@tui34 I had a long-sleeve t-shirt on, a fleece pullover and a fleece jacket on top. I had bought M&S goodmove fleece jogging trousers which were really warm, Heatholders fleece socks and sheepskin slippers. While working I had a hot-water bottle in my back.
The only exception we did was we turned on the heating in the morning and evening for 30 min. when I was in the bathroom and when I went to bed. Over night 2 hot-water bottles kept us warm.
I don’t want to describe how bloddy cold it was when I was little and later. In Berlin, I had to wash myself in a bath with 8C. Our kitchen was 4 C over winter.
I never thought that I have to through this life again.
No, I don’t claim to be tough and I go simply through it. I don’t need 20C but 16 is cold.
But what I will never accept is that elderly who always feel colder can’t afford the required 21C at least. They can’t move and keep warm. They deserve better.
I remember having ice on the insides of the windows in my student digs, 1986 or so. Student accommodation back then wasn't what it is now, they all seem to have modern flats these days. And I remember my mum & dad putting up "double glazing" made of sheets of perspex attached with magnetic strips, probably around mid '70s. Posh, that was .
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I remember having ice on the insides of the windows in my student digs, 1986 or so.
I had ice in my first bedsite of my own in the mid 90s. No heating; Two duvets and two hot bots and I was toasty. The unheated bathroom was freezing so I would go to the public swimming pool to shower. But the home was all my own, and I loved it. £40 a week. Lol.
Never had CH until this house. My instinct when I'm cold is to put on a jumper rather than turn up the heating. So long as the bath water was hot, that was good. The trick about getting out into the cold bathroom was to hook out the plug with your foot. Eventually, it was warmer out of the bath than in. Cold bedroom. Warm hot water bottle. One of life's simple pleasures.
Reading back. I've a horrible feeling I've come over as smug. I don't mean to. Having to choose between feeding your children or keeping them warm must be awful. This is a choice that neither I or my parents were forced to make. What has happened to our world? People think their vote doesn't matter. It does. What if nobody had voted for Cameron?
Mine is cut too @Busy-Lizzie to a size of between 50 - 70cm I have an open fire place. Mixture of beech and oak.
That is why yours is cheaper, the price goes up when wood is cut shorter than 50cm. They can't just cut the original size of 1m lengths in half. my stove can't take it as long as your fire.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I have my hot water on a separate circuit to my radiators which is heated by the oil fired boiler. I figured given that on the shower taps the maximum temperature that the mixer will allow out is 38 degrees there was little point in having the water stat set to 60 so I set it down to 48. I of course have a reminder set to reset it to 60 once a month in the unlikely event that any legionnaires should develop at the lower temperatures.
Its certainly reduced the run time on the boiler to heat the hot water tank and I've got 700 litres left in the tank heading in to autumn so hope to avoid filling until February/March next year.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Pansyface,we didn't have central heating or double glazed windows in our last house until 2006, then not everywhere. There was a gas fire in the living room, with a back boiler. Although it was just a little 1930s cottage,it wasn't big enough to put radiators everywhere. We had to have an air vent in that room because of the fire,it was freezing.No rads in kitchen, bathroom, smallest bedroom,we had a little electric skirting board heater, which is now in the green house.
I didn’t post this to annoy anyone so sorry if I have I’m just genuinely interested to hear other opinions, I don’t have a huge circle of friends or work colleagues I can discuss this with, and thank you all of those who have posted kind words, it’s been so interesting reading how everyone will cope and that you are all already working out ways to deal with the upcoming situation.
I too grew up in a home with no central heating and ice on the inside of the windows, so I’m hoping I can still cope!
I suppose I just had plans for the garden next year and I’m so tempted by the many flowers I’m discovering😁 I just want to grow everything but may have to reduce my flower excitement next year!
I have been collecting seeds this year but I’m going to concentrate on trying to grow veg next, I did manage some French beans in a pot this summer & got enough for 2 meals so although not a lot it’s a start! I was interested watching monty growing in containers this year on GW as that’s what I’ll need to do. I'm a bit daunted by veg growing but I’ve managed not to kill flowers too much the last couple of years so hopefully I can make a go of veg! I got some carrot & bean seeds in Wilko in the sale and would like a go at potatoes in big pots, it’s just learning when to start it all off.
I do live pretty frugally already so yes it is a worry when I look at the news. But it’s great to read all your hints and tips on how to save the pennies!
I’m sending my best wishes to you all and thank you for being so supportive on gardening topics and this topic too it’s nice to know there are kind people out there who are so thoughtful and willing to give their time to answer my beginner questions even when they may be slightly off the topic of gardening.
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Cold bedroom. Warm hot water bottle. One of life's simple pleasures.
Reading back. I've a horrible feeling I've come over as smug. I don't mean to. Having to choose between feeding your children or keeping them warm must be awful. This is a choice that neither I or my parents were forced to make.
What has happened to our world? People think their vote doesn't matter. It does. What if nobody had voted for Cameron?
Its certainly reduced the run time on the boiler to heat the hot water tank and I've got 700 litres left in the tank heading in to autumn so hope to avoid filling until February/March next year.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I have been collecting seeds this year but I’m going to concentrate on trying to grow veg next, I did manage some French beans in a pot this summer & got enough for 2 meals so although not a lot it’s a start! I was interested watching monty growing in containers this year on GW as that’s what I’ll need to do. I'm a bit daunted by veg growing but I’ve managed not to kill flowers too much the last couple of years so hopefully I can make a go of veg!
I got some carrot & bean seeds in Wilko in the sale and would like a go at potatoes in big pots, it’s just learning when to start it all off.
I do live pretty frugally already so yes it is a worry when I look at the news. But it’s great to read all your hints and tips on how to save the pennies!
I’m sending my best wishes to you all and thank you for being so supportive on gardening topics and this topic too it’s nice to know there are kind people out there who are so thoughtful and willing to give their time to answer my beginner questions even when they may be slightly off the topic of gardening.