What's your thermostat set at?

Serialdieter

chevalier wrote:

"boo hoo I have electric storage heaters and would so love gas... please can I have some. Sadly I don't live in an area that has gas."

If you have a big garden, have you thought about tanked calor gas? Obviously the installation would be quite a lot, but I think it would pay for iteself over time. You have to have a biggish garden though, because the tank has to be x feet from the house.

It is on the "for the future list" but need to be debt free first.

Jx

Serialdieter

beer2006 wrote:

I have oil, thats why I insist we wear jumpers.

No gas here either, or mains sewerage

I've been told oil is very expensive. A neighbour has it and they wear a lot of jumpers too.

Do have mains sewerage though.

beer2006

Serialdieter wrote:

I've been told oil is very expensive. A neighbour has it and they wear a lot of jumpers too.

Do have mains sewerage though.

Its supposed to be cheaper than tankered gas and electric heating, but the cost of oil has probably doubled in the past 4 years for us.

MatthewN

beer2006 wrote:

The idea is to have the boiler on all the time and not to let the temp drop below a certain level (I use 15) as its supposed to take alot more energy to heat up the house from a lower temp, than just to keep it ticking over at a slightly higher temp.
It seems to work for me.

Good point! I guess it's just a matter of finding an ideal temperature that doesnt keep the gas being sucked up but keeps it warm.

Norbert_Colon

19 C/66 F, 6-7am and 4-10pm.

I haven't got the hang of gas c.h. yet after years of storage heaters.

bobbadog

We've not long moved into our flat, and the thermostat doesn't have a timer on... mm. So far this winter we've left it on overnight at 15 a couple of times but that's it

*zippy*

I was quite shocked reading on the utilities board that a couple of people have theirs set at 14 sounds freezing :eek:

Ours is on 24 hours daytime at 20 and I turn it down to 18 when the kids go to bed.

bride2be2006

looby75 wrote:

I think it would depend on what kind of central heating system you have. We have an old "behind the fire boiler" kind, that heats up the water and stores it whether you use it or not. If the heating is on, but the thermostat says it's warm enough the water isn't pumped through the radiators, but the system still keeps heating up the water in the boiler. It would cost me a fortune to leave it on 24/7 and I would have to keep running off hot water from the system as it overheats if left on too long :eek: (I live in a council house but they council won't do anything about it as we are all supposed to be getting combi boilers in the next couple of years)

Ours is a combi boiler?

looby75

bride2be2006 wrote:

Ours is a combi boiler?

it might work for you then, my sister has her heating on 24/7 (she lives in Scotland) on a combi boiler system and it doesn't bankrupt her. It would be hard to do a real comparison though because her house is bigger than mine and she pays for her gas by pre payment meter.

Why don't you do a trial run over the next couple of weeks. Take note of how much gas you use in 7 days using your heating as you normally do, then try leaving it on low all the time for 7 days after that and compare the usage.

Lorian

We have an electronic thermostat that changes the temperatures several times during the day based on a set program. We vary the program by season and when the clocks change. Some newer onese do the season/clock changes automatically.

Something like this:



It saves money because it gives you much more control over what tempearture you have when. How long will it take to pay back the £30 odd cost (plus fitting) I don't know - you'll need to do your sums!