Is it destructive to heat Wendy House

[Andy Hall]

There you go then. :-)

[Bob Eager]

Somebody said it wasn't the most marvellous Christmas present, but it's the fort that counts...

[raden]

In message , Andy Hall writes

What the OP needs is a Wendy wood burning stove

[The Natural Philosopher]

rubbish. 120W will achieve somethg in any building.

Its how much that is the issue.

Most of the year this house is heated entirely by 600W of Aga, and by about a kilowatt of waste electrical and human heat.

insulate the wndy house, and the kids alone will be enough at about 100W each...

[Owain]

"raden" wrote | What the OP needs is a Wendy wood burning stove

I can see the headlines now: Children burnt in Wendy wood burning stove tragedy. Building Regs to be extended. "We must never let this happen again," said a Labour MP.

Owain

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Would this mean you'd need to employ a Corgi with a Wendy?

[Owain]

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote | > I can see the headlines now: Children burnt in Wendy wood burning | > stove tragedy. Building Regs to be extended. "We must never let | > this happen again," said a Labour MP. | Would this mean you'd need to employ a Corgi with a Wendy?

Corgis tend to snap at children and leave little messes around the place. I don't think Wendy would approve. :-)

For somewhere with weans, you'd be better off with a 'lectric ambient/background rad(iat)or. They're much more child-friendly.

Owain

[Mike]

With 50mm of Celotex, I'd consider an air conditioner to provide heat or cooling for summer use :-)

[raden]

In message , ian mayo writes

Binaries are not allowed in this NG.

Please e.g. put it on a website and post the link in future

[Ian Mayo]

Thanks for that Geoff.

Here's the beauty:

open to more opinions....

[Coherers]

How about double glazing ? ;-)

[Andy Hall]

I thought it was bairns where you are - as from the Celtic word, 'barn' (for wean).

[Mike]

If you're in/near London, put it out to rent.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

And twin combis. A win win win situation.

[Coherers]

LOL. :-)

[Owain]

"Andy Hall" wrote | >For somewhere with weans, | I thought it was bairns where you are - as from the Celtic word, | 'barn' (for wean).

Encarta has: [Old English bearn. Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning "to carry, bear children," which is also the ancestor of English bear, bring, suffer, and metaphor.]

Etymonline adds: beran ("bear (v.), carry, give birth")

Weans in west of Scotland, bairns in the east, and loons and quines in the Doric.

Owain

[Andy Hall]

Well... AIUI, the Geordies call them bairns as well.

Interestingly, the Swedish and Norwegian (and possibly Danish) word for child is 'barn'.

[Ian Stirling]

It's a Wendy House. I'm bored.

Let's say said wendy house is 2m*1m*1.5m. So, walls 9m^2, roof 3m^2 (pitched), floor 2m^2.

Starting with the floor, we have a perimeter of 6m, and an area of 2m^2. Call it a U value of 2. (extrapolating off the end of a table.)

Walls. I'll assume it's not got plasterboard/celotex/..., but is 1/2" timber. Inside and outside R values total .17, and the timber is about .1, for a total R value of .27, or a U value of about 4.

Roof. Inside/outside Rs = .14, wood = .1, total = .24, or again about 4.

So, total roof+walls area is 12m^2, U value of 4, I make that 48W/K. And the floor will take 2W/K, totalling up to a nice round 50W/K. Or 2.4K above the outside temp. While not exactly toasty, this is certainly usually noticable, and will be significant in terms of keeping things dry.

Taking the shed to an average U value of 1 (120W would heat it by 11C) would need about 4cm of polystyrene/...

[Coherers]

Your forgot the windows ;-)

What is the U-value of a hole?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Often with a 'y' or 'ie' added. Which really confuses non locals. 'Yon loonie' just refers to a lad...