On 13/12/2012 18:06, Col wrote:
"Eskimo Will" wrote in message
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"Adam Lea" wrote in message
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On 11/12/12 11:36, Joe Egginton wrote:

Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

At the other extreme, I'm experimenting with keeping the house at 10C and
wearing extra clothing and seeing if this is a practical way of keeping
the central heating requirements down.

Good on you. At present my room where I am typing this is at +10.1C and I
am comfortable in sweatshirt and thick fleece. I'll whack the heating on
again soon to stop it getting too chilly.


A few weeks ago I tried an experiment, just left the heating off to
see what would happen. Down to about 15C or so, it's not too
bad, I was wearing 'proper' clothing though, that is vest/T-shirt/jumper.
I got down to 11C and by then I'd had enough. It was getting quite
uncomfortable, but hardly intolerable.
Jumpers & vests and fine, but I really don't want to be sitting around
the house in a thick fleece!

This is how the vast majority of people would have lived only a few
decades ago, though. A couple of rooms (probably kitchen/living room)
kept warm downstairs, the bedrooms would be bloody freezing!


Amazing how pampered we've become in a short time. I keep the living
room warm. The bedrooms can go down to 12C in long periods of cold
weather. It's not that bad, as I'm only in them for a few mins during
the day. At night I've blankets and quilt.

Joe
Wolverhampton.