Freezing conditions to last into spring offer fulltimers a electric hook up

Wow, just looked at that and it looks the same as a heater I took out the kitchen about 18 years ago. It then cost £120 fitted and was about 2 years old when I took it out. If you put fitting in I bet that could be a 300% increase.

Maybe this is why I became a hoarder, shame I tend to hoard junk though :)
 
campervanannie said:
Well it looks like a fun 5 weeks in Scotland lol anyone know what the temp is when my gas stops working ������
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I was up at Aviemore earlier this week and at -4 outside my blue gas bottle struggling to cope. If you switch to propane you won't have an issue. I've not got enough room to fit a propane bottle. ��
P.S. seen you heading south on the A9 at Bruar on Thursday. Spotted snoopy on the back of the van.
 
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Asterix said:
No,I don't use any heating,if it gets really bad I snuggle up to a hot water bottle and 🐕 I'm in Kent.
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Yep, I have done the same in years gone by on one of my Boats that the Heating decided to give up at -9C Anchorage N/E ish off the East coast not far from Inverness,,,I miss my Black Lab ‘Charliedog’

Hey stay warm if still in Kent, The white stuff could be on it’s way again !,
 
harrow said:
I have a couple of brand new calor gas heaters packed away for those sort of occasions, full gas bottles in the garage, they need no electricity so can be used off grid so to speak,

Yes they cause condensation but better than being freezing cold.


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I did have one of those harrow in the shed complete with gas bottles etc. then last spring I think it was .....sheds were cleared out and guess what went to the tip...yes calor gas heater.....had not used it in years......would not have wanted to use it tho keeping it on overnight. the hall heater was on 24/7 in winter.......

as the saying goes.......sods law, chuck something out and sure as eggs are eggs.....you will wish you handnt.
 
GWAYGWAY said:
I wouldn't use one of those it will cause condensation everywhere AND have you seen the PRICE OF CALOR recently. Damp house and bankrupt as well ...Go and get a radiator key and blled the top radiators until they stop hissing. If it is a newer type system it might need to be filled if it has lost pressure. Go and look on the unversal education system You-Tube ,to see how it is done if you do not know, there is bound to be somebody on there who has put a film on it.
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gas heater used natural gas just the same gas which a gas cooker uses in the kitchen....

no damp, no condensation.....SAFE.......this type of heater does NOT run on calor gas......it has an outside flue etc. ive had no problem with it in all the years of use........left on 24/7 over the winter and left on low...warms the core of the house..don't like heat in the bedrooms.

ra
 
Nabsim said:
Wow, just looked at that and it looks the same as a heater I took out the kitchen about 18 years ago. It then cost £120 fitted and was about 2 years old when I took it out. If you put fitting in I bet that could be a 300% increase.

Maybe this is why I became a hoarder, shame I tend to hoard junk though :)
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hahha.......oh yes...that's about right.......time wise...and cost....the lovely little thing has served me well over the years....never had any bother with it till now...

guess its time is up its been puffing out heat for me since probably the 70s.......so I consider it money well spent ...I recall having to save up for it for quite a long time........but oh the joy of waking up at 6am getting ready for work with some WARMTH.....sheer bliss.....lol
 
harrow said:
So what is everyone doing about this weeks very cold weather ?

:(:(:(
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hibernating....with my best friend (hot water bottle)...woolie clothes, thermals.......and hope for the best..........lol

guess most folk will be well prepared with central heating etc........
problem with my house ....too many draughts......I think there is a lot to be said for solid floors.......

what you doing harrow.....turning up the thermostat....

hope all those out in the vans stay warm...
 
We were thinking of Scarborough but maybe the wrong coast for this week,whatever comes shouldn’t stay long.
 
trixie88 said:
hibernating....with my best friend (hot water bottle)...woolie clothes, thermals.......and hope for the best..........lol

guess most folk will be well prepared with central heating etc........
problem with my house ....too many draughts......I think there is a lot to be said for solid floors.......

what you doing harrow.....turning up the thermostat....

hope all those out in the vans stay warm...
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No we don't put the heating on until about 3 or 4pm, windows open in the morning, no state pension for another 5 years.

