One should try to find a dry one for sure ...It's threads like this that make me really see the attraction to just living in a cave with a fire for warmth...
One should try to find a dry one for sure ...It's threads like this that make me really see the attraction to just living in a cave with a fire for warmth...
One should try to find a dry one for sure ...![]()
Have to agree there. I strongly suspect that caves were used only when large predators were around. So far I have not seen a comfortable cave but that is not surprising hereFound a decent one by the coast, problem is every 12 hours it gets full of water...blooming inconvenient when you've got a nice fire going...
No, my house is timber under slate with a combination of wool, rock wool and kingspan insulation in the voids. Totally unsuitable for this product.Just interested in peoples thoughts on this , I work for a renewables related company but am genuinely interested in what the future may bring for all UK housing stock in a time that seems to signal that Energy efficiency and thermal insulation of a house is nothing to be taken lightly any longer.
I see in the way of projects a lot of big money McMansions that benefit from a very healthy budget and because they tend to be new builds means retrospectively trying to improve insulation or energy efficiency isn't a big concern.
My interest relates to current bread & butter UK housing stock of which it must be said is a myriad of types and periods. This is what tends to need the greater focus if we are going to make significant changes.
So with all that being said and in an attempt to spot trends in advance , a little bit of market research.
Would your own house be something that would be capable of having External Wall Insulation ? would you consider it and if not why ? Have you considered it? Have you got it?
Up in Borrowdale a guy from London lived for decades in a cave. Made it nice by all accounts.Have to agree there. I strongly suspect that caves were used only when large predators were around. So far I have not seen a comfortable cave but that is not surprising here
Interesting, how warm can one get a cave? If warm enough and dry then why not, that is just a combination that cannot be found here.Up in Borrowdale a guy from London lived for decades in a cave. Made it nice by all accounts.
I’m not diy naive but I was quite shocked when I discovered this today in my daughters bedroom.![]()
We’ve been here a year and her room is a struggle to heat so we had been looking to install IWI.
In all the prep, have discovered the ~1.5m wide window has no foam around it. It’ll be rectified tomorrow and will see how that affects the heat!!
I’ve also added checking the rest of the windows to my large list!!
Interesting, how warm can one get a cave?
Fitters that do that kinda **** need to have a foam cartridge release into their behind!
OK, so chalk is surprisingly lousy at conducting heat. Closest chalk formation might be in the Baltic States.Reportedly parts of Chislehurst Caves reached 21°C during WW2 while in use as a shelter, and took a year to return to their usual 10°C.
Not exactly true, I've visited that secret cave a number of times over the years and either it wasn't trashed or it got repared a bit after it was.Up in Borrowdale a guy from London lived for decades in a cave. Made it nice by all accounts.
In m another part of the lakes cave has been transformed with a concealed trapdoor with a handle mechanism and counterbalance to open. The secret cave. The theory is someone from Barrow shipyards built it. About 15 years ago a magazine gave hints to find it and it was trashed within weeks.
Anyway that cave had several sleeping platforms and you could easily live in it.