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home flooded, now what?
In my last blog post I discussed my experience in Hebden Bridge and two properties that had been damaged by the flood water that came on Boxing Day after the incessant rain of Christmas Day. This time I’d like to … Continue reading
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After the water has gone
Flooding is horrendous. It is not just gently rising and seemingly benign calm waters, but raging torrents of destruction; and when it all goes, what is left behind is an apocalyptic chaos coated in an effluent contaminated slime. In … Continue reading
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FIT for RHI? (or how to make money from green energy)
The sun’s been shining warm and bright recently. Not only heralding summer, but reminding me of how much heat there is to be taken for nothing every time the clouds part…
Being green is noble pursuit, but at what cost? Sometimes it is difficult to maintain the eco-enthusiasm when hard earned money is needed for the more essential things in life, but supposing it actually paid money to be green? Continue reading
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Tagged energy, feed in tariff, FIT, green, Green Deal, photovoltaic, PV, renewable, renewable heat incentive, RHI, solar, turbine, wind
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Would it be wood? (to keep you warm)
Multi-fuel stoves can burn many things from peat to compressed paper briquettes, but for most people available multi-fuels will be either logs or coal. Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, chimneys, coal, efficient heating, logs, multi fuel stoves, solid fuel, timber, wood burners, wood burning
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Naturally Gas?
The price of natural gas is going up. As there is supposed to be a world glut of the stuff just now – the government’s medium term energy plans are all gas based – that seems a little odd. Continue reading
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loft conversions, contracts and regulations
Problem: a structural support beam across the stairway was too low to meet building regs requirements. Therefore, no certificate. No valid house insurance. Waste of money. Continue reading
cold feet on cold laminate floors?
If this cold weather is making you long for the warm fluffiness of a thick carpet between your toes, then don’t hesitate too long. The mysterious inflation – that the government is trying so hard to ignore – has another … Continue reading
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doom and gloom…or opportunity?
It snows and the economy collapses… just as it was starting to do so well. Do we really believe the snow made that much differance? UK GDP down 0.5% and construction sector down 3.3%…pretty depressing stuff. The … Continue reading
Chasing Rainbows?
Self Build to become easier thanks to easier planning procedure and banks told to lend more by Housing Minister. Continue reading
Good King Wenceslas had a dodgy boiler…
Sing: “When the snow lay roundabout, deep & crisp & even. Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel, when a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fu-el.” This cold spell is now over 5 weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged boiler, boiler breakdown, boiler failure, condensate freezing, condensing, gas boiler
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