Lovely morning

[trevnhil]

Must be a bit Brrrrr out of the sun though

[memory man]

Just been out with the dogs Trev and yes, it's a bit Brrrrr

[cyprusmax47]

Same temperature as in my fridge: 6C, but nice clear air and lovely sunshine ...

Max

[aphrodite]

Good Morning to you too Lincoln.

A lovely sunny start to the day. Hope you wrapped up well out there with your cuppa, it's a bit nippy! Lovely and fresh and all my patio doors open, for now......

[Kili01]

It's far to brrr here to even contemplate drinking tea or anything else outside! The sun feels lovely and warm, but through the glazed patio door which is closed!

Dee

[cyprusmax47]

My Solar Air-heating is already blowing 50C hot air into the house while outdoors it is still brrrrr 6 C...

No CO2 emissions, no bad smell, no electricity costs... only the noise of the fans.

Max

[Bograt]

My Solar Air-heating is already blowing 50C hot air into the house while outdoors it is still brrrrr 6 C...

No CO2 emissions, no bad smell, no electricity costs... only the noise of the fans.

Max

Hello Max.... I apologise if you have explained this before - what is your solar air heating?? I searched, and saw you have mentioned installing 2 of these in an earlier post. Would you have a link to something which could explain to me? Thank you.

[cyprusmax47]

My Solar Air-heating is already blowing 50C hot air into the house while outdoors it is still brrrrr 6 C...

No CO2 emissions, no bad smell, no electricity costs... only the noise of the fans.

Max

Hello Max.... I apologise if you have explained this before - what is your solar air heating?? I searched, and saw you have mentioned installing 2 of these in an earlier post. Would you have a link to something which could explain to me? Thank you.

Several companies producing these Solar Air-heating panels. Market leader is the German company Grammer Solar. As one panel is ca 1500 Euro, which is quite expensive, I have built my own system. One unit with 6 panels in series, facing South and one with 4 panels facing South/West. The most important reason for me is not the rising temperature in the house but the fact that it reduces the humidity in a big way. After a couple of sun hours the humidity in the rooms goes down from ca 70%RH to ca 40% RH. The increase in temperature is ca 40C + outdoor temperature, blowing into the house. So when is outdoors 10C, I get ca 50-60 C hot dry air blowing. My system is controlled only with small solar panels (50Wp, 30 Wp, 20 Wp) which run fans only when the sun is sufficient enough and stop when a cloud comes. (so very simple) Here one link for you, you can click also on technical specifications. http://www.solaricetec.com/pages_grammer/twinsolar.htm

Max

[Bograt]

My Solar Air-heating is already blowing 50C hot air into the house while outdoors it is still brrrrr 6 C...

No CO2 emissions, no bad smell, no electricity costs... only the noise of the fans.

Max

Hello Max.... I apologise if you have explained this before - what is your solar air heating?? I searched, and saw you have mentioned installing 2 of these in an earlier post. Would you have a link to something which could explain to me? Thank you.

Several companies producing these Solar Air-heating panels. Market leader is the German company Grammer Solar. As one panel is ca 1500 Euro, which is quite expensive, I have built my own system. One unit with 6 panels in series, facing South and one with 4 panels facing South/West. The most important reason for me is not the rising temperature in the house but the fact that it reduces the humidity in a big way. After a couple of sun hours the humidity in the rooms goes down from ca 70%RH to ca 40% RH. The increase in temperature is ca 40C + outdoor temperature, blowing into the house. So when is outdoors 10C, I get ca 50-60 C hot dry air blowing. My system is controlled only with small solar panels (50Wp, 30 Wp, 20 Wp) which run fans only when the sun is sufficient enough and stop when a cloud comes. (so very simple) Here one link for you, you can click also on technical specifications. http://www.solaricetec.com/pages_grammer/twinsolar.htm

Max

Thank you Max, for supplying this information, I appreciate it. That does sound excellent. What fun that you built your own, as well.

