Is your heating ON or OFF?

Primrose

I think we,ve all never valued autumn sunshine so much as we have this year with energy prices so high.  I visualise all of us on here really organising our lives around it to save on fuel costs.  Our laundry activities will be much more dictated by the weather  forecast snd the prospect of outdoor drying days than ever it was previously.

Perhaps  that,s a good thing for us as a country if it encourages us all to be more energy conscious.

arnoldy

Looking at the 2-week forecast absolutely no need for heating for next 2 weeks. At least. 

Thank goodness we live in such a mild maritime climate in UK.

Rosa_Damascena

arnoldy said:

Looking at the 2-week forecast absolutely no need for heating for next 2 weeks. At least. 

Thank goodness we live in such a mild maritime climate in UK.

Doesn't feel like it when we are greeted by frost and icy windscreens

~~TJN~~

Not yet but I’ve noticed over the last few days,  when I’m working all day (from home), it’s the late afternoon when i suddenly realise my hands, feet and nose are icy cold!  

FluffityBunny

No need for heating on just yet.  I've popped the clothes airer on the driveway in the sunshine to get the washing dried. Duvets on all the beds to keep the little ones warm.  

Spies

FluffityBunny said:

No need for heating on just yet.  I've popped the clothes airer on the driveway in the sunshine to get the washing dried. Duvets on all the beds to keep the little ones warm.  

My clothes airer always gets blown over when I put it outside! 

Tromking

Nowhere near putting the CH on yet. Using recently purchased heated throws to take the early morning chill off, they really are a game changer IMO.
We have ambitious plans to time the big switch on for Xmas eve as a temporary festive treat, I fear this plan will get tested big time between now and then though. 😀
 

arnoldy

Rosa_Damascena said:

Doesn't feel like it when we are greeted by frost and icy windscreens

Yes, agreed but most years we seem to have very few frosts and icy windscreens. Maybe that's a climate change and warming thing?   As I gardener I keep watching for frosty weather, but it hardly ever occurs hence the proliferation of pests and slugs and snails.

mjm3346

Dull and as still as ditch water today compared to sunny spells yesterday but at least it's mild 

Primrose

Have been reading gov warnings about possible gas shortages this winter.  Can anybody explain to me how a gas supply to a household can be safely cut off in the same way thwt An electricity power cut can be implemented  to affect a whole area?.  Surely some gas must remain in the pipes?  I,m concerned about the safety aspect.

Anyway, we have bought down  a rarely used electric heater from the loft as an emergency back up measure , although electricity being more expensive thwn gas, it would mean us having to shut ourselves away in one of the small rooms in the house to have at least one warm place to be.