Anyone put their central heating on yet?
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skintemma said:
^ Best miserly post ever. Have you any other money saving tips that I can adopt? 
Get an electric blanket. I find I can withstand almost any degree of cold provided I've a warm bed to get into. Best £30 I ever spent.Also, tealights. You'd be amazed at the amount of heat ten or so of these dotted about a room will generate (in chunky glass holders which look good but also retain/radiate heat).
Decent tea lights will burn for four hours. The best (from Waitrose) are £5 for 100. Ten of those will provide four hours heating (not to mention light) for 50p. Result.
Edited by Mobile Chicane on Tuesday 9th October 23:13
I was going to get an electric blanket today funnily enough, and some v expensive goose down feathers but that's another issue.
I thought I could throw the blanket over the sofa and save putting the 2-bar on. Sort of like a heated seat, but a heated sofa, if you like. The tealights would just be dangerous - I left the hob on (again) last night. Hubster and I did get comedy onesies last Crimbo, guess that would keep us warm.
As an afterthought, why has nobody invented a heated sofa?
I thought I could throw the blanket over the sofa and save putting the 2-bar on. Sort of like a heated seat, but a heated sofa, if you like. The tealights would just be dangerous - I left the hob on (again) last night. Hubster and I did get comedy onesies last Crimbo, guess that would keep us warm.
As an afterthought, why has nobody invented a heated sofa?
My workplace doesn't have its central heating turned on yet and it's f***ing freezing first thing in the morning. Unfortunately turning on the boiler requires a visit from the engineer and nobody thought to book this in advance.
On a positive note, I still have the fan heater I bought after the heating was turned off on April 1st so my part of the office is cosy & warm after about 30 minutes.
On a positive note, I still have the fan heater I bought after the heating was turned off on April 1st so my part of the office is cosy & warm after about 30 minutes.
I would agree with the electric blanket suggestions too. I have a wireless thermostat and keep it in the living room (where I spent 95% of the time) so the heating generally only runs for a bit (to 20C) before switching to 15C at midnight, therefore the bedroom is often a bit chilly. I put on the blanket before shower/teeth and then the bed is lovely! With a winter duvet the bedroom is fine all night at 15C.
d warm - so we are in a onesie transition period! 
It has a hood, feet (and a tail)!Mobile Chicane said:
Hot water gets turned on as needed: an hour's gas will heat the tank to stay hot for a few days, provided I'm quick in the shower.
What have you got your tank insulated with? Mine can't even keep the water hot for the day - it's only a couple of years old so ought to be up to spec.kooky guy said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Hot water gets turned on as needed: an hour's gas will heat the tank to stay hot for a few days, provided I'm quick in the shower.
What have you got your tank insulated with? Mine can't even keep the water hot for the day - it's only a couple of years old so ought to be up to spec.I'm chuffed to bits since these have halved my gas consumption compared with the previous setup - an elderly unvented cylinder plus non-condensing boiler.
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