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How cold is your lounge?
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I've put more layers on and now I'm too hot!
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No idea. Chilly toes though, might go and get a blanket.
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Time to fill the hot water bottle and get under the duvet I think.
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I get thermally cycled. 24C in the office, get home it's 16. Which I prefer, but I have got a hat on & Mrs FJ is closely cuddling the dogs...
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18.8 and rising.
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Log burner and underfloor heating on, very warm and I feel sleepy
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About 15C just lounging about in jeans and a thin merino jumper. The wife would be going mental about how cold it is if she was here
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21c here, I like to lounge in shorts and a T-shirt.
It always amazes me that houses in the uk are so cold and badly insulated, its not like it was ever warm in the winter!?Posted 4 months ago # -
I am now going upstairs to turn on the central heating
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Blanket fetched
feet toasty.
all I need now is some crap on the telly LOL
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Oldgit is pushing very close to not-going-to-get-any-oldergit!
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Emsz - heating ticking over, duvet on top with cat No1 warming my legs and a box of choccy biscuits
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Lady G, it may be cold in your lounge, but your heart is still warm.
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19.2. Wood now burnt out.
We're nearly a month after the solstice now, Stoner. The water coming out of the solar tank is at over 20°C again on sunny days. Is it worth trying to feed your thermal store from the solar array yet?
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Sweating like a scouser in currys here.. just got out the bath after a hard sesh at the gym.. missus has the place at about 30c and is sat with her feet on a hot water bottle. She's adamant that the house is cold !!!
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What are you using to store the heat oldgit? And what glass do you have that doesn't cuase problems after sundown?
Is it worth trying to feed your thermal store from the solar array yet?
It's been pretty sunny here, sunny enough to put a smile on my face, be interesting to see the figures that the solar pv are pulling. Interesting to see how they are performing overall...Posted 4 months ago # -
19c approx here, central heating boiler on 1, did put one bar of the electric fire on earlier for bit of a boost after being out all day
Not bad for an end of terrace 120 year old cottage, must be all the ivy covering the end wall
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'as it is she cowers under a blanket whilst I wander round in shorts'.
20.4 in here ! (currently 1 outside)
I'm surprised how 'cool' some people have it... I have been standing outside to replicate other people's conditions !
don't like it !
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My solar panels are venting steam at the moment. Got an airlock and havent got round to re-filling. Ive ordered sme new auto bleed vents to fit on the manual bleed tails to stop steam vapour causing locks again. Hopefully theyll arrive in the post tomorrow and Ill fit them tomorrow evening when the array is cold again.
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I can't post the PV figures till the inverter boots up when the panels start producing in the morning. December was the worst month as you'd expect and cloudy, 101kWh. We consumed 120kWh at home and no doubt more than that on holiday.
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Normally 20.5 degrees, but had the wood burner on tonight with the door shut and got up to 28!
What's surprised me is that in the last week or so there was a thread about gas & elec bills. So how much are folk paying too, we pay £80 combined per month. If your rooms are as cold as some of you are saying, I hope you don't pay more than £20!
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*is happy not to be living in an old house or caravan anymore*
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Between 160 and 200kWh of electricity consumed a month so up to £20 (ingnoring the fact we're energy psositive for over nine months of the year thanks to PV). No gas and nearly 1m3 of soft wood so far this Winter.
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My house is normally just right for me, but leaving the window open didn't help tonight!
House used to be horribly cold but the boiler replacement and new draught-free windows are a godsend.Posted 4 months ago # -
*is happy not to be living in an old house or caravan anymore*
I know what you mean - I lived in a camper van for two years - I needed two duvets and two hot water bottles in the winter.Posted 4 months ago # -
18 deg in the hall, 19 in the lounge and probably the same in the bathroom.
Our bedroom is probably 10 at the moment as we almost never have the heat on in there (winter 2010 excepted) we will have the window open unless its below -5 and we are also still only using a 4.5tog duvet!
If it rises to 21 in the house through heating I get very uncomfortable, natural heat I'm ok with but heating UugggPosted 4 months ago # -
Stoner the thermal image survey who did that and what sort of cost? Would consider for ours to see where our 1870s house leaks heat from (all over I expect).
18deg but only cos heating on all day. Do wish the stove hadn't died :o(
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20.5 in the lounge as that's what the digital room stat is set to ,and confirmed by the on board thermometer.
21 yr old 3 bed det house,boiler is same age and haas cavity insulation decent dble glazing and loft insulation.Definetly down to 0 or below outside at the moment.
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bri-72, the survey was done for free through a grant funded programme run by Malvern Hills council. The grant makes it free because it's an AONB.
I cant find any google hits for the organisations implying it's not a national program Im afraid.
A flyer Im looking at here suggests that the service is worth "hundreds of pounds"...
if you google for "free thermal imaging survey" it appears that there are a number of subsidised areas around the UK, you might be lucky.
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My wife seems happy to have our sitting room (lounge?!) at around 16 degrees, this might be because I told her if we had the house too warm mice would move in.
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How are we fairing at the moment oldgit? Still in flip flops?
I'm also genuinely interested in knowing how you're storing the heat.Posted 3 months ago # -
I've just turned the Aircon up in my room as it's too hot, but then I am in Nairobi and managed a slight sunburn whilst having lunch by the hotel swimming pool....
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Not sure but I am just sat around in a shorts and tee-shirt so can't be too cold.
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About 25C as the wood burner is running, we've retired to the conservatory as it's a bit cooler!
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