Whats the weather like near you?

[Ratman]

I really struggled to sleep at all last night. Bedroom was 26c even with a fan in the window blowing the then cooler air in. Even with no cover and starkers, far too warm. So dozed in the chair downstairs (few degrees cooler) from 01:00 to 06:00 and now feel hungover/ill. 
 
The heat itself isn't the issue, it's our shittily constructed house. It's not even that bad in the scheme of things compared to others in the UK, but it's cold in winter and roasting in summer. No house should get to 29c inside (my daughters bedroom, blinds shut all day) and if it does, it should have A/C. Even so, there shouldn't be a need for A/C in the UK if the house is properly built.
 
 

Sounds like your a bit bitter towards uk house builds J, they do it different over the water? [emoji16]

[Paul in the woods]

Not wishing to sound (too) smug but it's been much cooler here on the west coast of Devon. Each night for the last week or so the fog has descended in the evening making it nice and cool. Even have to put a thin jumper on. Nice temperate rainforest weather.

 

 

[Squaredy]

30 minutes ago, Big J said:

Careful now, I'm in real danger of getting onto my soapbox.....

 

• Built to an absolute minimum standard. Almost never exceed regs, which are kept artificially low by lobbyists influencing government policy.
• Crammed into developments at a density that does not allow proper air flow, exacerbating the urban heat island effect.
• No solar shading. Houses are not designed to be resilient to hot weather.
• No thought given to design and how it relates to aspect. So house design B will be plonked onto a site, even if it means a whole raft of unshaded windows are facing south or west.
• Houses built for huge profit rather than as homes. Developers such as Persimmon grossing an almost 50% profit margin on all houses constructed. End price dictated by our ludicrously skewed housing market which serves it's principle purpose in the UK economy as a conduit and vessel of wealth. Which is very silly given that a house ought to be a home, first and foremost.
• Almost no triple glazing.
• No inbuilt A/C, despite the fact that in Southern England we are far more likely to experience an uncomfortable heat wave than an uncomfortable cold snap.

 

Most of those points relate to modern housing. We live in a rented farmhouse, which is best described as 'farmer built'. Four walls and a roof and f*ck all thought for design and insulation. My brother lives in a new Persimmon home in Exeter and their house is consistently 3c warmer inside than ours in summer, and it's ruddy freezing in winter.

 

I've been perusing houses in Sweden lately, and it's interesting to note that even in the budget price range (£50k or so), many houses have geothermal heating, A/C and triple glazing. 

 

It's long been established that we live in the worst houses in Europe. 

Can't argue with any of that.  And you haven't even mentioned the decades of bodging that blights our houses even more.  My 1920's house is stifling upstairs at the moment because plastic windows were fitted in the late nineties with very few openers for instance.  It also has many damp issues made worse by the government sponsored cavity wall insulation fitted in 1999.  At least these issues can be fixed, eventually and at a cost of many thousands. 

 

So to add to your ire about housebuilders I would add much frustration about cowboy builders, window companies etc.

[Ratman]

Blistering sunshine here, 32 degrees i was told earlier! I’ve cracked a can of cloudy apple cider open on the strength of it. Gona sit out for a bit and think about which a/c system would work best for me in my poorly built bungalow ?‍♂️[emoji16]

[Paul Cleaver]

Is anyone here mad enough to climb in this weather?

[Johnsond]

Well last night and this morning here in Aberdeenshire is probably the most spectacular display of lightning I’ve ever seen in the UK. Phones are out are out as one of the telegraph poles was struck. 
Unfortunately it looks like the weather has played its part in the tragic train incident near Stonehaven. 

[JonnyRFT]

1 hour ago, Paul Cleaver said:

Is anyone here mad enough to climb in this weather?

Sticking with MEWP work where possible. 

[openspaceman]

 

4 hours ago, Paul Cleaver said:

Is anyone here mad enough to climb in this weather?

There was a team reducing a conifer hedge in one for the houses behind mine right up to midday, well over 34 in the shade and they had no shade. Hats off to them.

 

By 16:00 it was raining quite heavily with thunder and 4 miles away a mini tornado ripped across the canal downing trees either side of my mate in his mooring right across the navigation.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Ponced around in the garden for the morning harvesting wildflower seed. 
 

Snoozed for a while around midday. 
 

Had a feed then went across the river for a training session. 
 

Work....  In this heat? Not bloody likely!
 

(the pringles can is for the seed heads - clip, drop, shake!)

 

 

[Paul Cleaver]

6 hours ago, openspaceman said:

 

There was a team reducing a conifer hedge in one for the houses behind mine right up to midday, well over 34 in the shade and they had no shade. Hats off to them.

 

By 16:00 it was raining quite heavily with thunder and 4 miles away a mini tornado ripped across the canal downing trees either side of my mate in his mooring right across the navigation.

A facebook friend had a mini tornado in Gloucestershire