Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC !

tim_n

As the old scout addage goes!

A blanket beneath is worth two on top!

*zippy*

After reading this thread we checked the timer on our old boiler and we have been heating water for nearly 10 hours a day :eek:

Changed it to come on for 1 hour this morning and one hour at tea time, but we have had plenty of hot water all day and it has not run out, so I have cancelled tonights hour, I will keeping lowering it to find the minimum time we can get away with. Dread to think how much we have been wasting.

anniebooklover

I just had to post my first success at saving money on my gas bill. It's a bit cold, wet and dreary here today and my DS wanted an afternoon of watching old Spiderman films and cartoons. When he asked if he could put the central heating on I gave him the advice that so many OS's have offered - put your hoodie on or get a blanket! He is now sitting with both his hoodie on and his sister's big, pink, fleecy blanket round him. Yeay! Less money to Powergen then. :j

nives316

Visit friends/family who can afford to have the heating on!

Ha ha

Im going to do that tonight as my boiler broke yesterday and cold showers are no fun ....

dixie_dean_2

stickytoffeepudding wrote:

Visit friends/family who can afford to have the heating on!
:rotfl:

I actually thanked you before I realised what a world class team you followed. Great teams are supported by great minds that think alike.

twink

this might help anyone one benefits,
http://www.dimplex.co.uk/consumer/warm-deal.htm once you have read it click on links at left of page for the websites

vivaladiva

tim_n wrote:

As the old scout addage goes!

A blanket beneath is worth two on top!

I'd never heard this, but we always had blankets under the bottom sheet when I was little- maybe that's why. (I always assumed it was something to do with not wearing the mattress out!)

BTW with all the grants available for cavity wall insulation, has anyone tried to get a grant for drylining non cavity walls?

Roz_V

I found a couple of fleece blankets from Primark in Sheffield today - sale ones £3 each, non-sale are £4 each.

Lovely and warm and will do the trick in winter...

HTH someone...

JoeyEmma

I'm thinking of getting a slow cooker as it is meant to be cheaper to run.

The cheapest one is £8.99 from Argos.

What I want to know is, is it really any cheaper to run than my electric fan assisted oven (with light inside). I'd probably put it on at 8.30am on a low setting before going to work and we'd eat at about 7pm.

I'd use it about 2-3 times a week, making batches of stews, curries etc and freezing them.

wigginsmum

Yes slow cookers are much less expensive to run - well worth it.