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[Closed] So....has anyone turned on their central heating yet?

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It's getting a tad chilly, especially evenings.

I'm trying to resist and am wearing a few extra layers of clothing. But, when do I relent....


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:42 pm
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Ours was on for 1/2hr last night as was bit chilly for 16 week old when putting him up to bed.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:45 pm
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It’s not January.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:50 pm
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Christ aye, more than once. I put my heating on if I'm cold, not because a calendar tells me to. 😊


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:50 pm
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What Drac said


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:50 pm
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Just thinking of starting this thread myself.Think I will stick it on for a we bit.Waiting till January is just mental


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:52 pm
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No idea about the central heating, I'm out of the loop it's controlled by Cyberdyne Systems on Skynet. Fire was lit tonight tho.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:54 pm
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Living room is 19c.
Bedroom is 16c.

But for whatever reasons the bedroom feels much colder than 16c and my feet keep getting the chill. 🥶


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:55 pm
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No. I'm with Drac - but not literally.
Wear more/warmer clothes; same applies to young children.
My son has the same view about his 12 week old.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:57 pm
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Dracs iPad provides some heat tbf.


 
Posted : 06/09/2019 11:59 pm
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People really have the heating on? It’s been 17 degrees here in Pembrokeshire today. Nothing in the forecast for the next couple of weeks below 12.

We genuinely won’t shut the windows until sometime in late October and the heating is never on before November and we live in a draughty Victorian end terrace.

It must be rubbish living somewhere cold!


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:01 am
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Nah, not yet. According to the Mrs we should have it on though and the Winter duvet


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:04 am
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As Lister above. Still got the windows and trickle vents open.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:04 am
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Our thermostat is set at 17 degrees - the house must have been cold as the heating came on for a while earlier


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:06 am
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I’m sat here under a blanket with the dog.

The dog’s not too happy about it and wants to go to bed but I’m not prepared to give up such a valuable heat source.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:09 am
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nope. won't be fair away I imagine though, closer to october i'd imagine. Not a cold house this yin mind, middle flat so.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:10 am
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Don't tell my wife and daughters it's been off for months, I'll probably capitulate the moment they complain though 😕


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:10 am
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Yes, i put in on the other day as i had the windows and doors replaced. The lads had the upstairs windows out and it was a wind tunnel, chilled the whole house so popped the heating on for an hour. Other than that it won't be on for a while yet.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:38 am
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Christ aye, more than once. I put my heating on if I’m cold, not because a calendar tells me to

Me too usually January when it’s cold.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:39 am
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People who "turn the heating on":

Don't you have thermostats?


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 12:54 am
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People who “turn the heating on”:

Don’t you have thermostats?

Yes, but it's cheaper/more environmentally friendly just to switch if off 🤔


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 1:03 am
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Tonight, in true STW style I went out to the wood store (garage) to get some fuel (wood) foraged from local hedgerows and seasoned over the last 12 months for my Morso Badger. Stovetop fan is now wafting warm air my way.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 1:07 am
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wafting warm air my way

Warm air is also wafting my wife's way but there ain't no woodsmoke involved 🙄


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 1:15 am
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People who “turn the heating on”:

Don’t you have thermostats?

Indeed I do, and it's clicking like a skeleton's knacker sack.

But until I activate the command to start burning a few penguin charcoal logs the heating ain't doing very much 😉


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 2:45 am
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Im in Kent and not too bad at all down here.

I'll be back on Zwift again soon and will be cursing this warm weather if anything.😁😉


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 3:48 am
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Christ aye, more than once. I put my heating on if I’m cold, not because a calendar tells me to

Me too usually January when it’s cold.

Does it ever actually get cold down there in the far south ? Surprised you need heating at all.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 7:07 am
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240 miles North of aberdeen and our AC is still kicking in occasionally.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 7:18 am
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Month is irrelevant. If it's below a certain temperature, it's below a certain temperature.

Remember how warm it was in Feb this year?

STW: for all your favourite discussions about personal stuff where you want strangers to convince you your lifestyle choices are wrong.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 7:20 am
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It's been on twice in the last week ..my missus is our thermostat .


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 7:42 am
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I came home from two days away with work and the Aga was back on!
Some waffle about needing it for cooking.
Dinner was absolutely amazing though, can't recommend Meera Sodha enough!


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 7:56 am
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Does it ever actually get cold down there in the far south ? Surprised you need heating at all.

It has been known plus I’m married and the Mrs is always cold.

Our log burner may be lit in a few weeks time though just to keep things ticked over.

Rone one is trying to tell you their choice is better the question has been answered that’s all.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 8:08 am
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Then that would be yes or no.

Come on it's Saturday morning. 🙂


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 8:12 am
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thermostat set at 20.5 all year round so yes it has been on a couple of times. 20.5 is what I consider to be a good temperature for sitting around so that is the temperature I live in.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 8:34 am
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Ours came on this morning 🙁
We have an external temperature sensor which has led to out being less keen than before to switch on.
We are at the bottom of a north facing ex-railway embankment though, so our road can get very chilly in a morning.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 8:50 am
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Just had words with Mrs WF. I was sat here shivering in a t-shirt last night until I realised all the windows were open behind the curtains. Apparently the house needs airing every day! May have to find a jumper if it gets any cooler though. Wood shed is not even half full so no fire allowed yet.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 9:04 am
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Still have the windows open in the evenings, still wearing shorts through the day. Heating won’t go on until we’re into single digit day time temperatures.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 9:06 am
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Leave it on all year. Every room has a thermostat, if it wants heat it gets it.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 9:13 am
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Don’t you have thermostats?

I haven't.

Bedroom window still open (probably hasn't been closed since about March)


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 9:51 am
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some time tomorrow i'll get some wood in, i'll split some kindling and tarp my wood stacks. that'll warm me up.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 10:32 am
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Same here kids and our bedroom windows still open since about then.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 10:36 am
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Not yet, but even if we did it would be s bit pointless as we still haven't got any radiators downstairs and won't for a few weeks yet!

What's worse is the fact that the stove in the kitchen still isn't ready to go because the new hearth hasn't gone in yet 😡

On the plus side the works we've been doing since February mean that one end of the house (now a big kitchen/dining/living area) has turned from a fridge into a much warmer place thanks to an immense amount of insulation I put in.
Once the stove’s in this will be the part of the house we'll use most of the time.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 10:38 am
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No, still have the windows open all night


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 10:38 am
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Jumper on, windows vacillating between open and closed.

Autumn is here.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 11:07 am
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Not on yet, but I did wake up and clutch my onesie for a moment before deciding on something less heavy.


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 11:11 am
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Is that metaphor?


 
Posted : 07/09/2019 11:19 am
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