Rule 1 when building in inland Spain is to heavily insulate the roof - to keep the sun out. Keeping Heat in is secondary. Summers and winters are more extreme than UK, just for reference. Therefore if you have plenty of insulation but your house is still over heating in summer,...

Part of the challenge when discussing colours ie for kitchen cabinets is explaining how colours change throughout the day in rooms with natural light. We prepare 3 pieces of paper Painted with their favoured colour so they can see the effects for themselves. Light colours can look White in midday…...

I have no plastic Paint , pintura plástica, in my home. That's in keeping with the property, Stone, lime render and terracota, most of which I restored and rebuilt. No off gassing here and the lime deals brilliantly with moisture all by itself. Everyone should live in a healthy...

More music. I've decided to add a music track from wavlake on the end of upcoming podcasts, to promote v4v . If nothing else, some light relief after my "interesting" topics :)…...

I address this in the second half of my intro podcast about only hosting my contento on Nostr.. For those Who can see the problem with walled gardens now there is an alternative to the fiat platforms the short term cost or loss is worth It for some. Of course…...