August 21st 2022, Our House, Derby
The combination of the recent record breaking heatwave and the south facing windows in our kitchen have made it, a place often full of hot and boiling things, a pretty warm and humid place.
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1.21 gigawatts
June 29th 2022, Our House, Derby
Though not part of the original plan for the tackling our messy loft and never more than something thing we “may” look at in the future, the recent increase in gas and electricity prices (plus the second increase coming later in the year) got us looking into installing not just solar panels but also on-site battery storage.
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The Loft – Still raising that floor
March 13th to April 24th, Our House, Derby
Up till now I’d been raising the loft floor without putting down the extra insulation. I did this mainly to see if I could successfully work my way round the various beams, rafters and other loft lumps and bumps and end up with a flat and, more importantly, solid floor.
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The Loft – Raising the floor
February 6th to 27th, Our House, Derby
With the LAN trunking upgrade done I moved on to the next phase in my year long attempt to tidy our loft. Originally I planned to upgrade the LAN cabling before raising the loft floor. However, I’ve decided to tackle this in a different order. I’m going to raise the floor first and then upgrade the wiring.
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The Loft – LAN trunking upgrade
January 16th to 30th, Our House, Derby
And so begins my year long attempt to tidy our loft a process I’m starting by upgrading our LAN trunking.
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