******** September and I have the fire on

[Jase hutch]

We lit ours for the first time today......

[sandspider]

Put the heating on for an hour for the first time today, mainly to see if it works before we really need it. Evenings are getting cold and dank though, sure I'll light the fires before long.

[Jase hutch]

1 hour ago, sandspider said:

Put the heating on for an hour for the first time today, mainly to see if it works before we really need it. Evenings are getting cold and dank though, sure I'll light the fires before long.

Ha ha , I did exactly that last night too 😄 

[Steven P]

quite depressing reading - the weather is that bad - usually this time of year a post "Just put the fire on" gets most comments similar to "In September? we put ours on when the temperature drops below freezing"

[Steve Bullman]

It’s turned a bit for sure. Last year when the prices started going up we decided to resist as long as we could. We did buy a little fan heater just for in the bathroom for when we showered. My partner was always going to be the issue as she’s no fan of the cold but she did pretty well, in fact it got to the stage that we both became quite stubborn about the whole thing. Then one night we were sitting in the sofa freezing cold and decided the whole thing was getting a bit silly! We will resist again this year but have a 8 month old to consider now 

[Steven P]

12 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

It’s turned a bit for sure. Last year when the prices started going up we decided to resist as long as we could. We did buy a little fan heater just for in the bathroom for when we showered. My partner was always going to be the issue as she’s no fan of the cold but she did pretty well, in fact it got to the stage that we both became quite stubborn about the whole thing. Then one night we were sitting in the sofa freezing cold and decided the whole thing was getting a bit silly! We will resist again this year but have a 8 month old to consider now 

 

There is a point I guess when we are responsible to keep others warm that crosses the line from frugal to silly, and that line changes depending on who the others are. By myself the house is a few degrees cooler but when the others are home I can't do that

[oldwoodcutter]

I’ve got to the stage where I’m not sitting in the cold of an evening.

Switched on the North Seas finest yesterday and got it on now.

I don’t want my epitaph to read 

“ made a few quid, wouldn’t spend it, sadly died of the cold”

[trigger_andy]

I get 40-50 IBC's filled with split logs in the Spring and then burn all the way through the rest of the year without a single care in the world. Like 90% on here my firewood is virtually free. Got two stoves running right now and will have three running in a matter of weeks. 

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, Steve Bullman said:

We will resist again this year but have a 8 month old to consider now 

Is she some kind of wimp?

[Steve Bullman]

Yes, still approximately twice as hard as you though