Cold is no fun. I used to live in an older house without heat. The oil heaters worked ok until we had several days around freezing. We blanketed the doors and all stayed in one room. Going out to cook wasn’t too bad but going into a cold bathroom in the morning was miserable. I recommend buying the oil as long as you can afford it and cut back on other stuff :’).
my hubby grew up in this house and it didn’t have heat upstairs then.
We remodeled and put in a new furnace with heating zones throughout.
Short term - we will have to get used to 62 degrees as the new “normal”.
I can spend my days downstairs and turn the heat way down upstairs.
Cold water laundry.
I just bought new shower heads to cut down on the amount of hot water being used by some of the kids.
We are looking into some type of a pellet stove or wood stove for my mother-in-law’s apartment (part of our house, and part of the heating bill)
I don’t know if we could afford a second one for our downstairs area - if not this year, maybe next year.
One freeper suggested and electic unit that would attach to the wall by our heater, and we could fire the furnace using that gadget.
Still have to look at that option (hubby is out of town so I haven’t had much time to devote to that this week)