Household Money Saving Tips

[ally406]

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.

Honestly mate, no problems here with damp or mould, I have asthma and that shit would not be on. If your condenser is causing condensation then there's something wrong with it, that's the whole point of the thing is that it doesn't output moisture This is evidenced by the amount of water it collects in its container (which incidentally is good for running a steam generator iron, it's essentially de-ionised so better for them). I got a broken one off ebay for £26, £5 on new thermostats and it's been running happily for the last 2 years. No condensation, no windows misting up, just lots of recycled heat

Even if you had to buy new, I'm sure you could work out how long throwing away 3kw of power would start to cost you.....and before anyone says dry your clothes on a clothes horse, that is putting lots of moisture into the atmosphere

...and on washing machines, always a good idea to do a wash at its highest temperature with some washing machine cleaner occasionally. Take a look at the back of a drum out of an old washer, it looks like something from Aliens and you'd probably vomit.