Gas & Electricity

[Blue Maverick]

I went heating free last winter. Fuck that again! The heating isn’t on all the time, but it’s on to heat the house up for quite a while. When the temperature eventually drops again in the house, I turn the heating on again. In the meantime, in bed with the electric blanket on, that doesn’t cost much.

We’ve set ours at 19 24/7 it’s costing us £3-£3.50 a day, I can live with that and the house is lovely and warm.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Set our thermostat at 18.5 and left on 24 hours a day now costing about £5 a day, I can live with that with the log burner on downstairs house is bliss and we can afford it

Wait till winter. It'll probably creep up. Brrrr.

 

[ganganvince]

Set our thermostat at 18.5 and left on 24 hours a day now costing about £5 a day, I can live with that with the log burner on downstairs house is bliss and we can afford it

Is that including standing charge?

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Set our thermostat at 18.5 and left on 24 hours a day now costing about £5 a day, I can live with that with the log burner on downstairs house is bliss and we can afford it

We’ve set ours at 19 24/7 it’s costing us £3-£3.50 a day, I can live with that and the house is lovely and warm.

Cheaper at 19 degrees than 18.5 degrees?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Cheaper at 19 degrees than 18.5 degrees?

Ye pal once it has reached 19 then it’s only bumping up once it drops, as the temperature varies and the house has now reached optimum its seems to be

 

[kaz7]

Freezing tonight though Kaz. Do you have no heating on?

it was cold last nite and today , i am toastie in my bed at nite so no heating needed. I am wrapped up today , i really need to try and get the old boiler going , i think i might be asking too much of it this time

Dont worry , i am ok

 

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[denislawsbackheel]

Heating gets turned off when we go to bed and turned on when we get up.
No need for it at night.

 

[jrb]

Heating gets turned off when we go to bed and turned on when we get up.
No need for it at night.

You and your partner can make your own on heat in bed. ;-)

And it’s free. :-)

 

[ganganvince]

it was cold last nite and today , i am toastie in my bed at nite so no heating needed. I am wrapped up today , i really need to try and get the old boiler going , i think i might be asking too much of it this time

Dont worry , i am ok

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[Uncle Wally One Ball]

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@kaz7 You need to look into this. The winters and being cold like you describe wont be good for you and it will fuck the living environment up. Houses need to be kept warm or they get issues that you being in a blanket wont fix. You'll have damp and stuff and that will make you poorly and will create issues that will need more money to fix than the heating cost even a couple of hours a day.
Awful we have to think like this. We are being ripped off to fuck. I know the cost of fuel has gone right up but this is ridiculous with the cost per month now. Take the shareholders out and lets have a nationalised energy industry for the wider good

 

[jrb]

@kaz7 You need to look into this. The winters and being cold like you describe wont be good for you and it will fuck the living environment up. Houses need to be kept warm or they get issues that you being in a blanket wont fix. You'll have damp and stuff and that will make you poorly and will create issues that will need more money to fix than the heating cost even a couple of hours a day.
Awful we have to think like this. We are being ripped off to fuck. I know the cost of fuel has gone right up but this is ridiculous with the cost per month now. Take the shareholders out and lets have a nationalised energy industry for the wider good

I can confirm this
I did it last autumn and winter.
I felt shit, always cold, until I spent most of the evening and night in bed because I've got an electric blanket.
My curtains in the front room had mold on them. I had to wash them to remove the mold
There was damp and mold in other parts of the house.
There was mold on my furniture, my TV stand, etc.
Some of my clothes hung in the wardrobe had mold on them. I had to wash the clothes.
I bought an oil heater for the living room.
It blew my plug socket.
I decided not to do it again this Winter.
It's not worth the risk to my health.
It was self inflicted trying to save money, but I now know what fuel poverty is like.
I honestly feel sorry to people who can't afford to heat their house or flat, and have to choose between food and heating.
Turn your heating on Kaz, even if it's only for a few hours every day to take the cold and damp out of your house or flat.

 

[kaz7]

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Thank you , i will check that out

 

[kaz7]

@kaz7 You need to look into this. The winters and being cold like you describe wont be good for you and it will fuck the living environment up. Houses need to be kept warm or they get issues that you being in a blanket wont fix. You'll have damp and stuff and that will make you poorly and will create issues that will need more money to fix than the heating cost even a couple of hours a day.
Awful we have to think like this. We are being ripped off to fuck. I know the cost of fuel has gone right up but this is ridiculous with the cost per month now. Take the shareholders out and lets have a nationalised energy industry for the wider good

Thanks wally , i will look into it today

 

[kaz7]

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Thanks again , sadly i have a condensing boiler , ancient , and the gov are not funding them anymore , worth a try x

 

[diegoalv]

I went heating free last winter. Fuck that again! The heating isn’t on all the time, but it’s on to heat the house up for quite a while. When the temperature eventually drops again in the house, I turn the heating on again. In the meantime, in bed with the electric blanket on, that doesn’t cost much.

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[remember arthur mann]

@kaz7 You need to look into this. The winters and being cold like you describe wont be good for you and it will fuck the living environment up. Houses need to be kept warm or they get issues that you being in a blanket wont fix. You'll have damp and stuff and that will make you poorly and will create issues that will need more money to fix than the heating cost even a couple of hours a day.
Awful we have to think like this. We are being ripped off to fuck. I know the cost of fuel has gone right up but this is ridiculous with the cost per month now. Take the shareholders out and lets have a nationalised energy industry for the wider good

You ain't no Wally, you're on the ball.

 

[N1985]

Think the Mrs has hit the peri menopause. Going to save me a fortune at night as she's currently radiating like a little Fukushima disaster. A 5 foot 2 hot water bottle. Winner for me, not so much for her.