Is your heating ON or OFF?

ajs88

mine went on for the first time monday evening and again last night but only for 20-30 minutes.

can i ask, do you think its cheaper to have the heating on full for 30 minutes or on half for an hour

thanks

imogen-p

Still off for me here in Yorkshire. Been off since the end of March. Hoping to get to the end of October before it goes on again. Although having seen the forecast predictions for October snow, it may end up being a bit earlier in the month.

wheels28

Ours is still off, last few mornings its been a little fresh when i get up, but its staying off for now. Duvet is now back on the bed, my DH is too hot in bed, put since i've been wheelchair dependant i feel the cold easily, so he'll have to stay 'Hot'.

bluebag

richardc1983 wrote: »

Our heating is switched on for an hour or so in the evenings if we have been out all day as the lounge is about 17C at the moment so we switch it on to the settings below.

Living room is kept at 21/22C in the winter time, bedrooms are kept at 18/19C.

My flat mate doesnt use the living room though and is always in his bedroom so his room is also classed as a living room and is kept at 21/22C like I keep the living room.

On a night time these temps are dropped back to 18/19C to match the bedrooms.

It may save you money to turn it off when everyone is in bed and use the timer to turn it on for about half an hour before everyone gets up.

The only time I leave my heating on all night is when it gets to below minus 5 at night, but that's mainly to stop pipes freezing. Burst pipes are very expensive!

quintwins

well i was gonan put mine on, but i'm out of oil

richardc1983

bluebag wrote: »

It may save you money to turn it off when everyone is in bed and use the timer to turn it on for about half an hour before everyone gets up.

The only time I leave my heating on all night is when it gets to below minus 5 at night, but that's mainly to stop pipes freezing. Burst pipes are very expensive!

Our heating is provided by the air con system so very cheap to run. We have to leave set at 18/19c as any lower and the windchill from convective air currents (old Victorian house) makes it feel so much colder.

Dont get me wrong at mo it's not on all night but come dec it will be set at 18/19 through the night. Off totally during day when no one here the house can drop to 10c easily despite being double glazed! It's only on for an hour on an evening at mo.

Rosie_Thorn

bluebag wrote: »

The only time I leave my heating on all night is when it gets to below minus 5 at night, but that's mainly to stop pipes freezing. Burst pipes are very expensive!

My thermostat has an extra programme for night time (i.e after the heating's gone off) that brings the heating back on if it goes below 3 degrees (I think you can change the temp.) so that freezing pipes aren't a worry.

My heating isn't on yet (in Dorset) and won't be until the hot water bottle fails to keep me warm. I work from home (proof reading) so do sit still for long periods but I find plonking my feet on a hot water bottle and having a rug over my legs (wow do I look attractive:D) keeps me away from the central heating 'on switch'. Sounds strange but two large dogs in the room raises the temp too (when it gets colder I move their beds into my work room and shut us all in - don't call the RSPCA). Probably not very useful as a money saving tip if you don't already have dogs.

oldtractor

:wave:Welcome Rosie Thorn. Sounds like me. I am sat here with a fleecy blanket and a cat,hot water bottle next,after dinner. Heating definitely staying OFF for a while yet.

spike7451

oldtractor wrote: »

:wave:Welcome Rosie Thorn. Sounds like me. I am sat here with a fleecy blanket and a cat,hot water bottle next,after dinner. Heating definitely staying OFF for a while yet.

And me,sat here watching NCIS after dinner (Bangers n Mash) with Daisy cat asleep on my lap & a glass of cider...Windows are all closed tho as it's blowing a gale outside....

Sunnyday

OFF

Although i do think that we are in for a cold night, its 19 indoors and 13 outside but feels much colder as the winds are very strong here atm. I`ve not checked the forecast yet today so i`m sure that i won`t be impressed later when i do catch up.

Welcome Rosie Thorn - love the username

My dawgies arn`t really much help when its cold i`m afraid, the little oldie needs keeping warm himself and the younger one likes to chavel feet and take off our socks whilst we watch telly at night :eek:
Thankfully she does seem to be growing out of this now!

The monster cat is rather antisocial and prefers to curl up on the throw over our bed upstairs rather than be used as a hot water bottle, if she doesn`t fancy a cuddle she can be rather sharp :eek:

I have two spare fleecy throws and i`m considering making two doggy jackets for the woofaloes from them, nothing too elaborate mind as i`m no seamstress, mainly cut to size and a strip around the middle to keep in place with some sort of fastener around the neck end to keep it on.

Fleece is ideal for this as its stretchy so will be comfy for them and it doesn`t fray so won`t need hemming, i`m sure that little oldie will love it

Have a warm snuggly evening everyone.

SD