Re: 8 Feb 09 Snow.

a l l y wrote:
"Sleepalot" <sleepalot07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:kbb5p4hutiqcejc8jl19a885lmf31hvlti@xxxxxxxxxx
I suspect it's both. Partly as an experiment, and partly as a reaction
to that giant fuel bill, I've taken to living in the living room (and
keeping the door closed). The kitchen and hall (where the thermostat
is) are the coldest part of the house. The thermostat is set at 16C.
The upstairs doors are closed. With this configuration (and estimating
temperatures), the bedrooms are a cool 15C (ish), the bathroom is a
toasty 22C, the landing is about 18C. The kitchen's a useable 14 or
15C. The living room is 21C and I have a little fan heater for a
little extra warmth if needed. The conservatory doesn't fall below
about 6C (there's a thermostatic valve on one of the radiators out
there). So the parts of the house I spend time in are nice and warm,
and the rest of the house is cool.

I was given a kit to grow shitake mushrooms for Christmas. Once it's finished its incubation period (which it did in my son's nice warm, dark cupboard) it's supposed to live in a room that's constantly between 17-20 degrees celsius. Unfortunately there's nowhere in our house as warm as that at this time of year. The heating's on from time to time, but low, and we just wear lots of layers. I'm trying to give the mushrooms layers as well, wrapping its box in bubble wrap and keeping it beside a radiator, but it's very slow. A few mushrooms are now appearing . . . Fingers crossed!

I think I need another kit to try in the summer when there's at least a slim chance of constant warmth!

ally
ally


I had a mushroom kit when I lived in Aberdeen, and I kept it in the granite walled shed that Pinny brewed his homebrew in. We had loadsa mushrooms! It must have been summer. I find that keeping the thermostat at at /least/ 20C for an hour in the morning and a few hours in the evening in winter, from return home to cutoff an hour before bedtime, tends to keep damp out of the house, with a sensor to avoid anything falling below approx 10C at night to avoid freezing and have saved lots of money over the years by avoiding extra spot heating costs and condensation problems.

Jp

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