Red Alert

[SueEllen]

Not sure where you are based in the UK, but all the new builds down south have the smallest windows known to men. Actually most houses in the UK seem to have very tiny windows, which I simply don't understand considering how little sunshine UK gets per year.

Some have small windows and some have large windows. The more expensive houses have large windows.

Also, some companies and some people don't understand the rules of insulation, if you do it right, your house / flat / office stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter and yes you can have fairly largish well insulated windows and still not loose any heat in the winter (and draw blinds in the summer to avoid heating up the insides). Half of mainland Europe knows this, but somehow that info never made it to the UK...

That I don't understand.

I also see some of my neighbours throwing open their windows on the sunny hot side with curtains drawn oblivious to the fact they are actually heating that room.......

[WTFH]

At home I opened the door from the basement and slightly opened a window on the top floor. Result; free cool air for the past three days.

Opening the attic door in the evening is a good way to shed heat as it will go up and out the roof (particularly if the attic is insulated at floor level rather than the roof tiles)

[malvolio]

Not sure where you are based in the UK, but all the new builds down south have the smallest windows known to men. ..

Bricks (actually, breeze blocks) are cheaper than windows...

Like the fallacy that 20% of any site build is for affordable housing, it's all about maximising profit.

[Paddy]

Opening the attic door in the evening is a good way to shed heat as it will go up and out the roof (particularly if the attic is insulated at floor level rather than the roof tiles)

It's also a great place to make yoghurt and home made fruit wines.

[d000hg]

Unfortunately some homes - mostly modern homes - are built to keep heat in or have lots of glass.

I'm very glad I live in a Victorian house with 10' ceilings. Rooms with direct sun get hot as there's no wall insulation but the back of the house stays cool - the other day it was 25C and blazing sun all day and I had to put a jumper on to watch TV.

[d000hg]

Not sure where you are based in the UK, but all the new builds down south have the smallest windows known to men.

I think Sue means "most houses for people like her" not "most houses".

So elitist

[WTFH]

Hot air rises. That's how Boris became PM.

[d000hg]

Hot air rises. That's how Boris became PM.

I thought that was the cream rising to the top. Or a floater that won't flush, take your pick.

[Paddy]

I'm very glad I live in a Victorian house with 10' ceilings. Rooms with direct sun get hot as there's no wall insulation but the back of the house stays cool - the other day it was 25C and blazing sun all day and I had to put a jumper on to watch TV.

Many Victorian houses used to have sash window sun canopies that swung out from the windows. Often part of the fixtures are still left in situe' I have seen some building having all the hardware but just the canvas missing.

[vetran]

its a record....