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Forum: Portugal
Feb 9th 2018, 6:26 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks,

practical complexities are probably the thing to keep my eye on most of all, to make sure forward thinking has been engaged

Q = U.A.deltaT

Q = heat flow
U = thermal transmittance
A...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 8th 2018, 12:30 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

The builders are asking us how thick we want the 'Capoto' external cladding insulation to be for our quote

MrBife has said above, ' 40mm is a good minimum thickness but more is better.'

But I...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 7th 2018, 11:30 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Good point - but the weight might be important when you are trying to hold it up whilst you put in the concrete, and it would surely be more drapeable

cost must come into it - it always does,...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 7th 2018, 7:52 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Me neither but it doesn't make it any less interesting to talk about it
So take below as a discussion, not an argument :)

Steel will rust in concrete when cracks open, which will eventually...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 6th 2018, 12:17 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Sometimes I think that my Portuguese family must have been taught that Chernobyl was just up the road
Forum: Portugal
Feb 6th 2018, 11:54 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

We will put in ventilation

Anyway, as someone who grew up on, and mostly in, the North Sea all year round, I will be happy for any refreshing draft as my Portuguese wife cranks the heating up to...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 6th 2018, 11:40 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Have made sure that we are looking into the cladding people especially carefully

I don't think that metal is necessarily more robust than fibre in a composite with cement, although I don't know...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 5th 2018, 6:56 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Just to say thanks very much for all of your help,


We will go for:


External insulation (inside of house so full of nooks and crannies and its an efficient solution despite not being able...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 4th 2018, 11:00 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

I have been warned about potential pitfalls of taking heat out of flu by a mate at home

I like the idea of a warm cupboard where I can hide from family life every now and then :)

I did not say...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 3rd 2018, 9:53 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Sorry, I'm just exploring different concepts / ideas (and having fun) ....

The below ideas to be used as a boost for air con upstairs, as nice and simple solutions without any extra water circuits...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 2nd 2018, 1:12 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks!
More thoughts / points for my list:


Thanks for Exterior cladding rough estimate, I think it will probably be a big outlay on our house & extending tiled eaves might be even more so....
Forum: Portugal
Dec 31st 2017, 12:33 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

So, thinking aloud, 'as I see it' ....

(Whenever I say 'air-con' I mean reversible air heat pumps)

1. Interior vs exterior insulation - What are the pros and cons one v the other?


...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 30th 2017, 10:19 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

:goodpost:
Thank you!

That is very helpful indeed in unravelling what the terms being used in the industry actually mean in real engineering terms.

Cheers!
Forum: Portugal
Dec 30th 2017, 1:27 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks all

Underfloor would be good, but the investment is not in our plans. Also, upstairs only has thin wooden floors.

The '3 - 4 times more efficient than electric heating' has been bugging...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 22nd 2017, 9:42 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks
Sounds like air con and wood burner is becoming a (general) consensus, although not the only option
Forum: Portugal
Dec 21st 2017, 10:33 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

I have also lived in Germany (-17C one night) and houses and heating in the North of Europe are just much better so I am much warmer up there in winter.
Also, I'm from the dryest place in the UK,...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 20th 2017, 7:24 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

This area isn't actually that cold in winter - ave. min 8C, ave. max 14 C in January (that's Lisbon but must be not too far off those of Caprica area).
Its just with no heating when you are at home...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 20th 2017, 6:57 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks, lots of ideas to think about.
We had a house on the waterfront in North Essex, so right on the chilly North Sea in winter, and it had 1970's hot blown air heating (from a gas fired heat...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 20th 2017, 9:49 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Re: Heating Options

Thanks,

That would be great to have, anyone know how easy it is to get that kind of installation done around Lisbon (I have this idea that Algarve is much easier to source 'international'...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 20th 2017, 8:54 am
Replies: 53
Views: 21,804
Posted By Midgo

Question Heating Options

Hi,
We will be renovating the family holiday house around the Caparica area to live in
Its 4 bedroom two-storey reinforced concrete construction

We plan to insulate with Celotex or equivalent...
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