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Title: Heating Question.
Post by: Raven on September 01, 2022, 06:38:56 PM
On the Telly, Radio and in the Papers they are saying that people will die if they don't put on their heating.  :hmm:
Up untill 25 years ago I didn't have central heating, nor did a lot of others. We all managed and it didn't affect our health just heating the living room. I still prefer a cool bedroom. Are people so blooming soft now or is it scaremongering by the media...... Again.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: klondike on September 01, 2022, 07:34:27 PM
You had your heating on. The difference being you only heated one room. Still possible now but with a radiant fire of some sort you can sit up close to it and a fair portion will go to heating you. Not so easy with a ch radiator plus they usually sit under windows and you maybe want to watch TV.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Ashy on September 01, 2022, 08:19:13 PM
I notice a lot of people having loft extensions and they are taking their chimneys out. They will not have the choice of an open fire in future.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Raven on September 01, 2022, 08:27:31 PM
Quote from: klondike on September 01, 2022, 07:34:27 PMYou had your heating on. The difference being you only heated one room. Still possible now but with a radiant fire of some sort you can sit up close to it and a fair portion will go to heating you. Not so easy with a ch radiator plus they usually sit under windows and you maybe want to watch TV.

Before I moved home after my divorce 22 years ago, We only had a gas fire in the living room. No radiators anywhere in the house. When I moved to my smaller house there were electric storage heaters. They got turned off sharpish when I realised how expensive they were to use. So once again I was back to a gas fire in the living room. No central heating in the house I grew up in either, open fires in the living room and the kitchen.
I also think we were healthier for it.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: klondike on September 01, 2022, 09:39:05 PM
You were certainly colder for it  :grin:
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Post by: Diasi on September 01, 2022, 10:52:53 PM
Our new-build house in 2014 only has central heating, there is no other form of heating except for plug-in portable heaters.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Alex on September 01, 2022, 10:54:27 PM
The bathroom is my worry !  I need to have the bathroom warm so the central heating goes on.   :grin:
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Post by: GrannyMac on September 02, 2022, 07:30:53 AM
We're exactly the same Alex, and its the coldest room in the house! Heating will be going on, just for less time during the day.  We have a rarely used gas fire, we might try that as an alternative to the heating too see how it compares.   
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Diasi on September 02, 2022, 09:02:11 AM
Quote from: Alex on September 01, 2022, 10:54:27 PMThe bathroom is my worry !  I need to have the bathroom warm so the central heating goes on.  :grin:
Try a small halogen heater for the bathroom, it'll get it up to a decent temperature in a few minutes.

Never in my worst nightmares did I ever think I'd be having a discussion about cutting down on heating after living through the 1970s.

Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Michael Rolls on September 02, 2022, 09:39:45 AM
Nor me! Apart from one gas fire in the small lounge, every room has individual electric heaters, so I can heat as many, or as few, rooms as I wish - never thought of that as a possible advantage before!
Mike
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Alex on September 02, 2022, 11:39:00 AM
Quote from: Diasi on September 02, 2022, 09:02:11 AMTry a small halogen heater for the bathroom, it'll get it up to a decent temperature in a few minutes.


I've always thought it wasn't safe to have an electric heater of any kind in a bathroom ?   
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Raven on September 02, 2022, 11:48:36 AM
Quote from: Alex on September 02, 2022, 11:39:00 AMI've always thought it wasn't safe to have an electric heater of any kind in a bathroom ?   

I think it's ok if your not having a bath or a shower. :smiley:
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Alex on September 02, 2022, 06:18:02 PM
 :grin:  :grin:  :grin:
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Post by: Michael Rolls on September 02, 2022, 09:44:01 PM
use the heater to warm the room - then turn it off before bathing/showering - not difficult
Mike
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Post by: klondike on September 02, 2022, 10:02:28 PM
So long as you have an extension lead. No sockets in bathrooms.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Ashy on September 03, 2022, 06:22:27 AM
Get a tin bath and put it in the living room.
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Michael Rolls on September 03, 2022, 08:46:48 AM
depending on the type of fire, that can still be a danger with water and wet flesh around
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: klondike on September 03, 2022, 08:47:25 AM
Alternately buy more deodorant...
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Michael Rolls on September 03, 2022, 08:47:40 AM
 :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:
Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: klondike on September 03, 2022, 08:50:49 AM
Plus get some of these for Christmas pressies...

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Title: Re: Heating Question.
Post by: Ashy on September 03, 2022, 07:56:05 PM
Quote from: Ashy on September 03, 2022, 06:22:27 AMGet a tin bath and put it in the living room.
I didn't say put any water in it.