Comments on: Keeping the heat in and the light out! https://ecothriftyliving.com/2015/03/keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou Change your life by saving money and the environment! Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Sandy https://ecothriftyliving.com/2015/03/keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou.html#comment-851 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:59:47 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou/#comment-851 In reply to Sandy.

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]]> By: Sandy https://ecothriftyliving.com/2015/03/keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou.html#comment-850 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:57:41 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/keeping-heat-in-and-light-ou/#comment-850 Curtains really do make a difference in terms of heat. We moved into a somewhat draughty Victorian house last year and there were curtains missing (despite the fact the previous owner's were supposed to leave them). We didn't realise what a difference having curtains would make until December when we all got 'new' curtains (second-hand from eBay). I did look in the local charity shops but being a big house the windows are an unusual size so didn't find anything. Ah, but what a difference with them up! Plus a door curtain for the dining room as the previous owners had removed it. It used to be a test of nerves eating your dinner in that freezing dining room!
Also, the chimney pillows have made an enormous difference. They were bought after reading a post of yours. We don't have the thermostat set to more than 17*C, even in winter, but the chimney pillows make all the difference. Also, we have used the open fire places and burned 'paper logs' made with used paper and cardboard. They burn very well and are a good, lower carbon way of heating a room. A wood-burning stove would be better, though, as open fires send most of the heat up the chimney, but they cost money and we need a new roof first…
Great post, as always, and I love those blue stripy curtains. They're gorgeous!

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