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Originally Posted by keep-it-tidy

nice handy tips there for the curtains on the doors and the snakes will be trying that, im living in a 3 bed semi a fairly large one and the cost of heating it is so exspensive 500ltrs of kerosene would be gone in 1 and a half to 2 months and the min ya turn it off its freezing! thank god im moving to a smaller place. my dad has been ranting and raving about that ber rating i tought he was mad but reading it here and seening what it was im shocked and delighted. thank god if you knew how well insulated a house was before you bought or renting would be nice to know your not wasting money on heat escaping.

I know what you mean about knowing whether the house is insulated or not and how well before buying/renting it!! I've rented this place for 2 years now, its 300 years old,theres no insulation in the loft and the gaps in the front and back doors are unreal, and for the two years i've been here the landlords said the insulation and the doors would be done and still nothing!! so consequently in the recent weather, I have quilts nailed to the wail covering the doors,highly annoying to get in and out but works a treat and stops the drafts!

64moog -do you have a back boiler? We have gas central heating and it is brilliant but am worried about the next bill and I have the heating on most of the time as I feel the cold so much. Was thinking of going back to the old back boiler and open fire but the rest of the family would vote against it.

To tick tock
the old gas fire that i removed was not connected to the central heating [no back boiler] as it had an independant gas supply and was only used to heat the living room. I do have and still use gas central heating for heating the house and water. The point i was trying to make was that the heating bill with the gas fire was huge and i reduced the bill by removing the gas fire and replacing it with a grate and burning solid fuel.

We've had so many different heating systems over the years, I still can't decide what is the most economical. If a system is economical this year, ten chances to one it will be very expensive in a year or two. Hard to keep up. The central heating has turned me into a wimp, and now I can't handle any cold at all.

Thanks for the advice Mammasboys
also one think i am using home heating oil for warm my house i am order it online from "swillyfuels"