Is your heating ON or OFF?

Grouchy

While we are all facing high bills and trying to look after the pennies, it seems for some that the on/off question has turned into a bit of a competition where off is automatically thought of as good, which can be misleading and create pressure. I put the heating on when it is needed and off when not.
Don't forget health first especially for the elderly, infirm, and young.
Lots of guidelines out there for instance just do a search or contact a local authority/Age Concern or similar ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5372296.stm

Sorry don't mean to sound preachy or alarmist but competitive heating off is a bit worrying.

Keep well all.
G

panika

Mine CH is off. Temperature in the living room is 20C.
However, I can feel the chill.

I am going to wait till it drops below 18C and than turn my central heating on. Unfortunately it is electric/storage heating and it never gives as much heating as gas and it is quite awkward to control it.

I am seriously thinking about purchasing oil filled radiator, to back up the tiny heater (fixed to the wall in my living room corner).

FOREVER21

panika wrote: »

Mine CH is off. Temperature in the living room is 20C.
However, I can feel the chill.

I am going to wait till it drops below 18C and than turn my central heating on. Unfortunately it is electric/storage heating and it never gives as much heating as gas and it is quite awkward to control it.

I am seriously thinking about purchasing oil filled radiator, to back up the tiny heater (fixed to the wall in my living room corner).

I went to Scotland last year in October, the self catering accommodation had night storage heaters.I had never come across these before although I had heard of them.

Unfortunately there were no instructions it took me nearly all the week to try and fathom out how to control them. The first few days we were freezing in the morning and nearly expired with the heat some afternoons.

I spoke to the owner later and he apologised for not leaving instructions but added "Och most of us don't put the heating on until November! Hardy folk indeed.


By the way my heating is on and it is a toasty 20c at the moment.

panika

FOREVER21 wrote: »

I went to Scotland last year in October, the self catering accommodation had night storage heaters.I had never come across these before although I had heard of them.

Unfortunately there were no instructions it took me nearly all the week to try and fathom out how to control them. The first few days we were freezing in the morning and nearly expired with the heat some afternoons.

I spoke to the owner later and he apologised for not leaving instructions but added "Och most of us don't put the heating on until November! Hardy folk indeed.


By the way my heating is on and it is a toasty 20c at the moment.

This is my first flat with this type of heating. Anywhere else (in the UK) I used to have gas central heating. I loved the fact of heating the house on demand, completely opposite than using storage heating.

It took me a lot of googling to find out how to use it. On a plus side - this year bills were £200 lower than in the previuos flat. Although the last year's price increase and very cold winter.:)

MoonJelly

My heating is off. I'm in the North West so we are doing to 14 degrees in the early morning. I intend to keep it switch off for as long as I possibly can. Husband is hardy but I am not. However I got stuck with horrendous bills this winter so I intend to bundle up and take whatever measures I can to keep costs down.

dolly84

I don't feel competitive about this I try to keep the heat off as long as possible each year, for me it is about the bills and the environment, people can be too free and easy with energy imo.

My kids are 7 and 9 and I don't think I need to make any special allowances regarding the temperature of the house for them, if they are cold they know where their extra layers are.

I used to work as a Home Care Assistant and we used to visit one lady who took to her bed in winter, day and night, we called twice a day and refilled her hot water bottle (from the tap we weren't allowed to put the kettle on), she was on her own and every time I went I expected to find her dead.

Other people we went to see had fires and heating on full and it was unbearable for us.

calicocat

Grouchy wrote: »

While we are all facing high bills and trying to look after the pennies, it seems for some that the on/off question has turned into a bit of a competition where off is automatically thought of as good, which can be misleading and create pressure. I put the heating on when it is needed and off when not.
Don't forget health first especially for the elderly, infirm, and young.
Lots of guidelines out there for instance just do a search or contact a local authority/Age Concern or similar ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5372296.stm

Sorry don't mean to sound preachy or alarmist but competitive heating off is a bit worrying.

Keep well all.
G

I wish my mum would have her heating higher as she is 80 next year and imo has the place too cold. She's a feisty little number though so won't do it. She could afford it but won't (that generation) , and even if she couldn't afford it I would pay it.

She's probably not as soft as me either though, and I can't work her system to sneak it up a bit.

malamay

I had my heating on for an hour today. Hubbs' parents came visiting, and MIL is going through chemo and is cold at the best of times. Next time I hope for a bit of warning so I can have a warm-ish sitting room when she arrives.

empressemma

Tempted today!
But put on body warmer instead
Maybe light the fire later as we're both in for the evening, and I've got some washing done today, although its getting a good blow-through on the line I don't think it'll completly dry.

pollys

According to our local weather forecaster the temperatures we are currently experiencing are normal ........for the end of October!

Pollys