A UK woman says she hasn't turned on her heating in four years thanks to a number of tricks, including one using three bricks and a tray from Poundland. Klaire De Lys posted her trick on TikTok and says she uses it to keep her home warm, reports The Sun.
Klaire has shared a number of videos - including several on keeping babies, toddlers and children warm with lots of layers.
Klaire said: "One of the things that I do every winter, is whenever I'm cooking in the oven, or at least at the beginning of winter, what I do is I get three bricks and I put them on a stand.
"I just use one of those wire cookie trays, just one from Poundland, they're not expensive." She advises making sure the bricks aren't wet, which could cause an accident.
And she warned against using stones or rocks, which can become too hot or explode. She said: "The reason I put bricks in the oven is because those bricks heat up during the cooking.
"Then when you're finished cooking and you've turned everything off and opened the door, those bricks are hot and will keep the heat a lot longer than the actual oven.
"It might only be an extra 15/20 minutes of heat radiating out but when you don't have any kind of central heating, those 20 minutes make a huge, huge difference," Klaire added.
Klaire's other tricks include advice on what fabrics will best keep you warm, and how to keep children warm if they don't like being wrapped up or if they are not toilet trained. She also uses solar lights - powered by the sun, and hot water bottles as well as having duvets that are 'too big' for the bed.
