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Housing - Renovation: Finally finished all the eco energy improvements! De-carbonized 190 year old house!

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    • CommentAuthorstonecold
    • CommentTimeJun 15th 2026
     
    Its 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!

    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:
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    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.
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeJun 15th 2026
     
    Agree! Well done. An impressive amount of upgrades and in a very reasonable time!
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeJun 15th 2026 edited
     
    Interesting - mainly, I'd say (?) fuel-related measures rather than 'fabric first'.
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    Fantastic to hear. Looking forward to our current project being finished - then we have to start on our house!

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