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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

One of the big benefits of having a heat pump that doesn’t provide cool air in the house, is the ability to stand in front of the fans while it rips the heat out of the air to heat our hot water. Yes, dear readers, this is what I have been doing in sunny Ipswich […]