Finding the chase and cutting to it

A question was asked after publishing Is there such a thing as breaking even? “Does the carbon cost for windows repay sooner or later than the financial cost?” I am going to find that a difficult question to answer, as we had some substantial building work done to put in a French door and take […]

For many, the costs of producing energy efficient good, thermal insulation, or green power consumption, far outweighs the benefits. In the past, Number crunching part 1 has examined how much carbon was used in producing our batteries and solar cells, and whether that effort made a return – is the juice worth the squeeze? – […]

We take how warm our houses are for granted, but as someone who took advantage of a cheap deal if we got our windows replaced during the “autumn” (autumn my #@!£$), it is interesting to see why we keep windows and doors closed while it is 5°C outside! Our Tado radiator valves and thermostats all […]

It’s 2.6°C at this moment in time and I don’t feel too much of a whimp saying it’s cold outside. Today is day three of our “replacement windows, making a hole bigger, and centrering a window in an existing wall” adventure or our trek into how cold can we go in our house? It’s going […]

My beloved husband has got to an age when he prefaces statements with, “I remember a time when…” Which freaks me out a little. I know there is a 7 years, 2 days, age gap, but just recently, it has felt like a big thing. Only to find myself doing that very thing today! Not […]