MSE News: Energy Price Cap to FALL 12.3% on 1 April AND prepay becomes the cheapest way to pay.

Novice_investor101

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

The energy bill situation is becoming the tiny gap between the rock & the hard place. There isn’t realistically anymore I could cut from my gas & electricity usage bar stopping showering & cooking but with the latest price cap & 11p a day rise in standing charges I’ll now be worse off for the 6 months of Spring & Summer than on the current one. This isn’t a reduction, it’s an increase. 

MattMattMattUK

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

It is somewhat more complicated than that, many people have damp even when using heating and others no damp with little or no heating, as HertsLad has demonstrated. 

2010

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

You use it in conjuction with, by lowering usage and not having the temp so high in every room.
Once the chill is off the house, throws save you a lot of money.

Depending on where you live of course, I would say we`ve had a fairly mild winter with only two spells where the temp has been zero or below day and night.
Checking my usage over the past year it`s been the lowest for years.

EssexHebridean

MattMattMattUK said:

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

It is somewhat more complicated than that, many people have damp even when using heating and others no damp with little or no heating, as HertsLad has demonstrated. 

HertsLad is non typical though - he’s explained quite a few times that his property is very - let’s say “well ventilated” shall we? Ironically, if it wasn’t, although it would not drop to the temperatures that it does internally, it would indeed most likely have issues with damp! 

MattMattMattUK

EssexHebridean said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

It is somewhat more complicated than that, many people have damp even when using heating and others no damp with little or no heating, as HertsLad has demonstrated. 

HertsLad is non typical though - he’s explained quite a few times that his property is very - let’s say “well ventilated” shall we? Ironically, if it wasn’t, although it would not drop to the temperatures that it does internally, it would indeed most likely have issues with damp! 

I certainly agree he is not typical, he is an extreme example but he is also damp free. Reducing one's heating and using a heated throw would save on energy usage and should not automatically lead to damp provided other things are taken care of, using an extractor when cooking, not drying clothes in an unventilated space or using a dehumidifier, opening windows after showering etc. My mum loves the heated throw I got her, her house is not cold but being in her seventies she really feels the cold when sat around not moving. If she were to have the house warm enough for when she is sat on the sofa in the evening she would probably need it at 22, with the heated throw she leaves it at 18-19, feeling lovely and warm and saving a fortune on heating.

2010

MattMattMattUK said:

EssexHebridean said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

It is somewhat more complicated than that, many people have damp even when using heating and others no damp with little or no heating, as HertsLad has demonstrated. 

HertsLad is non typical though - he’s explained quite a few times that his property is very - let’s say “well ventilated” shall we? Ironically, if it wasn’t, although it would not drop to the temperatures that it does internally, it would indeed most likely have issues with damp! 

I certainly agree he is not typical, he is an extreme example but he is also damp free. Reducing one's heating and using a heated throw would save on energy usage and should not automatically lead to damp provided other things are taken care of, using an extractor when cooking, not drying clothes in an unventilated space or using a dehumidifier, opening windows after showering etc. My mum loves the heated throw I got her, her house is not cold but being in her seventies she really feels the cold when sat around not moving. If she were to have the house warm enough for when she is sat on the sofa in the evening she would probably need it at 22, with the heated throw she leaves it at 18-19, feeling lovely and warm and saving a fortune on heating.

Couldn`t agree more. Thanks.

Swipe

My garage is well ventilated with no leaks but my lawnmower was still covered in mould when I used it the other day

MattMattMattUK

Swipe said:

My garage is well ventilated with no leaks but my lawnmower was still covered in mould when I used it the other day

Largely metal? The same can also happen with concrete when after a period of sustained cold weather, warmer (only needs to be a few degrees), humid air moves in, the moisture condenses on the cold surface, with a few cycled that can easily allow mould to grow, even more so when there might be biological residue on the item.

Swipe

MattMattMattUK said:

Swipe said:

My garage is well ventilated with no leaks but my lawnmower was still covered in mould when I used it the other day

Largely metal? The same can also happen with concrete when after a period of sustained cold weather, warmer (only needs to be a few degrees), humid air moves in, the moisture condenses on the cold surface, with a few cycled that can easily allow mould to grow, even more so when there might be biological residue on the item.

Brick with a metal up and over door

masonic

EssexHebridean said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Novice_investor101 said:

2010 said:

Buy an electric heated throw and save hundreds a year on heating.

…then spend thousands fixing the damp issues in your property from not heating your home. 

It is somewhat more complicated than that, many people have damp even when using heating and others no damp with little or no heating, as HertsLad has demonstrated. 

HertsLad is non typical though - he’s explained quite a few times that his property is very - let’s say “well ventilated” shall we? Ironically, if it wasn’t, although it would not drop to the temperatures that it does internally, it would indeed most likely have issues with damp! 

I'm currently sitting comfortably at 14 C and 50% RH in a well insulated home with no issues at all. Damp would be more problematic where there is poor insulation and/or warmer air, thereby leading to condensation on relatively colder walls as air contacting these surfaces cools below its dew point and gives up moisture. The higher the temperature difference between the walls and the air in the room, and the higher the relative humidity, the more likely this is to happen. Humidity needs to be controlled whatever the temperature. It can be more of a problem in milder weather in our climate.