On Jun 14, 11:54*pm, Joe Egginton wrote:
I was watching a building program yesterday, and the builder said it was
12c constantly 2 metres underground. *They was building a house in
Maidstone, Kent.

I know builders are known for telling porkies, but is it true that just
2 metres underground the temperature is constant?
--
Joe Egginton
Wolverhampton
175m asl

Pretty well true. The temperature will be equal to the long-term
average air temperature. 12°C seems a bit high, even for Maidstone.
Probably 11°C.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.