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MAN Up, or woman up more accurately. Step away from the thermostat, what do you think you're doing? Put a jumper on, it's still August! Looking at you female significant others.
The fairer sex have to take their responsibility for global warming....
2c here last night
Put the heating on? Why???
Meh. Ours has been on for a few days (timer, mornings and evenings). Not everyone's a rufty tufty outdoorsman who strolls around semi-naked until november. Mrs NBT's been wearing three jumpers on some days so on goes the heating. Leave yours off though by all means
Ours is on 24 hours now, it was cold and unpleasant and now it's comfortable. Had been sat in winter fleece for a few evenings running and enough was enough
Ours has been on a while, I quite like it thanks
But I don't drive half way round the country to go and ride a bike around a trail centre, so I quite rightly feel warm, smug and self righteous that I'm not killing the planet anymore than anyone else
lol at you lot getting all defensive.
Quite impressive that, managing to turn a thread about central heating into a smug anti trail centre jibe. Well done you. 
Growing up on the lakes in Canada' we always had the woodstove burning, so it was quite normal to enjoy heat on a cool summer's evening. The idea of using central heating as a replacement for that, though, just seems, well...unnatural!
our thermostat sits at around 18 in the summer and 22 in the winter, with the definitions therof being outwith my control 🙂 Its timed for a few hrs in morning and then on mid afternoon, as wife and kids get in around 330.
I dont get the whole 'switch it off in summer thing'
Not allowed on till the swallows have flown
When my ear starts aching I'll put it on......might put it on.
My AGA hasn't been off.
I'm not even in the country but my parents go there on weekends. The gas bill is not so much. There's always hot water there for them.
The kitchen is always nice and warm.
Heating been off since March/April, woodburner too.
Just lit the woodburner though.....
It's 17c why would I need someone to tell me to put a jumper on?
Is it October already?
Middle of winter here, heating on and flew about 3000 miles last week. But I'd like to point out that I'd fly further to ride nice trails.
Just looked at the weather back home. 16degrees and 100% chance of rain all day.... Wtf.... Then remembered it's bank holiday Monday!
Did you also remember it's the end of August in a climatic country?
our thermostat sits at around 18 in the summer and 22 in the winter, with the definitions therof being outwith my control Its timed for a few hrs in morning and then on mid afternoon, as wife and kids get in around 330.I dont get the whole 'switch it off in summer thing'
Me neither, with the magic of a modern digital thermostat I never need to think about it. If it's cold enough for the heating to come on, wgaf if it's August or November?
Did you also remember it's the end of August in a climatic country?
Yes thanks. Even for the UK 16degrees in the SE of the UK in August is unseasonably low.
MAN Up, or woman up more accurately. Step away from the thermostat, what do you think you're doing? Put a jumper on, it's still August! Looking at you female significant others.
Need to show this to the wife!!
Duvet day here but heating is orf.
Living in Wales we burn sheep or the english 😀 until November. Then the heating goes on.
Yes thanks. Even for the UK 16degrees in the SE of the UK in August is unseasonably low.
But not unusual.
Coldest ever recorded bank holiday temp today for some parts of the UK. Check the met office.
common sense does not come into it in our house....i've turned the heating down at the bolier, im not sure she even knows where the boiler is so I should be safe.
foud out the other day that the good lady has been feeding the cat 1/2 a packet of cat food and binning the other half, next day its a fresh 1/2 packet and the rest in the bin again. why you wonder? its because she doesnt want to over feed the cat....why she cant use the 1 packet over 2 days I do not ****ing know.
I honestly give in.
Just been into town and because the temp has dropped below 20degsC everywhere had their heating on full chat. Spent most of the time sweating cobs.
Timed stat in hall set at 16c, but up to 18c for breakfast, evenings. Has come on briefly in mornings of late, but we had solid wall insulation last year & house generally stays warm these days. 🙂
Just had £600 back from gas supplier for overpayment.
