• Having never really experienced anything like this in my life, I still can't get over the comfort that a (partially) insulated house x heat pump x MVHR x underfloor heating brings.

    The whole house is at 21deg the entire time, 24/7, air feels fresh & dry, and the last week where it's got a bit chilly outside it's cost under £1.50/day, including hot water & heating. Bathroom dries rapidly after a long shower, can sit in front of big window with zero chills, everywhere is warm underfoot, hot water doesn't run out even after several consecutive showers.

    This is coming from a house which was previously damp, draughty and completely unheatable... even with the boiler on full-chat, house could never hit above 18deg on a mild day. Gas bill over £2K/year for a freezing house with only enough hot water for a single shower/bath at a time.

    Previously living in shitty damp rented accommodation in the UK and a Soviet death block with communal furnace heating that was either off (with -10deg winter temps) or fully on (scalding radiators melting half your face off and a howling gale from the open windows freezing the other), my baby bitch brain just can't compute low-key ambient wellbeing like this. Keep expecting to feel an icy chill licking my feet every 5 mins...

    #csb

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