how long do you keep your heating on for?

Bongedone

thriftyminx13 wrote: »

Well it works for me, so urban myth or not I save a fortune and have my heat every night in winter. And if the gas and electric people say it I'm sure they have no ulterior motives!;)

You have to have a very well insulated house to do this

Fire_Fox

thriftyminx13 wrote: »

Well it works for me, so urban myth or not I save a fortune and have my heat every night in winter. And if the gas and electric people say it I'm sure they have no ulterior motives!;)

I am not referring to the commercial energy companies, I am referring to the Money Saving Expert 'Gas and Electricity' message board. Believe me, the two groups are not best buddies! :rotfl:

A_fiend_for_life

Bongedone wrote: »

You have to have a very well insulated house to do this

Makes a lot of sense though with the heating on low it keeps the air moving rather than rising to the top of the room. A low ceilinged flat would be preferable too.

A_fiend_for_life

tubbee2 wrote: »

I live in an old cottage with cast iron windows that don't close properly - can't be replaced as listed. So, curtains closed at dusk each day, heating on at dusk and off at around 9pm (two woodburners lit at dusk in separate sitting rooms draw heat round the house and up into the next floor) Never put heating on in morning, children complain but it makes them move faster!! So, I reckon around 4-5 hours per day of gas fired heating per day from mid October to mid March (and Aga on constantly)

Ferrous fenestration flunks for fuel efficiency. Is secondary glazing an option or is that ruled out too?

Nothing like putting the heating off to keep active. Since the TV blew I realised how much heating is down to vegging.

GPedro

We leave the thermostat turned down to around 17degs during the day and overnight to keep some ambient heat in the house. It's whacked up to 20/21 in the evenings though - the house seems fairly well insulated, so the heating is far from on constantly to maintain this temp.

It has improved significantly since I filled in hidden hole behind the kitchen worktops :-)