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harrow said:
No we don't put the heating on until about 3 or 4pm, windows open in the morning, no state pension for another 5 years.

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oooerrr,,,no heating till 3 to 4pm. brrrrrrrr,,,,,you've got to be joking?????

no...couldn't cope with that........do you have one of the modern newer houses which are well insulated and no draughts etc.........
 
When I were a lad, it got cold in winter and when the frost froze the toilet my dad would relent and get the tall valor paraffin heater from the shed and stink the place out with yellow flames and smoke burning esso blue or alladin pink. terrible stinking things but it was all we had apart from a coal fire in the front room. Thing is that it is still the same house we are in now 60 years later although we do have a form of central heating that transfers my money to the energiy company's account without me feeling much warmer. 18 inch wall soild flint and tall rooms big window and still draughty but not as bad as it was when the second back door had a gap of two inches where it was twisted. British houses have always been bad and the continentals knew more about insulation than we ever did. I cannot understand why people come from all the hot bits of the world to stay here?????????? Mine might be bad but my aunts house in Scotland was the same but several degrees colder.
 
I remember that smell GWAYGWAY! The house we are in now only had the coal fire when we first moved in 38 years ago and no heating upstairs, now we have full central heating and double glazing the house is about 75/80 yr old and we crank the heating up when it’s cold Malcolm always says we’re getting soft as we get older! Lol
 
harrow said:
So what is everyone doing about this weeks very cold weather ?

:(:(:(
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I am supposed to be having an operation on Wednesday, it has already been rescheduled three times so fingers crossed the snow we are expecting isn't too bad, apart from that we will carry on as normal, I prefer snow and cold to rain
 
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So what is everyone doing about this weeks very cold weather ?

:(:(:(
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Ooooo -5°C outside At 06:30 this morning! But NO FROST !!!. (A cosy 18°C aboard though as the Stove has burned down in anticipation of cleaning it out to move).
The Nest is stocked up with Fuel, Got 6lt of Gas left, The Genny is Full too, Got plenty of Wood & Various Coal treats for ‘Nesty’ the Multifuel Stove, & Last week I done a fairly big Supermarket shop so all well & good here. Although I’m down to a third of a tank of water now, so would welcome LOTS of Snow or dare I suggest even a shower of Rain so I can Fill up, either that or I will have to go to a place I know just a few mile away to fill up before the weather hits.

Hmmmm,,, Might do that today in fact as I’ve also got 2 bags of rubbish I can drop into the Dump on my way through !.

I will think about it over my coffee n Toast in about an hours time, but other than that it’s Zombie business as usual that typically involves lots of Groning & Shuffling about momentarily interrupted by bouts of Feeding.
 
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-2 here and we have flakes of snow a day early :(

Due at dentist at 9:20 before going to work and was hoping we had today clear. With luck it won’t do anything before tomorrow although the bit that has come has settled.

Hope all goes well with the op tezza and it doesn’t get cancelled again.

This house was built in last quarter of the 1800’s. No central heating just a gas fire. I don’t like it hot but must admit it can get a bit parky am noticing it more as I get older. Van is much better insulated and has eber heating which is mint. Pity I have no gas or I may have hibernated to it for the rest of the week if cold gets bad ha ha
 
We have some snow coming down here in north west London and the temperature was -2c an hour ago.

I remember the winters when I was a kid, snow up to the top of your gum boots, you still had to go to school.

Thick fogs.

I have got the bags of cooking salt out ready to put on the path outside the front door.

The problem this week is it's going cold to at least the weekend.

Keep safe.
 
Tezza33 said:
I am supposed to be having an operation on Wednesday, it has already been rescheduled three times so fingers crossed the snow we are expecting isn't too bad, apart from that we will carry on as normal, I prefer snow and cold to rain
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Good luck, hope you get your operation done,

I was in hospital January 2017 and the heating was boiling hot, absolutely ridiculous, no wonder the nhs has no money.

We won't put the heating on until this afternoon.

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