Lots of interesting comments, re heating on /off we let ours go off, we are warm enough at night without still only using the 5tog duvet. I have said this before on the Forkers thread, if there is any sun in the day the house is warm without heating as the back faces due south, doesn't matter how cold it is outside unless its very windy. We keep internal doors shut as much as possible, especially if we are cooking as the thermostat is in the hall just outside the kitchen door, heat from the kitchen will turn it off then the lounge diner is cold. We should have got the man to give us a portable one when he put new system in 2years ago. My wife is like you @WonkyWomble, you should team up and solve the energy crisis between you😄
We are fortunate enough to have a conservatory/garden room, attached to the back of the house, which is south facing. On a sunny day, this dries washing in a day, with the windows open. A real boon! Even leaving washing out there on a cloudy day, helps.
The other thing I meant to say is I have a real aversion to wearing outdoor clothing inside too as, what do you wear when you are out? The only other thing is to move about more, tricky if you are working from home and tied to a desk.Â
Allotmentboy,who has tied you to a desk!!! That's abuse. 5 tog duvet,nah,still (and always!) using the summer one 😂. Trouble with a south facing conservatory,it's evil in summer. I'm hot stuff. After 10 years (this time) of hot flushes, I got put onto amlodepine for high BP, guess what the side effect is!!!
Despite the menopause @Allotment Boy, I'm currently wearing over the knee socks, ski socks, long John's, jeans, long sleeved thermal shirt, lumberjack shirt, Dove made jumper, body warmer, scarf, fleece coat and a bobble hat... Also Dove made.....I am indoors now but can't really tell the difference! 🤣 As I tell my husband.... You really get your money's worth with a winter gardeners striptease!!! 😉
21° in my sitting room at the moment. I don't know how some of you survive. This thread is getting almost like a competition for who has the coldest house 😲🥶 We are pensioners, not rich, my pension is quite a bit lower than a junior nurse's salary but one big advantage is that at my age my house is paid for.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
The fact is @Lizzie27, when my father ran a business in the eighties, one wage ran a family now 2 wages don't run a couple. You have offended me to such an extent I'm not actually going to be able to log into this forum without my blood boiling but at least it would heat me up.
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My wife is like you @WonkyWomble, you should team up and solve the energy crisis between you😄
Even leaving washing out there on a cloudy day, helps.
The only other thing is to move about more, tricky if you are working from home and tied to a desk.Â
I wonder whatever happened to savings for a rainy day, don't people do that any more?