Home working and don't want to spend too much on heating!

darrensurrey

My tips for working from home and not turning into an ice sculpture at your desk:
1) buy a couple of Polartec Thermal Pro fleeces - they will cost you a month's heating bill each but will last for multiple winters (unless you're the type to only want the latest fashion and throw out old clothes - in which case, let me know which charity shop you dump your Polartecs in so I may buy them at a steal - but if you're on MSE then you're not likely that kind of person)
2) buy a few thermal vests off the usual budget websites - sure, you'll be wearing what old people wear but WHO CARES? It'll be under your Polartec fleece that you just bought.
3) do press ups and lunges every 15 minutes to keep your internal fire stoked. As a side effect you'll burn fat. And get fit. Even if you can't do press ups, trying to push yourself off the floor will raise your body temperature.
4) AFAIK you can install controls on any radiator?

PlutoinCapricorn

People who are accustomed to central heating are shocked when I tell them how I live, but I have noticed that I don't get coughs and colds as much as people who work in offices/have central heating do. They have flu jabs, but I never do and I never get flu.

When I go visiting in the winter, I come away from houses that seem much too hot for me and I get the sniffles and a sore throat for a few days afterwards.

So the tips on here may not only save money but improve our health.

cadburymisshape

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

I had the same problem. We have oil heating which is expensive and I cant believe that heating the whole house costs more than running a low wattage heater in one room with the door shut.

If its office based work you feel cold because you are not moving about and actually putting your coat on and going for a 20 minute walk outside can make you feel a lot warmer when you come back in.

Yorkshire Lass, yes that's something else I've been doing when it's not been raining (!!), gone out for a morning walk of about 35mins and I come back lovely and warm! Add a bowl of porridge for brekkie and I seem to stay warmer for quite some time!

I guess there are ways and means and I have to figure what works best for me!

cadburymisshape

darrensurrey wrote: »

My tips for working from home and not turning into an ice sculpture at your desk:
1) buy a couple of Polartec Thermal Pro fleeces - they will cost you a month's heating bill each but will last for multiple winters (unless you're the type to only want the latest fashion and throw out old clothes - in which case, let me know which charity shop you dump your Polartecs in so I may buy them at a steal - but if you're on MSE then you're not likely that kind of person)
2) buy a few thermal vests off the usual budget websites - sure, you'll be wearing what old people wear but WHO CARES? It'll be under your Polartec fleece that you just bought.
3) do press ups and lunges every 15 minutes to keep your internal fire stoked. As a side effect you'll burn fat. And get fit. Even if you can't do press ups, trying to push yourself off the floor will raise your body temperature.
4) AFAIK you can install controls on any radiator?

Darren, you made me laugh!! You should see the clothes I work in!! Even when I worked in an office with other people I couldn't really be called 'fashionable'!! If something isn't actually worn out, it's fine to wear if you ask me! Some of my clothes I've had since I was a teenager, I kid you not, and that was some 20 years ago.....(NB: actually I have 2 coats with very worn cuffs, one I've retired but still have, the other still gets worn!!! I'm terrible!! )

meanbean

"do press ups and lunges every 15 minutes"

Lol

darrensurrey

cadburymisshape wrote: »

Darren, you made me laugh!! You should see the clothes I work in!! Even when I worked in an office with other people I couldn't really be called 'fashionable'!! If something isn't actually worn out, it's fine to wear if you ask me! Some of my clothes I've had since I was a teenager, I kid you not, and that was some 20 years ago.....(NB: actually I have 2 coats with very worn cuffs, one I've retired but still have, the other still gets worn!!! I'm terrible!! )

That's the spirit! I've got a quality technical jacket from 1991 that I can still wear. I'm looking for an excuse to buy another (not very MSE, I know) but it still lives on - cuffs are slightly frayed.

Slinky

I have an oil filled radiator for my office. I really can't believe that it would cost more to run this off electric than heat the whole house all day on gas.

I'm also trying to persuade the cat to sit on my lap more during the day, but he tends to scoot off if I have to move my chair.