Is your central heating on yet

[BusyBuilder]

I'm sat here watching Bargain Hunt, and temp is 9 deg, no heating on, but wife has set heating to come on at 8am for an hour as the towels on the bathroom radiator don't dry off after a shower.
That's it for central heating but the woodburner is now lit at about 8pn at night, once and stoked up, the let to slowly die down. It's quite damp up here at the moment, so the washing doesn't dry on the line, so she puts the airer next to the woodburner.

 

[Neil S]

We had the heating on last night for a couple of hours , pretty cold here last night .
My DD for gas and leccy has just went up to £265 a month from £200 which was not as bad we expected

 

[Coolcats]

Ours is currently set to 19c

There is a line of thought that to keep the heating on 24/7 is cheaper than trying to heat a house from cold for a few hours in the evening, I have no idea if this correct but maintaining a temperature such as 19c is probably cheaper than raising the temperature from say 8 degrees to 19c

 

[lindyloot]

Heating does not go on till November then off end of feb. I put on an oodie of an evening if its cold

 

[davanne]

Tested heating yesterday for 1/2 hr as it hasn’t been on since April but woodburner is lit in the evening. As we live in a bungalow we leave the doors open and it warms the other rooms.

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[BusyBuilder]

Bit of a difference between those down south and us up here in the Highlands.

 

[dunnah01]

Freezing yesterday so warmed up by chopping a tree down and making logs for next year - properly warmed me up

 

[carolyn]

Yes it’s on. I grew up in a freezing cold council house and then an equally cold freezing student flat. I swore that once I could afford central heating I would never sit around cold again. I think fuel prices are going to be the least of our worries the way things are going but I’m going to be warm whilst I can.

 

[coroner]

SWMBO thinks she has turned it on by increasing the temperature on the thermostat, luckily she has no idea the boiler is set to hot water only and I may have forgotten to show her how change it and also luckily for me she doesn’t check out this forum.

Yr as good as dead if she finds out.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Left Alicante last night, it was easily 25c. Landed in Manchester, 5c.

But I ain’t putting the heating on !

I have just put the A/C on heat pump and opened the doors downstairs to take the chill off.

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[VXman]

Can't see why I should put it on? 21° here in Florence, Italy. T'is a bit wet though.

 

[The Wino]

Ours is currently set to 19c

There is a line of thought that to keep the heating on 24/7 is cheaper than trying to heat a house from cold for a few hours in the evening, I have no idea if this correct but maintaining a temperature such as 19c is probably cheaper than raising the temperature from say 8 degrees to 19c

I think thats a fallacy. If the house is warm all the time it will lose more heat to the outside and you're going to have to burn more fuel to replace the lost heat. Also I think I'm right in saying that modern boilers are more efficient at high heat levels maybe The Ex-Gasman can comment

 

[SpeedyDux]

It's because you're at the less civilised end of the UK up north it's getting chilly although I'm feeling it more cause I have covid ATM

Hope you aren't too poorly, and you recover soon.

 

[The Wino]

Hope you aren't too poorly, and you recover soon.

Thanks

 

[jockaneezer]

I might light the pilot light on our gas cast iron fire, it definitely takes the chill off the room. Been looking for a woodburner to replace it with, but haven't seen one we both like that can be delivered before Christmas.
On a related note, I dropped off a load of logs at a mate's drying floor this morning, they should be dry in 5 or 6 days, customers are on the phone constantly just now.I

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[jumar]

In the north of Spain van heating on for past week....off home tomorrow to Murcia... Air Conditioning will be chugging away...as will chilled San Miguel....,

 

[PaulyP]

Put the heating on last night for the first time, not because I was particularly cold but had returned from static with bedding and towels plus my gear to wash, only way to dry it was on the rads, it’s having an annual service tomorrow so a good warm up test. Now set on hive so will come on when needed.

 

[Folkranger]

Got to say when my caalculated energy spend from October hit £3800 I said we'll run a bit more frugally this winter. It didn't last. I'm sitting here shivering with two jumpers on and waiting for evening so we can put the heating on. As you get older, your body loses some of its ability to regulate temperature and so you feel both hot and cold more.

I'm currently looking into smart TRVs to reduce the heating bills. Until then we'll just continue with a lot more snuggling together.

