How can one circumvent the Energy Saving Ordinance and avoid bureaucratic madness?

Strange that you as a new user know Steffen80 so well [emoji848]

The "LOL" also has a childish character, where do I know that from? [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]
Regards, Yvonne

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no, because the cold air is warmed up within a few minutes since the house is warm... because the house is insulated, thus all furniture/walls/people etc. are part of the heating system... and everything inside has a significantly higher temperature than the cold air from outside. Therefore, energy must of course be used to warm up the cold air, but this happens relatively quickly and efficiently. In a house from around 1900, you have cold walls etc. and that leads to the known problems.

Quick question about the "bolded" part: I often see images taken with a thermal camera showing an older and uninsulated house. It is always bright red (so warm). But you say that the walls of old houses are cold. (Which I actually always thought as well...). Where am I making a mistake in my thinking?

Strange that as a new user you know Steffen80 so well [emoji848]

The "LOL" also has a childish character, where do I know that from? [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]
Regards, Yvonne

Hi ypg,

why is that strange?
I have already noticed that you, for example, are always very very helpful and usually very pleasant and factual in tone. Slightly snippy sometimes... But still fully within reason

11Ant is also very very helpful and thankfully doesn’t spare his opinion and support. The tone is sometimes a bit cynical though

Steffen80 is just a multimillionaire and likes to let everyone know that without being asked. If you look at pretty much every (somewhat exaggerated) thread about financing, you can’t avoid that opinion. (As I said, probably a really nice guy in private!)

I could say something about some users here in the forum. (So don’t feel “ignored”!)

You probably know "LOL" from the internet or SMS. I didn’t invent it. It’s been around for a long time.

Childish? Yep, hopefully I’ll be a bit of a child for life.

Long story short. I will not try to convert you. I will tell you what works with the Energy Saving Ordinance without Styrofoam and without Enterprise. A aerated concrete wall, Ytong or similar, at least 30 cm stone. Then plaster. Or 24 cm stone, some fiberglass wool, clinker in front. In between a small air layer. Windows are double or triple glazed, but with passive forced ventilation, google RegelAir. In the bathroom possibly a Maico exhaust fan, manually operated via the light switch. Hot water heating with radiators, if underfloor heating is too warm for you. Such a house is not airtight, not wrapped in insulation and still easily approved. We build it, and there were zero problems at the building authority.

Hi Nordlys,
I can work with that, thanks a lot.

Wood is very likely still in the running.
May I ask how one would have to "insulate" if I wanted the extension to be made of as native wood as possible? (Not a log house, but wood slats).

The next question then arises: How does the wooden extension "get along" with the existing double-layer masonry?
Is there anything special to consider?

Well, I wonder why you know or want to get to know the people here by reading, even though you might rather study insulation and stuff. Just a troll. A Maxximus, whatever. I'm out anyway – nobody's ever called me snippy by the way [emoji23]

No, LOL is only said by very few here, I've read 2-3 here... it's a phrase used by people stuck somewhere in the past because of, for example, a loss... mostly in a relationship... can be, but doesn't have to be. At least there's stagnation in development... 5 to 10 years ago... I would guess. The age back then in the twenties, others used this abbreviation rarely. ...