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I put the heating on yesterday, purely to check everything is working ok and there were no issues
Front room is currently 18.5 degrees, heating wont be used until it drops down to 16 degrees
I run hot so dont feel the cold too much which is great in winter, in summer its hell as i just sweat loads, went on holiday to Spain once and it was 33 degrees and i just died!
Wife is menopuasal so she hates heat at the momment
I do a Zwift ride about 6pm so stay warm until about 9. I don't seem to retain heat like I used to, so on for about hour on is fine when it drops below 17. Seems only cost 30p.
Probably putting the lounge storage heater on for first time this autumn, so max input and output.
On today
We have the heating set to a comfortable 20 degrees most of the cooler months, even in summer when the temps drop
However, in bed, I'll have the thermostatic rad valve turned to off or 1 and sometimes the window open. Couldn't bear the thought of a leccy blanket, I sometimes sweat with just a duvet
After having to clear several inches of snow and ice off my car this morning followed by 6 hours in an unheated warehouse I've relented and put my heating on for the first time since about last Feb. I hope it works!
I've used my central heating for a few hours recently. averaging around 3hrs per month. Had the fire lit a few times. Maxed out on the Octopus agile cheap electricity for electric heating when available. Saved a fortune in gas. Kitchen was 4 degrees c this morning tho! so probably taking not turning the heating on a bit too far!?
I've not done an ambient oustide temperature comparison, but in the last 2 months I've used less gas compared to the same period last year - 111m3 vs 160m3
The only thing I've done different is have a layback temp of 16c 24/7, and I boost it up to about 19-20 for a few hours per day in the evening, rather than turning the heat off and on at certain times.
I guess that's because with a baseline of 16c there's less work for the boiler to do to maintain that and bring it up to 20c than if it was starting from a lot lower...?
Added bonus, the house never gets too uncomfortable either as 16c is the lowest temp it gets to.
Has it got windows and doors ?
Yep, it's a single story Victorian with no cavity wall insulation, poor roof insulation, decent double glazed 1m² window, composite door and a skylight. IKEA kitchen in it, fitted to uninsulated brick walls 🙁
The Victorians didn't know how to build warm homes 😉
The only thing I’ve done different is have a layback temp of 16c 24/7, and I boost it up to about 19-20 for a few hours per day in the evening, rather than turning the heat off and on at certain times.
Ours is on 17.5 during the day and off at night, it only drops <16 on the coldest nights. That's with the rad's balanced, pump turned down and boiler set to ~62C. Most of the rads never actually get 'hot' so it takes a few hours to have a really noticeable difference but I think that actually makes it feel warmer as you don't move around the house finding hot/cold spots.
It's that time of year. Noticed it's definitely getting colder in the house. Down to 19 Celsius today so had to pop a fleece on over the t-shirt. Still wearing shorts.
The lack of sunshine isn't helping.
Mrs jeffl is well trained. She's cold but refuses to pop the heating on until November.
Gave it a squirt last night to test but still too warm for this old walrus.
We have succumbed to a half hour first thing and another boost in the evening if a jumper and blanket aren't enough.
I’ve had the heating on already, feels cold today and the heated seats came on in the car this morning - contemplating a fire now but it’s not quite cold enough yet… The cloud cover keeping the chill off.
Since the installation of new central heating system a year ago, my flat is much more bearable in winter now, as I set the thermostats to 16c. The heating only kicks in when the temp drops below 16c. Before that my living room was so cold the temperature could drop as low as 11c on a cold night with bedroom temp at between 5c to 7c. However, the energy bill has also doubled. Just few months ago, my energy company sent me an email asking me to fix the rate. Nahh ... can't be arsed, so I foresee getting fleece this winter. For the past few nights the room temp has been dropped to around 17c, and colleagues just told me there would be a freezing winter this year. Balls, I replied as I foresee a warm winter. LOL!