Heating? We've got all the doors and window open as it's such a lovely day. Mind you, this is the Highlands of Scotland. It'll probably be a blizzard by 8pm
a seasonally normal 17 degree August Monday in some parts of the UK where it's not a Bank Holiday 🙂 nice and sunny too !
Left Dalaman yesterday at 40 degrees, arrived home at 10 degrees, heating is on.
I 'may' light a candle later ... if she's lucky 😉
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Heating? We've got all the doors and window open as it's such a lovely day. Mind you, this is the Highlands of Scotland. It'll probably be a blizzard by 8pm
He's right, it was roasting today. It hit 5ºC on my patio this am, then rose to double digits later.
My Surrey's not as cold as the rest of the UK but even my wife hasn't mentioned putting the heating on.
Might be worth telling the body conscious that it'll help them to lose weight:
http://www.outsmarthormones.com/2010/12/22/cold-boost-metabolism/
2 log burners running here..... i'm a tree surgeon with 600 tons on timber to go at, so my piss wet through ride around dalby yesterday was greated with underfloor heating on full shout boilers - mmmmmmm niccceeeeee.
I finally stopped wearing shorts and put a jumper on today, but the heating is not going on in August!!
Mr Pea wants to put it on though!
I was in short and tea post gym, then by afternoon upgraded to tshirt and jumper, now upgraded to dressing gown on top 😆
Real feel according to MET today was 11*c. Way under for August.
Can't complain though as Fri/Sat/Sun were gorgeous.
MrsT pays the bill, she can turn it on when she likes. 😆
As an arthritis sufferer with a poor immune system and other medical conditions she can do as she pleases ......
Too many judgemental people around.... 🙄
Ray Mears was asked about central heating last Autumn on The Chris Evans show. The sports guy was saying it shouldn't go on til October or something, Ray's lovely response was, "If it's cold put on the heating, any fool can be cold!" Colder in our house than outside tonight, heating on at Mr Kip's request.
Stove is on in sunny Perthshire.
Its been a good year for scrumping wood though, so I don't feel guilty.
Trekster this thread was intended as either judgemental or light hearted nonsense, see if you can guess which.
Looking at you female significant others.
You do realise that the reason women feel the cold more than men is because women have lovely soft thick woman skin that insulates them better - they feel the cold more because they leak less body heat to the skins surface where all the nerves and receptors for air temperature are, so paradoxically they feel the cold because they better maintain their body temp. The plus side of that is in evolutionary terms that makes them natural survivors able to conserve heat and energy and more pre-disposed to seek shelter (compared to men who can be leaky and energy inefficient and reckless because they are comparatively disposable) as a bonus it also makes women all soft and womanly.
If the readiness to reach for the thermostat bothers you then you need to trade in for a thiner skinned, more knobbly, angular, veiny, blokey sort of woman.
I wonder how much the cost outweighs the environmental concerns.
Fortunately, we can afford to keep warm, so we do. It's something we like spending money on as comfort is something we like.
I baked rather than put the heating on, it's like free heat!
I'm a self employed central heating service engineer,
I'd prefer it if you all give your heating a little run now because in October it gets a bit manic when all your heating problems you thought you'd leave till it gets cold manifest on the same day and your only heat source is the Mrs rising temperature cos "that's your department!!!"
Bigad40 can u pop over please, I need my CH boiler serviced & the timer doesn't work
Heating? In August? Really?
Go for a walk, put on a jumper etc.
I must be a knobbly and veined blokey- type woman then!
Had to open the windows again last night as it was too hot in the bedroom.
Boiler's been lit for a few days, gotta make sure everything's dandy before winter sets in.
No heating on yet in Casa Del Stoner, but inside temp was 19 degrees last night. Lots of thermal mass and insulation still doing it's thing yet.
I love this time of year though. Good weather on Sunday means Ive bagged and brought into the house over a ton of wood for the furnace and two stoves. Looking forward to it getting cold enough to fire one up!
