Is your heating ON or OFF?

sunflower76

After a £280 gas bill reminding me that it's no longer winter, it's firmly OFF.

luckys_mum

I've just put it on here too. Its freezing outside, wet and windy, so a bit of heat makes it more bearable.

angelpye

Yay! Found a thread that has been reflecting my thoughts! It's a tuffy for me - I have awful and costly electric heaters but if I turn them off it takes up to 2 days to come on!

Thinking I am going with someone who said the 30th (sorry forgot your name)! I put it on the first week of November and I would rather wear an extra jumper and buy shoes!

Also, I am sure I read in a newspaper mag that 10 years ago the average temp heating was on was 16 C and now it's 23 - I thought that was shocking - poor old planet!:o

Ah, Olliebeak - it was you!

A_fiend_for_life

angelpye wrote: »

Also, I am sure I read in a newspaper mag that 10 years ago the average temp heating was on was 16 C and now it's 23 - I thought that was shocking - poor old planet!:o

That's a shocking jump. Guess we have had life a bit too easy.

Heating's off at the moment as I've been walkabout. It'll be back on later as it is only 11C in here.

kacie

it's off at the moment, but it is usually on with a timer. I've got a blanket around me to keep me warm

Caterina

Hi all

good to see the on-off usual suspects back on the on-off heating discussion!

Mine has been off for the last few days and I hope to continue this way, no heating now until 1.11.2009 (yeh right watch this space!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: ).

pollys

Not on at the moment, trying to do without the central heating but we have put the gas fire on in an evening in the family room.

Olliebeak

angelpye wrote: »

.......Thinking I am going with someone who said the 30th (sorry forgot your name)! I put it on the first week of November and I would rather wear an extra jumper and buy shoes!.........Ah, Olliebeak - it was you!

:o:o - I think much of this debate depends on whereabouts in this island of ours we live, what the weather conditions are at any given moment and what our homes are like.

I'm in the North-West and close to the coast, we've just had nearly a full week of horrendous gales (hailstones the other evening:eek:) and, although I live in a 2yr old house with top-notch insulation and a decent c/h system, it is also open plan with a front door that goes straight from 'drive to living room' and any heat goes straight up the darn stairs!!!

My alternative to the c/h is an electric fire which I've NO INTENTION of using - so when it's cold the c/h is most definitely ON :rolleyes:. It IS set on a timer for 2 hours morning and 3 hours evening and the thermostat is now set at 20deg - we also have a fleece blanket on the back of each sofa - in case it gets any colder and these come in very useful at 10.00pm when the timer goes off altogether . We do NOT use the radiators in the bedrooms/bathroom/downstairs loo - just the one in the living room and one in the dining area of the kitchen (which stays lovely and warm as I can close the door leading to the living room and trap the heat in here when I'm on the comp - though I DO leave the door open again when I go back in the living room to watch TV to allow the heat to go through).

It is my intention to have the heating completely off by 1st April - so fingers crossed - Eon have had quite enough of my money this winter :mad:.

Those of you who live any further north than I do have my complete sympathy and admiration - you must be a very hardy bunch :beer: .

Rummer

On. I hate being cold! It was turned right the way down over the last few weeks but the change in the weather has meant that I have put it back up again.

BeenieCat

It's absolutely freezing in my house tonight but i've managed not to have the heating on for a month now.

I'm in the north east and it's cold. Apparently we're getting frosts for the next few nights