Cold winter weather and property

carefullycautious

Has anyone regretted the type of house they have brought with respect to the amount of heating it takes.

What properties do you have that are toasty warm and economical and you are pleased with.

tanith

When we moved into this house I was disappointed as I'd of liked a bigger one with another bedroom and maybe a separate dining area but my OH persuaded me that this was the one, it turned out to be perfect for us with just 2 bedrooms, living room and kitchen diner. Its economical to run and the whole house is warm and comfy.. its also quick and easy to keep clean . I am really pleased that we settled for less..

shegar

This is the best place we have ever lived in and weve had a few in the past ,the heating and insulation is excellent , GCH, double glazed...........

No draughts,no wet windows, heating get to 21 degrees in about half hour, heat keeps in the rooms well after heating switched off, very rarely do the temp get below 13 degrees with the heating off in this weather of a night..........:D.

Weve been here 4 years and this is our home now........Use to have houses with storage heaters in , we said never again would we live in a place with them dam things ...........so yea we are very happy here........:DCouldnt deal with the stress of moving again, and knowing me Id deck the estate agents , there so full of s... , cant deal with that stress its too much......:mad:

poppysarah

shegar wrote: »

This is the best place we have ever lived in and weve had a few in the past ,the heating and insulation is excellent , GCH, double glazed...........

New build? Old build? Flat?

G_M

Taken me years to get mine half-way warm!

Old house with solid stone walls.

There was no insulation in the attic. Added in year 1. Added another layer in year 3.
Old radiators. Replaced 1 or 2 a year over 10 years!
Old boiler. Replaced 3 years ago.
Draughts. Added secondary glazing. Added thermal under caroet insulation.
Cold stone walls. Put up (some) internal wall insulation.
Chimneys. One fine but one has down draughts. Added draught pot at top and curtain across fireplace.
Maze of central heating pipes under floor. Lifted floorboards and insulated them all.
Hot tank. No insulation. added tank insulation pads. Later changed cylinder for modern insulated tank and then put insulation pads on that too.

Toasty warm? Getting there, but in an old house it's a fight.

Jowo_2

Top floor flat roofed council flat with storage heating, mainly single glazed - expensive and cold.

Ground floor flat in Victorian house, single glazed with hardwood floors - cold.

Top floor tenement flat, still a little drafty (sanded floor boards and single glazing), but gas central heating is fantastic.

Am dying to live somewhere double glazed with carpets, preferably terraced....

shegar

poppysarah wrote: »

New build? Old build? Flat?

I961 3 bed bungalow..........swedish wood framed and red brick . Looks like any other brick bungalow , all stud walls....

Chris55_2

Recent barn conversion so thick walls and very good insulation therefore keeping warm. However oil heating might prove expensive this year!!! (plus unlike the last place we have no log burner).

Also last winter the low temperatures did not do a lot of good to the sandstone, so we'll have to see how this one pans out.

dizziblonde

Mine should be freezing - no cavity walls or anything, some windows still single-glazed. However in comparison to my old flat with electric storage heaters... blissfully warm.

Yorkie1

Last year was in a rented Victorian terrace house with DG.

Since March have been in a 1930's 3-bed semi with single glazing, no cavity wall insulation and floorboards. Bought it from a friend and although there was an occasional draught it didn't seem cold. I'm flippin' freezing!! Floorboards draughty, breaches in the inner cavity wall leading to howling draughts into a kitchen cupboard and understairs area. Just don't know how she managed to heat the house.

Have just done a meter reading and upped my DD payments for gas. In the last 10 weeks I have used 85% of last year's annual gas kwh. Absolutely unbelievable!! Wouldn't want to be back in rented, but I do yearn for the draught-free, warm existence!

spirit

My last house was of non-standard construction - steel frame with brick facing. the internal walls were plasterboard. The structural engineers report said that I couldn't put cavity wall insulation as the internal walls would bulge (the people a few doors away tried it and theirs did bulge so had to stop.

there was a bit of loft insulation but the report also advised against putting more up in case the steels got damp and rusted. The sitting room faced North so that house was rather nippy. The boiler was about 20 years old too so not very efficient. I used to pay £130 a month for gas and electricity (3 bed semi)

6 months ago I moved here. I had all new windows and doors put in, cavity wall insulation (standard contstruction house) and topped up the existing loft insulation. I laid more in between the rafters and then put another layer crossways over it.

I have the heating on for an hour in the morning when I get ready for work and then for 2 hours in the evening. the temp. never drops below 17c now.

Oh and i've halved the gas/electric bills (same sized house)