EDIT: PS, to other wood-hounds out there, I cant recommend highly enough Ikea bags for storing/moving logs. They really cut down on the amount of fuel handling you have to do. They last well, these are 4 years old, and they stack safely if you load them correctly.
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I have the heating on - for one reason, my son's shoes got soaked at the Big Bike Bash yesterday and I need to get them dry!
To my shame, ours has been on.
Ours has been on quite a lot the last couple of weeks, but in our flat you need a jumper if it's 25 degrees + outside. It sits in a dip overhung by trees and is amazingly cool- going outside on a warm day is like getting off the plane in a hot country. It's a bit depressing actually!
I'm definitely in the "put a jumper on" camp but if that's not done the job then Ray Mears is right!
Still been over 20C inside our house without any heating, during this cool period.
Aye back in the dark ages when we had "inefficient" heat emitting light bulbs, that was enough to take the chill out of the air in the room.
Now in this environmentally conscious age we have to turn the heating on...
Heating is off, but the bleedin rain is starting to get on my man-boobs.
Ours is on 24 hours now,
I simply cannot sleep with the heating on. I've slept in friends houses where they have it on all night and I lie awake sweating like Rolf Harris on Jim'll Fix It all night.
Our bedroom window is open 365 nights a year, no matter how cold it is.
If you need heat at night just use a hot water bottle/pet/partner.
Cold at night but ok during the day if it stopped raining!
Unpredictable weather oh well.
Migrate - I wish!
In-laws are here for the week. Had heating and the stove on last night, so was too hot in shorts and t and had to leave the room. Annoyingly I just cut a load of wood too so can't even pretend we dont have any left.
Friday can't come fast enough for so many reasons (mostly based around MIL though!)
Heating just switched on. Great summer wasn't it. First rain here near sunny Keswick for months it seems.
Had the heating on overnight, definitely cannot sit by open window during the evening any longer.
Wood burner has been one night so far, it was quite chilling this morning but boiler not going on for a while yet
I'm waiting for as long as possible, my monthly energy direct debit has just gone down to under £50 and I intend to keep it that low for as long as I can 🙂
mine has stayed the same all summer and I'm nearly a grand in credit at the mo 😮
will soon burn through that once the wife figures out I've turned the heating down at the boiler.
Not on in a Victorian Manchester terrace yet.
I can feel the question coming from the missus any time soon though as it was only 19.5 on the thermostat this morning. Will try and make her wait till October.
@mrchrispy, you are making a free loan to the energy company. Its a big part of their business model these days.
My heating comes on by itself - I think my thermostat got hacked.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/heatmiser-wifi-thermostats-slight-firstworldproblem
I can feel the question coming from the missus any time soon though as it was only 19.5 on the thermostat this morning.
What do you mean "only"?!
Still not on here. Just considering closing the windows at night!
House is remarkably warm still, seems to be collecting enough warmth from the sun and holding onto it. 4 people in the kitchen and 1 gas ring seem enough to get it toasty.
I've still got the fan on at night, are we living in the same country?
House is remarkably warm still, seems to be collecting enough warmth from the sun and holding onto it. 4 people in the kitchen and 1 gas ring seem enough to get it toasty.
Ditto. At 7am this morning, it was 6 degrees outside and 19.5 in my kitchen.
Come to think of it.. our house is tall and relatively slim, so it has a lot of side and frontal area and the collected/generated heat rises up. Then I sit and work on the top floor so it's always pretty warm. In winter evenings two people watching TV are enough to overheat the living room without any input from the rads.
We've not even thought about having the heating on once. Mrshora comes from Yorkshire after all. She'd rather burn baby Robins* than put the heating on. So I've hatched a cunning plan to install a small dual-fuel burner*...mhahaha
My wife has said a couple of times that 'it's a bit cold tonight'.
I am ignoring it completely.
2-3 degrees on the moors this morning on my drive to work. Sure I saw a touch of ground frost.
thermostat is still showing 20deg in the house and doesnt come on until 17.