Monday 26 January 2009

Day 22 - Insulation and Windows


Just Simon today. Marcus was out and about doing stuff and Simon got on with the insulation. (Tried talking the building inspector into letting us do something different with regards to insulation as the headroom in the front part of the loft is so low, but he was having none of it. "U Values" is the problem. The government have set out the rules and that's that. The fact that safety will be compromised with us banging our heads all the time is not as important as ensuring that our loft is warm enough and not letting heat out into the world. Why oh why can't be it be up to us to decide whether we want to be warm or cool. Simon has said that he has never put in so much insulation in a conversion before and reckons we won't even need the radiators that are being put in. Yet again, stupid rules made by people who haven't got a clue what goes on in the real world.) Then Marcus turned up late afternoon with the windows for the bathroom and bedroom, put them in and went again! It's getting there and now we're impatient for it to be finished. Will try a higher positioned building inspector on Monday and flash my eyelashes - you never know!

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