Winter-proofing the house
Friday, May 30th, 2008Despite installing insulation in our ceiling, our house is really cold in winter.
Unfortunately, the main culprits are bare wooden floor boards – complete with cracks - in our main living area and a huge evergreen tree in the backyard that blocks out all North facing sun.
Our bedroom is also freezing – thin carpet tiles lie on top of bare wooden floor boards and the wall mounted heater faces a window so most heat is sent straight outside through the glass. The roof to our bedroom is tin and uninsulated.
At the moment we can’t afford to insulate under the floorboards or in the roof of our bedroom and the tree…well the tree provides such fantastic shade in summer we just can’t face pulling it out.
So, we are taking some simpler actions to help our house cope better in winter. (more…)


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