Finding the chase and cutting to it

I promised results from April, so this is a little late. Here they are as a follow up to Going with the flow. We made a change to the temperature at which the electrical heater comes on for our heat pump. The question is: was that worthwhile? Our heat pump gives us the means to […]

This seems an odd time to write this post, as there is no anniversary coming up. But it is a conversation that comes up every so often. Here’s my answer to it. When we first got our Nissan Leaf Tekna in January 2014, it inspired this section of the blog, and ultimately, the podcast of […]

I had an apprenticeship as a young adult, that allowed me to live 250 miles from home. I had to buy a fridge for my insulin, and as an 18 year old, I did that on a credit card and paid off the total of the fridge with my first three pay checks after rent, […]

When the hosepipe ban was brought in on the 11th July, it was a bit of a shock. Anglian Water were the old incumbent in the East of England, and despite very low rain fall, we get few hosepipe bans. The last one was between the 5th April and 14th June 2012! The current Temporary […]

My 6th podcast was all about resource management over the baking hot summers. While the heat waves were happening in the East of England, our local news channel asked residents what they’d like to see happening. More than a few people asked this question: we’re on an island, surrounded by sea, can’t we just use […]

We’ve been looking at insulation, and during the winter, one of the biggest influences on how much energy you need to heat your house is how many mammals are living in it. A human being raises the temperature in a room by around 1°C, so having two people… It’s why we run many living spaces […]

Last week, A Coat for the House, Part 1 looked at what was going on internally in your property. This week, we’re heading outdoors. External doors, windows, and walls. Entrances and exits. Entering with the front door, we can then go to the other entrances/exits, the windows and end up with the walls. Poor quality […]

Entrances and internal walls. We’ve looked at roof insulation being a warm winter hat for your home. Insulating your floors has given you a pair of cozy slippers to isolate your feet from cold floors. We can think of doing the same for your walls as giving you a heavy-duty winter coat. Before I dive […]

Learning how to make good use of our microwave to reduce our power consumption while cooking has highlighted just what we were missing out on in terms of the unit being an extra pair of hands in the kitchen, almost a sous chef. It should be noted we bought the microwave in 2017, as our […]

While roof insulation can easily be considered a hat for your house, treating the ceilings and floors is a harder concept to articulate… Just get on with it! Indeed! Insulating the roof does so much to prevent you losing heat outside is obviously a good idea. The floor and ceilings are a harder concept to […]