More than a third of Britons cannot afford to heat their home to a comfortable level

[Turingsage]

Not "millions" but about 700 000. As usual you don't care about facts.

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[Piotr]

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in 2017 over 1million Polish live in UK

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Over 1 milion is still less than "millions" as you claimed and now is 2022.

because we kicked them out after Brexit

and millions still remain

Where did you get that “millions” ? Source ?

 

[Nefarious]

I heard gas and electric prices are going to almost double soon here. We have a newer build house so lucky in the insulation department very easy to keep warm but not built like they used to.

 

[sur]

Wrong. We use angeeti, which is basically a bucket with coals to warm room. It can also come in rectangle shape to cook kebabs and tikkas.

I used to build these angeethi (a half-broken-Ghara with clay coated over it) and mitti ka choolha myself.

Used to mix horse's lidh/gobar (dung) with cheekni mitti. That gave strength to the core structure because gobar has fibers in it. Villagers use that as cement.

Then a lape (coating) of pure cheekni mitti to coat over the core structure.

Then making some battlement-like edge (Just Googled = crenel+merlon), heart and flower shapes for decoration.

I used to get darker skin tone in winter and relatively lighter in summer. Because in winter we would cook only on wood, while used cylinder-gas in summer. Used to get the fire going with balan, starting with chumkaniyaan (small twigs) and topped over with balay (logs). Cholhay pe phoonkain maar maar ke rang kala ho jata tha.

Want to go back to that time.

More than a third of Britons cannot afford to heat their home to a comfortable level​

I see Brits wear sweaters indoors more than North Americans. May that's the reason!

In rental buildings, there should be a minimum temperature requirement. Like at least 21-degree Celsius.
e.g. "minimum heating standard is at least 18°C in sleeping rooms, and 21°C in living rooms" (LINK)

For low-income, there may be some subsidy available. e.g. (Warm Home Discount Scheme, Winter Fuel Payment, Cold Weather Payments, AND Grants to help pay off your energy debts)

 

[313ghazi]

I bought it because the house belonged to a single family since it was built in 1892 . The last of the family was 93 year old spinster who had the only one left after her father a local bishop died.
When she died she left the house to the church and I bought it off the bank that had been given the job of selling it by the trustees.
IT WAS LITERALLY UNTOUCHED with all the Victorian fireplaces , stained widows, Wooden floorboards, lathe and plaster walls, all the decorative woodwork and Victorian tiles.
Yes I too was in love with that image we are familiar with.
What you do not see and take years and one hell of a lot of money to sort out is removing old pipes, including some made of lead, all the electrics have to be rewired top to bottom. Bathrooms kitchen all had to be refurbished and IT COSTS if you choose to keep that authentic Victorian look.
Genuine and Quality reproduction is EXPENSIVE as are proper builders.
I had rose tinted glasses when I bought it and did not fully appreciate the money and effort to get it right and comfortable.
I dont know what to say, I love my house but it has cost a small fortune and a lot of pain and time.

Ah a Labour of love. You these properties require full replumbing, re wiring, double glazing. Mum and dad's home has a few original features, some fireplaces, some carved archways in the hall but lot of it is gone. Between previous owners and dodgy builders.

We managed to get all that work done at a subsidised rate during the early 90s. Govt was giving grants to improvement homes in the area. Got double glazing, central heating, new plaster, insulation, wiring etc.

We used to have some original Victorian tiles in the hallway, right as you come in through the front doors. The builders damaged them trying to remove them. They assumed my parents didn't know thier value. Luckily dad went round to check up on them and caught them in the act. He forced them to fix them but they never looked the same again.

I tried to replace them recently but wasn't happy to pay so much. Like you said good replicas cost a fortune.

I live in a 50s semi which I had extended a few years ago. Loads of lead pipes in that too. Look them all out and stored them to take to a scrap merchant - all got stolen from the back garden.