leaving heating on 24/7

blondie32

i heard that leaving your heating on 24/7 at a low setting is better and cheaper than having it on a timer, has anyone else tried this.

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You heard wrong, there are countless threads on the subject if you do a search.

Timers should be used for timing, thermostats for setting a comfortable max temperature

markharding557

The longer it is on the more gas it uses simple

blondie32

closed wrote: »

You heard wrong, there are countless threads on the subject if you do a search.

Timers should be used for timing, thermostats for setting a comfortable max temperature

i have found them, and now read them and went and turned it off and back on to timer settings.

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http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cym/Home-improvements-and-products/Heating-and-hot-water/Thermostats-and-heating-controls

CharlieBilly

Only have heating on if your at home, you dont need it on whilst in bed and probably have it turned off before you go to bed 30 mins before hand

decsdad

Does this change in anyway if there is a large area of underfloor heating. We have a new house and are still trying to work out the best way to operate the heating. The UFH runs off the boiler. We are finding the house cold in morning. I've been thinking it would be best to have it come on a few hours before we get up and go off a couple of hours before we go to bed, hoping the floor will store the heat. Tiled floor, heating pipes below chipboard flooring and above suspended floor insulation(i think).

MillicentBystander

CharlieBilly wrote: »

Only have heating on if your at home, you dont need it on whilst in bed and probably have it turned off before you go to bed 30 mins before hand

In the vast majority of cases, I agree. However, for those lucky enough to be going away at Christmas it really is a good idea to have the heating timed to come on at certain times of the day (or, dare I say set at a VERY low temp on 24/7?) whilst you aren't in attendance. If the temps are as low then as they are now there is a very real prospect of coming home to a burst pipe (and the associated mess). And that will very probably cost you more than the gas you burnt whilst you were away.

macman

Most modern boilers/programmers have a frost 'stat that will come on at very low temps, the default setting is usually 5C.

MillicentBystander

Agreed, but I wouldn't imagine we are unique in having a rather unsophisticated but incredibly reliable 20 year old boiler which has no such fancy settings.

macman

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Agreed, but I wouldn't imagine we are unique in having a rather unsophisticated but incredibly reliable 20 year old boiler which has no such fancy settings.

Any modern programmer will have that function though. Costing around £40 upwards.