How to live without heating - save £000s

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mrsg1990 said:

@HertsLad can you please provide links to what you are wearing eg head, neck, top, bottoms ect..might be helpful for others 

HertsLad posted the details earlier in this thread.

Currently:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79642645/#Comment_79642645

Earlier in the year, the 3rd of October:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79526454/#Comment_79526454

Depths of 2020 winter:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79448223/#Comment_79448223

Yorkshire_Pud

Being layered up only works as long as you are sedentary. Do a bit of gardening and within minutes I’m sweating and uncomfortable and taking layers off. Once hot it seems to act like a body storage radiator as takes ages after stopping activity and going indoors before I start to feel cold again and put the layers back on.

Moral of the story, get moving if you are able, save money on fuel, spend that money on tasty home cooked food.

P.S. I don’t always follow my own advice but try.

dealyboy

... spend that money on tasty home cooked food.

... presumably roast beef and ...

Max68

Taking an interest in this thread after a mate told me this morning, he put his heating on or half an hour, looked at his smart meter after 30 minutes and it had cost him £1.40 for half an hour!!

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Max68 said:

Taking an interest in this thread after a mate told me this morning, he put his heating on or half an hour, looked at his smart meter after 30 minutes and it had cost him £1.40 for half an hour!!

And then when he finds it only costs 40p for the next hour....

HertsLad

Yorkshire_Pud said:

Being layered up only works as long as you are sedentary. Do a bit of gardening and within minutes I’m sweating and uncomfortable and taking layers off. Once hot it seems to act like a body storage radiator as takes ages after stopping activity and going indoors before I start to feel cold again and put the layers back on.

Moral of the story, get moving if you are able, save money on fuel, spend that money on tasty home cooked food.

Yes, digging or similar can warm one up rapidly. I assume part of my success in keeping warm at home is hardly ever being sedentary. I am always working on something, walking up and down stairs, etc and not for the sake of it, either. If I visit a supermarket or somewhere wearing layers which keep me warm at, say 5C or even 2C, then I don't overheat during a visit of perhaps 20 minutes. If I sat in a cafe at 20C for an hour or more, I would almost certainly overheat.

givememoney

Max68 said:

Taking an interest in this thread after a mate told me this morning, he put his heating on or half an hour, looked at his smart meter after 30 minutes and it had cost him £1.40 for half an hour!!

I realise this has been covered many times before, but some heating expert went against the trend and said we SHOULD leave heating on low it will cost less providing our home is properly insulated.

HertsLad

givememoney said:

Max68 said:

Taking an interest in this thread after a mate told me this morning, he put his heating on or half an hour, looked at his smart meter after 30 minutes and it had cost him £1.40 for half an hour!!

I realise this has been covered many times before, but some heating expert went against the trend and said we SHOULD leave heating on low it will cost less providing our home is properly insulated.

I couldn't disagree more, unless you leave it on at about 12C. Even then, it will almost certainly cost less to turn the heating off overnight. I assume the heating engineer hopes more boiler use will hopefully lead to more service work and a shorter replacement interval.

Green_hopeful

givememoney said:

Max68 said:

Taking an interest in this thread after a mate told me this morning, he put his heating on or half an hour, looked at his smart meter after 30 minutes and it had cost him £1.40 for half an hour!!

I realise this has been covered many times before, but some heating expert went against the trend and said we SHOULD leave heating on low it will cost less providing our home is properly insulated.

I think that’s the damp specialist surveyor who says damp is caused by your house getting warm and then cold and warm again. I think he says heating and cooling causes condensation. 

Interestingly we have a very draughty old house and the only rooms with a bit of mould are the ones we are heating but then that’s where we live so produce most moisture. We keep the boiler set back at 15 degrees and increase it to 17 morning and evening.  That is costing 40 to 50 kWh per day in gas. The thermostat is in the kitchen sitting room. 

It’s just over 15 degrees in my bedroom and feels reasonable to me at the moment. No layers on but I might put my buffalo top on soon. I got it second hand in 1994. best clothing I have ever had for keeping you warm without over heating. My point is that comfortable temperature is relative to what you are used to. 

Markc0011

how the heck did you get a buffalo top! That's one of warmest furs.

I'm wondering about trousers. You got jumpers made of wool and acrylic or whatever, but jeans doesn't seem to cut it. Thermals work to an extent, just wondering what are naturally warm trousers.