@snhd.co
Get paid to keep servers happy. Hobby collector: Lazy photographer, gravel rider, cider drinker, home automation tinkerer, VW owner, passivhaus/retrofit enthusiast, lurcher & greyhound owner; not all at the same time. snhd.co 📍Sheffield, UK
Nokia 5110(?) (Something like this was my first in ~2002/3)
Nokia 6310i
Nokia N95
Nokia C5 (Left in a lorry while hitchhiking in 2012)
HTC ?
iPhone 5 (Bought when I got my first proper job)
iPhone 6
iPhone 8 Pro
iPhone 13 Pro
I really, really love Look Mum No Computer. I own quite a lot of his vinyl.
I’m really disappointed he’s standing while the boycott is happening.
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Not totally knocking them on this, was an awful lot of info in 1h30. That sort of demo would have got my attention too; where did you see that? I wonder where CO2 would place in those reactions? At least since COVID, there's been more awareness of CO2 concentration & can't be masked w/ dehumidifier.
Worth a watch if you're even vaugely interested in how buildings work, or why (some) new builds are a bit shite. But more importantly why and how we can make things better.
7/7
Also got a look into how a heat pump works and a trip to the Vaillent factory in Derby where they have been assembling this "controversial" technology.
Odd mention at the end that the ASHP is ran on a morning and then again on the evening, generally how you /shouldn't/ run these things.
6/7
Would have liked to have seen more natural materials used. They visited a factory building modern prefab homes, out of light steel and glued on brick slips. Would have been nice to see the likes of EcoCocon or PH15 instead.
5/7
MVHR (Mechanical Ventilaton with Heat Recovery) did get a mention but sadly not nearly long enough. They aren't just a tool for managing high humidity but also very good for #AirQuality.
4/7
An amusing experiment with cups of tea, insulation and a ziplock bag to demonstrate how air tightness can help, but also the problem that comes when you forget ventilation.
3/7
We got not one but two(!) examples of blower door tests; first on Guy's house and the other on the retrofit house. Love it when the big red door comes out.
2/7
Really enjoyed that! Bringing good building practices more into the public realm, with a very relatable house: a 1930's semi at the core of the programme being retrofitted to a PassiveHouse standard (#EnerPHit I assume, I forget if that was mentioned).
1/7
So that was decent. Worth finding on catch up if you missed it.
Props to Hannah from Progress in Practice for representing women working in retrofit - I promise despite the impression that might have been given, there are a few of us!
Seeing the bit red door on proper telly got me really excited! (Maybe I need other hobbies)
Watching "Guy Martin's House Without Bills" on #Channel4. Been looking forward to this!
Yeah, that does take away from the point somewhat doesn't it? The grift has also settled into a few others in the retrofit/ashp space too which I actively avoid their blogs; sadly because I believe they'd otherwise have a unique perspective, if it was their own voice.
While watching RTÉ's "Heat my Home", I was wishing that there was going to be a UK equivalent. Seems like Channel4 had read my mind.
Not only with a great presenter like Guy Martin, but also @aecb.bsky.social Greater Manchester's local group ran by Progress in Practice
Looking forward to watching.
I have both of Marion's "Residential Retrofit" books, so already knew this would be a good episode, even then it blew me away. Myth busting that low energy buildings require the occupant to "manage" their environment and the "rebound effect" is a non-issue.
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imagine looking up at the vast and harrowing beauty of outer space and thinking not about how short and fleeting and precious our intertwined existence in this realm is but instead ‘wow this place needs some fuckin data centres’
HPs got a good mention in S1E4 of “George Clarke’s Building Home”, alongside air tightness measures and even MVHR which was nice to see.
Had an issue with mine in my last house, also in the north, worked for the first couple months then stopped (elec and gas). It’s not a fix but I badgered Bulb enough to take it to the ombudsman and got £75.
I wonder if there’s any interest at PHI to re-work the macros to work in LibreOffice?
I'm so excited for the Tour de France Femmes coming to Sheffield. I hope they close Snake Pass so we can cycle up there to watch them race.
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DIYers bringing #PassiveHouse to the masses? youtube.com/watch?v=v854...
Absolutely loved this. So refreshing to hear people talk about this sorta stuff, in such depth, when they aren’t in the trade. Hopefully it might teach others to not to build crap leaky buildings with PIR. I can only hope.
Imagine how much we could get done in this country if we just did the job properly the first time, rather than having to do the same job twice because of corner cutting. I guess in this instance, it was the lack of corner cutting, heh
@benadamsmith.bsky.social Catching up with HPH over Christmas; sad to hear The Hub is no more. I was just thinking about joining too, as after listening to so many eps, I recently figured self-build is for me in the future. My question is: could the resources& case studies be available as a one off?
Yeah, end of Monday I bumped the flow temp up as it wasn't quite hitting a comfortable temp. Then yesterday I tried to bump up in small increments to hone in on a more exact match between flow temp and what the house needs to maintain ~20c. Sadly 10yo gas combi which only has manual controls.
It's been COLD. What flow temperatures are you folks using? (And for oil / gas / heat pump, or what? And to achieve what room temp?)
Currently still working fine at 45C here in Belfast, gas combi, 19-20C target room temp.
Chart for 5th Jan showing Boiler: Flow, Return, DHW, Mains and outside temps. Outside starting -2c, then going above 0c. Flow temps ~45-53c spikey until 7pm when it reaches 70c. DHW spikes during the day
Chart for 5th Jan showing Boiler: Flow, Return, DHW, Mains and outside temps. Outside starting -1c, then going above 5c Flow temps ~45-57c spiky DHW spikes during the day
Mine for Mon (76kWh) + Tue (83kWh). I don't think my boiler likes being ran so low. And my (mostly K1) radiators don't have enough output to match my calculated heatloss at -3c.
people starting the new year with a shiny new substack when @ghost.org is literally right there smdh my head
The doubling down on authoritarianism, the TERFiness and the supporting countries doing a genocide also come to mind.
