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Home Automation

Gotta love the ZigBee

There are 2 things I hate in bathrooms. One is mould. The other is noisy ineffective fans that buzz away for hours just because you turned the light on for 10 seconds. Luckily there is something you can do about both of these problems! Firstly to minimise the buzzing quiet inline fans can be used […]

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Heating Home Build Smart Home

21st Century Smart Home Heating

As a house resident I would like each room in the house to be at a comfortable temperature when I want to use it To me the most important part of a smart home is the ability to keep rooms at the required temperature during the day. It’s all well and good having twinkly lights […]

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Home Build

Adding Intelligence

One of the important goals for this project is to create warm spaces withing the home without heating up unused rooms causing ruinous fuel bills. With the rise of “intelligent heating” systems like Honeywell Evohome or Hive I thought this would be a simple thing to achieve. But unfortunately I was wrong. Smart home heating […]

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Home Build

The Agile Builder

When we started this build choosing a builder was a daunting task. They had to be sympathetic to our way of working and flexible enough to work around us as we continued to live in the property. We need at least one bedroom, bathroom and kitchen available at all times in order for us to […]