Finally someone realised that. The entire World is going to overheating.
Not denying the climate change part, but wouldn’t it be more accurate to say we’re a highly changeable country?
We can get high temperatures – that’s true – especially in the summer months. But looking back through the months leading up to May it has *not* been hot in my area. Not enough that I’d want to change home design to vent more heat.
(And nevermind the heavy frosts we’ve had in recent winters and snow for at least two in the last five years).
This isn’t an argument against climate change, before anyone starts, just that we’re not “a hot country” as though that’s all we get, all year round. Hopefully memories aren’t that short. Hell… Insulate Britain’s entire argument – loved by many – were that we need better heat retention in homes.
Nah, Time we stopping being numbnuts and started fixing when we’ve fkked with the envrionment.
Oh PS, It still gets very cold in the UK too.
The UK is a temperate country and should build like it is.
The UK has large swings in seasonal temperature where is can be hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
Working out how to insulate correctly as well as reflect sunlight in the summer would be ideal.
Shutters as the article says is a start but I would guess there would be much more too it.
Would be more accurate Matt.
Whenever we have had snow, our public services are crippled. People bemoan how we are not better prepared for this.
But there’s no justification for the cost vs. the disruption of a couple of days.
Same thing will happen with this, probably.
Can people not just buy a fan and use it for a few days?
>The UK’s houses are still designed to retain heat
Winter still happens most years. I should know, I live in the UK and the price of gas, it gets fucking cold like.
I note that the piece seems to put the blame on older houses but in my experience it’s newer builds, particularly those from the last couple of decades that are the most insufferable in heat.
Small houses with small, low-ceilinged rooms seem to trap heat and that’s exacerbated by building methods that are a thin skin of masonry around a timber frame.
A measly £250bn. I think this article might have been in the Guardian too, typically written by a journo with zilch knowledge of construction and who would never dream of actually working in such a job- just tapping at a keyboard hoping someone will roll up to do the work. As for reconstructing vast numbers of private London/urban housing. Surely just a snap of the fingers.
‘completely different climate’ what a lot of nonsense
Nothing in the article mentions Part O? [Part O](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overheating-approved-document-o) is part of the building regulations that came in last year for all new build houses and concerns overheating. You must be able to prove that your house/flat won’t overheat in hot weather (either through a simplified method or a computer simulation). This should be done through natural ventilation before mechanical ventilation if possible.
Lots of natural light is considered desirable in a house so new builds have lots of glass. Good insulation is desirable for energy saving.
In the summer these two mix nicely to turn give us little box roomed greenhouses tightly packed into estates stifling airflow.
Least I’ve got an open plan kitchen so I can add all that lovely oven heat into the mix. I’m not adding to the conversation here I just hate this soupy aired hell hole flat
6 months ago we were talking about how people were unable to heat their homes sufficiently to survive the winter.
Retain heat?!?! All of my what.
All prewar construction is leaking heat like a sieve.
Even most post-war houses have just cavity walls.
If anything we have to insulate everything.
There’s just a few hot days in a year. Winters are miserable though.
Isn’t just better insulation the answer? Recently moved to EPC B and it’s warm in winter and cool in summer
Lived in India and the UK (London) all I can say is it’s easier to keep yourself cool then to make yourself warm. I’d rather run a table fan next to my bed during a hot summer than live in a house not built to keep out the cold.
Not where I live! Lol Pennines! Usually get about 2 weeks high 20’s in summer, usually full of rain.
My studio in london in a new build has an average temperature this month of 28 – 29 degrees (measured using my homepod), its unbearable, its wonderfully toasty in winter obviously but now it sucks, the worst thing is I only have one window so i can’t even create a draught
Riiight. So rebuild the country to cope with 1 month of heat, but then force everyone to pump up their heating bills in winter because their homes can no longer retain heat.
Well insulated houses, air-con, solar panels, more nuclear plants and reservoirs. Sounds right?.
The british get a few weeks a year of heat and start losing their mind, despite the fact it happens every year for the past decade
People can write a billion sensible expert articles, our politicians will just pretend they don’t exist and not follow them and then be like “oh my, we never could have foreseen this”.
Genuinely curious, and probably dumb question, but due to global warming will the UK start to be like Greece climate/weather-wise in like 20 years?
It’d be more accurate to say, we’re an island mentality, let’s build like it. Energy independence
The UK cannot by any stretch of the imagination be called “a hot country”. Where I live it’s cold for about nine months of the year, mild for 2, and properly hot for about one week in July.
We need to start building houses that represent the weather for 7 weeks of the year?
>The UK Is a Hot Country.
The UK Is a Damp Country. It’s Time to Build Like It
Build?
Sounds like lefty nonsense to me. How will they keep house prices up if they build more?
