47 Albert Road, Albrighton - 14th, 15th, 21st and 22nd October

Property details:

1930’s Brick semi-detached with both solid and narrow cavity insulated walls. Tiled roof.

What changes have been made?

Complete renovation back to brick and floors removed. Installed multiple damp proofing membranes in floors and up the walls as there was rising damp, increased below floor ventilation by connecting the chimneys to below the floors. Dug out and insulated all floors, insulated internally all external walls (on top of cavity filling), loft fluff to 300mm, room in roof insulation, rewire, new combi condensing gas boiler with very large radiators- system works @ 47-52 degrees, HIVE controls some heating and lighting. Lots of solar PV with battery, heat battery, Eddi, Zappi. Of interest is the combi boiler with preheat SUNAMP heat store working seamlessly with solar and agile. The boiler heats water as normal but if the heatstore has spare heat, the boiler switches off. Especially useful on windy winter nights when electric can be cost negative or cheaper than gas. The heatstore can store 10kWh of absolute heat - 7kWh of useful heat. On the cooling front I fit passive external solar blinds April - September to keep the house cool as it overheats with solar gain. House maintained 19-23 degrees in rooms (lower in winter, it stays high all summer).

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