Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Phil L" wrote in message

Design doesn't come into it

You are having a laugh of course. A high thermal mass building with
heavy to super insulation and appropriate eves overhangs to keep the sun
off windows and the walls, with adequate ventilation will be "very" cool
in summer time. There is NO need for a/c in the UK if the house is
designed right

Oh, to be in my parents house right now. It's built of of cob - mud/clay,
straw and flint stones with a thatched roof. There is no damp course. Not
least because if the cob dries out it starts to crumble.

So it has a high thermal mass, external insulation and evaporative water
cooling!

It's lovely and cool in the summer and warm in the winter.


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Guy Dawson I.T. Manager Crossflight Ltd