How to live without heating - save £000s

Mstty

molerat said:

I wonder how much these people saved ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64196889

Ambulances were called out to 800 people suffering from hypothermia during freezing weather in Scotland.

Figures from the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), published by The Herald newspaper, showed that about 44 people a day were taken to hospital between 1 and 18 December.

They could have done with reading this post and investing in clothing in this thread. Potentially they could have "saved" their own lives.

I do think however the scaremongering in the news and even Martin Lewis himself made the situation appear far worse than it turned out to the pocket. Especially given all the handouts and the extra payments to pensioners of which this article does seem to suggest were the worse hit for hypothermia.

They should take some of the blame as when you add it all up they should have had a free winter of heat.

elsien

pseudodox said:

elsien said:

Do they work for Reynaud's syndrome though? I lose the feeling in my fingers and toes even when it's not that cold.

I don't know - but you have nothing to lose by trying them out.  A pair of fingerless gloves can usually be bought for less than £2 on my local market.  You can often get different thicknesses - I have a pair that are fleecy lined which I wear when driving & a thin pair which I wear when typing or texting

Thanks. Thinking about it properly though I lose my fingers when I've got full gloves on so probably not. 

markin

molerat said:

I wonder how much these people saved ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64196889

Ambulances were called out to 800 people suffering from hypothermia during freezing weather in Scotland.

Figures from the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), published by The Herald newspaper, showed that about 44 people a day were taken to hospital between 1 and 18 December.

No actual Data to back up the theme that they were actually in the home, In England the story about a death is often that they were in the garden and the recent deaths in the USA many where outside.

HertsLad

I'm surprised nobody on here is prepared to layer-up with clothes like I wear, after which, hopefully you won't need to worry about gloves of any type, fingerless or not. That said, I wear down filled mittens when I am skiing. I guess it's the sub zero air which is different to living at low temperatures in my house.

penners324

No mould or condensation issues I'm the house? No frozen pipes bursting?

These issues will cost Tens of Thousands to fix

pseudodox

elsien said:

pseudodox said:

elsien said:

Do they work for Reynaud's syndrome though? I lose the feeling in my fingers and toes even when it's not that cold.

I don't know - but you have nothing to lose by trying them out.  A pair of fingerless gloves can usually be bought for less than £2 on my local market.  You can often get different thicknesses - I have a pair that are fleecy lined which I wear when driving & a thin pair which I wear when typing or texting

Thanks. Thinking about it properly though I lose my fingers when I've got full gloves on so probably not. 

Weirdly I sometimes find my hands can be really cold in full fingered gloves, even if also in my pockets, but warm up more quickly in the fingerless ones.  Maybe because when I am wearing the latter my hands are usually doing something active.  Have you ever tried heat sachets from outdoor shops tucked into gloves?  Or even a digital thingy which you charge up via usb.

Swipe

Mittens are best for warm fingers. Not so good for typing in though 

HertsLad

 penners324 said:

No mould or condensation issues I'm the house? No frozen pipes bursting?

These issues will cost Tens of Thousands to fix

Scare stories again! There is no mould, or condensation, let alone pipes bursting (over a period of around 12 years), so there will not be any costs. 

mumf

HertsLad said:

 penners324 said:

No mould or condensation issues I'm the house? No frozen pipes bursting?

These issues will cost Tens of Thousands to fix

Scare stories again! There is no mould, or condensation, let alone pipes bursting (over a period of around 12 years), so there will not be any costs. 

Yes scare story. Right now our windows are open,door open to let dog and cats in and out. There’ll be no wood stove lit til after lunch. That’s our way. Always has been. We are dressed appropriately,there is zero mould in the house ,and never is. My wife loves fresh air. If we feel that heat is needed in one of the rooms,for a short while and we don’t want a woodstove lighting ,we use a wall mounted electric radiator. It works well. Always have. Tough country people! I wear layers of thin modern clothing ,thin Lycra hat on my bald head and old fashioned long Johns. When the fire is lit ,I have to wear less cos it’s boiling! My wife too. It works. And before criticism,I’ll tell you that not only are we not modern wimps that want to walk round the house in underwear in January,but I have terminal cancer!🤣🤣 and that’s the truth. 

HertsLad

molerat said:

I wonder how much these people saved ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64196889

Ambulances were called out to 800 people suffering from hypothermia during freezing weather in Scotland.

Figures from the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), published by The Herald newspaper, showed that about 44 people a day were taken to hospital between 1 and 18 December.

The temperatures in parts of Scotland are far colder than in Hertfordshire. I am not confident I could keep warm without heating at much below freezing point. Even at 1C, I would almost certainly succumb to hypothermia if I wasn't wearing as much as I do.

It comes back to the point I made before, that the Government could do much more to protect people by giving out base layers and Thinsulate lined garments. The cost would be low compared to millions being poured into home insulation and NHS treatment.