Best idea to keep warm without central heating.

Our biggish house consists of many small rooms and we’ve not been tempted to go open-plan.
It’s very much easier to close doors and keep heat where you want it.
The Conservatory is closed off completely during Winter.

Some interesting ideas. Some of you have very large houses to heat without heating.

My ch is down. Service due in 2 weeks, so in the meantime I have a small electric fan which works hot or cold and has a thermostat to switch off when it reaches a set heat. I’ve been using it in my lounge which is a large room and it only takes about 20 minutes to heat the room up. I am seriously considering using it instead of ch as it’s probably cheaper to heat just one room.

I'm considering getting one for my husband to use in the garage, but can't find anything about running costs. Electric space heaters are usually very expensive to run.

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A friend has supersers,she says they are economical to run, I myself havnt put on the oil central heating yet, I bought 4 ceramic heaters and checking my energy app they are very economical, 1 in each bedroom that's used and 1 in the garden room, if it gets really cold I will try on the ch to warm up the house ,but oil is so expensive now and these heaters are brilliant,warms a room fast,

I have my phone on its charger cable next to me in bed, and one night the dog, not me, got tangled in the cord, so I'm always wary of any cord now at night!

Unlikely if it’s on a thin cord. You would put it on the bedside table when sleeping, but the point was to have it to hand in case you fall, which is more likely in the dark. Also, as fewer people are around at night, shouting for help is less effective.

get a whistle to blow if you need help and your phone is dead, and wear it on a lanyard, specially at night
Wouldn't you run the risk of strangling yourself in bed?

I watched a YouTube video about keeping safe and warm in a long power cut, and will try to remember the advice.
*Hats, socks and gloves, even in bed.

*Those self-heating hand warmers - never against the skin or in bed with you, but use to warm the bed before getting into it, or wear over clothing.

*Gas long-lighters to light gas rings on hobs when the pilot switch doesn’t work. Never use the cooker as a heat source, but you can at least heat soup or make hot drinks.

*Duct tape round doors and windows, and draught excluders on internal doors.

* Emergency blankets (the cheap silver ones) between blankets/duvets to trap heat in the bed.

* battery powered lights on the stairs, so you don’t fall if carrying things in the dark (eg if you are keeping a blanket round you with one hand, you don’t want to use the other to carry a lantern and be unable to use the banister.

* get a whistle to blow if you need help and your phone is dead, and wear it on a lanyard, specially at night.

*Be sure you have a manual tin opener, and try to choose tins with ring-pulls for stored food.

*check that carbon monoxide detectors have working batteries. I can’t remember why, but there is more chance of being poisoned by CO2 in a power cut (maybe because of sealed windows etc).

That’s all I can remember for now, but if anything pops into my head I’ll post it.

Believe it or not but wearing an old fashioned apron (full length one) tied firmly at the back over warm clothing really keeps the heat in.

Ooo his coat is beautiful. Is it called something like merle?

WillowBreeze59

This is my snuggle blanket!! He literally lies on top of me, which wasn't so great in the hot weather!!
On a more serious note though, I agree with others on a heated blanket on the sofa, or hot water bottle and blanket.

what breed of snuggle blanket is he? What a l;ovely dog.

WillowBreeze what a gorgeous dog?!

When not using CH, I have halogen heaters and a heated throw.
A weighted blanket is nice too and helps me to sleep.

Currently wearing a cut off tube from the bottom of my old 100%cotton pj leg. in fact I have two 😊 as pjs have two legs.
It sits comfortably round my neck, looks like a sea salt one costing about £12 and is keeping me snug and warm.

One tip I ve found and I really like it (as I sleep alone) I sleep in a single bed and sleep in a thermal rate sleeping bag under my duvet with two hot water bottles one to cuddle one for my feet The sleeping bag keeps you cosy and contained and the bottles stay fairly hot/warm throughout the night
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This is my snuggle blanket!! He literally lies on top of me, which wasn't so great in the hot weather!!
On a more serious note though, I agree with others on a heated blanket on the sofa, or hot water bottle and blanket.

Isn't that the solution to most problems?

I may have said this before- but another dog would seem to be the answer!

I avoid putting the heating on for cost reasons, so a heated throw for me while sitting. Then I have a small heated pad that I slip into bed at foot length while I am getting ready.
I turn it off once I’m in bed and drift off to sleep with nice warm feet that warms me up a treat.