(03-01-2014, 04:59 PM)THE_Liam Wrote:(03-01-2014, 04:58 PM)Toms306 Wrote: If its yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down.
Dirty fecker!
Tbf, the toilet in our house is by far the biggest water usage.... When I'm on my own it can go two or three times without a flush...but bear in mind that's only about half an hour!(03-01-2014, 05:10 PM)ally406 Wrote: Switch off the heating in rooms you don't use and close the door.
If you have a tumble dryer change it out for a condensing one, by itself it can heat the whole house so you dry your clothes and switch the heating off. A normal dryer is pumping ~3kw of heat straight out the window.
I agree'd with most of your points (although you seem like a right tight a*se!
) but not this.... No heat in rooms just causes mould, I didn't have a heater in my room for the last few winters and was forever cleaning mould off the walls! (We have no central heating so have to rely on plug-ins). This year I have had a heater, but only on in the evenings when the temp is below 17c - not had quite such a problem with mould this year so I'd say it's worth keeping some heat on. Same with the condenser dryer, yes it kept the kitchen warm but puts so much moisture into the air that was again condensing on the windows and causing puddles on the sills each morning and on the walls creating mould. Plus condenser dryers cost more to buy and more to run... We now a normal one.
On the subject of mould - cold washes on the washing machine are a false economy too, the rubbers end up all mouldy and the washing machine fills with bacteria and stinks lol.