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Is your heating ON or OFF?
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VfM4meplse wrote: »How do you manage without?
I have a very elderly storage heater in my bathroom that is on its last legs and then a fan heater also. As I live alone I really only have to heat the room I spend most of my time in, which the fan heater seems to do nicely.
Then its jumpers/wooly socks/thermals around the house and I have an electric blanket for the bed (not to mention 4 doggie hot water bottles!).
Added advantage of living in a midterrace down south means it doesnt get massively cold.
I think its easier to cope without central heating if youve never really had it to start with!0 -
I have a very elderly storage heater in my bathroom that is on its last legs and then a fan heater also. As I live alone I really only have to heat the room I spend most of my time in, which the fan heater seems to do nicely.
Then its jumpers/wooly socks/thermals around the house and I have an electric blanket for the bed (not to mention 4 doggie hot water bottles!).
Added advantage of living in a midterrace down south means it doesnt get massively cold.
I think its easier to cope without central heating if youve never really had it to start with!0 -
Deleted_User wrote: »Do you not have damp and mould around the rest of the house?
Here in our Victorian terrace,we have no central heating,we had it removed,but that is another story. We have a multifuel stove that heats downstairs nicely,and electric wall mounted panel radiators throughout.over-door fan heater in bathroom.Its worked really well for us,as we only heat the room we are in,and don't feel the need to be able to walk from room to room half naked because it's a hot- house! All our rooms have doors too,which helps.Those Victorian builders weren't daft.
So,damp and mould? No problem.We open windows and doors and have airflow,even in Winter.A building has to breathe.0 -
I have ordered a de humidifier. Too well insulated here, all vents open but it isn`t enough ventilation to drag moisture out, cooking, breathing, wet towels etc I have a family member who is suffering badly from mould he just discovered low down on a wall where he uses a dri soon for washing. I am going to be very careful not to get mould, it happens in very many homes, including new builds. The one I ordered will stand on the landing and only come on if humidity gets too high. It will monitor the whole house ie doors open
I had mechanical ventilation in the last house ie all air was pulled through the house, no condensation whatsoever, even without a cooking hood. Ventilation here is static and I have had to wipe inside my bedroom windows
The health effects of mould are truly awful0 -
Still haven't got my heating on. Benefit of my flat is that is warm, so fine for winter, not so fine for summer.0
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I normally wait until November, but this year I've had to put in on early. Usually in October if my family complain of the cold, I say put on some extra layers but it's been very chilly as of late!0
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VfM4meplse wrote: »
Heating is on at 15 twice a day at least, and I now can't see that changing until well after the clocks go forward.
15 degrees??? Really?{Signature removed by Forum Team}0 -
Deleted_User wrote: »Do you not have damp and mould around the rest of the house?
Although oddly I have a friend who lives in a similar victorian terrace and is plagued with damp and mould despite thousands spent on new double glazing and damp proofing.....and Im fine, despite higher then average humidity levels!
Im still gonna hold out til November (not long to go!). Logically it makes no difference but my brain is stuck on that being 'official winter'!LOL
I have the added fun factor of no hot water either as my boiler has been broken for a couple of years. You def start to notice more in the winter...I like to think of myself as retro rather then stoney broke!:rotfl:0 -
I have just bought a de-humidifier for my brand new house. The other house had an air extraction system, this one is your typical sealed, insuated box with double glazing and vents in the windows. Ventilation is just not enough, especially when the air is still. I wake up with some condensation on the bottom of the inside of my bedroom windows, this tells me that it could also settle on walls and inside wardrobes, so I am taking no chances and my de-humidifier will be arriving in a couple of days. The modern ones only turn on when needed. I could only imagine how much moisture there would be if there were several people plus drying washing inside.
Old houses had a good flow up the chimney plus air vents, modern and many renovated houses are mould machines0 -
We moved into our new build house in April so have not had a winter in it yet. But moving in at that time of year has allowed us to dry the house out naturally over the summer months with the windows open rather then drying it out too quickly with the heating on.
We turned the heating on a couple of weeks ago. We have dual heating zones so can keep the master bedroom cooler than the rest of the house.
We are still working out the best times and temperatures to set the heating for but currently have it on for an hour in the morning and then again for a few hours in the evening which seems to be working with the exception of the kitchen.
We are finding that the kitchen has a tendency to over heat when we are cooking. We have turned the TRV down in this room but have then found it a bit chilly first thing in the morning and when we get home from work!
I'm sure we will figure it out eventually but one thing is for sure this house takes much less heating than our previous one.0
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