Is your heating ON or OFF?

EEYORE2911

our central heating is broken... permanently so !!! THis means is not on and we will be having a chilly but cheap winter! We don have an open fire and my Dad is hoarding logs for us so we will be learning how to light fires soon... any tips??!

DitaBombita

Off! In holding out till AT LEAST November ... this of course depends on OH's complaining. He put it on for an hour on Tues night as I was ill in bed and shivery, much to my requests not too as it was `ill` chilly not actual `cold`

Tabatha_Kitten

MORPH3US wrote: »

I'm really pleased (smug) to say that ours still isn't on.
My gas bill has been about £2 per month over summer as we only use it for cooking (aside from heating the house and water) in winter.

Im so Jealous !
I only use my gas for cooking and thought Id done well getting mine down to £10 per month over the summer !
What do you eat ??

MORPH3US

Tabatha_Kitten wrote: »

Im so Jealous !
I only use my gas for cooking and thought Id done well getting mine down to £10 per month over the summer !
What do you eat ??

We only cook once a day for tea but just eat normal stuff. We're away quite a few weekends so that might make a difference.

Do you still heat your water in Summer?

BTW for everyone else... just tried to turn my heating on (ONLY TO CHECK IT, don't worry ) and it won't switch on. Think its the programmer but not sure...

candyblue

Mines off because its broken has been for ages and landlord is useless because they cant seem to fix it! The house is freezing as we dont even have double glazing

kacie

Mine is off in the mornings, but does sometimes go on for a while in the evenings

kingkano

EEYORE2911 wrote: »

our central heating is broken... permanently so !!! THis means is not on and we will be having a chilly but cheap winter! We don have an open fire and my Dad is hoarding logs for us so we will be learning how to light fires soon... any tips??!

Loosely scrunch some newspaper to fill bottom of the grate. Chuck sticks on top then a few bits of coal if you have some (really helps to keep a wood fire going). Then a couple logs or larger sticks. Light the paper. wait for it all to get roaring and add a few more logs.

Main problem with open log fire is you either have it roaring or pretty much off. its hard to get it idling. coal idles a bit easier so worth having a bag or 2 around to supplement the wood with.

If you have the time, go for a few walks with some bags and collect sticks. These are the best kindling I found and free so very MSE

I should mention have you checked you are not in a smoke free zone? In some places you arent allowed to burn wood on open fires, you'd need to use smokeless coal if you are in a smoke free zone.

Happy burning :beer:

bellaquidsin

Erm..., Trying to keep it off as much as possible but with a DH with Raynaurds disease and a friend coming to stay here for an indefinate period when she leaves hospital today I have a feeling we are in for a pricey winter.

Shame about all the lovely thick jumpers and cardi's I've knitted to keep me warm, I'll be far too hot if we have to keep having the heating on.

Bella.

strawberry_laces

ours went on wednesday for a few hours. That's the first time since March that its been on.

It hasnt been on since though, it's been quite mild and in all honesty it probably didnt need to go on wednesday, I probably could have just shoved a cardi on instead of moaning I was cold dressed in a tshirt.

bunny_too

My lounge was 18 this morning, so will be putting it on tonight for a hour or so.
Living in an upstairs apartment, so get a bit of heat frrom down below.:money: