Pocster

Probably worth a visit

I hate it when SWMBO “ works from home “ …. 😑

Sad thing I’ve been reading is that come winter more people will be using that log burner rather than the main heating of the house . There I was thinking we were trying to get away from that where possible….

A life no doubt of complete bliss !

When I had my SolarEdge battery installed the installer did say there was a local guy going completely off grid all year round . He has a 40kw pv array and battery . I asked what happened in winter I.e low pv ; apparently if he only generates say 2kw he uses 1 and makes sure he ‘banks’ 1 in the battery . I think he’s on a mission so no tv , laptop or welder to deal with - presumably no SWMBO also !

Now that would be an achievement!

Average ( before rises hmo gas / electricity) bill 3k a year . From October 6k . I have 3 HMO’s like that . So 9k to find ( ignoring base rate increase !!! ) . Literally just increased some rents ( effectively bill part ) but hard to claw anything like 9k back ….

Yep - and it’s a big big big problem

That would look pants wouldn’t it ? . Though you could cook in it I suppose ……

Well there you go . Hmo for example 5 tenants . ‘ bills’ divided by 5 . Bad ; but not end of the world …

This bit is confusing. I don’t think it can island - but ‘blackouts ‘ are currently rare for me .At the moment my ‘bill’ is just the wanky standing charge aka ‘admin ‘ etc. Bs . Can’t complain though . 12 months from now when ‘ off peak ‘ is 15p kw and peak 70p you lot are (expletive deleted)ed ! 😉

If only everyone was intelligent and had PV and batteries . If only I was a smug git .

No chance of getting a guy in to render it - so need something I can do .

No . The light well is outside the building . That window you can see is triple glazed . Council wanted it like this . So the light well isn’t even fixed to the main house .

In all it’s glory from the inside

The walk on glazing ( giggles ) upstand probably timber . Goes up past the flat roof . How best to waterproof the upstand ?

For my many sins it’s finally time to come back and address this light well . Let’s get the laughter out the way - yes it will have walk on glazing . As you can see it’s concrete with some PIR at the top . The concrete shuttering warped during the pour so it’s not level ( 2nd one is much worse - but that’s a problem for another day ) . How best to line / prepare - possibly for tiling . Roofers batten vertically ( to get over the bow ) then tile backer board ??

For example https://www.suryaheating.co.uk/1800w-helios-infrared-bar-heater-available-in-black-or-white.html

I’m not sure . That’s why I’m asking . Though I did mean infra red electric powered not gas . I thought the principle was exactly that “ heat you not the world “ and you said it .

I know it’s not exactly the weather to think of this but am planning ahead ! Want to be as energy efficient as possible so no patio gas bollocks . Anyone experienced the infra red heaters ? ; heat the organic mass not the air …????

My fridge is equally strange especially in hot weather . All the chilled beer and wine seems to disappear.

Painful