Wol

Had a house with UF heating and a catflap once - each night the kitchen floor was awash with all the neighbourhood moggies stretched out! Used to be quite funny if you switched on the light - several dozen scrabbling to get out of the catflap at the same time!

OzTennis

http://videowombat.blogspot.com/2006...en-sketch.html

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ozzieeagle

Bloody brilliant lad...... that show was even older than I can remember.


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OzTennis

Paradise, we were so poor I can't even remember as far back as you!

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Perthforme

Well our house (double brick and insulated) is not to bad 17.7 deg c 2nite in here , so just feels a little chilly will go buy a coulpe of heaters this week i think .

hevs

I'm agreeing with you far too often of late But it feels really really chilly at night this year.

hevs

I beg to differ. We had to replace our rotten windows so did a heap of research first http://www.wers.net/ The three front windows that we didn't need to replace are still 3ml (LMAO!!) glass and run with condension in the morning. I just know the curtains are going to go mouldy. The double glazing windows are dry and the rooms hold way more heat that the front ones. The front rooms have loft insulation, the back don't because the roof on there is tin. So maybe a combination of both would work better. Oh and underfloor insulation too.....

BadgeIsBack

I haven't read the advise, but some Aussies look at you like you are mad if you want double glazing - even the money won't budge them.

One builder told me the sun rays would not heat up the house quickly enough. He may be right in this aspect of course, but on balance I'd rather keep the heat I am paying for inside in the first place

sasbear

Hi yes ours too - we had our roof insulated a couple of months ago and it has made a BIG difference this year

hevs

What? Even an Aussie double glazing supplier

hevs

All well and good if it is indeed sunny! If its not, then like you say, far better to keep the heat in. On the flip side think of the summer sun on thse north facing windows

BadgeIsBack

Indeed. On balance, we will probably never go for them.

The sun at its highest, and in the afternoon at it's 'hottest' hits the back of the house - it sort of comes in from the NW. I've checked and the house faces W/E.

One of the things I've told Chief is that we are going to make a note of where sunrise/set is on the soltices and equinoxes because I can never remember exactly where it will be.

We got to 50 odd on the back deck on that 40odd day. Luckily the pool was only 30..

Hels

LOL that was brilliant...

Reminds me of some of the threads on this forum from time to time actually!!

Wol

Double glazing doesn't save money IMO in the long run, since you have to replace the units every 15 years or so 9those on the equator side, anyway). But it does make the house a lot cosier and more "solid" as well as stopping the consensation.

wanderingwombat

OK, now you made me feel guilty.

I promise tonight that to keep warm like the rest of you, I will:

• Put some sandals and a shirt on,
• Turn the ceiling fan off,
• Find a topsheet to pull up,
• Close all the windows.

Now I know why I like Cairns at this time of the year.
These 20ºC min and 27ºC max days are just sooooo hard to take.

WW