Is your heating ON or OFF?

YorksLass

Ours is still on but I've altered the timer programme so it's on for slightly less time each day  - only about 3 hours over the week - but it all helps, I suppose.  Another one not being complacent about February or even March, come to that.     Our latest monthly bill for mid-Dec to mid Jan was a shocker.  Thank heavens for the EBSS and EPG schemes and the £60 odd credit each month.  We've built up a decent amount of credit but how long that will last, who knows.

luvchocolate

No heating today 
Trying to keep to I hour around tea time. 
Happy to watch TV in bed in the evening 

the-mrs

Mines on still, first thing in a morning for a couple of hours and then from 4-9pm. I'm not sure how much longer I'll need it though, I've definitely noticed a difference in how warm the house is staying during the day recently with the daytime temperatures being a little bit better. I am able to work comfortably from home without needing to put socks or a jumper on now.

ariarnia

our heating (boiler) is now officially off from 1 feb. but if its chilly we still have electric throws and might have a fire in the evening in the lounge. 

Primrose

ariarnia - that's brave switching your boiler off!    I fear February may have some nasty weather to throw at us.
We just managed to stay within budget for our January energy use.  I suspect going to bed early with a radio and a hot water bottle on the coldest nights has saved us some money.   It's getting quite a pleasant habit, especially while the evenings are still dark!

ariarnia

Primrose said:

ariarnia - that's brave switching your boiler off!    I fear February may have some nasty weather to throw at us.
We just managed to stay within budget for our January energy use.  I suspect going to bed early with a radio and a hot water bottle on the coldest nights has saved us some money.   It's getting quite a pleasant habit, especially while the evenings are still dark!

maybe i said that wrong. 

we have had the house on thermostat maintaining the temp in the hole house since the middle of oct. thats our norm some time in oct to some time in feb. and we had the MIL live with us for most of december and jan which means it was hotter than we normally have it. in december we used about 600kwh more gas than our 'norm'. 

she's gone home now and the thermostat is now off  

but its not really that brave as we can light the fire in the lounge and not turn the heating on at the boiler if its cold. or use the electric thows (or hug a cat!) so our gas use from now should be 0 for heating (and the wood is already in the store so if its not used now its there for next winter) 

good news is that we're still very low users so the money from the government has actually just about covered our bills this winter. even with the higher use in december/first bit of jan. we've 'paid' £21 since september. 

Ellieduval

We have ours on for an hour at around 5 or 6 pm each day.
We did have it on a couple of mornings for an hour last week as we were both suffering from a heavy cold.
I'd love to have it on longer but sadly just can't afford to.

edwink

We have our heating on for a couple of hours 8.30am to 10.30am most mornings and then in the evening use a heated throw each if it gets a bit chilly. We have triple glazing and it's surprising the difference it makes.

Edwink 

Auntycaz

Mine's still on. I set the wall thermostat at 16degrees during the day and turn it down to 12 degrees for overnight and the heating just cuts in when the temperature drops below the16 degrees which has still been frequently today.

Rosa_Damascena

I haven't had mine on since the middle of last week. I used the heating most evenings in January - just to 16degC - and the duel fuel bill came to about £300 which surprised me (in a good way) for what is supposed to be one of the worst months of the year. OTOH my parents' bill was similar and their house is always very warm, they feel the cold much more now they are older. I got good use out of the electric blanket last month!