Is your heating ON or OFF?

bluebag

guccigoo wrote: »

im the same as you dundeedoll my walls mine cant be insulated either :mad::mad: and my house gets so cold, im even thinking of exchanging as i cant put up with it.

My heating has been on most of the day except when i went out for a few hours but is now turned off. My house seems to hold the heat in more in the evening than during the day.

Mine is the same, great mahoosive high ceilings and paper thin single walls. Whole blooming walls of glass!! (massive 6'x8' bay window, double glazed thank god)

I find it takes an age to heat and unless the sun is streaming in the windows I just leave the heating on all day otherwise it just takes forever to get to a reasonable temperature.

To be honest, as long as I don't have it hot enough to grow orchids it doesn't pump the bill up much more.

debtmess

bluebag wrote: »

Oh been there, done that... have you no emergemcy credit left? ( I did that in too in the past) or a portable electric you can plug in just for tonight.
Early night watching telly under the duvet if not missus!

nope thats why im so cross with myself, i always top up meters on a thursday only this week i didn't, went on emergency thursday morning (i always out £25 on so it went quick the last week grr) hence i feel so stupid, don't own any portable heaters but i think im going to look to buy a cheap halogen one for just in case

bluebag

debtmess wrote: »

nope thats why im so cross with myself, i always top up meters on a thursday only this week i didn't, went on emergency thursday morning (i always out £25 on so it went quick the last week grr) hence i feel so stupid, don't own any portable heaters but i think im going to look to buy a cheap halogen one for just in case

Oohh, get a hot water bottle/wheat bag and a duvet out, it's amazing how much warmer it gets when you have a small heat source under the covers.
Light a few candles to give the place a cosy glow.

Spent more than one night like that in harder times ,things are a little easier for me these days, and I count my blessings.

I am a Grand Master- Black dressing gown sash in the art of getting dressed/undressed under the covers.:D

MsBooty

only spoke about it yesterday when I had seen so much on the news about it in different places and low and behold woke up to snow this morning. so cold - definetly keeping my heating on now

ecoelle

Heating is off and hot water bottles on, only me in so seems a waste to heat the whole house when i'm only in one room we got 3inches of snow last night and more forcast for the coming days so not sure how long it will stay off!

Rebekah24

Put mine on for fiance... he popping over tonight, annoying... snow is coming down more... is cold but I could manage with it off

Will get it back off in the morning when he goes to footy!!

debtmess

bluebag wrote: »

Oohh, get a hot water bottle/wheat bag and a duvet out, it's amazing how much warmer it gets when you have a small heat source under the covers.
Light a few candles to give the place a cosy glow.

Spent more than one night like that in harder times ,things are a little easier for me these days, and I count my blessings.

I am a Grand Master- Black dressing gown sash in the art of getting dressed/undressed under the covers.:D

been drinking mugs of tea like its going out of fashion, will shortly be doing water bottles for bed and its another fleece jama night, tempted to keep the leggings on:rotfl: once im in bed warm i will end up with the fleece jama top off
i have enough to pop some on the gas tomorrow that should last until next thursday , need to put £5 on the electric so i don't go into the emergency, the £25 i have been putting on my gas it just not lasting long so going to have to up it from next week

bluebag

Just hope everyone is keeping as warm as they can afford, it's extremely cold out there at night. Hypothermia is a very sneaky thing and the symptoms can appear to be something else... sleepiness, mild confusion, poor judgement.

The room temperature to avoid the risk of hypothermia/ stroke/ heart attack should be 16C.

Ideal room temperature is 21C.

bluebag

debtmess wrote: »

been drinking mugs of tea like its going out of fashion, will shortly be doing water bottles for bed and its another fleece jama night, tempted to keep the leggings on:rotfl: once im in bed warm i will end up with the fleece jama top off
i have enough to pop some on the gas tomorrow that should last until next thursday , need to put £5 on the electric so i don't go into the emergency, the £25 i have been putting on my gas it just not lasting long so going to have to up it from next week

Aye, it doesn't go far in this weather. More month than money.
Hope it goes a bit milder soon..... and yes I'd keep the leggins on, at least till you warm up.

You'll be up all night to the freezing bathroom after all that tea, might beat the night time bogdash record I held in my youth when we had an outside lavvy... Ahhh the olden days :rotfl:

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Full blast at the moment as I have been away for most of yesterday and today so my house needs warming up a bit.