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When the splash back from my piss freezes to my Magic Marys that's when I know it's cold in the home.
New(ish) 27 year old house. Thermally OK - the Baxi is still original (not a combi) and the gas bills are very low. We also have relatively small rads in bedrooms (open plan downstairs) but it works well. 3 bedrooms and 7 rads.
Only the lounge is a large one, all rest under 600mm.
Best thing for my system is a DIY drain and shove in a load of trade inhibtor as it's an open system, so easy.
Electric is a different issue due to gaming kit.
So what's a good ch temperature for a combi, I think mine is at 55 and the rads feel far too hot to me
Depends how big your radiators are. Keep turning it down until you're not warm any more then back up a bit 🙂
Yeah there are lots of variables.. my CH flow temp is currently 55c and it seems like a fairly good balance for my circumstances.
I could maybe drop it down to 52c, but it's a juggling act as if it's too low it will take too long to heat the rooms up, it's a matter of fine tuning it I guess.
Bang it down to 50c for a week, and if it takes too long to heat the rooms up, ramp it back up to 53c or something.
Had to increase my flow temp to 75 earlier in the week as it couldn't get the house up to temp set at 68
Blimey that's hot, you have small rads? Or are you letting it cool right down overnight and during the day?
We're on 50 and we still have many small ones. That means it will go as high as 55 before cutting out.
As executor dealing with an empty house, insurance co have stipulated that heating has to be on at 15C, loft hatch open and water drained down between 1st Nov to 31st Mar. Be interesting to see what the meter reading is tomorrow 😯
All of you quoting *c - is this from the boiler somehow?
We have a dial with a few indents, the penultimate one has 'Eco' written on in. I have always assumed that *below* is Eco and above that indent is *costly*.
As executor dealing with an empty house, insurance co have stipulated that heating has to be on at 15C, loft hatch open and water drained down between 1st Nov to 31st Mar. Be interesting to see what the meter reading is tomorrow
Insurance companies are ars*h*les though. They are the reason millions of building such as schools and offices burn lights all the way through the night - what a waste of energy and the environment.
Got moaned at for having the bedroom window open (heating off between 10pm & 7am), suggested we put winter duvet on but got told she couldn't sleep with her head under the covers.
My boiler is 1 to 6 on the settings, currently running at 4 !
All of you quoting *c – is this from the boiler somehow?
My boiler has 6 dots on a dial, and the manual quotes the flow temperature range as being 30-80C, so the third dot would equal 50C. I've confirmed this using a thermocouple probe, however it will go 5 degrees over the state temperature before shutting off and waiting for it to drop. I think the point at which it comes back on is related to the return temp.
I have just plumbed in 2 radiators that are in the hallway and porch. They have been out of action for over a year. Hallway needs the heat as it is a north facing gable end. Plumbed in with plastic pipes and push fit, I did a pretty good job, but didn't tighten up one of the compression fittings on the valve so had a bit of a leak.
Going to run my heating on number 4 for longer durations (over 2hrs). Will run on 5 or 6 for short durations (under 2 hrs).
, and the manual quotes the flow temperature range
See, why would I read the manual?!
I've left the heating on during the day the last week or two as I'm not exactly sure of daughter's hours in Uni, and she'll just sit there freezing rather than turn the heating on. Ours is set at 17c-18c for down stairs, then off during the night, unless it's very cold.
See, why would I read the manual?!
Why wouldn't you?
I started to learn about my heating and realised my boiler was plumbed in backwards. I reckon sorting it all out and getting it running well has saved me £20/mo.
All of you quoting *c – is this from the boiler somehow?
2 dials on the boiler. One for CH; one for hot water. One digital display shows temp requested by turning dials. No other 'overall' CH control (e.g. thermostat on a wall etc), but most rads do have pre-historic TRVs
Blimey that’s hot, you have small rads? Or are you letting it cool right down overnight and during the day?
1930s detached house, double glazed, 30cm insulation in the roof, nothing in the walla. A couple of radiators are maybe too small.
House thermostat set at 21c, we both wfh so it's set at 21c from 7.30am until 9pm, at night it's allowed to cool to whatever it cools to, but so far has not gone below 16c
The flow was fine at 68c until this recent cold snap, but in this cold the house won't go above 20c,so had to increase flow temp
Currently about a tenner a day for gas and lecky plus 2-4 quid of smokeless fuel, if it gets going. Doesn't seem that long ago I was paying £70pm, now £199.
November was the first month we've equalled the £238 payment, so I guess we are either equal to that or eating into the £550 surplus December to March.
I'm not turning my heating down this year, bollocks to it I've got enough to be miserable about without being cold as well.
Log burner/coal has been on most of the year but as it's now winter it'll be kept burning 24hrs a day till it heats up next year.
Not sure whether to defrost the bin juice or not?
I've given up and put my heating on for half an hour
Brrr…
This thread is entertainment for us in different climates. It is -15C with some wind outside, rather toasty +23.7C inside at my parents flat. Some fine tuning required due new vents on windows but they are aiming towards consistent +22.5C.
Moved from a now 20 year old house with pretty good insulation to a 130+ year old house with 22" solid granite walls. Was -8 outside when I woke up this morning and the heatings been almost all day. There's about a foot of glass wool in the loft and other bits that have been done up over the years have some insulation but it's definitely a hoodie on most of the day now
Heating back on briefly for the last couple of mornings.Starting to get a bit chilly here.
Hoping to keep mine off until at least December.
To be fair, I,m a little under the weather at the moment.How do you manage that Simon?
Blanket & hot waterbottle
Our thermostat says 20.5 degrees, another 0.5 degree drop and it’ll be on. ?
What was the “?” supposed to be? A wink?
That's more or less what happened here.Must dig out my microwavable bottle thingy.
My electric heating gets switched on when the octopus agile tariff goes negative. I'll be switching the heaters on when the days are colder and the cost per KW is cheaper than gas by a few pence. Turning on the gas central heating costs a lot of money to get the water up to temperature so I'll be aiming not to use it unless it's really cold and the cost of electric is significantly higher than the standard variable rate.
I normally crack at the same time as CG.This year my softness has come early!
In winter I miss living in the top floor of a flat when all my neighbours heated my apartment.
My house is 130 years old and averagely insulated, plus we live nearly 1000ft above sea level in the Pennines, but heating… really? Both wifey and I were roasting last night and had to open the windows at about 3am. Still
have the summer (4tog) duvet on.
Not due to any nocturnal activities either, sadly!
I guess I'm kinda lucky, heatings been off since late spring, upstairs windows have been pretty much permemantly open and still are.. living room is currently 21.2c @55% humidity, but it has been raining a fair bit here this last week.
Nope. 20.5°c with the windows open. Might get the wood burner on later in the week if it gets around 19°c.
Feels like bloody winter already, is been grey and mostly pissing down since the 1st September and now it’s cold and windy with leaves everywhere.