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Wife is starting to moan that ours should go on. I explain that it's still really mild. It makes no difference.
Windows still open in our house. Give her a thicker jumper and more house work.
It's on for an hour in the morning to make getting up at 6 slightly more tolerable. That's all.
We're in a heatwave! Where are you?
I was tempted last week but persevered. It's since warmed up again so it's looking likely that we'll manage without for a bit longer yet 🙂
surely a thermostat removes all need for debate
Still crazy mild down here in brighton. windows open and spiders everywhere
It's still too warm for the heating ( even in Jockland ) 😉
It was like mid summer yesterday afternoon.
However, by 9pm it was quite cool. A good excuse for a few logs on the stove. Not really necessary but very pleasant.
Not too nice today though.
surely a thermostat removes all need for debate
you'd think so..
[i]Wife is starting to moan that ours should go on[/i]
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(I'm only guessing the wife looks like that)
Maybe for those that use thermostats the question is - has your heating come on yet automatically?
*pops across the room to the magic box*
It's 22 degrees outside. I have the doors open, so it's 22 degrees inside too.
Now, it doesnt take much of an excuse for me to start burning wood, but even I'm keeping my [s]powder[/s] poplar dry for now.
No, very warm here in west of Scotland, which is statement you don't often hear.
I was out on the bike at 7:30 yesterday morning in a short sleeved top and out for a walk late morning in shorts and t-shirt.
All the windows open in the house too and we had a bbq last night.
Warm again today and I can't see any need for the heating this week. Short sleeved top and arm warmers on the commute this morning.
In Lancaster the heating has not been on since before Easter. We have not even had the wood burner on.
Its not actually been cold in the house yet and long may it continue.
too warm in the north east of scotland - even my thermostat thinks it is - heatings not come on yet except when i tested it out for a couple of days(on timer) just to check it was working ok for the winter.
i recorded 10 outside temp 19 inside when i went to bed last night and 8outside - 18inside when i got up.
all my insulation i fitted over ,last springs made a hell of a difference
Roasting yesterday but by about 10pm the front room was getting cold
half an hour burst of central heating but only in that room
(all the other radiators thermostats are turned down)
Stove is going on tonight as the stve top fan has arrived. Gotta see if it work.
Blazing hot on the Sth Coast this weekend, so much so that the heating came on early morning (set at 15C) MrsBouy got out of bed to turn it off and unintentionally turned the thermostat the opposite way to "Full On Meltdown" mode.
Jeeze, to say it was hot was an understatement.. We both melted and MrsBouy couldn't understand it.. I had a giggle when I pointed the error out.
Still, boiler got a thorough working out just in time for winter 😆
Didn't need the heating on at all, windows open and patio doors too, blooming lovely it was.
24 deg at Box Hill yesterday, it's roasting. Riding round town in t-shirts of an evening is splendid, long may it continue.
£40 a month on the direct debit is helping too. No, it hasn't clicked on yet, comes on at 18.
You're F'kin joking 8) 18 deg here in bonny East Lothian.
Had the fire going last night, but our house somehow manages to be colder than outside. It needs studied by science.
Heating? It's 20c at night and was 34c t'other day. Heating, pah, what are ya, in the northern hemisphere or something?
It's spring.
Fire has indeed been on. Our house is the same as above, cool in summer and warm in winter, which is good, plus it heats up quick and retains heat well. It does mean that the house is now cooler than outside, which even after 11 years of living here, still takes me by surprise.
I haven't even swapped shorts for trousers yet, never mind putting the heating on.
Lit the stove on saturday.
But only because it has just been painted and needed curing.
Made the house absurdly hot for a few hours, even with some windows open.
It's still summer.
Not sure where you are but in the south it's been so mild that all windows are open 24/7 and it's still roasting!
I can't see heating being on for a decent while yet.
Not sure where you are but in the south it's been so mild that all windows are open 24/7 and it's still roasting!
+1.
Its been fired up to make sure its healthy ready for winter.
Nope. Still kicking about in shorts and t-shirt. House was roasting yesterday and popped into town last night for a few beers. Really warm and the place was buzzing outside. I fear winter will hit with a vengeance when it eventually appears.
ill give notice of when i take out the current trail rat towers stove .....thats when it will drop.
the new one wont be fitted for a couple of days most likely so guarantee it will be cold then.
Had the fire going last night, but our house somehow manages to be colder than outside. It needs studied by science.
Is your house a portal for evil?
Had it on Saturday morning for an hour or so but i had just returned from Portugal, so thought it was a bit nippy. Lets hope the mild weather continues.
Nope, we're in a flat above a fireplace shop, which unfortunately is neither filled with stoveporn or lit fires, it's all nasty faux-brass trimmed gas and electric stuff and cold!
