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Originally Posted by AeroMcAeroFace
However, Person B is cynical rather than sceptical. If Person A had showed how much heat the sun provides per square metre, showed the suns path through the sky in winter and then in summer, and also said, "it worked for me and I followed these rules, however that doesn't mean it will work for you" then that is fine.
In the UK we have houses like that, but because the sun is so low in the summer the overhangs need to be huge and are often not big enough and prolonged heat and sun has heated the houses to unbearable levels. Just because your rule of thumb works on your latitude, doesn't mean it works everywhere else.
No-one is saying following a template won't work, we are saying it is not always the best.
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Maybe person A was expecting person B to read up on it a bit... not take the first sketch they find and build it.
I am aware of the occasional heat issues. Like when weather acts crazy and it gets summer weather in the winter. Have to block the windows for a few days. Annoying, but beats a $$$ utility bill. Similar to setting an angle for an extension in an aero pickup bed cover, add 1000lbs to the bed, watch that angle change 5 degrees or so. Something to be aware of, but if designed around not a deal breaker.
I would classify "using it to guide the shape is rubbish" and the dozens of other similar comments as synonymous with "won't work" not "isn't ideal."