So much to look into when I am there for longer next year. I continue to learn all the time from the helpful members of this forum, and often pass things on to others who once, like me, needed to start somewhere.

[cyprusmax47]

Hello Max.... I apologise if you have explained this before - what is your solar air heating?? I searched, and saw you have mentioned installing 2 of these in an earlier post. Would you have a link to something which could explain to me? Thank you.

Thank you Max, for supplying this information, I appreciate it. That does sound excellent. What fun that you built your own, as well.

So much to look into when I am there for longer next year. I continue to learn all the time from the helpful members of this forum, and often pass things on to others who once, like me, needed to start somewhere.

Bograt, there are 2 pics where you can see 2 different panels installed at my house in Italy.

This one is with Grammer panel


and the other one from a Danish company


By the way: I redesigned the courtyard after I bought the house and where the plants are, this was the pool which I did not want.....
Everything is possible...
Max

[Bograt]

[quote=cyprusmax47

By the way: I redesigned the courtyard after I bought the house and where the plants are, this was the pool which I did not want.....
Everything is possible...
Max
[/quote]
Thank you again. What a beautiful house and garden, and I have to say I prefer the plants to a pool. If I owned my Cyprus house, I'm afraid the pool would be an ex.....

[cyprusmax47]

[quote=cyprusmax47

By the way: I redesigned the courtyard after I bought the house and where the plants are, this was the pool which I did not want.....
Everything is possible...
Max

Thank you again. What a beautiful house and garden, and I have to say I prefer the plants to a pool. If I owned my Cyprus house, I'm afraid the pool would be an ex.....
[/quote]
Bograt, I designed quite a few gardens in Cyprus but I think this was my masterpiece. Imagine, instead of the subtropical plants seeing only a plain pool which never was matching the beautiful 350 years old Rustico house. A lot of materials (river stones/soil) went into the hole of the pool which was unfortunately 3.50 m deep. All the plants I was used to in Cyprus I could find here, to a very high price (4-5 times higher than CY) but it was worth the money I spent. Here another few pics.



even my dog from Cyprus liked it..


the steps on the left are leading to an old "Grotto" which was the village tavern in old times...


Max

[Bograt]

WOW. Absolutely lovely. Thank you for sharing those pictures Max. They have brightened up a quite vile British morning.

[Alfie]

Yes its bloody horrible in the UK at the moment.

[Bograt]

I wonder what my landlady would say, if I filled in the pool in this way. Not sure she would be impressed sadly

[Anarita John]

Yes, it is quite cold here in the UK. 2c when I went out for a very slow bike ride this morning. Ice had not melted where there was no sun. First time this winter I have felt cold on my bike and just rode to the kiosk on the prom where I had a coffee,, then back home. Only 6 miles. However, it was very clear and could see Cumbria from the North Wales coast. Quite a bit of snow on the hills and mountains.

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[cyprusmax47]

Yes, it is quite cold here in the UK. 2c when I went out for a very slow bike ride this morning. Ice had not melted where there was no sun. First time this winter I have felt cold on my bike and just rode to the kiosk on the prom where I had a coffee,, then back home. Only 6 miles. However, it was very clear and could see Cumbria from the North Wales coast. Quite a bit of snow on the hills and mountains.

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Just in the News in BFBS, saying that last night was the coldest so far with temperatures of -13c in England (forgot the town)... brrrrr

Max

[J B]

Just in the News in BFBS, saying that last night was the coldest so far with temperatures of -13c in England (forgot the town)... brrrrr

The town was Shawbury - about ten miles from me here!!

There's a RAF base there, maybe some of you ex-forces folk may have heard of it/been there??

[trevnhil]

It's a lovely morning here. Not a cloud in the sky and 15c in the shade

[cyprusmax47]

As it is so nice weather today, and it looks like the next days as well, I went to my usual car wash in Paphos town at lunchtime and it was 22c
At least they recycle their water....

Max