It’s also a very cold country for most of the year
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Finally someone realised that. The entire World is going to overheating.
Not denying the climate change part, but wouldn’t it be more accurate to say we’re a highly changeable country?
We can get high temperatures – that’s true – especially in the summer months. But looking back through the months leading up to May it has *not* been hot in my area. Not enough that I’d want to change home design to vent more heat.
(And nevermind the heavy frosts we’ve had in recent winters and snow for at least two in the last five years).
This isn’t an argument against climate change, before anyone starts, just that we’re not “a hot country” as though that’s all we get, all year round. Hopefully memories aren’t that short. Hell… Insulate Britain’s entire argument – loved by many – were that we need better heat retention in homes.
Nah, Time we stopping being numbnuts and started fixing when we’ve fkked with the envrionment.
Oh PS, It still gets very cold in the UK too.
The UK is a temperate country and should build like it is.
The UK has large swings in seasonal temperature where is can be hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
Working out how to insulate correctly as well as reflect sunlight in the summer would be ideal.
Shutters as the article says is a start but I would guess there would be much more too it.
Would be more accurate Matt.
Whenever we have had snow, our public services are crippled. People bemoan how we are not better prepared for this.
But there’s no justification for the cost vs. the disruption of a couple of days.
Same thing will happen with this, probably.
Can people not just buy a fan and use it for a few days?
>The UK’s houses are still designed to retain heat
Winter still happens most years. I should know, I live in the UK and the price of gas, it gets fucking cold like.
I note that the piece seems to put the blame on older houses but in my experience it’s newer builds, particularly those from the last couple of decades that are the most insufferable in heat.
Small houses with small, low-ceilinged rooms seem to trap heat and that’s exacerbated by building methods that are a thin skin of masonry around a timber frame.
A measly £250bn. I think this article might have been in the Guardian too, typically written by a journo with zilch knowledge of construction and who would never dream of actually working in such a job- just tapping at a keyboard hoping someone will roll up to do the work. As for reconstructing vast numbers of private London/urban housing. Surely just a snap of the fingers.
‘completely different climate’ what a lot of nonsense
Nothing in the article mentions Part O? [Part O](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overheating-approved-document-o) is part of the building regulations that came in last year for all new build houses and concerns overheating. You must be able to prove that your house/flat won’t overheat in hot weather (either through a simplified method or a computer simulation). This should be done through natural ventilation before mechanical ventilation if possible.
Lots of natural light is considered desirable in a house so new builds have lots of glass. Good insulation is desirable for energy saving.
In the summer these two mix nicely to turn give us little box roomed greenhouses tightly packed into estates stifling airflow.
Least I’ve got an open plan kitchen so I can add all that lovely oven heat into the mix. I’m not adding to the conversation here I just hate this soupy aired hell hole flat
6 months ago we were talking about how people were unable to heat their homes sufficiently to survive the winter.
Retain heat?!?! All of my what.
All prewar construction is leaking heat like a sieve.
Even most post-war houses have just cavity walls.
If anything we have to insulate everything.
There’s just a few hot days in a year. Winters are miserable though.
Isn’t just better insulation the answer? Recently moved to EPC B and it’s warm in winter and cool in summer
Lived in India and the UK (London) all I can say is it’s easier to keep yourself cool then to make yourself warm. I’d rather run a table fan next to my bed during a hot summer than live in a house not built to keep out the cold.
Not where I live! Lol Pennines! Usually get about 2 weeks high 20’s in summer, usually full of rain.
My studio in london in a new build has an average temperature this month of 28 – 29 degrees (measured using my homepod), its unbearable, its wonderfully toasty in winter obviously but now it sucks, the worst thing is I only have one window so i can’t even create a draught
Riiight. So rebuild the country to cope with 1 month of heat, but then force everyone to pump up their heating bills in winter because their homes can no longer retain heat.
Well insulated houses, air-con, solar panels, more nuclear plants and reservoirs. Sounds right?.
The british get a few weeks a year of heat and start losing their mind, despite the fact it happens every year for the past decade
People can write a billion sensible expert articles, our politicians will just pretend they don’t exist and not follow them and then be like “oh my, we never could have foreseen this”.
Genuinely curious, and probably dumb question, but due to global warming will the UK start to be like Greece climate/weather-wise in like 20 years?
It’d be more accurate to say, we’re an island mentality, let’s build like it. Energy independence
The UK cannot by any stretch of the imagination be called “a hot country”. Where I live it’s cold for about nine months of the year, mild for 2, and properly hot for about one week in July.
We need to start building houses that represent the weather for 7 weeks of the year?
>The UK Is a Hot Country.
The UK Is a Damp Country. It’s Time to Build Like It
Build?
Sounds like lefty nonsense to me. How will they keep house prices up if they build more?
It’s also a very cold country for most of the year