Facing the wind

You may have gathered that I have a thing about the wind and wondered why it is such an obsession for me.

I’ve never liked strong wind. However, in previous houses, it hasn’t really been an issue but it is here.

As you can see from this photograph, taken from our rooftop solarium, we have an open aspect to the west. That is because we are more or less at the top of a hill. The aspect gives us good views over to the mountains behind Orihuela and the mountain at the foot of Callosa but it does leave us open to the wind especially when it blows from that direction.

Those houses that you can see in the centre are much more sheltered especially those two in the foreground. They can put netting up on their fences and it will stay there. On our back fence, the netting just gets pulled down every time we have strong to gale force winds. We are on the third type of fencing and none of them have survived.

The other problem we had was with the kitchen door which faces that way as well and has vents top and bottom. When the wind came from the west it used to howl through the vents making the kitchen cold. I’ve covered the vents with foam rubber which has both quietened it down a lot and stopped the cold draught coming through.

I know it is a small price to pay for the views that we have but it is a price we could well do without.