Discuss the 'Heat the human not the home' guide

t0rt0ise

LouGos said:

When I cook a meal in the oven, once the oven is turned off, I keep the oven door open so that any residual heat can help to warm the downstairs rooms.

Where does the heat go if you leave the oven door shut?

CanNeverThinkOfAUsername

I do that too, lol. Never thought about why i did it, my parents did when i was growing up and i just carried on doing it! But i do use the slow cooker mostly these days and the oven/cooker less and less

macman

t0rt0ise said:

LouGos said:

When I cook a meal in the oven, once the oven is turned off, I keep the oven door open so that any residual heat can help to warm the downstairs rooms.

Where does the heat go if you leave the oven door shut?

The same place, but just more slowly.

Spoonie_Turtle

LouGos said:

When I cook a meal in the oven, once the oven is turned off, I keep the oven door open so that any residual heat can help to warm the downstairs rooms.

So … warming the home then, not directly the human as implied by the title

tallmansix

Spoonie_Turtle said:

LouGos said:

When I cook a meal in the oven, once the oven is turned off, I keep the oven door open so that any residual heat can help to warm the downstairs rooms.

So … warming the home then, not directly the human as implied by the title

Maybe the human can get inside the oven? 

ariarnia

t0rt0ise said:

LouGos said:

When I cook a meal in the oven, once the oven is turned off, I keep the oven door open so that any residual heat can help to warm the downstairs rooms.

Where does the heat go if you leave the oven door shut?

if the heat stays concentrated in the oven would more of it escape (faster) via the outside wall than if the hot air was circulating in the room? because of the temperature difference between inside and outside being higher in that one spot

DryTheRain

Hello all, would be very interested to hear how people have been prepping for the scary winter price hikes. What have you been buying (or wishlisting) and what’s worked best in previous years? 

I found some heavy old M&S curtains on ebay so am psyching myself up to get them hung, and researching heated throws after a chilly incident with a leaking hot water bottle - most unpleasant and took ages to get warm 

magickmagpie

When I help out part-time in an unheated and drafty shop, I wear a bamboo base layer top (Sockshop around a tenner), a thick cotton sweatshirt, a heated gilet, and a padded gilet over that (you really have to wear something over a heated gilet to run it on low and get the best battery life). On my legs I wear bamboo tights under heavyweight poly-cotton joggers. On my feet I wear home-knitted wool socks over the tights and a pair of crocs shoes. I wear fingerless gloves on my hands and a wooly hat. That lot keeps me warm enough sitting behind the counter even when temperatures drop.

At home, I've found that wearing a teddy-fleece top and trousers (they are sold online as fluffy pajamas - the decent ones are around £25-£35 a set - and even have useful pockets!!) over a bamboo base layer keeps me warm enough to not have the oil central heating on (except for an hour first thing in the morning on very cold days, or when I have guests) - and two pairs of socks (the outer ones hand knitted from wool) and a pair of crocs (the solid ones, not the ones with holes) keep my feet warm on my slate floors. If I'm very active during the day I usually get too hot and have to take the top fleece off! I have a fireplace and will light a wood fire in the evening when it's really cold and I want to sit and read or watch TV. Thick curtains and keeping the doors closed keep that heat in the living room overnight and it's noticeably warmer than the rest of the house the next morning. I do put the oil central heating on when the outside temperatures drop a lot below freezing - but set the thermostat to 5 degrees - it's only on to stop the water pipes from freezing.

DryTheRain

Hey thank you magickmagpie, lots of great advice there. Like the bit about work clothes, just retrieved the ancient Ugg boots I wore working in a v.cold warehouse office. They’re as scruffy as it gets but incredibly warm, and older pairs can be picked up cheaply on ebay (go a size up). Interesting on the heated gilet too, did you opt for mains or USB powered? Like the fact you can move round with USB but my power bank’s quite heavy/bulky, be great to hear any thoughts 

magickmagpie

I went for the USB powered heated gilet - initially I used the power bank that I got to go with my Huawei phone, but it was quite bulky (although it still just fitted in the gilet pocket) - then I found a slimmer power bank on Amazon and got that to use with the gilet - on the lowest gilet power setting, it lasts for around 10 hours. If you wear something over the gilet you really don't need the higher heat settings, and I found they shortened the battery life considerably. If you spend more on a gilet (around 80 - 100 quid, rather than the 35 I paid for mine) they come with a suitable battery included.