 

[The Wino]

Got to say when my caalculated energy spend from October hit £3800 I said we'll run a bit more frugally this winter. It didn't last. I'm sitting here shivering with two jumpers on and waiting for evening so we can put the heating on. As you get older, your body loses some of its ability to regulate temperature and so you feel both hot and cold more.

I'm currently looking into smart TRVs to reduce the heating bills. Until then we'll just continue with a lot more snuggling together.

I'm thinking of a couple of electric blankets for the daytime when we sit reading. When you're up and doing it's not a problem

 

[Folkranger]

I'm thinking of a couple of electric blankets for the daytime when we sit reading. When you're up and doing it's not a problem

I think just "blankets" would do. "Electric" defeats the objective.

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[Minxy]

Ours is currently set to 19c

There is a line of thought that to keep the heating on 24/7 is cheaper than trying to heat a house from cold for a few hours in the evening, I have no idea if this correct but maintaining a temperature such as 19c is probably cheaper than raising the temperature from say 8 degrees to 19c

That's done the rounds for years and it totally wrong, even Martin Lewis did a bit on one of his programmes about it.

I think thats a fallacy. If the house is warm all the time it will lose more heat to the outside and you're going to have to burn more fuel to replace the lost heat. Also I think I'm right in saying that modern boilers are more efficient at high heat levels maybe The Ex-Gasman can comment

Correct, heating a home from a lower temperature for a few hours is more economical than leaving it on all the time.

 

[The Wino]

I think just "blankets" would do. "Electric" defeats the objective.

Depends on the power level.

 

[MattR]

Don't forget to turn your heating on for a few minutes every couple of months to help stop the pump from seizing up.

 

[Speve]

I think thats a fallacy. If the house is warm all the time it will lose more heat to the outside and you're going to have to burn more fuel to replace the lost heat. Also I think I'm right in saying that modern boilers are more efficient at high heat levels maybe The Ex-Gasman can comment

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[Lenny HB]

Ours has been on a couple of evenings just for an hour this month but the gas fire in the lounge has been on quite a lot.

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[Northernraider]

Not used the heating yet , I did put it on once to try it about a month ago.

But I have had to start putting a jumper on when out and about. Still having my shower at 40° not 60° yet so can't be that bad.

I've only used £4. 60 of lpg since 3rd July don't want to go overboard

 

[Lenny HB]

But I have had to start putting a jumper on when out and about. Still having my shower at 40° not 60° yet so can't be that bad.

You have the older Truma they were fine at 40° the newer ones are rubbish & you have to run them at 60°.

 

[Maudy]

We have the kickboard heater switched on and as we will shortly be getting the £66 a month discount from the government I may actually turn the temperature to warm

 

[Coolcats]

I think thats a fallacy. If the house is warm all the time it will lose more heat to the outside and you're going to have to burn more fuel to replace the lost heat. Also I think I'm right in saying that modern boilers are more efficient at high heat levels maybe The Ex-Gasman can comment

"However, it's not quite that clear-cut. Some specialists disagree – and argue you should keep the heating on constantly for an entirely different reason.

They advocate keeping the heating on low all day, turning all radiator valves up to the max and the boiler down to the minimum, and say the problem with turning the heating on and off is that every time it's turned off, condensation collects within the walls. This condensation can help conduct heat outside the home, they say – meaning you leak heat more quickly and so will use more energy as a result."

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[The Wino]

However, it's not quite that clear-cut. Some specialists disagree – and argue you should keep the heating on constantly for an entirely different reason.

They advocate keeping the heating on low all day, turning all radiator valves up to the max and the boiler down to the minimum, and say the problem with turning the heating on and off is that every time it's turned off, condensation collects within the walls. This condensation can help conduct heat outside the home, they say – meaning you leak heat more quickly and so will use more energy as a result.

Energy mythbusting

Top energy-saving tips and energy myth-busting from Money Saving Expert. Find out how you can save on your gas and electricity bills using simple tricks.

www.moneysavingexpert.com

Yes read the link. But we have a lot of insulation in the cavity I doubt it's going to be a big problem. It would be interesting to have the heat on constant and low then measure the outside wall temperature and do the same just on as needed. I think the thing that's clear is insulate like never before

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