A quick update to my post yesterday on Woodburning Stoves for Heating & Hot Water in Smokeless zones. I’ve just had it confirmed by Rayburn/Aga that they do no wood-fired boiler models which are suitable for smokeless zones. So that means that I should update my Bin your Aga – buy a Rayburn post to “Bin your Aga and Rayburn [...]
Archive for March, 2009
23 Mar
Woodburning Stoves for Heating & Hot Water in Smokeless zones
We’re slowly narrowing the field in our wood-fired heating search. Following up on my previous posts on Woodburning Stoves for Heating & Hot Water and Using a Wood-Burning Stove in a Smoke-Control Area, I’ve found an interesting thing:
The Dunsley Yorkshire is the only stove with a back boiler that can be legally used in a smokeless zone
They cost £1922.30 for the [...]
22 Mar
Insulating effect of curtains
We’re looking at windows at the moment, and trying to work out what will fit into our budget while giving us the best possible insulation effect (U-Value). The PassivHaus standards state that our windows should have a U value of <= 0.8 W/m2K, so we’re going to try and get as close to that as [...]
19 Mar
Creating a home greywater system
Just a quick pointer to a video from Peak Moment that I’ve posted over at le Jardin Potager looking at building a greywater system to reuse our waste water for watering the garden. This is a nice system, not too energy intensive and very food-focussed. To view the post go here: Creating a home greywater system.
19 Mar
A Cast-Iron Garden Hand-Pump
Another nice resilient piece of equipment. Assuming you’ve got some local water storage – hopefully big rainwater tanks – you need to be able to get to the water in case of long power shortages, where mains water is likely to be unavailable and power cannot be spared for electric water pumps.
Here’s what you need, [...]
19 Mar
Homebuilding & Renovating Show
Now that we’re on-the-ground, having finally made the move back from Australia, I’ll try and write more about what we’re up to, rather than continually thinking about the future. We’ve been around and about looking for our ideal house and it seems that with our constrained budget we’ll be looking for a wreck that needs [...]
