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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 04:49:30 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

   Still haven’t put the heating on even though it’s November. It’s still getting up to like 15C during the day here rn and not going below 11-12C at night so with the insulation we installed 10 years ago the latent heat from PCs, cooking, showers etc seems to keep the place topped up just enough. Helps that we WFH. Occasionally it gets slightly chilly (drops to about 19-20C in the house) but just put a PC on and you’re good 😄 Maybe in a week or two it might need to be on for an hour a day

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 04:55:47 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     Before we insulated the place it used to need so much more active heating. Cold walls, damp, it was not great. It’s an old block house with no cavity so we decided to externally insulate it; basically wrap the house in a warm blanket. The difference in cost between thicknesses was marginal once you’d decided to do it so we went for the thickest available. Totally worth it, it’s absolutely transformed both cost and QoL (damp is totally gone). The walls now act as a thermal battery

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     YurkshireLad (yurkshirelad@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 08:53:11 JST YurkshireLad

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     @sinbad our house will drop to 11C and maybe colder overnight if we don’t use the heating. Brrrr!

     However, I did defrost a muffin by placing it next to my laptop’s output vent! MS Windows FTW!

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 08:53:11 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • YurkshireLad

     @YurkshireLad Galaxy brain move

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 08:55:48 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     @GeekAndDad even when they’re not active - Merry likes to sleep on my feet some nights and makes me too hot

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     Dad (geekanddad@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 08:55:49 JST Dad

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     @sinbad Excellent! I insulated our attic to R30 but after talking to a neighbor who put in R60, I’m going to upgrade. Their house definitely is warmer in winter and cooler in summer :)

     I think you have to count the heat generated by your cats though, given how active they seem to be :)