Your home’s 10-minute warm up life hacks
This wintry cold snap has left many of us dreading returning to a cold house this evening.
Stop yourself from shivering for hours this evening by trying out these quick heating fixes that will beat the cold in 10 minutes.
TICK TOCK, SET THE CLOCK
Come home to a toasty warm house by programming your central heating to turn on 10-20 minutes before you are due to get home each day. Congratulations if you had the foresight to do that this morning, the rest of you, read on.
MAKE USE OF YOUR CURTAINS
Open all of your curtains on a sunny morning and allow the house to soak up as much heat as possible during the day. As night falls, use your curtains as an extra piece of insulation by closing them at dusk and trapping heat inside the house.
SHOWER WITH THE DOOR OPEN
This life hack isn’t for the faint of heart or those who live with a lot of flatmates. Leaving the bathroom door open while you have a hot shower allows the warm, steamy air to travel throughout the house and gives you a quick heating fix.
PREHEAT YOUR PYJAMAS
While you shower, wrap your pyjamas in a hot water bottle (or put them in the hot water cupboard) to ensure that you have toasty warm clothing to change into as soon as you leave the warmth of the bathroom.
‘‘This might seem counter-productive, but turning on your overhead fan on the lowest setting helps circulate heat throughout the room. Don’t knock it until you try it. ’’
CUDDLE YOUR PET
Sharing body heat is a great way to stay warm on a cold night. While snuggling up with your significant other might give you some warmth, cuddling your furry pet will make you warmer much faster.
SHUT UP SHOP
The larger your home is, the more time it takes to heat it.
Keep the warmth in the areas of your home that are being used by closing the doors of any unused rooms and sealing them off using a door snake.
JOIN THE FAN CLUB
This might seem counterproductive but turning on your overhead fan on the lowest setting helps circulate heat throughout the room.
HOT DINNER, WARM HOUSE
Getting into the kitchen is another way to boost the warmth of your home. Cooking not only increases your body heat by getting you moving, but the heat from the oven will also increase the warmth of the kitchen.