With the extremely cold weather expected throughout the week and temperatures expected to drop to below five in some parts of the Lowveld tonight here few tips to keep your house at room temperature:
1. Layer your covers with the thinnest, densest ones on top
Fluffy blankets and clothes should be closer to your skin. Thin, dense blankets should be on top to prevent convective heat loss.
2. Use your oven
Do you know that using your oven heats up the whole house? You’ll feel even more comfortable if you invite friends with all their body heat in your house to eat those yummy cookies baked from your oven.
3. Dress your windows up in warmer clothes
Replace light curtains with heavier wool or fleece drapes in the winter. Make be sure to open them on sunny days for free heat.
4. Block any unwanted air movement in your house a cloth or a pool noodle.
Keep the heat in and cold out by sliding a pool noodle or cloth under doors .
The Accuweather SA website (www.accuweather.com) shows that temperatures in White River are between a minimum temperature of 4 and a maximum of 11 degree Celsius. On Tuesday temperatures will be between a minimum temperature of 5 and 12 degrees Celsius while on Wednesday the temperatures will be between 4 and 13 degrees Celsius. On Thursday and Friday temperatures are expected to be between 5 and 16 degrees Celsius.
