Is your heating ON or OFF?

newleaf

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

No heating for me: I just lost my job on Friday and the quarterly utility bills arrive in November.

Sorry to hear that B&T, hope you find something else soon, it must be a terrible worry.
Heating still off here, but it has dropped very chilly - under 13 degrees in bedroom - so I have relented and 'permitted' the autumn duvet (9.5 togs) to be used from tonight :rotfl:.
(I'm concerned it will be too warm for me, but DH is pleased - he's nesh!)

Olliebeak

Very cold here today and I've got my DD (not well) visiting for some tlc with 3dgk's. Decided to put the heating on as youngest is not two yet and lo and behold - it's NOT WORKING :mad:. Checked the boiler to find the little window is showing F.75 - which I think means 'low gas pressure' for some reason. Checked the hot water and that's not working either (combi boiler). Engineer is due out Thursday morning - c'est la vie!

hethmar

Have to admit its been on fro a couple of hours this evening.

twiglet98

I'm determined to hold out another week or two, and at least the rest of the family have stopped being sniffy about hot water bottles now they realise I'm serious! I have told DD23 that if she wants unlimited use of electricity and oil without me grumbling or ranting every single day, then the direct debit can come out of her bank account instead of mine. She had the portable convector on in her room when she was getting ready for bed, only for 5 mins but grrr.... I've bought cheap supermarket fleeces, some to line curtains, and charity shop blankets and throws, warm gilets and big fleece hoodies, there are enough dressing gowns and slippers, hot water bottles and wheat bags for all of us, and each bed has a cat sleeping at the end :-).

taterduck

No GCH to put on here. I've used the electric blanket on the bed a few nights, though. Bed is my nemesis. I can be wearing 3 layers of everything with 2 heavy winter duvets over me and wrapped in a fleece blanket and still not get warm. And there's nothing worse than lying awake for hours unable to sleep cause you're too cold and shivery.

huxley

was and thermostate set at 16 so should be but after clunking and hissing yesterday no heating and no hot water and b.gas engineer cant come out till tomorrow! Cold fed up and thouroughly p***ed off! Morning everyone:D

Quillion

What heating??

I do not have central heating and don't feel the need for it either.

ktpie

We've gone from just putting ours on every now and then to switching the timer on last night so that it comes on for half an hour in the morning and half an hour at lunch time. Have had the wood burning stove going as well.

missychrissy

Quillion wrote: »

What heating??

I do not have central heating and don't feel the need for it either.

What form of heating do you have instead?

rockie4

I've relented and put ours on for a couple of hours the last few nights but not had it on in a morning yet.
I was cold when I got up this morning at half 5 :eek: but when I opened the back door it actually felt warmer outside so I left the door open!!

The heating is on at work and I'm finding it really hot and stuffy, everyone thinks I'm mad as I'm walking round in a t-shirt!