undefined | Better HN

0 pointsSmaug1231mo ago0 comments

The UK climate never really stops being moist, and our houses are routinely at least a hundred years old and made of brick, built before we knew how to deal with damp and built without AC. If we rebuilt everything we'd fix it, but we can't.

0 comments

0_____01mo ago

new england is also pretty wet but because it freezes, we have basements (not sure about UK), so the stonework is below the habitable levels.

i get what you mean about not being able to fix it. from what it sounds like, the UK is leading the US by about 10-20 years in terms of "energy leaving the system."

HPsquared1mo ago

That just means they've had 100 years to fix it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsSmaug1231mo ago0 comments

0 comments

0_____01mo ago

new england is also pretty wet but because it freezes, we have basements (not sure about UK), so the stonework is below the habitable levels.

i get what you mean about not being able to fix it. from what it sounds like, the UK is leading the US by about 10-20 years in terms of "energy leaving the system."

HPsquared1mo ago

That just means they've had 100 years to fix it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse