Green Building Forum - Finally finished all the eco energy improvements! De-carbonized 190 year old house! Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:51:39 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Finally finished all the eco energy improvements! De-carbonized 190 year old house! https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18445&Focus=310837#Comment_310837 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18445&Focus=310837#Comment_310837 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:08:20 +0100 stonecold
The house is no longer stone cold, damp, with slugs getting in. It's warm, comfortable and the bills have dropped loads.

Since the planning started 4 years ago we have FINALLY got the last job done!

Here's the main jobs done
- LPG cooker with non-fan oven ?? induction hob and electric fan oven
- Oil boiler and immersion heater ?? Heat pump and central heating refit
- Solar PV ? with large battery, and gateway for off-grid
- EV charger
- Solid wall insulation - Diathonite lime/cork EWI - from 2.0U to 0.60U
- Triple glazed timber/alu - all but 2 windows, 3 doors
- Raised concrete patio bridging damp course ?? lowered porcelain patio tiles
- MVHR and removed bathroom and kitchen extractors, recirculating cooker hood
- Wood and recycled supasoft loft insulation top-up
- All light fittings now use replaceable LED bilbs ?

oh and we needed a new roof!

Thank you to everyone for their suggestions and answering so many questions. I'm so glad GBF is still here - I can't remember who is currently running things but many thanks! There's nowhere similar. :cool::cool::cool:

No doubt I will still post since there are other important repairs needing doing plus some accessibility improvements, I'm hoping to get eco-friendly stuff for. :cool:]]> Finally finished all the eco energy improvements! De-carbonized 190 year old house! https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18445&Focus=310839#Comment_310839 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18445&Focus=310839#Comment_310839 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:32:07 +0100 PeterStarck Posted By: stonecoldIts finally finished!

The house is no longer stone cold, damp, with slugs getting in. It's warm, comfortable and the bills have dropped loads.

Since the planning started 4 years ago we have FINALLY got the last job done!



Well done. That's a great achievement.]]>