• @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    78 months ago

    I have a dark roof and I am always always heating my home (except in summer, when I open windows).

    I’m in greater sydney. Why is my house so cold?

    • @Fluid@aussie.zone
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      148 months ago

      Ahhh. Common problem. You installed the tiles backwards. Flip your entire roof upside down and that will fix it.

    • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      38 months ago

      The only explanation would be an attic (any air gap) &/or high quality insulation between the roof and living area. If you have solar (incl pool), that would divert a lot of heat too.

      • @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        38 months ago

        Dogshit insulation, reasonable roof space + sarking. Gets v toasty in the room that has less roof space even though we did the insulation there with high quality stuff so maybe it’s the air gap?

        have solar actually. Not over the one warm room. Maybe it’s that combo!

        Good thoughts. Also fuck I wish we double glazed windows. It gets to like 4 degrees in my bedroom over winter nights.

        • @exocrinous@startrek.website
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          18 months ago

          Yeah lol of course solar is gonna make your house colder. The Sun’s rays are made of photons with a certain amount of energy. That energy can either turn into heat, or it can turn into electricity. Solar panels turn 20% of the energy into electricity instead of heat.

        • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          That’d do it! Double glazing and high quality insulation should have been the minimum requirement for every new build this century. Not a fucking add-on. All these shitty pro-industry regulations do is shave 1% off the cost of new builds, and transfer that to a 50-100x larger expense in energy over the life of the structure. Our building standards are fucking criminally corrupt and incompetent.

      • @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        38 months ago

        They’re actually the highest they’ve ever been which is interesting. Assuming you’re joking re my bio I was lifelong anemic till going plant based. Apparently calcium is an antinutrient for iron and vitamin C assists in absorption so it’s possible that because now I get most of my iron alongside vitamin C I absorb better, whereas my evil vegetarian past was serving to harm my via cheese consumption.

        Who knows though? I think it’s quite funny.