How warm is your home?

tanith

Its a constant battle in our house, hubby likes it 20/22 and I prefer 18 so he turns it up when he thinks I am not looking and visversa.... I try to keep it off during the day by keeping busy, but when its really cold then I keep it at 15/16 then turn up in the evening..

gabyjane

Between 15-20 degrees but house gets too hot most of the time so only on when really cold!..i use a blanket on the sofa at night if dh at work!

gabyjane

Meant to add..we have 8 radiators in our house and only use 3 of them, poss 4 depending so a real waste!..we have these on about 2-3 but no idea what heat that is..dont really understand our heating system tbh but it works so!!

WestonDave

Ours is 14C overnight, comes on to 17C first thing and then 18C mid morning. We found that going straight to 18C whilst people were having hot showers etc made things feel too stuffy. These settings are programmed so we can just leave the heating switched on all the time knowing that it won't waste energy if the house is already warm enough, but at the same time we aren't freezing just because we're trying not to put it on until an arbitrary date. I think so far its only flicked on very briefly a few times.

Having said that feeling warm and cold is very much a personal thing which relates to your make up and also the amount of activity you do.

reddevilled

We keep ours at a minimum of 15, and nudge it up if we're cold. No higher than about 17 or 18 though.

busiscoming2

Are thermostats all set the same to start with? I think not. We have not long replaced ours and the new one is set on 21 the old one used to be about 17 or 18.

pjblink

On topic, but slightly more technical. Does anybody know of a decent/cheap temperature data logger? Something i can leave in a room and it will record the temperature over a day... I've looked at them, but they seem to be extremely epensive (unless i want one where i need to leave my laptop on all day to log the data!).

I want something along these lines as i would like to find out how long in the morning and in the evening it takes to heat the house up. Im not bothered while im sleeping, or while away at work - but i do like it to be comfortable when i am getting out of bed/coming in from the cold evening. With this information i can set my timer bang on, as we always get up at the same time and arrive home more or less at the same time.

I guess i could do it without hardware on a weekend with a stopwatch and a thermometer, but i'd rather have the facts on a graph so i can tweak and see the difference outside weather makes.

paddypaws101

Thanks...lots of interesting feed back there. My house is small 2 bed, double glazed and pretty well insulated. I like it warmish but also believe in wearing a woolly and socks while at home! I NEVER leave heating on at night and actually have the rads upstairs turned off.
My new system seems much more 'sensitive' than old which was pretty much either' on or off ' so I leave the system on while I am at home...but as mentioned above I do not want to get a shock with my next bill.
Oh..and by the way..,.those of you with 15/16 thresholds...well done you!! much more like 19/20 here with soft southerners. Bet you are northerners or scots!
( based on fact that my scots Dad who was actually a boiler engineer only ever turned the central heating on at home in dire emergencies!! )

ka7e

Ahem....soft Southerner here,but thermostat is only on 15! Today is the first time the heating has actually kicked in, but then only for a couple of hours.

Both DS have tower computers that kick out a fair amount of heat in their rooms, I stick to the kitchen which has residual heat from cooking (and I walk the dog at 8pm, so the house feels comparatively warm when I come back) and OH retires early with a cat for warmth!

pjblink

powerRIP wrote: »

Not answering your question directly but a lot of the programmable thermostats nowadays (that you can use to replace your existing wall thermostat) have some sort of auto start built-in. i.e. you say e.g. 20 degrees at 9am and it will switch the central heating on at whatever time it needs to, to achieve this based on the pre-existing temperature.

I know some of the £50 ones have this facility but not sure about cheaper ones. You need to specifically look for this facility. I am not sure if they differ in how to calculate the start time. i.e. whether they "learn your system" or just have a standard time built-in to go from one temp to another.

Interesting! Thanks for that. I'm renting currently, so it's not really an option - but definately something i'll look for when we buy our own place!