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Feeling hot, hot, hot!
As the summer season begins to fly into full swing, many UK homeowners will be looking forward to a break in the sun and a chance to enjoy the holidays. Others will be looking to using their free time to start or finish much delayed home projects. Changing or upgrading your existing water system to a newer, more efficient setup can be cost effective in the long run, but many of us are faced with the problem of space. Especially those of us who are working with small ecofriendly new builds, who need a space saving solution.
A compact range of systems that provide renewable heating, hot water, cooling and ventilation are now widely available from Comfosystems working within even the tightest spaces. They also provide a highly efficient heat recovery system, designed to draw out stale air and mix it with fresh air through a clever heat exchange. By taking advantage of this clever technology, less heating is needed to keep your home a comfortable temperature. Furthermore, these systems also allow you to recycle the wasted water collected from daily tasks such as showering or washing. Not only do you save money, your helping the environment without allocating the entire loft to house it.
A perfect solution for those looking to build small, but “ecosafe” at the same time.
Lighting up your home!
When renovating your home, ensuring that enough natural light gets into the darker areas can be a difficult task without spending excessive amounts. The following five tips are worth considering if your looking to open up your space:
- Open up the south-side facing side of your home as much as possible, and ensure that the rooms that are used most frequently, such as the kitchen or bathroom, are placed within this area. This will ensure that you take full advantage of the days natural light.
- When choosing internal doors, try to utilise glass panelled designs to allow light to naturally flow between rooms around the home.
- Installing sky lights in flat roofs and extensions to bring in top light can be one of the strongest ways of brightening a darker area.
- Although it may seem obvious, avoid using dark colours when decorating interior spaces. Brighter colours will reflect light around a room whereas a dark colour will absorb the light.
- Utilise bi-folding doors at the back of your home to make the space feel bigger and brighter. Having the ability to open these doors makes a huge difference to the quality of light entering the room.
Source: Grand Designs Live Magazine – Oct 2009