Finding the chase and cutting to it

As the UK is coping with high humidity and high outside temperatures, it may seem an odd time to be thinking about insulating your pad. Summer is a perfect time to strip out older insulation and replace it with newer, “up to code”, materials and thicknesses. There are 21 million homes in the UK and […]

Last week, we looked at the difference using our solar panels has made to our carbon footprint. Of course, that isn’t in isolation. At 27kWh, we have a large amount of battery capacity. But what got us here, why is that working so well for us? What is the easiest? Energy. I don’t use a […]

Throughout time, humans have celebrated life’s big events. Sometimes lavishly, sometimes simply. Every year, we have a barbecue while a classic car run goes past our back garden. We are not the only ones, and on a sunny (or at least dry) day, the crowds lining the streets are almost as entertaining as the cars, […]

It’s my week to shop and cook. So, I am trying something new today, cooking my lovely left-over pie in the combination microwave. The average UK home spends 3-4% of its energy usage on cooking. It spends 80% on heating. Which doesn’t make cooking sound as if it’s causing much of an issue. But, our […]