I know - most random question of the day award.
Just wondering if I keep my house too cold after going round to a mates and it been like the tropics in temperature and what he was wearing!
What temp do you set yours to??
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Room thermostat - what's yours set to?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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20c when we are in, and 15c when we are out or at night
But its not that easy, and depends more on where it is, how it is set up and the boiler/rads etc.
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Between 18C and 20C normally.
Have been known to pump it up a wee bit higher when it gets nippy in the winter.
Our thermostat is out in the hall not in a room though.
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19.5 and 14 overnight - got a clever digital wireless thermostat its ace.
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Yeah, I've got a wireless thermostat timer thing. Mine is normally set to about 19 so sounds like I'm normal.
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21, oh yeah baby.
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17-18. if it get too cold I'll throw a log on the wood burner. tight as they come, me.
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every ones way too hot .
I work in a different house nearly every day and 99% of them are set over 25 degrees with the efing windows open .
Our house is only warm when Mrs T decides she is cold and as she is some sort of cold bloodied creature its only when her sister visits that the heating goes into overdrive and we get to 20 degrees.
Who remembers having Ice on the inside of their windows
or having a bath in a tin bath in front of the fire but being the youngest haveing to wait till every one else had used the water .Posted 1 year ago # -
got it set to 18 here .... only its AC run off a diesel generator for me ....
keeps the falcipean malaria carrying mozzies outside !
its 25 outside at 10 at night - and with no ac inside it quickly gets up to 45/50 inside during the day - and outside 37/38
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16 degrees here (well, 62 fahrenheit), though I suspect the old thermostat is a bit inaccurate.
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Maybe the reason we've all got good bikes is cos we're tight...
Maximum of 20 degrees here, usually about 19... I hate spending money on gas to heat the place when an extra jumper or a bit of exercise is fine... That said, went through the winter before last with no heating except for a log burner... Got warm chopping the wood, then kept the fire going all night each day too! Couldn't afford the heating bills as none of us living there had a job at the time...
And like trout says, most people seem to have theirs about 25 or more. My mate will sit there in his house in just his boxers sweating his nuts off, but his missus (who always wins) will still be freezing!
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Most houses I'm working in at the moment seem to have theirs set at 25, it's like backdraft when they open the front door, takes yer eyebrows off! ours only comes on enough to melt the ice, I hate overly hot houses.
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Haven't bothered setting it this year as still warm enough that we don't need the heating on.
For winter I'll get one of those wireless temperature control units so it can be the temperature of where the baby is that controls the boiler, then set that in her bedroom to 15 degrees at night, and have it with us during the day at 18 degrees in the lounge / kitchen.
Edited to ask: Darn Trail Rat, where are you? Those are ferocious temperatures!
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Got mine set to 13 deg. Don't see the point in having it hotter than a cool winter's evening.
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Zero use the log burner only. Need a new holier fitted anyway but when it is probably about 17 or 18 if it gets really cold. That's for the kids though more then anything.
Work in lots of houses too and varies from fridge like to super nova. Age and certain illnesses contribute to what people will have it set at a lot of the time. My parents is super no a due to my Dads recent heart problems. But that's from a log burner too.
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low. It's nearly as old as me, a back-burner behind a gas fire; it doesn't do them fancy degree things.
When it gets really cold I'll let her put the fire on too, but I pretty soon end up in a bit of a sweat. Hate being too hot.
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When Mrs Ming's in charge of the 'stat and the log burners not burning downa rain forest I sometimes wonder if I should drain the water from the rad's and run a liquid sodium based system.
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Got mine set to 13 deg
WTF! Do you do a good line in treble thickness woolly jumpers ?
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You have your aircon set to 18 when it's hot out? That sounds freezing cold.
Our thermostat is set to 18, but it's on the ground floor so it's warmer than that upstairs. It goes off altogether at night. Agree about other people's houses tho.
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20 deg
I'd happily have it cooler and wear a jumper but Lady von Drais is keen on high temp and less clothes.
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Room stat set to 16C with TRV's in the other rooms varying from 13 - 16C. But if the G/F comes round then I'll turn it up otherwise she won't take her coat off.
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About 18 here, the heating only comes on for about 3 hours between 6am and 9am and again between 4pm and 7pm.
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errr... still not got the heating on, and open the window some nights.
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No idea. but everyone reckons our house is "roasting".
Think we're missing Oz?
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I'm always amazed at people wearing t-shirts at home in Winter. What's wrong with an extra layer, particularly in view of today's news about more hikes from gas suppliers.
But I do have the bedroom window open every night ... I like to hear the wildlife.
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it is mr grips BUT its from the safety boy at work that says 18 - stops the bugs in mozzies getting to you or some shite ....
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Hello ming
Ours is at 16, no night setting as the hot water/heating is only on 1hr in the morning and 4hrs in the evening. Upstairs rads are almost off. The stat isn't clicking until I turn it up to 19 and thats in the front room with a draughty poorly fitting front door, which is a bit strange.
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Hmm when the inlaws are round or the wood burner has not been lit (and its chilly) then around 20-22 but generally just under 15 the rest of the time.
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Set @ 18 through the day and 15 @ night, so far the heating only really comes on in the morning and if there are 2 people in the living room the thermostat normally shows 20-21. Not done a proper winter in this house yet tho....
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I'm with CG on this. We have the bedroom window open 365 days of the year, no matter how cold it gets.
19.5 and 14 overnight - got a clever digital wireless thermostat its ace.
Heating should be set to turn off overnight. It's not needed. Ours goes off about 10.00pm. I don't think it's on for more than about 5-6 hours a day, total.
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Aircons set to 25C in summer, outside temps at 30C-40C. Heating occasionally to 18C on a winter morning to take the edge off.
Constantly berating local staff for setting their office aircon to 16C (lowest setting) in summer and 30C (highest setting) in winter...
trail_rat: sounds like cobblers to me, I reckon it is more to do with airflow so the buggers feel like a Cessna in a hurricane. And if it is that high-risk you should have a net!
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05:15 - 06:00 18 degrees
06:00 - 04:30 15 degrees
04:30 - 09:30 20 degrees
09:30 - 10:30 18 degrees
10:30 - 05:15 15 degrees (but hasnt come on yet)If we use the stove in the evening the heating doesnt come on.
Wireless thermostats are the way forward, allow you to vary the temp and can save a fortune!
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my other half insists on 21 degrees but I would happily have it lower..
Who remembers having Ice on the inside of their windows
I do.... for the last 12 years..Posted 1 year ago # -
Only been on for 2 very short periods at '18' since it turned cold (it got too hot after 1/2 hour) and even at its coldest have left it off overnight. I've never needed to turn it on at all in the afternoon when on nightshift.
I have a feeling my next door neighbour (semi-detached house) has hers cranked right up as her two young kids never seem to be in more than shorts and t-shirts and my house is heated through the party wall !
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Not got our heating on yet, planning on keeping it off till December. We've got storage heaters as were in an apartment, if it drops below 14 I've told the missis she can choose one to put on for half an hour. I'm happy in my Primark tiger suit, best £9.99 I spent.
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