Keeping The House Warm

RenVilo on 20/05/2025 - 08:26

So with winter coming up I thought I'll see what options there are. Last few days has been cold. I have ducted heating (gas) and apart from it taking forever to warm the house in the morning, its also super expensive.

Things I thought of doing:

  1. close the vents on the cooling as they aren't being used. The heating vents are different.

  2. Closing doors to rooms that isn't used in the morning and make sure they seal well

  3. Install a few panel heaters in the house and always keep them on when its cold (possibly timers with Home Assistant)

Are those even worth doing or are there some better things to do

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Comments

  • Blahness on 24/05/2025 - 01:03

    people who say "put on a jumper" are either very tough, or live in top notch well insulated and well orientated homes, or just simply don't know what cold temperature actually is.

    • JIMB0 on 24/05/2025 - 08:16

      I lived in an uninsulated fibro shack in Melbourne and survived without heating. The temperature inside was often below 10C. People are just soft.

  • inasero on 28/05/2025 - 08:48

    The most economical things you can do in your situation are getting rid of drafts, and also heating yourself by rugging up and using heated jackets/electric blanket/throw rug.

    All the other suggestions are nice but bear in mind they have a comparatively high establishment/installation cost

  • pinkybrain on 28/05/2025 - 13:06
    • buy/wear Oodie or knockoff Oodie

    This will keep the body very warm and you won't need the heater as much if at all.
    Also you will be very warm anywhere you are in your house

    • get a good quality blanket.

    • turn heater to warm up room and then turn it off.

    if the room is very cold, turn on the heater to warm the room and turn it off after it has warm it up e.g. 30 minutes

    • use door draft blockers and window drafter sealers

    this is very important to stop warm air of the heater coming out of room
    and also stops cold air getting inside

    Generally look for items that warms your body first (clothing, blanket)
    and blocks cold draft coming into the room or house etc.

    This makes the biggest difference to keeping warm and less expensive than using heaters each winter.

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