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  • This has probably been done already but just in case... get hold of offcuts of thick fabric, usually cheap at charity shops, to make door draught excluders. Crafty peeps could make something gorgeous, I just have a rolled up piece of woollen fabric at the front door and it makes a real different to draughts.
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    edited December 2023
    Anyone with pets might know the struggle with doors being pushed or left open for access (or whim) to other rooms or exits. I have bought some latch catches which only allow the doors to open a few inches (ie. cat size) which can reduce some heat loss/cold wafts in. They also work if there’s a space that you want cats to enter but not dogs (if they bigger than a cat). 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    This reminds me, I have some thick curtains for the front door and landing window that I bought in the summer (sales) and are still waiting to be shortened to fit. Maybe I'll get on and do that this afternoon. We've got a light covering of snow so definitely no gardening.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I'd like to sing the praises of "double duveting". That is, having two medium weight duvets, one top of the other. It's much easier to regulate heat than having one thick duvet, it's keep you mightily warm and cosy, you just peel one back in the night if you need to, you can keep the bedroom quite cool at night. I starting doing this maybe ten years ago because I was cold and now wouldn't have it any other way through the winter.

    You would either need to have a very large bed to do this for two sleepers sharing a bed, or have just one person per bed.
  • I put 2 lightweight duvets on when I couldn't find the 1 winter weight. I can only think I must have disposed of the heavy one with the (obviously forgotten) intention of buying a new one later. It works.
    Southampton 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We have a fluffy blanket that we have on top of the winter duvet when it's cold, for an extra easily-removed layer. The cats seem to like laying on it better than just the duvet, too!
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Fire said:
    I'd like to sing the praises of "double duveting". That is, having two medium weight duvets, one top of the other. It's much easier to regulate heat than having one thick duvet, it's keep you mightily warm and cosy, you just peel one back in the night if you need to, you can keep the bedroom quite cool at night. I starting doing this maybe ten years ago because I was cold and now wouldn't have it any other way through the winter.

    You would either need to have a very large bed to do this for two sleepers sharing a bed, or have just one person per bed.
    I do this too, when it's really cold with two duvets but more often with a duvet + blanket(s). We don't heat upstairs so it is chilly (10 degrees C last night), but with a duvet, blanket (and dog on/in the bed), it's fine. Parky when you get up in the morning but it ensures you get dressed quickly!

    Just out of interest, what sort of temperatures do you heat your main rooms to? Our heating is set to 15 degrees, which means it goes off at 15 and comes back on at 13.5. My hands get a bit chilly but with plenty of clothes 15 feels just about right. In fact, that's a degree up from last year!
  • I would say the rooms in my house vary. Coldest room last week was 7°c (tender plants overflow room). Generally, other rooms are between 15 to 17°c  during cold periods.
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  • @NormandyLiz, I am glad you feel you can manage the cold. 10°c does sound rather arctic! It is horrible when hands and feet get cold!
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    In the winter I have the central gas heating set to 18C. The upstairs is more like 17 at night.
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