Recent content by Scarum

Olympic athletics, women 800 metres. Horrible distance to run. Paula Radcliff, sounds like she is hyperventilating when she commentates!

Nice idea, that may have worked for my window if I made it to fit from the front and slotted in, so to speak. I have two small strips of velcro along the centre gripping mine along with Stormguard E profile draft proofing tape that provides a tight seal and holds the Perspex and hose flange in...

I bought mine from https://www.windowfilm.co.uk/ On the NE facing windows I have used medium reflective silver and on the SW facing windows high reflective silver... https://www.windowfilm.co.uk/buy-online/window-film-by-the-metre/solar-control Good company to deal with as I have done so on...

25 degrees is OK but it's the humidity and stale air that starts to make it uncomfortable. Yes the portable air-con is noisy, I can use active NC headphones. After a few hours the bedroom is also comfortable. In the next few days I will see how much all that has cost me in elec! May be I...

I recently uprated my double glazing and it is even more efficient. A well insulated loft leaves my house requiring less gas to heat during the colder months but it is now prone to warming up inside, particularly when I work in the office and I have 2 computers on the go, along with myself...

Yes, you're right about China and investment into renewables but the amount of carbon used to get there... but then didn't all developed nations do so? Yes, trade tariffs on high emitters is a good solution.

Man made climate is a thing but you are right, to make a change requires all nations on this planet to get on board. The oil economy is interwoven in everything: production of goods, farming, transport, investments and so on. If "the west" decides to aim for net zero, there will be plenty of...

All of the energy ever created on earth came from the sun, or the solar system in general. Solar energy, combined with biology has generated, over thousands of millions of years: trees on land, plankton in seas which have not only created organic fuels but also carbonic rocks (e.g. limestone)...

Hi I had damage to a soffit board this week, can experts advise please if it be repaired or is this a replacement? Photo attached. Kind regards

Thanks for input John D. Weirdly, I do spend time looking at the ceiling in other rooms in the house but not in the office as I usually spend time looking at the VDU! I can see hairline cracks through the beautiful Artex in the stained area, so this holds up to your theory perhaps? Re...

Just noticed today a small brown stain in upstairs bedroom (office). No other stains in the house. Went in to loft to investigate and take photos. No pipes or plumbing in the vicinity. The roof lining looks OK. I have circled a shiny part, is this a sign of condensation? It's a very hot...

Prince Charming

I bought some French apples today despite the certainty those cunning Gallic apple trees absorbed some CO2 gas breathed out by the Brits over the channel.

Germany successfully producing Pinot noir reds, proof of climate change?

I concur with SIPP pension. Invest up to your net salary per annum and get your income tax rebates back in to the pension, of course it will be locked away until you reach your earliest pension age (55 or 57 depending of dob) and then drawdown could be taxed as income. invest in ESG funds...