How to live without heating - save £000s

Eldi_Dos

Heat the human not the home.

As HertsLad states in his first post it is not suitable advice for large sections of the community, that is the basis for a lot of the scepticism.

HertsLad

matt_drummer said:

If they like skiing I guess they like the cold!

We are all different, I would pay £2,500 NOT to have to go on a skiing holiday!

Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting any savings from reduced heating costs should be spent on skiing. Of course not.  Energy costs are my number one target as poor value for money, together with Council Tax. But I am now starting to think skiing is becoming too expensive, also. My ski holiday this year came to about £1200 for just 6 days skiing. The lift pass was £300 alone. And as you might guess, I try to find the very best deal in a good resort. Some people spend much more. Crazy prices. So it costs me £200 per day of skiing. I think it's excessive.

Maybe I need to think of other ways to enjoy my savings. Anyone who spends something like £2500 on energy because they can't think of anything better to do with the money - I'm speechless.

As it happens, you are not likely to get cold on the slopes if you layer up in a similar way to what I do at home.

Mstty

HertsLad said:

matt_drummer said:

If they like skiing I guess they like the cold!

We are all different, I would pay £2,500 NOT to have to go on a skiing holiday!

Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting any savings from reduced heating costs should be spent on skiing. Of course not.  Energy costs are my number one target as poor value for money, together with Council Tax. But I am now starting to think skiing is becoming too expensive, also. My ski holiday this year came to about £1200 for just 6 days skiing. The lift pass was £300 alone. And as you might guess, I try to find the very best deal in a good resort. Some people spend much more. Crazy prices. So it costs me £200 per day of skiing. I think it's excessive.

Maybe I need to think of other ways to enjoy my savings. Anyone who spends something like £2500 on energy because they can't think of anything better to do with the money - I'm speechless.

As it happens, you are not likely to get cold on the slopes if you layer up in a similar way to what I do at home.

Sometimes it does not matter what response you make someone will jump on the odd paragraph and word to make your situation sound silly or trivial. Talking about the whole thread btw.

I can see that you don't let this get to you @hertslad and I welcome reading your updates and exploits.

matt_drummer

HertsLad said:

As it happens, you are not likely to get cold on the slopes if you layer up in a similar way to what I do at home.

I'm sure - one of the many reasons I would never want to go on a skiing holiday

matt_drummer

HertsLad said:

Maybe I need to think of other ways to enjoy my savings. Anyone who spends something like £2500 on energy because they can't think of anything better to do with the money - I'm speechless.

People spend money on heating because they need or like it, not because they can't think of anything else to do with the money.

You would rather not heat your home so you can spend the money elsewhere, which is fine with me.

By the same logic, some of us would rather have a heated home and sacrifice other things to have it.

A person who spends their money on heating their home is no more right or wrong than you, I don't why you are speechless?

If somebody said they were left speechless by your approach to heating, I'm not sure you would have liked it?


I spend zero on electricity or gas but our house is heated all day every day when required. We also have air conditioning in the whole house when we need it and we have a hot tub that our son loves to play in and that we can heat whenever we want at no cost.

So we have achieved a slightly better result than you in financial terms, we haven't had to endure multiple layers of outdoor clothing to manage it and we haven't risked our health for it.

dealyboy

@matt_drummer ...

matt_drummer said:

HertsLad said:

As it happens, you are not likely to get cold on the slopes if you layer up in a similar way to what I do at home.

I'm sure - one of the many reasons I would never want to go on a skiing holiday

... you are seriously missing out ... it's great fun on the piste ... and as for l'apres ski' that is definitely for another topic.

matt_drummer

dealyboy said:

@matt_drummer ...

matt_drummer said:

... you are seriously missing out ... it's great fun on the piste ... and as for l'apres ski' that is definitely for another topic.

I get why you love it and have been myself, and that's why I would pay not to go ever again!

I would prefer all apres and no ski, and for that reason I would rather go on holiday somewhere warmer (not that I am a sun worshiper)

deano2099

HertsLad said:

Maybe I need to think of other ways to enjoy my savings. Anyone who spends something like £2500 on energy because they can't think of anything better to do with the money - I'm speechless.

If people have indoor hobbies, like to entertain friends, throw dinner parties, have family round... that's just part of the cost of doing business.

Nelliegrace

We used some of the heating allowance on good thermal clothing, bought at the best price I could find, so we could keep the bills lower for now and in the future. Insulating layers keep the air around me about 3°C warmer than the room temperature.
We have been very lucky not to have had planned power cuts. We all need to reduce our electricity use because of the stupid and predictable shortages in the UK energy supply. 
We are going to invest in more loft insulation and better lined curtains for next winter. 

HertsLad

Nelliegrace said:

We used some of the heating allowance on good thermal clothing, bought at the best price I could find, so we could keep the bills lower for now and in the future. 

Good planning. You may need it, because it's reported that households are to be penalised if they do not switch away from gas. Given that a majority of homes probably rely on gas heating, it sounds outrageous. Heat pumps seem like a very expensive joke.

I will now wean myself off using mains gas. I can use propane for my gas cooker instead and half my gas costs, even at present price levels.