House with no central heating

toadyfrog

This reminds me of being a kid, with no central heating and ice on the insides of the bedroom windows. We used to get dressed to go to bed, and we coped. Saying that though our boiler went on friday night and got fixed on saturday but that was long enough to go without heating for me now.

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Thank you everybody for the advice, think we are just going to have to be sensible about it and we should be ok.

Just invested in a good dragon oil filled radiator for upstairs and will make use of some good draught excluders, fleece blankets, thermals, electric fire and cuddles with our dog while were in the living room!

If anyone has any useful advise we would be very appreciative.

Thrugelmir

Biggest concern would be frozen pipes. If the fabric of the building gets progressively colder as temperatures drop.

Better_Days

Is there a fan heater on the wall in the bathroom?

However 'hardy' you are it really is no fun using a cold bathroom in the winter, and it is not so easy to heat safely as other rooms.

It also depends how much you feel the cold. I have always felt the cold and since I developed a chronic illness my body doesn't regulate its temperature properly so that putting on another jumper just doesn't work. Bear in mind that if you have friends/family who are old, young or are poorly (although if the latter they would probably be home in bed ) they may be reluctant to visit you in the colder months.

GL in your new home.

Slinky

Lived my first 25 years in a house with no central heating. A miserable existence in the winter. No heating AT ALL upstairs apart from a 1 bar electric fire in the bathroom, and a lousy oil filled panel radiator in the hall which had no chance in heating the upstairs rooms.

Would not move back to an unheated house for all the tea in China.

Good luck!

PlutoinCapricorn

I have never had this, and feel much the better for it: no flu, very few colds etc. I always feel ill after visiting people with CH, and I sniffle for a few days afterwards.

I admit that I live in a flat in a built up area not in an icy suburb though.

I got a halogen heater for the worst days, but did not use it at all last winter despite the snow.

Slanket, pullovers, hot water bottles are enough for me.

thegirlintheattic

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Biggest concern would be frozen pipes. If the fabric of the building gets progressively colder as temperatures drop.

Pipes should be cladded - never had an issue with pipes freezing. We had standard combi boiler with a cold water tank in the attic. Pipes cladded and were fine. Although, we never went away for long in the winter so the system was always in use.

POPPYOSCAR

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

We use oil filled radiators to supplement our open fire and multifuel stove. We do have central heating but its oil fired and very expensive.

Oil filled radiators are slow to heat up but we find that once they are up to temperature they are very effective. They are safe too and can be used with a plug in timer or have their own built in timer. The thermostats work well on ours too and once it is switched off it will still give off a small amount of heat until it has completely cooled down.

As a general rule if a heater is 2kw and is on full blast it will use 2 units of electric per hour. So if your electric is 13p per kwh that will cost you 26p an hour. OK doesnt sound much but multiply that by say 4 hours a day x 7 days a week and you could be up to £7 a week for one heater.

Of course whether thats expensive or not depends on your circumstances and I suppose you need to weigh it up against the cost of the rent.

For the bedroom you might be better off having a fan heater for a quick blast of heat while getting dressed or before getting into bed.

Exactly the same here.

Works very well for us, so much so as I posted on another thread, we are going to remove the radiators when we decorate early next year.

POPPYOSCAR

[Deleted User] wrote:

Thank you everybody for the advice, think we are just going to have to be sensible about it and we should be ok.

Just invested in a good dragon oil filled radiator for upstairs and will make use of some good draught excluders, fleece blankets, thermals, electric fire and cuddles with our dog while were in the living room!

If anyone has any useful advise we would be very appreciative.

Put heavy curtains up at the doors, it is amazing the amount of heat they keep in.