Is your heating ON or OFF?

summertime_2

General_Grant said:

When I was a schoolchild (1950s/60s) in winter our coats were kept in the unheated hall.

Coats were to be put on only at the point we were setting foot outside.  According to my mother this was because "you won't feel the benefit when you go out if you put the coat on ahead of time". 

I never followed the logic as I thought I could wear the coat for a while indoors and this would mean the coat would have warmed up and keep me warmer when I did go out.

hubby just told me that at the factory he worked at for many years, before he got a job working outside, that if it got below 65F (18c) they could all walk out. !!
wish he had told me that when l worked in a famous retail shop because it was definitely below 15C as the manageress wouldnt have the shop door closed ,as she said' it stopped the customers coming in to shop'
l must be very lucky l guess as iv never had  blood pressure problem in all my life and l was tested again last month, all normal. 

General_Grant

summertime_2 said:

General_Grant said:

When I was a schoolchild (1950s/60s) in winter our coats were kept in the unheated hall.

Coats were to be put on only at the point we were setting foot outside.  According to my mother this was because "you won't feel the benefit when you go out if you put the coat on ahead of time". 

I never followed the logic as I thought I could wear the coat for a while indoors and this would mean the coat would have warmed up and keep me warmer when I did go out.

hubby just told me that at the factory he worked at for many years, before he got a job working outside, that if it got below 65F (18c) they could all walk out. !!
wish he had told me that when l worked in a famous retail shop because it was definitely below 15C as the manageress wouldnt have the shop door closed ,as she said' it stopped the customers coming in to shop'
l must be very lucky l guess as iv never had  blood pressure problem in all my life and l was tested again last month, all normal. 

"The Approved Code of Practice suggests the minimum temperature in a workplace should normally be at least 16 degrees Celsius. If the work involves rigorous physical effort, the temperature should be at least 13 degrees Celsius. These temperatures are not absolute legal requirements; the employer has a duty to determine what reasonable comfort will be in the particular circumstances."

That's from HSE - Temperature: What the Law says

tboo

summertime_2 said:

the info  on many google searches said that if house goes below 15c..its time to have heating on.
they recommended 18c-21c is a good temp.
anything over 21c is considered. too high for health as central heating does dry out the air and causes sinus problems and other health problems.

I sometimes go by the baby temp gauge we received many moons ago, it is similar to the temps above.

-taff

I don't know...I'm not masochistic enough to keep it cold in the house just because...My temperature varies all the time depending on what I'm doing and what I'm drinking...red wine definitely warms me up. I've had the fire on all day because it was 4 outside this monring when I got up, and my ears were cold, which is my way of determining if it's cold indoors. Of course, it's warmed up over the day so now we dont need the fire on...Got my homemade firelighters at the ready now though, toilet rolls with tumble drier fluff and some wood shavings from packaging my sister was going to throw out that I rescued.....We seem to be very short on scrap paper this year, haven't had hardly any junk mail....

Coffeekup

summertime_2 said:

mumf said:

Right now,the windows are all open,and the back door too,so the dogs can come and go. We ( but my wife particularly) believe in fresh air through the place. I can see the vent on our neighbours house belching steam all day. They are a third of our age,and it must be piggin’ roasting in there! We have electric panel/ infra red heating in all the rooms for when it’s cold,but mainly our heating is the two multi fuel burners downstairs. The big one will be lit about three o’clock today. We must be made of tougher stuff,I reckon.

l actually think central heating is bad for health..
Dont get me wrong, l dont mean ones should live in very cold house but l do think young ones today do have their homes over heated.

But us older ones l do think are made of tougher stuff as we use to eat far less process food in our day ,so less posion in our body from all the chemicals today thats pumped in meat and sprayed on veg etc. A lot of old friends l knew lived to their 90's (those that didnt smoke) and had very hard economic upbringings.

l Was chatting about this with hubby and we both said we cant remember the last time we both got flu..l think it was in out 30's and that's and  40 years ago.l cant ever remember hubby ever having a  head cold in all the 50 years we have been married.

I'm in the same boat as you with central heating, it does do something to the air. I used to get sick in my mid twenties soon as the central heat went on every year. It used to make me feel uncomfortable too, untill I used to sleep with the window ajar for air circulation. Not been sick for 12+15 years now, well apart from the occasional cold. But compared to what I had 15 years ago, I'm good to go. 
Now my daughter gets a tight chest and bunged up Bose when the heating goes on, that will take her 1-2 weeks to adapt, same thing happens every year.

I think your on to something about the food too, my Nan is 95 and still going strong. Yes she had a harder life in her younger years, but the food she ate was arguably better for the body. Dripping sandwiches and other things I've heard turn my stomach. No one had food allergies/intolerances/IBS etc. Leaner/cheaper cuts of meat like oxtail/kidney and liver are better for you, as is home grown veg and which is what she and my grandad lived on till the 80/90's when everything seemed to go boom.

Effician

Coffeekup said:

summertime_2 said:

mumf said:

Right now,the windows are all open,and the back door too,so the dogs can come and go. We ( but my wife particularly) believe in fresh air through the place. I can see the vent on our neighbours house belching steam all day. They are a third of our age,and it must be piggin’ roasting in there! We have electric panel/ infra red heating in all the rooms for when it’s cold,but mainly our heating is the two multi fuel burners downstairs. The big one will be lit about three o’clock today. We must be made of tougher stuff,I reckon.

l actually think central heating is bad for health..
Dont get me wrong, l dont mean ones should live in very cold house but l do think young ones today do have their homes over heated.

But us older ones l do think are made of tougher stuff as we use to eat far less process food in our day ,so less posion in our body from all the chemicals today thats pumped in meat and sprayed on veg etc. A lot of old friends l knew lived to their 90's (those that didnt smoke) and had very hard economic upbringings.

l Was chatting about this with hubby and we both said we cant remember the last time we both got flu..l think it was in out 30's and that's and  40 years ago.l cant ever remember hubby ever having a  head cold in all the 50 years we have been married.

I'm in the same boat as you with central heating, it does do something to the air. I used to get sick in my mid twenties soon as the central heat went on every year. It used to make me feel uncomfortable too, untill I used to sleep with the window ajar for air circulation. Not been sick for 12+15 years now, well apart from the occasional cold. But compared to what I had 15 years ago, I'm good to go. 
Now my daughter gets a tight chest and bunged up Bose when the heating goes on, that will take her 1-2 weeks to adapt, same thing happens every year.

Might be worth checking humidity levels , central heating can result in quite low humidity in winter which in turn can affect sinus/respitory system etc etc. 

littlemoney

The legislation when I was working said we had the right to stop work if it fell below a certain temperature but not the right to go home. The choice was sit there and freeze or continue working and freeze.

Kaylataste

No heating today as it’s been so mild,got some washing out but not completely dry,so some is now in the dri- buddy and some in the tumble but it smells gorgeous after being blown about!

TripleH

Our old house was often colder inside than outside (rental), thankfully we were only there for 6 months.

Andyjflet

I have it on an hour in the morning and an hour at night, if the temp falls below 15 in the house overnight it will come on, this rarely happens as I have a new build property which is well insulated.