How are you coping with this cold snap?

I quite enjoy ironing, and it adds a little heat to the room, too. So the board is out, as is the iron, and I can see the pile of ironing - which must all be done so it can go up to the loft with the Xmas decs ( it’s mainly napkins etc) BUT …. In order to do that I have to emerge from beneath the heated throw DS1 gave me this year! Maybe someone could invent trousers as warm as heated throws? Please.

By not opening curtains in bedrooms and rooms not used in the day .
Having the heating turned up and the woodburner on earlier.
When on the sofa using a heated throw .
I'm quite toasty !

Nor do all elderly people want smaller accommodation. As you get older and less mobile, you become more housebound and you may well need more living space for in house hobbies and interests. ... rooms described in estate agents details as 'bedrooms' are being used for a wide variety of alternative uses, as offices, gyms, sewing rooms, libraries, workrooms and so on.

Indeed.

We've an art studio, GC playroom, gym, offices for both of us.

Space to live and enjoy.

Had a new boiler yesterday and a new wireless thermostat. The thermostat won’t allow me to turn the heating on and off. It has to be done by turning the temperature down low. To be honest I don’t really understand how to get the best out of it. Our bill was huge yesterday as it was set to be on at 21.5 and switch on if the temperature dropped below.

DH seems incapable of shutting the doors or turning off the lights! It means the sitting room drops in temperature very quickly and with the new system the heating just comes on. It’s driving me nuts!

I’m going to leap into bed soon so I can relax and keep warm with the blanket. I’ll be very glad when the weather gets warmer and heating costs aren’t such an issue for me!

We have the central heating on for an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon set at 18. We are an inner townhouse and fairly well insulated. If we feel cold we will put the heating on but not in the bedrooms as we like a cool room. We have throws, blankets and the cat to stay cosy.
We eat well and keep hydrated which is important plus move a lot as we have three floors. So far, so good but family in Australia struggling with their very hot days.

Ps light candles but stay in the room!!

ayse

Had a new boiler yesterday and a new wireless thermostat. The thermostat won’t allow me to turn the heating on and off. It has to be done by turning the temperature down low. To be honest I don’t really understand how to get the best out of it. Our bill was huge yesterday as it was set to be on at 21.5 and switch on if the temperature dropped below.

DH seems incapable of shutting the doors or turning off the lights! It means the sitting room drops in temperature very quickly and with the new system the heating just comes on. It’s driving me nuts!

I’m going to leap into bed soon so I can relax and keep warm with the blanket. I’ll be very glad when the weather gets warmer and heating costs aren’t such an issue for me!

We also have a wireless thermostat like yours which controls the temperature but we also have a main control box which allows the heating to be put on timed or constant. It will also boost the timer by any amount of selected hours. It also controls the hot water.

We have a thermostat like that. We have never played around with thermostat settings. We set the temperature for 18.5 in daytine, 15 degrees at night and set the timer. If, like today, the temperature drops below 17 degrees between the morning and evening heating periods we press a button that turns the heating on again. Simples.

I have friends who play with their heating settings like a piano, I have seen no evidence that it saves them any money,or heats the house any faster. if anything it seems to end with a colder and raftier house.

I have an old cold house and heating bills are horrendous so really limit when heating is on. I have a halogen heater in living room and it's nice and warm plus it helps my SAD. Heating goes on a few hours in evening and 1 hr in morning. Halogen at other times when I'm in living room during day.

I'm keeping the heating on all day on the coldest days. It's either that or spend all day with the cat glued to my lap. He really doesn't like the cold. I pay for the heating by direct debit, and hopefully the warm summer will have balanced out what I'm using now.