Is your heating ON or OFF?

gayleygoo

We've no oil in the tank and it's unlikely that there will be any in it for at least another month. It cost us £40 a week last year which I though was too much for a small house (heat on 4 hours a day), so I'm saving £40 a week by not putting it on yet! We need a new grate for the fire so will hopefully get one soon, get the chimney cleaned and be able to have one warm room in the house at least!

I'm loving hot water bottles though. I fill one up in the evening (might as well make a cup of tea while I'm at it ), and tuck it under my dressing gown and tie the belt around to hold it in place. Personal central heating!

pollys

hmc wrote: »

Lakeland heated airer

We are considering one of these, are they any good?

Pollys

calicocat

Conservatories......

Haven't had one before, and it doesn't have heating. I have put up a curtain yesterday over the outside door, and also have a curtain going from lounge to conservatory.

I'm getting a bit confused with what is best to do heating wise. I'm assuming in full-blown winter I may well be shutting this room off other than using it as a second fridge if I run out of fridge space. However up untill this point i'm getting conflicting info. Some say to leave a window open slightly plus heat it occasionally separately to take the edge off, others say to leave door open to lounge and jusy heat as if part of the room (which won't be very MSE).

My main concern not having had one before is that I don't want it to get damp or cause future problems if left to be too cold.

What do those of you out there without conservatory central heating do?

riverstyx

No heating yet, thermostat stays set at 14 degrees and it hasn't got that cold indoors yet. We survived two winters with no heating in the house whilst we were renovating so I guess we're pretty hardened to it now. Will probably switch to the winter duvet soon though.

Having a pair of cats probably helps - they are like automatic hot water bottles in that they appear under the duvet when it gets cold and disappear again when it gets warmer, although having just spent almost 1500 on vet bills I'm not sure I could recommend them purely as an energy efficiency measure ;-)

DawnW

calicocat wrote: »

Conservatories......

Haven't had one before, and it doesn't have heating. I have put up a curtain yesterday over the outside door, and also have a curtain going from lounge to conservatory.

I'm getting a bit confused with what is best to do heating wise. I'm assuming in full-blown winter I may well be shutting this room off other than using it as a second fridge if I run out of fridge space. However up untill this point i'm getting conflicting info. Some say to leave a window open slightly plus heat it occasionally separately to take the edge off, others say to leave door open to lounge and jusy heat as if part of the room (which won't be very MSE).

My main concern not having had one before is that I don't want it to get damp or cause future problems if left to be too cold.

What do those of you out there without conservatory central heating do?

Mine is more of a back porch thingy, with brick walls part way up, then glass, with a perspex roof. 'Conservatory' is probably therefore far too posh a term But I don't heat it, simply use it for welly boots, broom, dog leads, overwintering plants, chicken food, etc, and as an extra fridge (great for beer :beer:).

It doesn't seem to get damp or anything.

suzybloo

I have an oil filled radiator in my conservatory to kick in overnight, in the wimter and if its really bad I leave it on all the time but just down low and close all the blinds all the time unless the sun is out. Hope that helps.

Popperwell

Still off, weather has changed and was glad of my hat and scarf. But not feeling the cold indoors under my quilt as yet.

I have used the electric and gas CH less but as I put my meter reasons into my account on line I am told I have used more than last year...how is that? Most meals are not cooked and are cold. And I wash clothes approx once a month. I use one laptop and one light at night so how is that using more. I know it will cost more because prices always go up even when using less.

Oh well...

WantToBeSE

Heat off here still, although was on for 10mins this morning.

Igamogam

calicocat wrote: »

Conservatories......

Haven't had one before, and it doesn't have heating. I have put up a curtain yesterday over the outside door, and also have a curtain going from lounge to conservatory.

I'm getting a bit confused with what is best to do heating wise. I'm assuming in full-blown winter I may well be shutting this room off other than using it as a second fridge if I run out of fridge space. However up untill this point i'm getting conflicting info. Some say to leave a window open slightly plus heat it occasionally separately to take the edge off, others say to leave door open to lounge and jusy heat as if part of the room (which won't be very MSE).

My main concern not having had one before is that I don't want it to get damp or cause future problems if left to be too cold.

What do those of you out there without conservatory central heating do?

We use it as a fridge in winter - very useful at Christmas!:rotfl: Seriously........ours is off the kitchen and is separated by a door and we use it as an additional 'room' from about Feb to end of October - during the cooler months though this tends to be daytime on sunny days.We have a small convection heater to take the edge off in winter if any one wants to spend time in there which is rare.Never had any problems with damp. In summer it can get too hot and we are investing in blinds/shading next year. We tend to leave the kitchen door open when its too hot. Biggest problem we have is snow on the roof:eek:

smeeth

calicocat wrote: »

Conservatories......

Haven't had one before, and it doesn't have heating. I have put up a curtain yesterday over the outside door, and also have a curtain going from lounge to conservatory.

I'm getting a bit confused with what is best to do heating wise. I'm assuming in full-blown winter I may well be shutting this room off other than using it as a second fridge if I run out of fridge space. However up untill this point i'm getting conflicting info. Some say to leave a window open slightly plus heat it occasionally separately to take the edge off, others say to leave door open to lounge and jusy heat as if part of the room (which won't be very MSE).

My main concern not having had one before is that I don't want it to get damp or cause future problems if left to be too cold.

What do those of you out there without conservatory central heating do?

calicocat we don't have heating in our conservatory either, and to be honest once it gets cold we just don't use it. The tumble dryer is in there which warms it up briefly but still keep the door shut. Makes a good fridge for storing xmas drinks!