Single brick heat loss quantity?

[brass monkey]

LOL, their neighbours AND (on a quiet night) their neighbours :D

[Lieutenant Scott]

On a similar note - as I have cavity walls on the outside, what do you reckon the inbetween me and my neighbour is? It passes some sounds - VERY loud music, the screaming of a drunk woman in a party, and once in 12 years I heard a washing machine spinning (perhaps unevenly loaded as I've never heard it again).

[brass monkey]

Name and address of the drunken woman? Does she go? Know what I mean? Does she go?

[Andy Burns]

My previous neighbours were quiet as mice, the present occupants give an almost constant tirade of babies crying, dogs barking, parents arguing, teenagers answering back, hoovers, phones ringing, TVs blaring strictly-come-X-factor, playstations, and most recently, people unable to play guitars in tune.

... yes I need to move.

[Tim]

I suspect it's the kind that comes on a roll, with "now wash your hands" printed on it. ;-)

Tim

[Lieutenant Scott]

It's from Dundee University. And why should I go to the hassle of researching something if people in here have experience of it themselves?

[Tim]

One would have thought that having a degree might have meant that you'd have the wit to actually place a hand on the wall and feel the surface temperature. Having a physics degree should have given you a fair idea where the heat was going. A web search for "wall u values" would have saved you a lot of time (and abuse).

Tim

[docholliday]

If they're 4.5" thick they're half-brick walls! 9 inch walls are one brick, 13.5 inch would be brick and a half, and so on... Don't ask me why they decided to do the measurement that way, but there it is. There are other similar examples, too - if you look for hinges, they're often sold in pairs, and if you want three hinges on a door you may well find it described as a pair and a half...

[Lieutenant Scott]

I have never been in their house, only mine. And I got the answer I needed without bothering to search.

[Tim Downie]

And brought shame upon your university and derision upon yourself.

Tim

[Lieutenant Scott]

Suggest how I would put my hand on their wall without breaking the laws of physics?

[Tim Downie]

I'm not suggesting that.

Try solving this one (without asking for help):

My bath takes twice as long as my neighbour's bath to fill but we have the same size baths and the same combi boilers. Seeing you can't acually see my bath I'll tell you that we haven't been able to afford a plug although I'm not sure if that's relevant. I can't work out why it's taking so long!

Notice any similarities?

Tim

[grimly4]

single brick and double brick with cavity insulation?

Heat loss through a single brick wall is tremendous.

Fix your line wrap, ffs.

[John Rumm]

That's a half brick thickness wall...

[Lieutenant Scott]

All I asked was how much brick conducts!!! You wouldn't think a single brick wall would lose THAT much. No, it's not surprising that it's a lot more than a cavity wall with insulation, but for the house to take days to warm up instead of hours suggests it's the heating that's faulty. It's not like the windows are wide open or anything. I'd expect the house to cool faster than mine, but not behave like a tent! The u values I was given don't suggest anything like a factor of 24 difference!

[Lieutenant Scott]

hrough single brick and double brick with cavity insulation?

Would you say it was more or less significant than a thin roof? I'm thi= nking of another building now - my garage, which is heated for pets. I = have no desire to spend =A31000s on it, as that would be more than the s= aving on heating.

Go spot trains, ffs. It's a line length not the end of the world.

[Lieutenant Scott]

I wouldn't like to lean on it.

[ARWadsworth]

I have done that before:-)

The neighbours were not amused.

[grimly4]

As I can't be arsed to format your shitty linewrap, I'm not bothering to answer your question. Fuck yourself, slowly.

[Lieutenant Scott]

Why don't you instead be arsed to use a decent piece of software.

Oh wait. Forte Agent DOES wrap. You've got it switched off.

The O key is involved I believe (I don't use it any more as it's missing several key features, and is very geeky and clunky).