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> In both countries you need AC Less than 5% of houses in the UK have AC
by Angostura 3y ago
> In both countries you need AC
Less than 5% of houses in the UK have AC
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoThere are many things people need but don't have. In particular, half the houses in Britain have no insulation in the walls at all. In fact older houses tend to handle heat better - they are naturally drafty, there is a loft taking the heat, they have high thermal mass, and maybe they are even damp and have a leak and mould. All that takes away from the heat. But now we get newbuild apartments without AC's, and that should be a crime. These buildings are air tight, have zero ventilation, trap heat, no thermal mass so they don't stay cool from the night, and in some of them you can't open windows. And you are not allowed to install a split system because the landowner will never give permission. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292265/insulation-in-dwellings-in-england-uk-y-on-y/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/292265/insulation-in-dwe...
- redeeman 3y agoso why would anyone ever move into such an apartment??