Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,805 Member For: 14y 7m 10d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 26/03/19 08:32 AM Share Posted 26/03/19 08:32 AM 3 minutes ago, I love kittens said: @HRM Fluff of Cornwall Alive and kicking today Yeah just.... watching old giggle box episodes and laughing my arse off lolol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 26/03/19 12:47 PM Share Posted 26/03/19 12:47 PM Well, the dog hasn't pissed out his ass since this morning... so fingers crossed he's ok tonight...😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/03/19 03:26 AM Share Posted 27/03/19 03:26 AM No dog mess to clean up this morning MMFG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,123 Member For: 9y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/03/19 12:17 PM Share Posted 27/03/19 12:17 PM Made 55.21 kWh today. Cos of the weather and season, the inverter only went to 95ish%. Should make more tomorrow. New roof and insulation meant aircon wasn't needed, even though it got to 31c here today. House inside got to 24c. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/19 12:52 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 12:52 AM 37.07 here for me yesterday. Sounds like the new roof and insulation is doing a bang up job, Puff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,123 Member For: 9y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 28/03/19 02:13 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 02:13 AM Yep it's better than I expected. The first few days I was just walking through the house thinking it was going to be hot like usual, but it just doesn't get hot anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/19 04:44 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 04:44 AM That makes me consider my options for patio cooling. It's tempting to just put ceiling fans under the colourbond alfresco and patio...but then it's just going to be blowing the hot air around...where as I COULD put up an insulated patio AND fans, that way it would keep it cooler to start with. But it's a fairly big price hike to essentially replace my patio (probably like $15-20k, vs maybe $3k for fans and lighting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,123 Member For: 9y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 28/03/19 05:07 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 05:07 AM Being an outside area it's gonna get hot anyway, so it might not be worth spending 5 times as much. You can get various types of solar vents that will suck the hot air out and prevent it building up. You probably want the fans and lighting either way hey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/19 06:11 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 06:11 AM Yeah, do wants fans and lighting either way. It's a lot of money for an outdoor area...but it does get pretty warm, and the way they did the truss setup is ugly and low-hanging. If I were to replace it I'd get it done so there's no visible cross-beams. Would look a whole lot nicer. Then could also have downlights instead of hanging lights. Again, though...lot of money that would probably be better spent on a new kitchen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 22d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 28/03/19 07:59 AM Share Posted 28/03/19 07:59 AM 3 hours ago, .Stripes. said: That makes me consider my options for patio cooling. I have friends with a similar patio to yours and it's always hot as hell in the summer you need to loose the lazer light sheets for a start they let in heaps of hot then you need to put insulation under the roofing sheets (like The Puffster has done to his house, and I, mine) looking at your patio roof though, you'll need to have something on top of the rafters so you are not looking at the insulation then you are left with the dilemma of no natural light...................... ceiling fans will do diddly squat if you don't insulate as you have already realized, you'll just be blowing hot air over yourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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