Currently 22C or more in the Kitchen (i know this as the homebrews on the cold tile floor and is at 22C).
I noticed that some plants round our way have new buds appearing 😯
Was there not talk of this mild weather going through till the end of October ?
[i]Hopefully followed by[/i]
I fear winter will hit with a vengeance when it eventually appears.
We had a couple of chilly mornings last week, so Yes I did click it on for an hour to warm the house for everyone else before I went out on my bike, but the weather was chuffing lovely the rest of the time so the heating is staying off...
It doesn't really matter anyway, when it does finally get cold My missus and MIL will randomly turn the thermostat between 5* and 45* variously complaining that they are too hot/cold and not quite understanding why...
If it can stay off till late October/early November that would be Ace...
When the cat decides to move back into the house we might think about putting the heating on
[i]Still crazy mild down here in brighton. windows open and spiders everywhere[/i]
Just along the coast from you, what is it with the Spiders? I have humongous webs nearly 4 metres wide around the garden and have to try and duck under them each morning 🙂 How the hell do they manage to span from the gutter to the far side of the patio I'll never know!
what is it with the Spiders?
I managed to walk through a nest yesterday and had hundreds of tiny spiders running around in my leg hair (was wearing shorts), took ages to find and crush them all - was highly irritating...
When the cat decides to move back into the house we might think about putting the heating on
Our cats are starting to move back in, not quite there yet. Haven't needed the heating yet, but I'm sure both the cats and my wife will let me know when it is 🙂
We never turn it off? You just set the stat in each room to the temp you want it to be & if it's colder than that it comes on & if it's warmer it doesn't.
Don't really see what we'd achieve by turning it off.
Nope, not switched ours back on yet.
We never turn it off? You just set the stat in each room to the temp you want it to be & if it's colder than that it comes on & if it's warmer it doesn't.
Don't really see what we'd achieve by turning it off.
Because the outside ambient temperature is generally pretty warm during the summer it doesn't matter if the temp dips below 18 or 19 degrees. If we left the "heating" on and relied on the thermostats then there is a possibility that the boiler would kick in. I don't need or want that during eh summer months. So, to prevent it happening just switch the heating part of our condensing boiler off. 🙂
Don't really see what we'd achieve by turning it off.
We turn our oil fueled heating off over the summer, and use an electric immersion heater for heat water. It's cheaper.
from a professional point of view its clear that the majority certainly have not yet gone back to the heating.. just as a head up though take the opportunity of the warm spell to bleed the rads make sure everythings tickty boo pumps valves etc cos when folks do turn on the heating our phones go MENTAL with breakdowns so sort any issues now before the mad rush..
on the other hand was called 6 times to a dire emergancy on saturday as the heating wouldnt come at a house.. got there and she was right it wont come on.. because .. it was 30 degrees in the hall ....
The mother in law who's got a cold and has not an ounce of fat on her is stopping at ours for the moment until she's better.
It's like a bloody furnace in here 24/7 atm.
Well, ours is on morning and night at the moment. The stat is set for about 18 and it kicks on most days at the moment. To be fair it is probably well above that point during the day when I am home on my own.
The mother in law who's got a cold and has not an ounce of fat on her is stopping at ours for the moment until she's better.
You're a lot more accommodating than I am!
I haven't shut the window to signify the end of summer yet.
Just got home. Mine's on.
Blinking Nest thermostat trying to be clever. Just turned it down (off).
Don't really see what we'd achieve by turning it off.
It's often below the 18 or so our themostat is set to in the summer months in our hallway, but it's tolerable because as above, if it's warm outside this is less of an issue somehow - you know it's gong to get warm enough later.
If I know it's going to be 20 degrees by 11am, I don't need heating to make it 20 degrees at 9am. That's why it gets turned off.
I'm gamely hanging off this last fortnight - we had a couple,of nights in September when it was single digit temps so it has been on, but hanging off till Thursday when we head off for two weeks of sun.
Might have to put it in for an hour while we are away so It isn't chilled when we get back.
Not switched ours on yet, will hopefully hold off for a few weeks more. Still warm enough in shorts and T shirt in the evenings / mornings in the house at the moment.
top tip.. when you is going to gstad for your winter break DO NOT switch the boiler off at the mains.. most common combis will circulate the heating if the temp drops to 8c and fire up when temp drops to 5c. those that dont will freeze.. i ve seen two in the last three years who after thier sojurn came home to a frozen and busted boiler..
Heating never comes on until (at least) October in our house. Still enjoying the last bits of summer here and refusing to accept it's getting colder at all.
this becomes a 'heat' race well more a cold race between myself and my partner.....each year since she said no need to put the heating on till October...............
we have tried to out do each other ..............
