"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:59:12 +0100 The Natural Philosopher wrote :
And those issues are no worse than e.g. fitting DG windows, or
rewiring. Not hard, juts need redecorating afterwards.

Anything that involves increasing wall thicknesses may have knock-on
effects. If we did as some countries and gave the floor area as part
of the sale particulars for a house the effect would be obvious.
Sometimes applies to the floor as well....Korean's invented central heat
upwards of
3000 years ago.You build fireplace or stove on side of the house and run a
honeycomb
chambers in the stucco/concrete house slab to chimmey on the oppose side of
the house.
Radiant heat floor in otherwords.
Like regular chimmeys you need to inspect your floor for cracks that could
leak CO into the house.With pretty much the same kinds of repair as on the
chimneys when they do crack with age .

I probably wouldn't buy a property without a SAP report these days
frankly. And would knock off a lot for a poor rating.

The vast majority of people wouldn't. But tax changes will probably
change this before too long.

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Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk




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