Is your heating ON or OFF?

carefullycautious

I have double glazing and cavity wall insulation which is ruined by the bleeping chimney that lets in all the wind through the back of the gas fire. How can I stop this?

Lostinrates you should win the award for coldest property.How do you cope with those temperatures.

lostinrates

carefullycautious wrote: »

I have double glazing and cavity wall insulation which is ruined by the bleeping chimney that lets in all the wind through the back of the gas fire. How can I stop this?

Lostinrates you should win the award for coldest property.How do you cope with those temperatures.

SLIPPERS! I have a pair of booty slippers and with warm feet and ankles most things are bearable. I'd find it harder if had to be presentable and showering and out of the house early. e.g. today I thought a bout a bath and decided not to until thi afternoon when I'e finished the out door stuff and can snuggle in fleece pjs with the cats and a blanket. My laptop is warm too, so that helps,:o
lots of hot drinks too.

One day it will be warm

shegar

Heating on at 21 degrees, had shower now in nightdress and thick fleece dressing gown and ankle boot fluffy slippers, so comfy, I could go to sleep very content.......so dark and windy outside it feels like 9 pm.......roll on March....:D

System

I'm rather ashamed to say this but i havent got a clue what temp my house is. The thermostats are on the radiators and they are set at number 3 (which is the highest). I wonder if it tells me on the heater itself.:o

lostinrates

Judi wrote: »

I'm rather ashamed to say this but i havent got a clue what temp my house is. The thermostats are on the radiators and they are set at number 3 (which is the highest). I wonder if it tells me on the heater itself.:o

My electricity metre monitor tells me....hence me always reporting what it is in the kitchen here that is.

lostinrates

woodburner on!

seems a bit of a waste today as its milder, but its not fair to make other's suffer, not least as one of the visitors today is asmatic and I don't want them to risk their health to come here!

squeaky

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

Ditto, ours comes on for around an hour each night now set at 14, just to take the chill off.

It's been a few days now and the heating is hardly cycling on at all. Between two and three times a day for about ten minutes per time.

I can cope with this.

After reading that fuel/heating costs are 40% higher this year than they were last year I'm going to cope!

lostinrates

ITS SNOWiNG!
but its ok in the house. My kitchen is seven, which felt fine just now which shows just how hardy someone can get even with an underactive thyroid!

mardatha

If you get a cough or feel poorly please whack that up a bit pet ! I worry!

lostinrates

mardatha wrote: »

If you get a cough or feel poorly please whack that up a bit pet ! I worry!

Thank you for worrying, :kisses3:but honestly I'm fine ...for now! Last year it felt like I had cold after cold, and at least one flu, but I feel fine, and when I inevtably don't I'll keep the woodburner on and sleep n the sitting room. I'm more worried bout the pipes. I have got three electric heaters, so if/when we get a deep freeze I guess the bes thing is to put one on the kithen, one n the bathroom and turn the immersion on to keep the pipes ''hot''. (the defunct heating system has been drained down so shouldn't be a problem).

The snow s layng now, and the flakes are HUGE, the size of snowballs