Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: hot house 3Jan 13, 2010 12:34 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: hot house 5Jan 13, 2010 1:01 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: hot house 7Jan 13, 2010 2:52 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: hot house 8Jan 13, 2010 3:11 pm Stefan Building the M3tr!con Liberty 42 at Stonecutters Ridge. The New Build Blog - "Life, In Progress." Stonecutters Ridge Community Website | My photos Re: hot house 9Jan 13, 2010 3:15 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: hot house 10Jan 13, 2010 3:38 pm Stefan Building the M3tr!con Liberty 42 at Stonecutters Ridge. The New Build Blog - "Life, In Progress." Stonecutters Ridge Community Website | My photos Re: hot house 11Jan 13, 2010 3:55 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: hot house 19Jan 14, 2010 8:09 pm Thanks for all the responses. The main message I get is that the jury is out on whirly birds. The ohter day we put in an aerial and I got up in the roof with the installation guy, holy cow was it hot, I can see that by pushing cooler air up there would lessen the heat load on the air con for sure, The ducts that they use have to be only R1 I am sure and if the temp is up around 40 to 45 that's got to really knock the cool air around so that would lessen any ability to get the upstairs under control. Our other big problem at this stage is that having only moved in and our finances at this stage being a wee bit tight, we haven't got any window coverings so we don't have the ability to lock some of that heat out. I am thinking timber shutters that should provide a good insulator during the day, we have big windows. Will try some experiments, the good news is that for teh moment the hot weather has gone away. Thanks Dan Re: hot house 20Jan 14, 2010 8:22 pm I suppose I should clarify that whirlybirds won't help during the day - they're intended to let hot air escape from the roof cavity at night. They won't help cool things down during the day, but it helps things cool down at night. Stefan Building the M3tr!con Liberty 42 at Stonecutters Ridge. The New Build Blog - "Life, In Progress." Stonecutters Ridge Community Website | My photos Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 12662 the sun master is the solar heating to "warm" the water in the tank the S26 is your hot water system which will heat the water (25 degrees?) so with both turned on you… 2 13472 I want to build a decking to the drawn shape outlined in black. The problem is how close can I build to the gas hot water unit? Will I be able to build around it and be… 0 20224 |