SteamyTea

Our maximum summer air temperatures are lower as well. This is because they are set by the sea surface temperature, which in winter are higher than ground temperatures. Why humans like to live by the coast and not up mountains.

Depends, if you were invited to the party or not.

Paint then black, and get black framed modules. I would have liked to have been at the meeting where someone suggested that natural aluminium frames was a good idea. I could have used my favourite letter word.

If he is an undischarged bankrupt, the receiver usually has control of his finances.

Does he have a string of bankruptcies behind him? He may just have been caught out by the last year's turmoil. Going bankrupt for 8 to 10k us pretty small fry, not the kind of thing a serial bankrupt does. Offer to pay in stages after the work is done, a take it or leave it offer. Explain that the financial risk has transferred from him to you. He should snack your hand off.

Angle grinder and a diamond disk. Cheap, quick and easy.

I go commando. "Wherever you may be, let them dangle free"

As I had to point out to my inconsiderate neighbour once, out of the 6 houses here, of us had our washing out to dry. There is a high energy cost to machine clothes drying. NBA Never Burn Anything.

Compost it. Or bury it. Shred it and take to local recycling centre. But don't set fire to it, that will just piss the neighbours off.

No idea. I bought two of these in 1986. They had similar tops with plastic clamp attachments. They cost 99 francs each. Strapped them to my bike and cycled home. Still using them.

Good job the driver was wearing shorts, he would have had a jobby in in socks all day.

Swap the clean burning gas for this natural alternative. Reuse, Recycled, Refuse. https://youtu.be/B-9O6GOystA

Perfect is the enemy of good

TL;DR But two things struck me, apart from the bollocks about fallen timber bring better burnt than add to the carbon store in the ground (wrongly called rotting). People tend to close curtains at night, so that can help energy losses. The big one though us that we need to reduce continuous energy usage, not only to save money, but to make implementing renewables easier and cheaper. The less we have to generate, the less we need to build. So decent windows, decent fitting curtains and leave trees to do what they do best.

I had to do a complete module on it as part of my BSc. And I was not studying building. Basic physics works every time, you can't fool nature.

Yes, but it is a global problem. We could bury it up in Cumbria, that has the right geology, Trouble is the council wants more cash from central government to host it. All petty politics.

There are a number of ways to transfer energy, only one of them is with a higher temperature. You can increase amount of pipework (reduce the spacing) in the UFH and still deliver the same power. There is a difference between energy, power and temperature.

If only were were burying it. We have been storing 60+ years worths in tin cans plonked in swimming pools, usually next to a low lying coastline. But they are guarded by men with guns.

Two points. Clean in power generation means low CO2. Nuclear, even allowing for the whole supply chain, decommissioning and accidents, has a very good safety record when compared to coal and hydro.

The C-Max is the same, but quite comfy on the rough roads because of it.

Or they will loose 10m2 of floor area.

And it will probably need more than 1 ASHP in reality. What size water and electrical connections do you have?

Putting in a vapour barrier will improve airtightness, so that should help thermal performance a bit. As it is a flat roof, can you add external insulation, and improve the covering to stop leaks?

We are currently getting our long overdue revenge. They are back to school next week, and most of us have been vaccinated, so no angst about going out. What we need is every school to become a boarding school. Get the (expletive deleted)ers back when they are 21.

That's shocking. When the kids are screaming and crying, it means the parents are winning. And the little shits are learning.