How you going to survive winter?

[Luckystrike123]

I love winter.

The only survival thing I can think of is heated car windscreens which make dealing with icy mornings a doddle.

 

[ttaskmaster]

As the first property we rented had storage heaters. Worse things as belch out heat in the morning and come home to a freezing cold home.

We have those in our current place, as we don't get gas this far outside of town.
They ******* suck, even if you set them up right.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Reminds me of the use of small paraffin burners you put in a greenhouse

You may laugh but people used to have paraffin heaters in the home my grandparents had them one at the foot of the stairs and another at the top

I still burn coal (Pitch forks out)

Should be handy if we get power/gas cuts and you can stick your saucepan on top of the hot coals and still cook yer dinner like me mum did in the power cuts of the '70's!

 

[Joeyuk]

Surely using the boiler is cheaper than putting an electric blanket on? Electric must be 6 times the cost of gas.

electric blankets cost peanuts to run, mine is about 10p for the whole night but I have it switch off after 3 hours otherwise I wake up too hot.

As for the rest of the flat I prefer cold to hot so I’m happy to put a jumper on if I get too cold.

 

[SpeedFreak]

Well my boiler is currently broken and I have a new system slated for installation in mid November. I am hoping it stays pretty mild until then!

 

[cheesefest]

Well my boiler is currently broken and I have a new system slated for installation in mid November. I am hoping it stays pretty mild until then!

How you coping without hot water?

 

[adam cool dude]

For me winter is when I rape computer games. As you get older I find I spend a lot more time doing things outdoors in the summer as you just have a lot more disposable income. Winter is when the console/pc come out and I get stuck in.

 

[Rimsy]

Survive winter? Did you mistake this forum for somewhere based north of the Arctic circle OP?

 

[DXP55]

Got a load of candles to put in outside bog and stocked up on salt to keep water in pan liquid.
I survived the winters of 1947 and 1963 so anything now will be a walkover. Google winter of 1962/63 it was bloody cold.

 

[Philtor]

Don't mind the cold but don't like the lack of light. I normally feel very low over Dec to Feb.

I am the same. Wishing it was Spring again already

 

[Uther]

You may laugh but people used to have paraffin heaters in the home my grandparents had them one at the foot of the stairs and another at the top



Should be handy if we get power/gas cuts and you can stick your saucepan on top of the hot coals and still cook yer dinner like me mum did in the power cuts of the '70's!

Yes, I remember that growing up. When you think about it a lot of us would be screwed in a serious power cut nowadays. Central heating is great until the power goes off...
I've actually got a couple of camping stoves that will be handy in dire situations.

 

[cheesefest]

Just want a bad winter as it’s quiet at work as hardly a soul shops at my work - remember 2010/11 winter. Work ask us if we have annual leave to book or want unpaid leave to do so. Binge watching DVDs and Netflix

 

[Alibaba99]

I don't think you were watching Netflix over 2010/11 as it didn't launch in the UK until 2012.

 

[SpeedFreak]

How you coping without hot water?

Going to the gym everyday and swimming every other day for the kids. The immmersion also isn't working

It took an age to arrange the plumber and most were a 4+ week wait. It's a reasonably extensive install.

 

[Tefal]

Winter approaches slowly. Any strategies for it, what can sometimes be the 'lower' months?

Aldi has a fire pit and grill rack on a teripod for 27 quid might get one of them

 

[Tefal]

I still burn coal (Pitch forks out)

Get the hun!

 

[bainbridge]

On Friday I changed the summer 4.5 tog duvet for a 15 tog winter duvet. We were snuggly warm last night.

 

[cheesefest]

I will change into my 10.5 tog the next time I change the duvet cover.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

How you coping without hot water?

Boil a kettle? Electric shower? People manage.

 

[Jez]

Boil a kettle? Electric shower? People manage.

Or just turn the immersion on for water, doesn’t help with the heating, which is how I read the post with hoping it’ll be mild…