General Chat

OH said to me this evening I am B cold we need to put the heating on !!

Was holding out but had to agree these last evenings were getting a bit nippy .

So the central heating is now on Blimey it will be Xmas too before we know it :-(

I succumbed with the central heating a few times this week too Shirley.

My feet were a wee bit nippy. :-(

Ok, i could have put my winter socks on...........but i have become very attached to my flip flops!!

:-D

we have been adding more cardigans etc but the feet have been getting nippy

i walk around bare footed in the house cos i have terrible trouble with swollen feet that get worse if they overheat . I havent been that cold footed but must admit i have been sneezing a lot and shivering so YEP its the heating on I,m afraid

I've succumbed - but then, I put my washing on the radiators to dry/air - so don't feel too guilty. AND I only have 3 radiators on downstairs, (one I can't turn off) none on upstairs.
I regard it as a tumble dryer that heats the house :-D

Last year we didn't have the heating on at all. So far this year I am still feeling too warm.

strange, my missis has been commenting that, its nippy/ nights are drawing.in/etc

my reply is well after Bisley( which happens mid august) it DOES get nippy nights drawing in.....and yep i've taken to wearing a lightweight fleece, occasionally......

bob

Apart from being on a timer, we never turn ours off!
Its come on a few mornings but not, so far, in the evenings.

I was in Owlesbury (Osslebury) overnight ... nobody seemed chilly even tho CHS not on. Thick old walls though. Wonderful what a bottle of sack and a snifter of Scotch can do. :-)

Drying clothes on radiators is a super mega inefficient use of energy. It is also a significant fire risk. Fear of tumble dryers has made this very bad idea popular. If you don't want a tdryer get a Lazy Susan or use a clothes horse.

If the electric blanket was invented earlier, I wouldn't have bothered getting married.

How can drying clothes on a radiator be a fire risk? Closed radiator, no flame, not that hot. We always dry our over the rads hanging the clothes from the shelves over the radiator. MY OH would soon say if it was a fire risk.

Drying clothes on radiators is not so much a fire risk but it can cause other problems such as condensation, leading to a black mold growth on cold areas like north facing walls. Unvented tumble dryers are a big cause of this problem. After all, that moisture has to go somewhere.

No heating on but summer duvet changed yesterday for winter one.

Do people run tumble dryers unvented ? The things you learn. Even if there is not permanent venting the vent hose can be hung out the window surely.

When I am in town I just dump the whole lot on a laundry and get it all back nicely ironed with paper wrappers for my shirts. The cost is surprisingly low and compares well with the laudrette + ironing. They even sew on missing buttons.

OTOH being of a certain age and lifelong wearer of 501s maybe I am missing out on something.

I used to work in Chelyabinsk USSR where they have community steam heating which def is not on in September. The English are so nesh.

I like to put my colour co-ordinates on the same radiators, knickers always
go in the bedroom with all me other smalls, you gotta do what you gotta do
to get your bits and bods dried, and that includes me matalan jeans, and if it keeps me warm inside and out then so be it :-D :-D :-D ;-)

woss nesh :-S :-S :-S

You know Rollo, I can only admire how perfect you are. :-)

Feels the cold easy Ann, no doubt I will be told by the dictionary police if im wrong :-D ;-)

it must be a real burden to always be right :-D

Well,our heating is warm air heating which was built into the house when it was constructed in the late 60,s it's very efficient especially as over the years we upgraded the boiler to a bigger output and extended it into a bedroom and the bathroom by way of venting it into to loft and then down vented it in the ceilings of the two rooms that didn't have it

We to have it on all the time once it's on and control it by using the thermostat in the lounge ,we turn it way down when going to bed but it will tick over if the overnight temperature goes way down

Double glazing too does help and we had them installed with opening vents at the top to prevent damp and to get fresh air in the bedrooms so as not to be oxygen starved

I am untidy and chaotic always trying to squeeze too much into a day.
I really hate ironing. I have never inflicted ironing my shirts on my partner. As a result I generate employment :-) and support public libraries by dint of the fines. For rushing to the rescue of a damsel in a great state of distress in the wee small hours of the night I am about to attend one of those speed awareness courses at great inconvenience and expense.
Far from purrfect sad to say.