Yup been on a few times already.I,m a sedantary old softy
My heating is set for 18°, and it’s been coming on occasionally for the last couple of weeks. Fortunately, I had all my double glazing replaced a couple of years ago, along with the very old and rather draughty front door, so that’s improved things quite a lot.
and colleagues just told me there would be a freezing winter this year.
I’ve been wondering about that, my Pyrocanthus hedges out front are covered with berries, and what’s unusual is that the regular pigeons and blackbirds are out eating them; that rarely happens, except when it’s really cold, and we start getting the continental thrushes coming in from the fields. Which drives the male blackbird, who considers my house and garden a significant part of his territory, absolutely nuts!
My thermostat is curently set to 19c... i've heard my boiler fire up a few times in the last few days, might be time to bring out the extra blanket for the bed.
continental thrushes
Bloody continental thrushes.
Commin over ere, and giving us yeast infections.
Send them back!
I've been totally upfront with the kids and Mrs officer on our projected costs because I know the energy demand for our house and our new unit rate. I've asked them to put a jumper and long trousers on so that I can continue to pay their driving lessons.
God your house sounds I fun place to be 😂
Ours has been on for the last month or so, oil prices are pretty much stable, and roughly half the price it was in COVID
and roughly half the price it was in COVID
Errr. It was 20p a litre during COVID.
My heating is set for 18°, and it’s been coming on occasionally for the last couple of weeks. Fortunately, I had all my double glazing replaced a couple of years ago, along with the very old and rather draughty front door, so that’s improved things quite a lot.
and colleagues just told me there would be a freezing winter this year.
I’ve been wondering about that, my Pyrocanthus hedges out front are covered with berries, and what’s unusual is that the regular pigeons and blackbirds are out eating them; that rarely happens, except when it’s really cold, and we start getting the continental thrushes coming in from the fields. Which drives the male blackbird, who considers my house and garden a significant part of his territory, absolutely nuts!
You know plants produce fruit based on what the weather is/has been.. They can't predict the future.
The heat has come on a few times (thermostat set to to 19 degrees).
Log burner hasn't been lit yet though.
Same here.... The last 2 years the log burner has been lit from the beginning of October so I'm viewing this as a win.
My log bags inside are still empty, had no need to fill them. Saying that, i'll be filling them tomorrow when i get home from work! Due to be below zero every morning for the next few days.
We put ours on for an hour on Sunday night as the temperature inside had dropped to 15deg, but it's switched back off again now.
might be time to bring out the extra blanket for the bed
That's one thing I never do – we have a summer-weight duvet on all year around. If it is cold, I wear a tee-shirt. If it is *really* cold, then I sometimes wear PJ bottoms too. Ohh, and we never have heating on in our bedroom either.
Had the CH on for an hour or so about three times this week, and wearing wool socks today.
As a resident scrawny STW wuss, it was 18.5C in my office (aka the spare room) this morning, which calls for a T, plus a long sleeved T, plus lambswool rollneck jumper. And the heating is on for the time being.
Haven't yet broken out the big chunky wool socks though, although I am looking foward to that soon
Heating is set to 20C all year round, so it's been coming on now and again the last week or 2. Most mornings this week. We don't 'turn the heating on' as such.
Possibly an insulting thread to those people genuinely not able to afford to put any heating on? My thermostat is set at 20 so goes on based on that, all year around. Not sure what you are trying to win by not having it on.
Mine came on for the first time this morning in sunny Essex. My house is a shitty old 1950s build with solid walls.
It goes mouldy if it gets too cold, as a result the thermostat is set to 17.5 and is set to 'on' year round.
I borrowed a colleagues IR camera and found a few cold spots, so looks like I'll be doing some DIY to remedy the work done by incompetent tradesmen.
Possibly an insulting thread to those people genuinely not able to afford to put any heating on? My thermostat is set at 20 so goes on based on that, all year around. Not sure what you are trying to win by not having it on.
this.
Though ours is on a Nest and set temperature varies from 20 in the mornings to 22 in the evening.
