Other ways to keep warm?

MovingForwards

I wear PJs and a dressing gown with thick slipper socks, use a hot water bottle and a blanket to wrap up.

I reduced my GCH timer a few weeks ago and will knock a bit more off it the weekend. I gently heat the bedrooms, hall and shower room, focusing on having a warm lounge.

I've sealed up potential gaps in the skirting and round the decorative window frames, hung a lined curtain near the front door and put draught excluder round the door; my former neighbour liked to smoke the green stuff and I did it to stop the smell, but did all the rest of the window frames for heat loss purposes.

Aside from the lounge, kitchen and shower room, everywhere else has carpet. All my rooms have blinds, I'd love to hang curtains in the lounge and bedrooms but it's a PITA trying to drill into the walls.

Hot drinks and food keep you warm from the inside.

It's only the last 5 years I've lived in places with DG and GCH, previously it was single glazed and one gas fire to heat the whole property.

Lip_Stick

Very occasionally on particularly colder days, when I get home I can struggle to warm up despite the heating being on and the temp rising to where it should be adequate. When I feel this is going to happen, I get a very hot bath and get out of it when it's still very warm, I'm fine for the rest of the evening and heating goes off.

Clarity2

Some other ideas for keeping warm when turning off the heating:

(I know it's April now but this will tide you over into the warmer days!)

Wear knee-socks instead of ankle socks - this is very cosy and fun and makes quite a difference.

Wear two vests instead of one. (As well as the usual layering of course). The thing about an extra vest is that it doesn't restrict your arms the way other extra layers do, especially for women if they are the strappy kind (and make sure they are nice and long, one to be tucked into your jeans and the other not).

Cut off the feet from worn-out socks and use the rest as wrist (or ankle) warmers - I used to think I had to hem the cut edge but I've discovered that with most socks that isn't necessary - they don't tend to unravel much or at all in some cases and they make a lovely cosy and possibly chic addition to a jumper, especially when the jumper sleeves are a little short due to wool often shrinking in the wash (and wool is the warmest kind of layer)

Carry a hot water bottle around with you in the house and always have blankets on the sofa so you can get under them when resting.

Put two duvets on the bed, plus throws or blankets if necessary. If you sleep in a double bed with a partner, have one single duvet each and put the double duvet on top of that. This also has the advantage of reducing the impact of duvet-stealing situations.

Lay your dressing gown on top of the bed while you're in it, because then (if it hasn't fallen off) it will be warm when you put it on in the morning.

Wrap your clothes in a hot water bottle to warm them up before you put them on in the morning.

Put a hot water bottle into your bed (wrapped in your pyjamas) an hour before you go to bed, so it's lovely and warm to get into. (Make sure you have at least 2 hot water bottles and only fill one when you are also making a cup of tea)

If you have hot water on tap and it's very hot, you can also fill a hot water bottle that way, without boiling the kettle

Always wear boot-type slippers, ideally with the proper kind of soles that can go outside on damp ground, because then you won't have to take them off to put out the rubbish or bring in firewood or whatever.

Don't sit for long periods at the computer. (Oops) 



 

Spies

Electric throw/blanket, uses very little energy and is very effective.

k_man

Clarity2 said:

Some other ideas for keeping warm when turning off the heating:

(I know it's April now but this will tide you over into the warmer days!)

Wear knee-socks instead of ankle socks - this is very cosy and fun and makes quite a difference.

Wear two vests instead of one. (As well as the usual layering of course). The thing about an extra vest is that it doesn't restrict your arms the way other extra layers do, especially for women if they are the strappy kind (and make sure they are nice and long, one to be tucked into your jeans and the other not).

Cut off the feet from worn-out socks and use the rest as wrist (or ankle) warmers - I used to think I had to hem the cut edge but I've discovered that with most socks that isn't necessary - they don't tend to unravel much or at all in some cases and they make a lovely cosy and possibly chic addition to a jumper, especially when the jumper sleeves are a little short due to wool often shrinking in the wash (and wool is the warmest kind of layer)

Carry a hot water bottle around with you in the house and always have blankets on the sofa so you can get under them when resting.

Put two duvets on the bed, plus throws or blankets if necessary. If you sleep in a double bed with a partner, have one single duvet each and put the double duvet on top of that. This also has the advantage of reducing the impact of duvet-stealing situations.

Lay your dressing gown on top of the bed while you're in it, because then (if it hasn't fallen off) it will be warm when you put it on in the morning.

Wrap your clothes in a hot water bottle to warm them up before you put them on in the morning.

Put a hot water bottle into your bed (wrapped in your pyjamas) an hour before you go to bed, so it's lovely and warm to get into. (Make sure you have at least 2 hot water bottles and only fill one when you are also making a cup of tea)

If you have hot water on tap and it's very hot, you can also fill a hot water bottle that way, without boiling the kettle

Always wear boot-type slippers, ideally with the proper kind of soles that can go outside on damp ground, because then you won't have to take them off to put out the rubbish or bring in firewood or whatever.

Don't sit for long periods at the computer. (Oops) 



 

Not ideal if you are coming back into clean carpeted rooms.
However a pair of 'slip on plastic clogs' by the door to quickly swap into addresses this.