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How to live without heating - save £000s

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  • GingerTim said:
    I'd hope Ray Mears would at least be sensible and responsible enough to understand that just because HE chooses to do something, it's not a good thing to give as general advice to everyone! 
    Amen to that! More seriously, this sort of 'advice' is actively dangerous to some people and I'd be inclined to delete it.
    I'm actually debating whether the OP needs reporting to the forum team. 
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  • HertsLad
    HertsLad Posts: 370 Forumite
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    QrizB said:
    it seems quite an extreme move to give up on heating altogether, rather than just turning the 'stat down.

    With respect, I suggest that's fine, if you have the money to pay for the heating at a lower level. I do but I'd sooner spend the money on other things. I am troubled that the main message from other members is that it's better for old, frail or otherwise vulnerable people to die from the cold, rather than for anyone try following my advice. Do they think that if these people wear as many clothes as I do, then they will die even quicker.

    The comment about hands and feet getting cold is interesting. My finding is that if my hands get cold inside the house, then I am not wearing enough on my body; especially on my legs. So anyone could try that. You could start by wearing two layers of polyester base garments, top and bottom, to see how much lower you can set the heating and still stay perfectly warm. My guess is that it might allow you to stay warm at 16C or something like that.
  • Astria
    Astria Posts: 1,448 Forumite
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    The comment about hands and feet getting cold is interesting. My finding is that if my hands get cold inside the house, then I am not wearing enough on my body; especially on my legs. So anyone could try that. You could start by wearing two layers of polyester base garments, top and bottom, to see how much lower you can set the heating and still stay perfectly warm. My guess is that it might allow you to stay warm at 16C or something like that.
    My hands, feet, nose, ears, etc all get freezing cold because of a lack of blood supply, caused by the cold temperatures narrowing the blood vessels. There are 2 ways of fixing this - doing enough physical activity to increase blood supply or by wearing a mask and gloves. The latter only delays the problem though - my extremities would still get cold enough to be painful, and exercising for 24 hours a day really isn't viable.

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