I missed the chance here, but I insulated around the bath ( a 1200mm corner bath) in our old house - it was worthwhile. If you use 2 part foam ensure it's not restricted anywhere, though.
What ideas have you had for reducing Electricity consumption
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It's going to have to come out for a bathroom makeover sometime in the next year or two so I don't want to fossilise it in place, but if I just use a can or spray foam over the bottom I doubt anything will rust out before it gets replaced (enamelled / pressed steel tub).
Why not use rockwool or glasswool?
ajs
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Great until you have a leak or need to access the stopcocks for some other reason.
Geebee
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Just bought a new freezer.
I put one of the energy monitors on our old freezer and I have to admit I was shocked.
It never turned off and was always running, so guessing it never got cold enough. Did some calculations and it worked out at approx. 1500kwh a year.
New freezer is projected to cost 300kwh a year.
Guess it did well for being 20+ years old
I put one of the energy monitors on our old freezer and I have to admit I was shocked.
It never turned off and was always running, so guessing it never got cold enough. Did some calculations and it worked out at approx. 1500kwh a year.
New freezer is projected to cost 300kwh a year.
Guess it did well for being 20+ years old
I got rid of two old fridge freezers and bought one new one.
Dibs-h
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I crapped myself a my years back when I checked the consumption on our old fridge freezer - 52kwh in 2 weeks. New one got ordered a day later. Uses about 150kwh annually.
Re bath insulation. I‘ve recently refurbed the bathroom and when installing the bath I glued that bubble wrap type insulation to the underside. I also replaced damaged floorboards and sprayfoamed any gaps around pipes and floor boards. The Mrs reports the bath stays lovely and warm and doesn’t need a hot water top up.
HOW!!!!! Did you get rid of the kids?
This may sound stupid but I've been doing it for quite a few years now when cooking.... If you're gonna cook vegetables, bring them to the boil and then turn the gas/electric off. Carry on preparing the rest of the meal and the said veg should be nicely done by the time you need them. if not give them a gentle boost for ` couple of minutes. Also works with big pans of soup etc and you can cut the energy consumption down by half at least.
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Suffolk Brian
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Very interested in one of these - seem to be all the rage at the moment - but the initial cost is eye watering. How long before you get you investment back?
NormanB
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Converting a ‘cold roof’ to a ‘warm roof’ is a good idea but only if you intend to use the space for habitation.
We eat rice regularly and it cooks the same way. Rinse, drain, measure the water, put on a lid, bring to the boil and then just let it stand for 25 30 minutes. Perfect. So your idea sounds good to me.
But you can't boost rice at the end, it goes mushy.
NormanB
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Doing the heat loss calculations is a a necessary step in understanding what is going on BUT it is a theoretical application and not reality. You could with a lot more effort calculate actual heat loss if you monitor outside temp, maintain and monitor your rooms at your desired temp and then calculate energy consumed to maintain the status quo for each ambient outside temp say, from -2C to 15C. Takes a long time and instruments (I have weather compensation on my boiler plus a slack handful of blue toothed temperature/humidity sensors which I place at strategic points around the house. I have not got a smart meter so rely on taking gas meter readings daily. It’s all ‘handraulic’ and it would be nice to have some sort of data logger to capture the data automatically (but not worth splashing out for one house).
I cook rice with the absorption method which is basically the same as you. Wash the starch off thoroughly. 2.5 parts water to rice, bring to a boil. Cover/ simmer on the lowest heat for 8 mins then leave for 10 but never removing the lid beforehand. I usually get perfect fluffy rice although it's now a no no for diabetes
. That's a step too far for me !
I can write a sophisticated enough spreadsheet and tune stuff like indoor, outdoor temperatures, day and night hours, seasonal variation, ventilation, etc but real time logging is too costly or time consuming for me except for the one sensorpush temp logger in the garden.
The advantage of doing theory is that it does point you towards where most of the heat's going so you can spend your money on what will make the most impact.
Oh, and help me decide how much to increase the last few original, undersize radiators when I swap them out
rogxwhit
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Oh, come on, you could get two for the price of a single Mafell jigsaw ...
