Is your heating ON or OFF?

Fruball

We had a very nasty frost here this morning which lasted nearly all morning too... Plus fog which still hasn't cleared :eek:

Heating is very much ON in this house, altho its on low so we are still wrapped up in lots of layers and warm slipper boots for the kids, sheepskin slippers for me

My knees are starting to give me gip which will last until spring

LJM

we had it on for baths and bedtime last night as it was very cold, this morning we over rode it till my girls were washed and dressed as it was cold again, but now there is a nip in the air but the sun is shining and washing out and nearly dry

de1amo

day 16 of the month and the heating has been on only twice this month--just for 6 hours in total.

i fear my heating going on because i dont have a timer connected to the combi--we tend to fall asleep and wake up baking in the middle of the night when we start using it--i live abroad and they wanted 140 quid to fit one when we had the heating installed--i bulked!!

mrsr

Getting really cold now ,going to be anouther frosty night by the looks of it.Curtains drawn early heat put on for a hr for ds to have a bath used the rads to get washing dry .Switched off now hoping it will stay warm for the evening .Got candles going and hot water bottle ready.

shegar

katholicos wrote: »

I have the heating on timed for about 1/2 an hour in the morning to take chill off when we get up, then it comes back on twice in evening for 2 separate periods of an hour. Despite this, our clothing, bedding etc still feel damp. Have to watch the pennies but t is freezing in here and averages around 10-12 degrees when the heating isn't on so it is quite chilly.

Do be careful wearing damp clothing in cold houses, you should never lay in damp sheets, thats not good at all......:eek: as my mother would say "youll catch the pip"...cut back somewhere else so you can have the heating on more often in the cold.........you are risking your families health..........

bluebag

katholicos wrote: »

I have the heating on timed for about 1/2 an hour in the morning to take chill off when we get up, then it comes back on twice in evening for 2 separate periods of an hour. Despite this, our clothing, bedding etc still feel damp. Have to watch the pennies but t is freezing in here and averages around 10-12 degrees when the heating isn't on so it is quite chilly.

It might be worth turning your heating on for longer but keeping the temperature a little lower with the 'main room' a touch warmer.

Try and make sure you keep water vapour in the house down as much as possible, a window or two open for a short while in the warmest part of the day, do the hoovering or other energetic task then to keep warm.

Put hot water bottles in the bed at teatime to warm them through and re-fill them at bedtime.

Damp is very bad for you, so try and do what you can to minimise it.
Have a google for solar heat catchers, they are made for a few pence and can help raise the temperature a bit more on sunny days, allowing you to turn down/off the heating so you can afford more heating when it's cold.

Hard times hun , wishing you well.

lostinrates

agree with addressing dampness! Also, while airing rooms make sure bedding is thrown back not made to let the bed air too. I often leave bed airing (i.e. thrown back, window open or otherwise) all day and make just before getting in: saves going back up to make it.

clare64

It is freezing in Devon today - or is it just our house!

lostinrates

clare64 wrote: »

It is freezing in Devon today - or is it just our house!

The condensation at my house, not devon but south of england still had turned to ice in the hall upstairs and spare room this morning and I skidded across the farmyard. I wore thermals under a dress and jumper to go out and ended up having to take jumper off -and my dress was sleeveless.:o

marmiterulesok

It was 7c when I got up this morning.It went up to 9c later.It's still a cosy 18c in the flat without the heating on,so can't complain.