I have sat in full winter down coat thermals ski pants not ot put the heating on to outlast her
so far 28th dec is the latest
so this year is still mild
Sod the switching the heating on, it's how long you leave the windows open 24 hours a day. The heating is something left for ages after that.
whenever my Mrs suggests she's cold and needs it on I suggest she does some topless star jumps instead to warm herself up. Usually at that point she stops moaning about the cold.
The heating goes on when the little ones rooms become overly cold.
Like a number of folk have said, we're having a mini heatwave here. French doors and windows have been open all day and the house is still roasting. I'll still be sticking extra insulation in the loft though, soon as B&Q have their cheap deal on.
BigG, I've been waiting 18 months for the cheap deals to come back but no luck, but British Gas surveying my loft this week for free insulation. Which is good as it's insulated to about 50mm across 2/3rds, then I lifted the centre boarded section and there is nothing at all under the rest! I'm in a bungalow so the loft area is double that of a house as well so it should make a huge difference.
Apparently to qualify the house just needs to be suitable now, no eligibility for benefits etc.
No chance, I had the aircon on in my little car at work all day yesterday. All windows are open upstairs at home pretty much have been since May. Mind at work last week it pretty cool at about 6am almost a ground frost but soon warmed up.
Getting colder on Sunday/Monday. I supect the pressure will be on for the stove to be lit, which isn't a bad thing but once it's been lit it has to be on every night!
Yesterday was Monday and it was really warm.
Wakka wakka wakka!
and the sleeping giant has been awoken.
the -3 outside forced the temp inside down to 15 degrees this morning at 4am so the heating kicked in for about 20 minutes to bring it back up to 17 for waking time.
Yesterday was Monday and it was really warm.
Yep... shows how crap the forecasts are (obviously some parts of the UK are warmer than others)!
Living room still 19 degs in the evening so the heating and stoves are still dormant 🙂
our heating has been coming on for an hour every morning since the start of september, but that's only to warm the house up in the morning.
last night the temp reading in the bedrooms was 21 degrees!!
"last night the temp reading in the bedrooms was 21 degrees!!"
you have to ask your self where did that heat go during the night between the start of sept and now as the delta T for most of the country hasnt been that large yet. - admittedly last night it was much greater than of late - its been about 8-10degrees most of september then last night it was about 22degrees so im not surprised i lost 4 degrees internal temperature.
insulation makes a hellovadifference.
I'm was out in the garden reading/drinking at 9pm last night. I've set and locked the thermostat at 17deg for next winter so I expect we'll just start wearing jumpers inside when it gets chilly but a the moment it's lovely out.
Heating now on.
(Is ashamed)
Went on last night after having several nights of waking up at silly o'clock with a cold head. 😐
Same here - yesterdays frosty start prompted it in our house. 😐
Yep, had loads of arguments with the missus over it!
Still off here, though the battle has begun.
"It's really cold"
"put a jumper on then"
"But the bed is cold"
"I can think of a way of warming it up..."
"OK, it's not that cold actually"
Oh well, it was worth a shot.
Yeah, I was sat last night in my teeshirt as I was too hot in the jumper I had been wearing up until now.
😥
had a test run yesterday to make sure everything is running as it should, obviously did this whilst the good lady was out of the house to avoid any further complications.
I enjoyed the brief blast of toasty warm heat, she had no idea.
I reckon November for 1st real usage is not out of the question at the moment, which is ace.
We've just got back from a lovely warm holiday and it was 6 degrees on the first morning back. The heating went on pretty sharpish.
it hadn't been until i went out last night. came home and the flat was baking. the heating had been on 'just for half an hour or so'. Hmmm.
Heating been on at weekend and since. Barring Saturday when the thermo and the receiver wouldn't talk and had to be fixed.
Garden office - stove on for first time this year. Toasty!
Due a test run soon and no doubt all radiators will need bleeding. Luckily with the 8 snakes, Bosc Monitor Lizard, bearded Dragon and Green iguana their heat keeps the front room toasty warm so far. Snakes are set at 32 Celsius on a thermostat.
Bedroom gets cold in winter but its roasting in the summer.
our heating has been kicking in intermittently in the mornings all week but the solar gain once the sun comes up keeps it off in the evening.
have lit teh stove earlier in the week to burn off the "New stove new sealant" fumes.
House is set at 15 degrees and came on last night. I was say on the lounge wondering what the noise was, it was the boiler rumbling away!!
Still filled hot water bottle for bed though, brrrrrrrrrrr
So - what temperature do you set heating at?
20deg in the morning (for an hour whilst the kids get dressed, 19deg in the late afternoon/evening here....
Daytime/nighttime set at 14deg in case it gets really cold but I don't think that kicks in very much.
20deg in the morning, 19 at night here....
'kin ell!
18deg in evenings, 16 during day, 14 set back at night.