can't even recommend one down here.

@joe90 has a crayon based system.

Takes them over a lifetime to build a cathedral. Thermal engineering methods, which have been known for 250 years, is probably considered a fad.

Yes. Why I think that people should engineers of the correct discipline, rather than architects and 'builders experience'.

One problem with Canadian/Northern USA techniques is that there climate is very different from the UK (most of the populated area is 10° South of us. Condensation risk is treated differently, as is ventilation/heating. Walter Lewin is worth watching. His last MIT lecture.

Replace it with GRP. If done correctly, will outlast us all. Was looking at some GRP work I did back in the mid 80's. Still working as intended.

Post up a picture, I am struggling to imagine what you are describing. Concrete is fine, strength wise, when in compression.

I watched his Fun to Imagine interview the other day.

My school Physics teacher was a PhD student. Was the best teacher in the place. Was studying the effects of strong magnetic fields on photon streams. The Chemistry teacher was a Born Again Christian who thought the world was no older than 6000 years (or it may have been 4000, I switched off). I cannot even remember who the Mathematics teacher was.

Thermal Conductivity k or λ = W.m-1.K-1 To convert to R-Value, divide thickness [L] by λ R-Value = m2.K.W-1 Take the reciprocal to get the U-Value U-Value = W.m-2.K-1 So k = 0.042 L = 0.15 [m] R = 0.15 / 0.042 R = 3.57 m2.K.W-1 U = 1 / 3.57 U = 0.28 W.m-2.K-1

That is us down here.

What tall, blond/e, blue eyed, strong and very drunk.

What irritating little farts

Ready market for that down here. They will need to get the webbing right.

Ah the other place. Many if us are in both sites.

Had to look that word up.

Morning Did you have a decent thermal model done of your house? There is not much to tweak with PV, but you can divert the power to water storage fairly easily. ASHP can be reconfigured quite a bit depending on model.

Total at rest. The temperature got to 18.1 by 9 PM. Shame the outside temperature sensor has stopped working (again), but it was not cold. I usually turn my heating on when the mean daily temperature goes below 10°C. If people eat 2000 kCal a day, that is 2.3 kWh, a professional cyclist will eat 5000 kCal a day, 5.8 kWh. Can see why they are all sweaty.