household enery saving advice?

[Skip]

Originally Posted by cartwrim

My Mrs is a nightmare for this. Although to be fair she does get cold a lot easier than me. At the moment our flat is so hot I'm walking round in t-shirt and shorts, sometimes just me pants

My mate has his heating on ALL YEAR!! He reckons its to - and I quote - "take the chill off in the morning"?? To be fair it his is missus driving it but still!

Originally Posted by Skip

My mate has his heating on ALL YEAR!! He reckons its to - and I quote - "take the chill off in the morning"?? To be fair it his is missus driving it but still!

Bleedin' women They have all that extra chest insulation yet they can't stay warm for more than 10 minutes

[yorkie_chris]

Enough wood to keep house toasty warm for about 3 weeks has just appeared in the garage. For free.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Enough wood to keep house toasty warm for about 3 weeks has just appeared in the garage. For free.

some fecker has just nicked my bloody tree...

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Enough wood to keep house toasty warm for about 3 weeks has just appeared in the garage. For free.

I always find that using my wood keeps me warm, burns off calories too

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

.and put on more clothes on.

+1.

At the moment we have the heating on for a couple of hours in the morning when people should be getting up for lectures and a bit in the evening. However when/if the nice weather comes along the heating won't be on at all and woe betide anyone I catch turning it on!

Trying to save money on bills in a student household is just ridiculous, people are always leaving stuff on and I should imagine most things are on standby. I get fed up of turning lights off after people.

Originally Posted by cartwrim

They have all that extra chest insulation yet they can't stay warm for more than 10 minutes

That's cos all the warmth is diverted to the chest instead of other more needy places

How about cutting your water bill by using less and being metered?

Originally Posted by sarah

How about cutting your water bill by using less and being metered?

i was thinking about that, but i like to wash my bikes,

plus the water bill is not too bad, its the electic that needs cutting down

Our fuel bills are a nightmare- we have a gas fired Rayburn, which costs a bomb to run, and a woodburning stove where we burn free wood.

[pookie]

Fit thermostatic valves on your radiators which switch off when desired temperature is reached. Make sure you have draught excluders on windows and doors. How about charging your phone, laptop ipod whilst at work.