Is your heating ON or OFF?

Olliebeak1951

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Yesterday morning the house felt wintry, but it improved during the day.That's brave, for the north west! Or maybe you're just made of stronger stuff than southern sissies like me

My previous 'downstairs neighbour' was quite elderly and loved to put her heating on around the middle of September :j ....................... so I got quite used to not using mine until 1st Nov :rotfl: . Unfortunately when she moved out into a Nursing Home, I got a lovely couple who are MUCH younger and don't seem to feel the cold ....................... will need to see how they fare as the weather turns colder ! I may need to resort to wearing a fleece jacket around the flat in the evenings :rotfl:.

f0xh0les

Menfolk were complaining about it being cold about 7pm, so heating went on for an hour. More to check the pump had not seized over the last five months.

Some were much slower to heat than others so it is off to bleed the rads for me today.
Also the throws are being washed and dried and put on the ends of the sofas in readiness for it getting colder......

VfM4meplse

unforeseen wrote: »

My heating runs on thermostats and timers as it has done for the last 12 years. If it needs to come then it will

None of this faffing about wondering whether it's cold enough to switch it on and then trying to remember to switch it off if it warms up. This is what thermostats, TRVs and timers were designed for. Drag yourselves onto the 21st century and use the technology that is available

That is completely beside the point of this thread.

Anyone with CH will have a thermostat, that's a given. It's not unusual to be able to control this remotely using smart technology. It's the psychological leap we make in order to turn the heating on for the winter: once you feel the luxury of a heated home, it's difficult not to use it. And that is when the bills start to escalate, so there you have the MSE element to the thread. 100 years ago, common folk would not have had the luxury of CH and were inventive about how they kept their families warm. If we take a little of that OS common sense, we could save some energy and some of our hard-earned cash in the process.

Conclusion: some people may have money to burn, but I ain't one of them.

Pennydropped

Not yet, but I'll be putting it on later this week to check and make sure all the radiators are working properly.

falcieri

Not on yet in Manchester. I daren't and I am so thankful to have moved into a flat where one side of windows faces the sun in the morning and the other side gets it from the afternoon. It makes a huge difference. I haven't had the heating on since early May and as my newly switched to provider (thanks guys ) has just upped my bill by £224 a year I'll be hanging on as long as I can here. I'm going to be foil backing my radiators and bubble wrapping my windows soon!

falcieri

Olliebeak1951 wrote: »

My previous 'downstairs neighbour' was quite elderly and loved to put her heating on around the middle of September :j ....................... so I got quite used to not using mine until 1st Nov :rotfl: . Unfortunately when she moved out into a Nursing Home, I got a lovely couple who are MUCH younger and don't seem to feel the cold ....................... will need to see how they fare as the weather turns colder ! I may need to resort to wearing a fleece jacket around the flat in the evenings :rotfl:.

I am really hoping my neighbours underneath me are really bad with their heating usage so I get to benefit. There are 3 of them living down there and only one of me. Fingers crossed I get to leech some heat. I've always noticed how warm my flat is especially in the evening.

suki1964

The stove has been lit today, just a few logs

Its not really cold, but its been wet all day and feels cold and damp

mumf

We have been lighting a small wood fire to ease the chill.Tonight I shall chuck a lump or two of coal in the stove.Autumn is here.

caronc

Thought it was going to have to go on tonight as the weather is dire and the house felt very chilly & damp. Realised I still had a window open:eek::o so thankfully heating is not needed on for another day:).

LandyAndy

My main CH isn't on and I haven't even considered it yet. My kitchen/utility has wet underfloor heating that I just leave on all year. It actually came on one morning last weekend for the first time in about 5 months.