Is your heating ON or OFF?

Doom_and_Gloom

We are still managing fine without the heating on. Good thing to as we are all electric so the longer the better.
We have swapped to the winter 10.5tog duvet for our bed.
The dehumidifier is on for around 6 hours a day on smart to make sure the damp is kept at bay (on for longer and on full when we do washing) and is does help with taking the chill out of the air.
Our winter robes are being worn now.
The heated blanket is being used. Much cheaper to use than the heater is, warm your body.
We plan to use the heated blanket for keeping us warm and heating the room to 16/17C later when it gets colder (heater does switch on and off for temperature so it doesn't hog electric all the time but at 2KW an hour at peak it's a known electric guzzler).
We do have an open plan living room kitchen so when the hob or oven is on for food we get a bit of heat that way too, doing double duty hehe. Some people worry/complain about open plan but we find it has it perks.

Primrose

Wednesday2000 said:

I have noticed a terrible draught from the window in my north facing living room the past couple of days as the temps have dropped. We have had to move the sofa over to the other side of the room away from the window. Heating is on for an hour and a half in 

If it,s not an enormous window but a flat one and  you can,t find the source of the draught to stuff with foam, you might consider coveting the whole window with see through polythene and taping the edges to the sides of the frame.  An elderly relative of mine did tht to several windows in his  ancient draught-ridden  house iand claimed it made a big difference.  In spring he would remove the polythene sheets, roll them up, label them and store them until their reuse the next autumn.

Not  an ideal long term solution  but might work to improve things this winter.

Rosa_Damascena

I have decided to run the heating whenever the temperature drops below 16°C. I'm worried that if I don't use the UFH system the system may react poorly to the cold and the last thing I need is for a burst pipe under the flooring.

Wednesday2000

Primrose said:

If it,s not an enormous window but a flat one and  you can,t find the source of the draught to stuff with foam, you might consider coveting the whole window with see through polythene and taping the edges to the sides of the frame. 

Thanks.:) I will try that after as I looked around my house and decided to move a wooden shelf next to the window and tuck the curtain behind it. It is tall enough that it should block it out, but I will try the polythene if this doesn't work.

gt568

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have decided to run the heating whenever the temperature drops below 16°C. I'm worried that if I don't use the UFH system the system may react poorly to the cold and the last thing I need is for a burst pipe under the flooring.

I get your thinking but rest assured you won't get a burst pipe until the pipe freezes.

Rosa_Damascena

gt568 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have decided to run the heating whenever the temperature drops below 16°C. I'm worried that if I don't use the UFH system the system may react poorly to the cold and the last thing I need is for a burst pipe under the flooring.

I get your thinking but rest assured you won't get a burst pipe until the pipe freezes.

We're heading towards freezing temperatures towards the end of next week

linz

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have decided to run the heating whenever the temperature drops below 16°C. I'm worried that if I don't use the UFH system the system may react poorly to the cold and the last thing I need is for a burst pipe under the flooring.

I've put mine on timer now, at least for the time being. Yesterday I was fine in bed, nice duck down duvet, but when I looked outside & saw my windscreen was frozen I started to think I should probably put it on now because I'm worried about my pipes freezing.

RobM99

Happy to be corrected but I don't think pipes will freeze with a -1°C outside.

Rosa_Damascena

RobM99 said:

Happy to be corrected but I don't think pipes will freeze with a -1°C outside.

Not prepared to take any chances. I spent a small fortune on installing it and destroying my expensive flooring is not an option.

This part of the house is retaining heat well, it's 5°C outside but comfortable inside.

CheeseScone

It's 11.5 oC in my bedroom. My radiators are old and frankly rubbish.