Is your heating ON or OFF?

lemontart

called put the thermals on, snuggle up with hotwater bottle and laptop in bed, no need for heating on. not to mention if cold out end up being at work more as gets busy in cold weather.

CH27

We build up in stages to putting the heating on:D
Socks & cardigan gets worn, then fleeces etc.
Heating normally goes on around the end of oct til the beginning of march.
We set the thermostat for 16 degrees & leave it on.

splodger_seedswapper

i only have storage heaters in my place - and they are not efficient at all as well as very expensive to run - and i can't afford to have it on this time of year (skint and on key) so mine will stay off until after the first heavy frost - i am quite slim yet buy oversized clothes just so i can wear several layers at a time

i am hoping that the housing association will upgrade the heating system somewhen - they have asked my neighbours about their heating (but i was out the day they called round) so i think i will call them tomorrow to discuss options

Islandmaid

Not given in as yet, but can,t beleive its so chilly so early in the year.

We,re right down south, and try not to give into central heating till we absolutly ahve to, but we do have a woodburner,(not used so far) and although the garden looks like steptoes yard, we have been building up wood stores all year, lots of people having tree work done and not wanting the wood, so they got their wood cleared and we,ve got a massive wood store, did share with neighbor as they,ve just had a little,un and are trying to save too.

HappyMJ

splodger_seedswapper wrote: »

i only have storage heaters in my place - and they are not efficient at all as well as very expensive to run - and i can't afford to have it on this time of year (skint and on key) so mine will stay off until after the first heavy frost - i am quite slim yet buy oversized clothes just so i can wear several layers at a time

i am hoping that the housing association will upgrade the heating system somewhen - they have asked my neighbours about their heating (but i was out the day they called round) so i think i will call them tomorrow to discuss options

They are very efficient. In fact they are about 100% efficient and they are cheap to run. You need to make sure your electricity tariff is suited for storage heating. Your night rate should be less than 5p per kWh. So a medium sized storage heater rated at 12kWh input (there are 4 main sizes 6/12/18 and 24) and 1.7kWh output will cost 60p per night when set to maximum input. Let's say you have 2 of these in the living areas. Total cost for 26 weeks - maximum £218.40. You need to turn the output down at night when you go to bed and turn it up again when you want heat. You will need additional electric heating in the bedrooms in the morning and possiby an electric towel rail in the bathroom. If you set an electric convector in the bedroom to come on at 6.30am for an hour it will still be at the night rate. Then get up at 7.30am (or no later than the end of E7 time) into a warmed bedroom and get dressed and bathed before you go off to work.

The expensive part of this style of heating is when users leave the output at maximum all day and the heat runs out at around 7pm when you need it the most. You then turn the convector on which then costs 30p or more per hour to run.

SALOPMAN

I can recommend a new combi boiler - know they are dear but we have saved about 50% on the bills since it was put in last year (Oct) our bills were getting to be well over the 1,000 for the year, now its around 600 this year, :j

sunshinesheli

We've been chilly for the past few days, and last night were so cold we had big socks and jumpers, blanket, and the duvet off our bed! And we were snuggled like penguins!

So, last night we put on one of the storage heaters in the living room. Got up this morning to a chilly flat, with 1 haven of warmth. It's still set on lowest output as well, so should have enough juice left for when it gets chilly again later...

I think some people are being a bit harsh on this thread - if you can manage with just a blanket or whatever, or if it is still warm where you live, then good for you. You're lucky! No need to get high and mighty with others so aren't so fortunate...

Ladyhawk

I'm feeling a littl chilly today... but am not going to consider putting on the heating until the middle of October and then will try to hold out until I get back from holiday in December:eek:

But like Babyshoes, I grew up in a warm climate so feel the cold so I don't know how successful I wll be.

shellsuit

I've just put our heating on for an hour, it's very chilly here today!

kezlou

Well the heating isn't on yet, but i do admit to putting the CH (as that's our only form of heating) on for a couple of hours on Saturday.

A mixture of too many wet clothes, rain and being cold.

the kids (in fact all of us ) are wearing jackets / cardi's in the house already.

But it will come on when it the temperature drops below 15.5 automatically or its cold, the clothes need drying etc

We live in a very poorly heated house, any heat flows out, so its a case of paying the bill. The heating is on a timer and as a temperature control timer in case the it does drop below the amount i've set it at.

There's no point given yourself hypothermia or boasting of how little heating you use. the temperature variations, especially in this country are crazy. In the north were about 5 degrees colder than the south with out wind! The main thing is to keep warm so that you don't end up in hospital.