Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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Was out walking in shorts and t-shirt yesterday ... wrapped up warm indoors yesterday evening ... heating on for an hour around 9pm .
But unless you had thick or insulated internal walls, heat would leak out to the other rooms anyway. Not great and pretty limiting life.When we were kids we didn’t have central heating or double glazing. You’d heat the one room, the living room, and the rest of house would be cold, in winter. Same as my Nannas house where the coal fire also heated the hot water. Beds had decent blankets to snuggle under.
I have a robot that resets the main target temperatures overnight but that is as much because I forget as anyone else!Still getting away with no heating.
I'm another jumper person. My wife is turn the thermostat up type.
Await some thermostat tension. Have thought of having a "secret" one actually running the system.
But unless you had thick or insulated internal walls, heat would leak out to the other rooms anyway. Not great and pretty limiting life.
Not sure if Norfolk is "south" but Jan '22 had a week with almost no time above 0ºc IIRC.After you’d said last two winters were mild and house wouldn’t have got cold. There was a decent cold snap that affected south as well last couple of winters. Overall yes mild but there were a couple of cold snaps both of last winters.
Not sure if Norfolk is "south" but Jan '22 had a week with almost no time above 0ºc IIRC.
Not sure if Norfolk is "south" but Jan '22 had a week with almost no time above 0ºc IIRC.
It wasn't my life. It was a few relatives in older houses. Of course, life was limited to the heated room most of the time. How is that not limited?Why did you find your life limiting? Confused of Clapham.
Damp forms on cold surfaces.Damp in a house is often about poor ventilation. More of a problem since double glazing got rid of drafts of old.
Damp forms on cold surfaces.
Damp forms on cold surfaces.
Houses with poor insulation are cold.
People in cold houses don't want to increase ventilation as it makes the house even colder!
HAve got some experience of this, with my solid exterior walls that leak heat away very quickly in winter, and a cold external corner upstairs gets wet (not damp, wet) every winter.
Best way to manage this is to be very careful to control sources of moisture in the house (cooking, baths, showers, use extractors, ventilation etc) .
I also want to try a dehumidifier.
When we were kids we didn’t have central heating or double glazing. You’d heat the one room, the living room, and the rest of house would be cold, in winter. Same as my Nannas house where the coal fire also heated the hot water. Beds had decent blankets to snuggle under.
Damp forms on cold surfaces.
Houses with poor insulation are cold.
People in cold houses don't want to increase ventilation as it makes the house even colder!
HAve got some experience of this, with my solid exterior walls that leak heat away very quickly in winter, and a cold external corner upstairs gets wet (not damp, wet) every winter.
Best way to manage this is to be very careful to control sources of moisture in the house (cooking, baths, showers, use extractors, ventilation etc) .
I also want to try a dehumidifier.