Has anyone dared to turn their heating on yet?

Saggi

Go to bed early now … my husband has now been transferred to a care home as I can’t look after him with altzheimers anymore…..I’ve done it for 26 years! So I just wrap up warmer, and when I get too cold ….go to bed! His care bill is £1000 a month so can’t afford heating anymore!

I’m so sorry. That is tough for you on so many levels ?

Electric blanket on to ease my aching hip….my excuse! No fire, log burner or heating yet. Little electric fire on in the evening for half an hour to take the chill off, otherwise try to sit in the conservatory, ten degrees warmer than the rest of the house!
Lots of throws in the evening.

Woodburner lit here in Yorkshire...

No, I have a heated throw which is over me when I’m sitting down.

We’ve been putting it on for an hour morning and evening for the last few days. Oil CH here, our last bill for 1000 litres was grim but we can’t stand being cold. Keeping well wrapped up and the winter duvet is going on tomorrow.

Go to bed early now … my husband has now been transferred to a care home as I can’t look after him with altzheimers anymore…..I’ve done it for 26 years! So I just wrap up warmer, and when I get too cold ….go to bed! His care bill is £1000 a month so can’t afford heating anymore!

I had the chimney cleaned last weekend and I’ve just layed the wood burner ready to light, possibly tonight. Why be cold when I have a stash of wood (well seasoned).

Second night with the wood burner. No CH til October at the earliest.

I might put the summer duvet on, had to have a blanket over the sheet last night and only had the window open a little. Didn't get round to the winter duvet for the last couple of years, so let's hope it's another mild winter in N Wales. Jumper and winter slippers on today.

Good grief , not until it goes below 15 and then it has to be for a few days as we turn the heating off once it gets to 15, probably end October, as we are in North East Scotland, warm the person not the house, so lots of layers

Yes 22 pence an hour not bad I won't be cold

Wow it’s only sept lol get yourself a heated throw that’s what I’ve got I ain’t turning on heating if can help it unless I win lotto ?

I shall take a look ?
Feeling a bit chilly today

Anyone ordered a Damart catalogue?

I have some lovely M&S thermal tops that just look like long sleeve T shirts but are very warm. I bought them in different colours over the year and will start wearing those once the days get a bit cooler. I love them because I can just wear them on their own (with my jeans ) if it's not too cold and just add layers as necessary.

Anyone ordered a Damart catalogue?

I used to think the vests were just for old ladies

Calor gas heater.

We have both put long sleeves & cardigans this week, I have put my socks on, don't normally wear socks in the summer, going to put the 7.5 for duvet on at the weekend till then will use a thrown may need the calls has heater on in the conservatory early morning soon as it colder and we have our table & chairs out there.

We did yesterday morning, arriving home after a night flight - the house did feel a bit chilly. It’s been off since about 9 last night though. Seems to be warmer today, thermometer outside the kitchen window reads 17.9 ATM, and that’s with no sun on it.

Our two spare bedrooms have the radiators off, the rooms are West facing, so get any sun all afternoon, I’ve been doing this for the last four years, no damp. If people, including grandchildren are staying and it’s very cold, rads are back on.

I don’t heat rooms I don’t use, but I’ve a planned cleaning routine (sad, I know!) so, when it’s cold, after I’ve ‘done’ a room, I put the heating on in it, then when the chosen rooms are all done, I go round and turn the radiators off again until next time. It gets the rooms warmed and I can check the radiators are all working properly. It’s a bit like car air-con - use it once a week, even if it’s not necessary.

GSM absolutely agree. I had to look after a relation who had who never put the heating on anywhere in his house, after his wife died.

When he went into a care home and I started emptying the house one of the wardrobes was one solid block of mildew, locking all the clothes in it into one mass. It was disgusting I had to wear coveralls, a mask and gloves to empty it into bin bags, dispose of everything and then scrub everything down.

There was mould in the corners of rooms and in cupboards. I had to put the heating on 24/7 for a week to begin to dry the house out, before reducing it to an hour morning and evening. Turn the radiator thermostat to the lowest setting and now and again open the doros for a day to let warm air from the rest of the house circulate round them.

Put those salt based humidifiers in each room. They will help.

During the height of COVID we could not visit our French home for about 18 months. As we turn the electricity off when we are not there it was left unheated. Our grass cutter cum house minder put half a dozen of these plastic humidifiers around the house and emptied the water and replenished the salts on each visit. they were remarkably effective - and inexpensive.

Here is a link tot the kind of thing I have in mind www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352576061639?epid=8011384995&hash=item52172bc0c7:g:EjYAAOSwtvZcSFPI&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4EkZganbE1rISt40Pl9oRvC3IbOX9L4jbFtcyrIIuy%2Ff6qZ2rfuUZla37flSKI5UOz9GOkm3moSV6HDWoGxKEEiN3I96V197gfElVvcILXznbEpwAPVOd%2FvGqIWswPI6xecgJrn9BV6S7qIP5L4Wt6kJigLqpFmqvyD3ZbiP95BVslhsdM9uxRLTItVh5VSoHcTyaup5Hey4P6a4zRg7xynBh6sfMi97lqJaIRQMl4ZKRwDOKQpdjILJ%2BMgA4WnR%2F0WHOf56T1nJUeWm9NCC3v5%2F3iPRjBuW%2BO8h%2BGKBF1Jn%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR66jxuDqYA

My staircase is in my lounge so as heat rises the warmest place is at the top of the stairs! I have the heating off in 2 bedrooms but I leave the doors open so they gain the heat wafting upstairs. My bedroom is also thermostatically controlled and it is set at 3 which appears to be fine for me.

If the T in winter is in a minus figure overnight I keep the heating on very low all night as that is cheaper than sorting out burst pipes etc.

I apply common sense.

Thanks GSM

You might find the unheated rooms become damp, possibly mouldy. I wouldn’t do it. No scientific evidence, just what I found many years ago with one rarely used room when we had no central heating.

Can someone tell me scientifically if it's a good idea to completely turn off radiators in spare bedrooms? Presumably the doors would have to be kept permanently closed and the rooms be unusable for the whole winter? Is it really worth it?