After some lovely weather this week, the cloud is back, temperatures are down and the wind is up. So a great opportunity to check for draughts.
Sammy and her little yellow feather (no animals were harmed during this test!) tested all our external door and window seals for gaps. Any gaps would obviously let in draughts and we would see the feather flutter (other good testers are a piece of ribbon, very thin paper like a tissue or candles, joss sticks, lighters etc. - but not near flammable curtains or with kids).
The happy smiles showed that we found very few draughts (we had new double glazing put in all our old pvc frames when we moved-in 7-years ago - much cheaper and much more eco friendly than having all new double glazing panels fitted - and had our external doors adjusted to stop draughts about 3 years ago). Where we did find draughts we were ready for action with draught excluder foam seals we had bought from B&Q.
Then we put up another door curtain, this time at the back door - again one of B&Q's clearance bargains - and Harry (our dog) checked that for any remaining draughts!
Finally, Tom put on his woolly Stevenage FC hat for bed! I don't think it has got that cold, at least we haven't had snow this week!
Lined back door curtain £5
Draught excluder to seal gaps £15
Unpowered propagators £5
Plugged-in doorbell off £2
Video & DVD player unplugged £2
Chimney blocked-up £4
Radiators bled £4
Fridge vents/fins cleaned £3
Radiator shelves £10
Free water saving stuff £5
H2O alarm clocks x 4 £30
Door draught seal £5
Lined front door curtains £10
Bathroom energy saving light £30
No power games & activities £10
Less charging (car inverter) £15
No power lawn mowing £10
Reduced ironing £15
Hall energy saving light £30
Front door solar light £30
Lined bedroom curtains £5
Cooking Co-operative £25
Dishwasher used only when full £20
Bed half an hour earlier £25
Washing Machine at 30 deg C £15
Reduced Heating & Hot Water £50
Ditch the Tumble Dryer £50
Still Less TV & Xbox £10
Total Annual Savings £430
ACTUAL SPEND (will add items in as we install them and estimate their savings)
Lined back door curtain £14
Draught excluders £20
H2O alarm clocks x 4 £26
Door draught seal £5
Pulley bathroom airer £43
Lined front door curtains £21
Bathroom energy saving light £20
Invertor £20
Hall energy saving light £27
Front door solar light £25
Lined bedroom curtains £10
Total spend £231
Had to feed others tonight as part of our "cooking co-operative" but again don't think we used any more energy than just feeding ourselves. Last couple of days and still a few energy saving ideas to come - we hope!
TTFN
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