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Oct. 12th, 2012 05:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hmpfGonna make a longer post about the whole Big Things situation sometime next week (can't do it earlier because sick now, and then Radiohead).
Just need to do some venting about heating.
Ugh.
I just got the heating bill for last year. Nearly 600 euros - for a 42 square metre flat. Of which I only heat one room, usually. Also, apparently only 50 euros of that were covered by my monthly advance payments, so I have to pay 550 right now. :-(
The really shocking thing is that the woman who lives on the ground floor, and who has a flat almost exactly double the size of mine, has a much lower bill than me (I saw the entire house's amounts, they were all on the same page). So, clearly, I'm doing something terribly wrong.
I know that officially, 20-21 degrees Celsius is considered the best temperature for your living room. I usually have it a bit higher, at 24 if I can manage it (can't always manage because this house has zero insulation, so in deep winter, it inevitably gets colder), because I get cold so easily (despite layers and layers of sweaters, wool tights, wool socks, blankets etc.). But in the light of that bill (and also because I hate wasting energy on principle), I'm now trying to train myself to tolerate 20-21 degrees. I've read that you can do this... But ugh, I'm SO COLD. My feet are like ice, and so are my fingers... and my legs are cold, too, not just my feet. I'm currently wearing wool tights, sweatpants, two long-sleeved t-shirts, a hoodie and a wool sweater - and wool-lined shoes. I could add a pair of wool socks and another sweater and a blanket, but I kind of don't want to go that far this early, when I'll probably get even colder later in winter...
Has anyone here successfully trained themselves to be okay with lower temperatures than they used to be comfortable with? Are there any tricks? Or do I just have to persevere for a few weeks and eventually it'll be all right?
Just need to do some venting about heating.
Ugh.
I just got the heating bill for last year. Nearly 600 euros - for a 42 square metre flat. Of which I only heat one room, usually. Also, apparently only 50 euros of that were covered by my monthly advance payments, so I have to pay 550 right now. :-(
The really shocking thing is that the woman who lives on the ground floor, and who has a flat almost exactly double the size of mine, has a much lower bill than me (I saw the entire house's amounts, they were all on the same page). So, clearly, I'm doing something terribly wrong.
I know that officially, 20-21 degrees Celsius is considered the best temperature for your living room. I usually have it a bit higher, at 24 if I can manage it (can't always manage because this house has zero insulation, so in deep winter, it inevitably gets colder), because I get cold so easily (despite layers and layers of sweaters, wool tights, wool socks, blankets etc.). But in the light of that bill (and also because I hate wasting energy on principle), I'm now trying to train myself to tolerate 20-21 degrees. I've read that you can do this... But ugh, I'm SO COLD. My feet are like ice, and so are my fingers... and my legs are cold, too, not just my feet. I'm currently wearing wool tights, sweatpants, two long-sleeved t-shirts, a hoodie and a wool sweater - and wool-lined shoes. I could add a pair of wool socks and another sweater and a blanket, but I kind of don't want to go that far this early, when I'll probably get even colder later in winter...
Has anyone here successfully trained themselves to be okay with lower temperatures than they used to be comfortable with? Are there any tricks? Or do I just have to persevere for a few weeks and eventually it'll be all right?
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Date: 2012-10-12 08:43 pm (UTC)I, like you, get really cold, really easily. I used to put the heater on for an hour or so max, in the evening, just to get some heat in the air. I'd keep the door to the living room shut at ALL TIMES during autumn/winter. I think I was deluding myself that it was keeping heat in, since the windows were drafty as fuck (converted Victorian house, yay). I'd wear up to three layers of clothes on my upper body, wear a hat, or hoodie (a habit I still keep now, that drives my mum bananas). Something round my neck helps, as well. I also spent much of my time sitting under two duvets on the living room sofa, since most of my hobbies (books, tv, drawing) could be done while bundled/covered up. I realise that's not helpful for jewellery making, obviously, but that's what I used to do (and still do now, as it happens).
I did get used to it and, when I moved back with my mum from living with a housemate, I used never to have the heater on in my bedroom, because again, I'd got used to a cold house with no heating and drafty windows.
Oh, and, when it was dark for most of the day, I wouldn't even bother drawing the curtains, which also would keep some of the heat in to some degree. Again, I still do that now.