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How to live without heating - save £000s
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elsien said:I’m curious as to how the OP dries their laundry in winter? A normal winter, I mean, with rain, snow, frost etc?2
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wittynamegoeshere said:Is this thread a wind-up?You'd need a balaclava with eye-holes to be comfortable at 2 degrees C while resting, plus enough lagging that you couldn't move your arms.1
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I recently lost my last parent due to pneumonia, and other things, as they believed they couldn't afford to cook warm food more than a couple of times a week, or afford to put the heating on. Having seen the bit of money they had saved, and how much they were not spending from their SP and PC they could have been comfortable and possibly lived for a few more years, warm inside and out.
Recommending turning heat down a bit, adding an extra jumper and blanket, while eating and drinking warm things is standard but I won't sit in a freezing property, nor would I suggest anyone does, especially for those of us with health issues.
This is coming from someone who has only lived in properties with DG for just over 5 years and GCH for about 3.5 years.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.10 -
Crikey Hertslad . you are one hell of an Extremist. You seem to have taken this to the enth degree. I shiver when putting bins out.
No one should follow your way mind you. Youre agenda is known only to you or even you dont understand it.
However you doing what you are doing always leads to discoveries. Wish you wouldnt do it though or make others think its a good idea.
Would like to know your thoughts on radiant heat. Body heat goes to cold surfaces known as comfort heat. No thermometer measures that.
Do those clothes stop that.
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wittynamegoeshere said:We eat fresh meat and veg cooked in various ways. Perhaps we'd need one if we lived on pies, oven chips and other junk but for us we're not going to bother.#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3664
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how do you plan on removing the mould spores? Once those take hold then you are going to pay more to get the infestation removed Even an overpressure system with lightweight fan wont prevent this.0
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Swipe said:Armengar said:how do you plan on removing the mould spores? Once those take hold then you are going to pay more to get the infestation removed Even an overpressure system with lightweight fan wont prevent this.2
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HertsLad said:That's right, unless it's present but not obvious. Can you use anything like a UV lamp to help reveal mould? Or detection via air samples? Also, after 11 years with no heating, I've suffered no health issues yet, unless I am already doomed but with no symptoms. Many people will refuse to believe this but the temperature has now dropped to 9C and I feel as warm as I would be in the summer.2
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Swipe said:Armengar said:how do you plan on removing the mould spores? Once those take hold then you are going to pay more to get the infestation removed Even an overpressure system with lightweight fan wont prevent this.And anyway, everybody has mould spores. Mould spores travel on the air and are all-pervasive unless you live in a sterile clean-room.Trying to eliminate mould spores is pointless.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill member.
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