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Unrealistic options:
Replace all the windows with a double-glazewhy is this unrealistic?
a wood burning stove
might as well drive a diesel car and fly everywhere!
amey-
While eating Big Macs.
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why is this unrealistic?
I don't have the funds for that.
a wood burning stove
might as well drive a diesel car and fly everywhere!
Hardly, you can get by-product from various industries that can be used to produce an eco fuel which you burn instead of pieces of wood. i.e. furniture production waste and saw dust is compressed to produce a brick which slow burns and releases a fair amount of heat, and then the stove itself radiates for ages which increases overall efficiency.
Certainly for an open wood burning fire I'd agree with you.
chrisbmx116
Velocio
How effective are plantation style shutters at heat insulation?
I'm thinking of the coming Winter here, we have single glaze sash windows that don't seal great and let the draught through.
Realistic options are:
Semi-realistic options:
Unrealistic options:
Of those... shutters seems to be the best for semi-affordable, potentially good in Winter to minimise draughts and heat loss whilst good in the Summer to keep spaces cool.