Not a bad idea. But I hate going up there because of all the fibreglass, plus I don't feel very good on ladders these days. I could maybe do the outside.
The outside would work. And it's possible to add layers. I have already noted the difference. You could put a fabric draft excluder on the outside of the door if heat is lost through the non-insulated room. Our kitchen extension is pants, I'm actually going to add some insulation foil to the ceiling. Might look a bitFrnc wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:40 pmNot a bad idea. But I hate going up there because of all the fibreglass, plus I don't feel very good on ladders these days. I could maybe do the outside.
One room is not under the attic, has it's own roof, and isn't insulated. I'll turn the rad low and keep the door shut. It's never used these days.
I re-did my bedroom window recently, draught excluders.
Not had the heating on yet, apart from 20 minutes to test it.
but it will help keep the warm in!Yeah, I'm going to look at upping my draught exclusion, including internal doors. I would probably start with that uninsulated room, as it is upstairs obviously, and is a heat drain. I might also do the two doors on the back living room (front room is a lodger's) where the thermostat is, to stop cold air triggering the heating. Ironically I've turned the radiator UP in that room. The logic is that it heats up quickly, then the thermostat turns the heating off. It's not come on yet. I think the temp has to get to half a degree below what it's set to to trigger it (it only reads in half degree increments).Jillybean wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:36 amThe outside would work. And it's possible to add layers. I have already noted the difference. You could put a fabric draft excluder on the outside of the door if heat is lost through the non-insulated room. Our kitchen extension is pants, I'm actually going to add some insulation foil to the ceiling. Might look a bitFrnc wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:40 pmNot a bad idea. But I hate going up there because of all the fibreglass, plus I don't feel very good on ladders these days. I could maybe do the outside.
One room is not under the attic, has it's own roof, and isn't insulated. I'll turn the rad low and keep the door shut. It's never used these days.
I re-did my bedroom window recently, draught excluders.
Not had the heating on yet, apart from 20 minutes to test it.
As some on here know, I work at a university, and covid is going round campus like wildfire. I suspect it's this year's Fresher's Flu. I am so grateful to have had my covid and flu jabs a couple of weeks ago. Teaching colleagues are dropping like flies for the umpteenth time, and in some cases, they are iller than the earlier times they caught covidjansman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:41 pm This coming week is about getting fitter for me. I have had a dose of COVID on top of everything else this Summer! No sense of taste or smell for that time, and beyond for the time being. That messes with the head for sure. So much so, I have not eaten properly for a week , and lost weight. I am now banging the spiciest grub down me ( I can sense the ‘heat’) and quite quickly getting energy back.
For the first time ever , I am now keeping and taking vitamin tablets and being ABSOLUTELY careful with dietary intake. Also , we will now keep ‘ready’ meals in the freezer for when we are not too clever. Something we have never done.
Apparently, 1:50 adults is getting COVID right now, in particular over 50’s +. So all of you , whatever age, please take care.
My wife is buying fleecy blankets and fleeces and suchlike for our girls for Christmas. Anything to preserve warmth. I suggested hot water bottles too.
Got both kids an electric blanket not so much for emergency use but don't need the house heated to high level and they can snuggle into a warm bed ... But if the boiler fails it takes the chill off