Yeah, don't understand the whole turning heating on/off thing. Each room has an appropriate schedule set up, and I let it do its thing all year.
Gave in the other night and put the karkelugn on. The downstairs part of the house is generally warm enough with the radiators on (especially now that the cat has a second catflap and I do not have to leave the inner door open for him), but I wanted to sit in front of the fire for a bit and warm up the upstairs a bit.
I have even, finally, closed my bedroom window. Not yet put the inner windows back in, but that will happen soon enough.
15 mins to dismantle a pallet and cut it into 500mm lengths with just a hand saw, keep the beech, ash and oak logs for decorative basket until the real cold comes in
Firelighters from B&M but can't believe £5 for a wee bundle of kindling, so easy to pick up or chop your own
21° so easy in one room with others progressively cooler as I like a couple of windows slightly open
Kids including mine were brought up with too much central heating but they pay for their own now
Same here, round at my place i like the bedroom cool, my partner complains about this when she gets into bed (with her own, seperate, winter weight duvet) come midnight she's got the duvet almost on the floor complaining about the heat i'm kicking out.That's one thing I never do – we have a summer-weight duvet on all year around.
At her place i loose about a third of my body weight to sweat every night. The minimum temp for the apartment is about 22 degrees.
Yeah, don't understand the whole turning heating on/off thing. Each room has an appropriate schedule set up
Erm, some of us just have a single dial (probably from the 1980s min my case) and valves on the rads.
I only flick it on when I actually feel chilly, but that doesn't always happen at the same temperature.
I sometimes set it to a minimum when it gets really cold though.
I’m reeling from two things:
- people have heating on during the day
- that they let a thermostat decide to put the heating on in September
While I agree, there is nuance there. A really well insulated house = heating on all day can work well.
Also, our heating has outdoor temperature sensor and is smart enough to calculate when the heating may be needed and fully modulate the boiler.
All that said, I am too tight arse to have the heating 'on' by default at a particular date and try to push to mid October and get it switched off by 1st of April...
Ours is on a fairly standard split system with a thermostat upstairs and downstairs, with TRVs on all the radiators, bar the two rooms with the thermostats.
However our combi boiler does have a toggle letting you enable the heating and hot water or just the hot water.
The thermostats also have an away mode which doesn't let the temperature drop below 15 Celsius I think.
So I do choose to actively turn it on and off in a sense, normally at the start and end of winter.
I did look at going down the whole smart thermostat and TRV route but the initial outlay was too high, it would have taken me several years to recoup, and we don't plan on being here that long.
A really well insulated house = heating on all day can work well.
In a really well insulated house just living in the house keeps it warm enough. In a fairly well insulated house there will be less energy loss if the temperature is allowed to drop a little at night or when unoccupied.
Currently 22°C in the middle of the house with no heating. In the sunniest room it's 28°C. We've only just gone from leaving shutters closed on the sunny side to keep the house cool and it'll be a while before we light the wood burner. One of the nice things about living 43°N is the short heating season.
No gas central heating for me this year. Combi boiler broken.
I shall be relying on cheap or negative octopus agile electricity pricing, the log burner and heating the person not the room. 🔥🔥
Currently 14°c indoors and cooling slowly ❄️❄️☃️
Heat pump at its lowest setting is holding the house at between 20-21C. Radiators in the bedroom are switched off and there have been a few nights where the air con upstairs is running to cool the bedroom while the downstairs is being heated.
Combi boiler broken.
must be difficult to have a shower or a bath ?
Our heating goes on if Mrs Zip decides it looks cold outside!
Combi boiler broken.
must be difficult to have a shower or a bath ?
Cold shower after a warm water wash at the sink ❄️🔥.
Only I has to deal with the broken combi. If there were more in the house I'd get it fixed.
I'm also considering going full electric for my heating and hot water needs so repairing or replacing the gas boiler seems like it could be money spent elsewhere.
17c and moist. Had a week of nice weather but chilly and damp today. Office aircon is on toasty.