glenp - Member
I'm astonished how hot people think they must have their house. Especially reading these comments on the home of MTFU! And blaming it on cosseting the kids! What a laugh - how the hell do you think mankind got to this point? 20 degrees indoors all year round is an product of this current generation only. Go back 30 years and most people were unaware that such extravagance and softness was even possible.
My parents still live in the house I was born in (indeed the house my dad was born in). There is no heating at all apart from a Rayburn and log burner downstairs. No double glazing, no loft insulation. Plenty of ice indoors. I survived it, as did my brother and sister - as did dad and his five siblings.
Mong - my thermostat is usually above 20 deg in Winter. This is because it gets the house to a lovely warm temperature where I feel comfortable and I want to have it at that temp. I don't, however moan about fuel bills.
I used to live in a house that had ice on the inside of the windows in Winter and it was effin 'orrible.
Just for the record, I work outside in minus whatever it has been just lately, so no, I won't be MTFUpping any time soon.
As for heating.our combi gets the house up to temp in about 30 mins, so on that basis the timer is set prior to us getting up and getting home from work.