SADLY IT’S NOT ALL GOOD NEWS!
Con
1: Older converted railway
carriages aren’t as well insulated as
newer ones, which are guaranteed to be
more expensive
Old converted railway carriages might
be cheaper to buy, but they’ll be more
expensive to fit sufficient insulation and
more efficient heating in. With their thinner,
overly conductive wall material, you’ll have
a hard job feeling warm in the winter and
less hot in the summer. Newer trains will
naturally have better insulation, but you’ll
be looking at a very huge price tag to buy
one in the first place.
Con 2: Converted railway carriages can
also be very un-green
You may not be using many building
materials, but you’ll have to figure out
a way of transporting the carriage to
where you want it to be. This will likely
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require some kind of very large, heavy
road vehicle, which needless to say will
not be good at all for carbon emissions.
Railway carriages are extremely heavy
and cumbersome and are only easily
transportable on rail lines. Also, as
mentioned above, older carriages aren’t
going to be easy to insulate.
Con 3: Older converted railway
carriages will need regular maintenance
Whatever money you save and notability
you gain could be short-lived if you don’t
regularly maintain your railway carriage
house. Old carriages in particular will need
lots of internal and external maintenance
to the paintwork and structure to keep
it from succumbing to general wear and
tear, weather damage, and the inevitable
alterations to fit in modern appliances,
pipework and wiring.
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