Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC !

Austin_Allegro

BucketOfCoffee wrote:

Is insulating wallpaper readily available, and do you have any idea of costs? My utility room sucks the heat from the rest of the house and that sounds like the ideal solution.

I got mine from the local DIY shop and it cost about the same as woodchip as I recall - not expensive. You just paste it up like normal wallpaper and then paper over it. However...it might be worth searching on the internet a bit about this. I am no expert but I think it may not be good to paper an entire room with the stuff, as walls need to 'breath' - I only have mine on one wall.

Coincidentally I was reading an article about energy saving in a building magazine. They said the best ways to save energy were from:

1. Cavity wall insulation
2. Double glazing
3. Loft and underfloor insulation
4. Changing boiler or turning it down and lagging

Gers

Judi wrote:

Dont suggest a slow cooker though, ive had several and during colder days its too cold in my kitchen for the slow cooker to cook (unless you cover it with loads of towels for insulation which defeats the object really as the towels need washing cause they smell of the food i've cooked).

Can you place your slow cooker in another room perhaps? Or the hall? Under the table/on the table in the living room (depending on animals, children or other small animate things!). That way you benefit from the advantages of the slow cooker without the extra washing.

:j

echo

and they’re brilliant.they’ve got that fleecy type material ( thinsulate) on the inside and they’re knitted on the outside.dont need 2 use them @ the sec tho! Still working on getting the nose warm mind u.think the comment abt me getting a balaclava type thing is going a bit 2 far.having said that it mite come in handy 2 scare off the bl**dy cats that come in my garden when it gets dark.can u imagine wot us lot wud look like grouped 2gether in a room????? And 4 my final piece,has nebody ever tried attaching plastic bags 2 their feet –underneath a pair of socks-2 TRY and keep the feet warm? I have and my ex used 2 call me bag lady!

WestonDave

nicki's post above reminded me of another tip. I know we will all be trying to use the shower rather than the bath, but I'm sure the old soak will get a use or two.

If you can face the spiders under the bath a tip is to fill the area under the bath with the loose fill loft insulation (like little balls rather than the rolls) you can get. It'll stop any draught coming in via the soil pipe etc but it will also mean that bath water stays warm for longer if you choose to have a bath.

sammy_kaye18

Just been and brougth two more hot water bottles form pharmacy across the road because

a) it was bar steward freezing here last night (south wales uk)
b) Ben has some sort fo tummy bug.

so i figure i now have 3 hot water bottles. Ben s i think i will fill with warm water only not hot water and make sure it is doubly wrapped up before giving it too him or ill use it to warm his bed before i put him in it.

and me and bf have a hot water bottle each - althgouh lately im lovign it as we have been having lots of cuddles laely which is nice - only problem is he keeps wanting more of the other and because im so cuddly adn warm i fall asleep!!! oops!

MIRRY_2

Sammy ahhhhhhh,Id like to have a picture of a pig on my hubbys hot water bottle (any knitting pattern ?)
I got my daughter a hotwater bottle from the charity shop,
its brand new and packaged, it has a little poem on it about cuddles and only cost £1.

In our local £1 shop last year they were selling miniture hot water bottles,
wish id got one now cos they would be great for use whilst walking about the house or even going out ,
You could stick one under your top or anywhere you like

Echo, carrier bags on your feet :rotfl: any type of carrier bag ?
what about TESCOS every little helps

sammy_kaye18

MIRRY wrote:

Sammy ahhhhhhh,Id like to have a picture of a pig on my hubbys hot water bottle (any knitting pattern ?)

huh?????????pigs?????????? what?????????? I never mentioned pictures on my hot water bottle???

so confused

:rotfl:

echo

few yrs back i got 2 mini hot water bottles from spain-worked out abt 50p each.wot i did last winter was wear a fleecy bodywarmer and put the 2 HWB in the 2 pockets on it.few wks ago in Boots clearance i got a few pairs of totes toasties and a mini HWB with a furry cover-shud've bin £20 reduced 2 £5

starlite_2

My gran swears by laying bubble wrap under their bedsheets (!?), I can imagine a few sleepless nights..
pop..pop...pop..
lol...

tootles_2

Wear a hat in the house you loose 75% of your body heat from the top of your head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have just finished sewing the thermal lingings into the curtains for my sewing room, it faces north and does not have a double glazed window, so even with the rad on its b****y cold.

Use old tights to stuff a draught excluder roll.........or even old plastic carriers. I wear thermal boot socks over a pair of thin cotton socks to keep my feet warm. Wear a vest, you can get some really nice ones quite cheaply now, I know I swore I would never wear a vest after the wolly ones my grandmother used to knit for me and I had to wear a liberty bodice as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you go out wear two pairs of gloves, ones with fingers in then covered with a pair of mittens.......Years ago I made fingerless gloves with a little cap that flapped over your fingers when you did not need to use your fingers.... originally made them for my SIL to wear when he went fishing ended up kntting them for all sorts of different people..............We wear fleecy lined jog suits with a tee shirt under in the house.....does not look elegant but you are warm.....I add a body warmer, I feel the cold more than OH.