Is your heating ON or OFF?

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Hi owens,

Mine goes on each morning for an hour and a half as it's our only way of heating the water, but we haven't needed it on in the evenings yet....hopefully we'll hold off for a while yet.

There's an existing thread discussing this so I'll merge them to keep the replies together.

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Sue14

We'll hold out for as long as possible, we like to snuggle under a blanket or put on extra layers, rather than putting the heating on. So far it's not been too cold yet, but I have had to put my cosy slippers on a couple of times at night, and we've had to put the quilt over us during the night for the past week or so.

tessasmum

We haven't put the central heating on yet, and don't plan to do so this month. If we get a cold evening, we'll light the woodburner but we haven't had to do that yet. The OH was chilly one afternoon last week when he sat watching a film so I gave him a quilt to put on his legs. The woodburner heats the lounge and most of downstairs feels warmer when it is alight, so we can hold off with the central heating a bit longer than some people.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

It's only the very beginning of September why would anyone be putting the heating on :rotfl:.

toddles*

The heating is not on here either. I love snuggling up under a blanket if it gets a bit colder. I dont think we will put the heating on for another month if we can avoid it. who knows what september weather will bring though.

uolypool

Came close to popping it on this morning,it was so cold.But I didn't, I popped some socks and a zip up hoodie on with me jim jams along with my slippers and had a hot cup of tea.If the kids choose to rush around getting ready for school wearing just summer pjs then its their own fault if they are cold:D.We all have slankets during the evening and each of us have a duvet 10.5tog on our beds with a fleece blanket tucket on to the end of the bed just incase.

knithryn

I feel the cold so easily.
We have a summer weight duvet because OH gets too hot, I have a blanket on my side of the bed.
I use a hot water bottle (anyway the bedroom window stays open), use a rug over my legs when watching Tv.
Two elderly cats mean we keep a heat mat for them downstairs. They share this with my feet.
Heat is not on.
Best way for me to get warm is to go for a long brisk walk.

missychrissy

I would love to have a 'wood/anything burning stove' because I can pick up so much wood when I'm walking the dog. I have a gas inset fire that I find unattractive and although throws out lots of heat, it is not 'free'.

My sons think that I am mad in contemplating having it removed and replacing it with a fuel burning stove when I can just turn the fire on at the 'flick of a switch'. They don't think that the cost of creating a fireplace and installing a stove is worth it. I would be interested to know what the rest of you think.

flipperOSN

I don't physically switch mine off, just make sure the thermostat is set low (18/19) and set the timer so that it would come on for a short while in morning and evening. That way it will only actually come on if there's very unseasonable weather. It came on once last week for the first time in months, and I discovered that's because one of the kids had set it to 20 instead!

I don't go above 19 except in exceptionally cold weather, I have a sleeping bag for my cold feet in the evening instead! I must also get a nice warm pair of slippers, the last pair fell apart.

maryb

MissyChrissy

We had a gas coal effect fire which we ripped out and replaced with a woodburning stove. It was major work and expense, as the flue needed some building work, the fireplace needed excavating to get rid of the Victorian style metal fire surround and square off the alcove, then the flue needed lining. Plus I wanted a Clearview which is not cheap (but those in the know mostly agree that they are the best although I think Morso are also good). And we need huge quantities of logs which meant DH had to build a log store. The chimney needs sweeping each year as well.

We also installed a new mantelpiece which was an extra cost as we couldn't put the old one back - basically we went for a really big stove because we have a huge open ground floor and after we had the fireplace excavated to accommodate it the standard sized fireplace surround/mantelpiece wasn't big enough. So we got the local stonemason to make us a fire surround. He found it a nice change from granite kitchen worktops and it was comparable in price to buying one from a fireplace shop. However most people wouldn't have as big a stove as we went for

Would I do it again - you bet! I love, love, love my Clearview!! It causes a bit of dust but nothing like the old open fires. It's inset into the fireplace quite far which means that the heat doesn't circulate quite so efficiently but I've bought an Ecofram fan which should move the hot air around a bit better. The stove has a flat top which means I can keep a kettle on it and if we have a power cut I can cook on it in a pinch

It takes about 20 minutes to get the heat going, longer sometimes depending on the type of wood. But once it is going it is as controllable as a gas fire. Shut it right down and it just glows very faintly. Open up the levers at the side and it roars into life straightaway.

You would not regret it but it is a lot of money so cost it properly before you decide.