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UFH slabs are very very well insulated. UFH is more efficient because it operates at a lower temp, the water in my UFH is only at 35...

Yes they are leaking heat but at what rate...if the leakage is very fast due to low levels of insulation then you're always going to...

Well its about thermal mass and thermal batteries. If you keep your heating ticking over then you're able to maintain temperature very...

Can't link the YouTube short, but basically Its not temperature thats causing the astringency and harshness so tactics like cold...

Pointless, if you don't get harshness, astringency from mashing normally with good pH and mineral content. Or, instead of mashing...

Nice. One thing that surprised me was just how tiny amount of black malt you need to make a stout/porter. I have a nice Stout recipe and...

There appears to be a repeated idea that the darker the malt the harsher the flavour, with the mention of Black Malt eliciting warnings...

I have a tp link mesh which has been great but I fear mesh systems won’t work with a lot of these fibre companies as they want you to...

Got a nice dusting last night here in the East Midlands. Actually the roads were not the usual chaos you seem to get when we have...

Just signed up for BeFibre 150Mbps. Just done a ping test on my current BT broadband and got 55Mbps so should be alot better...though...

My Rolec was great. Just a dumb charger and I fell for the trap that you need a smart charger but I've had nothing but problems with my...

Pretty normal as far as I'm concerned. Usually the majority of my fermentation is done within a few days but hen takes a week for the...

no was factory alarm. Yes was a major flaw. Once you knew you knew and was an easy fix, just remove the liner and replace. I guess they...

Ah the heated windscreen is absolutely the best thing since whatever the car equivalent to sliced bread is...sould very well be heated...

True but there is something about having half a chance of fixing a broken car and not being left feeling like every time there is an...