Confabulations

Uh-oh – my boiler broke! It was late on a freezing cold Friday night and of course, the letting agents are closed on a weekend (really convenient I know!). That meant no heating and no hot water – I found myself putting on layer after layer of dirty clothes to keep warm and contemplating boiling the kettle to wash my hair.

Of course, it would help if my house was well-insulated but I swear, even if you close all the doors and windows, the second you turn the heating off it returns to arctic temperatures. The government are having a big drive at the moment to get everyone to insulate their homes. I’m rather dubious as to the environmental benefits this will bring – after all, homes will always be demolished and rebuilt and other pollutants like cars, factories etc will still be doing their damage. One thing I do believe however is that insulation can make your home warm, and a warm home is very important (as I recently found out). The Slanket can only do so much.