How warm do you like your house?

martinthebandit

MikeyMacbeth wrote: »

Just had a look on Screwfix and they are pretty cheap (£9 - £15 region) so think I should be able to get these in this month.

Do you have to drain the system to fit them? seen a few people on the net say you don't need to but would rather play it safe as I'm no plumber..

I would always drain the system, there are ways, involving bungs and stuff, but I am not an expert plumber.

Cardew

Ben84 wrote: »

I like it about 16-17 degrees. I think that average indoor temperatures have been getting higher and higher in houses and workplaces over the years and it can be a bit too much. Not so much the heat but the dryness of it. I know people who keep their house at 22 degrees all the time. It makes me so uncomfortable and thirsty I don't know how they can stand it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5372296.stm

24C - top range of comfort
21C - recommended living room temperature
Less than 20C - death risk begins
18C - recommended bedroom temperature
16C - resistance to respiratory diseases weakened
12C - more than two hours at this temperature raises blood pressure and increases heart attack and stroke risk
5C - Significant risk of hypothermia
Source: West Midlands Public Health Observatory

I think many people think that a thermostat situated in the hall set to say 18C means that living room temperatures are 18C.

Whilst 16-17C may be fine if you are working in the house, but I doubt many people would tolerate 16-17C sitting watching TV.

Do some research on the web and just about everywhere the recommended living room temperature is 21C to 23C.

keith_r59

Cardew wrote: »

Do some research on the web and just about everywhere the recommended living room temperature is 21C to 23C.

A room temperature of 21-23C would mean I could sit in my house in the middle of winter in a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. Personally, I would sooner turn the thermostat down, wear a jumper / trousers and save myself some money.

Torry_Quine

keith_r59 wrote: »

A room temperature of 21-23C would mean I could sit in my house in the middle of winter in a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. Personally, I would sooner turn the thermostat down, wear a jumper / trousers and save myself some money.

I have to agree and wouldn't like to think of the bills. The temp they say for the bedroom is what I have for the living room and quite enough for me with warm clothing.

hcb42

23 degrees is ridiculously warm.

I also dont know how some people leave their houses this warm instead of adding another layer. Or how they afford it lol

Ben84

Cardew wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5372296.stm


I think many people think that a thermostat situated in the hall set to say 18C means that living room temperatures are 18C.

Whilst 16-17C may be fine if you are working in the house, but I doubt many people would tolerate 16-17C sitting watching TV.

Do some research on the web and just about everywhere the recommended living room temperature is 21C to 23C.

16-17 is a good temperature for me to sit in the chair reading a book or whatever. I don't get too cold though, I'm lucky enough to generate lots of heat myself if needed. It's odd really, I get cold for a few minutes at first, then suddenly it's like some kind of heater has turned on and I'm really warm again.

WestonDave

The hall thermostat is on 18C during the day and 14C overnight (slightly graduated so that we never get up to a stuffy house at 18C - we tend to find getting out of bed and having a hot shower we don't need the heat until later on).

I'm sure 21C works are a clinical temperature in a healthcare setting, especially with ill, immobile or elderly patients, but I'm sitting at a desk doing a sedentary task, perfectly comfortable in a short sleeved shirt with the display thermometer next to my desk saying 21C. I'd be quite happy for it to be a couple of degrees lower at which point I'd switch to long sleeves or even a pullover. It very much does depend on what you are wearing. With the right kit I can be tolerably comfortable (its never going to be pleasant!) sitting still watching rugby in an uncovered and wind facing stand at near zero temperatures (when the pitch is only not frozen due to the covers you know its cold!) whereas those charts suggest I should be at grave risk of hypothermia.

tuttifruiti20

Mines usually set around 16-18, but sometimes goes as high as 20 if I'm feeling the cold that day. I prefer to have several layers of clothing on rather than turn it up too much.

Mattty

Technically our heating is never switched off as we have an optimising digital thermostat in the living room set to 17/18/19 during the day and down to 14 over night. We have Thermostat Radiator Valves in the bedrooms which are usually set to mid-level.

Hopefully the controls won't call for the boiler to be switched on until October, but we shall see.

We do have electric underfloor heating in the bathroom, but that hasn't been set to come on yet and will only be on for half an hour in the mornings when it is.

p00pieb0tt0m

MikeyMacbeth wrote: »

Just had a look on Screwfix and they are pretty cheap (£9 - £15 region) so think I should be able to get these in this month.

Do you have to drain the system to fit them? seen a few people on the net say you don't need to but would rather play it safe as I'm no plumber..

There are a lot of informative videos on youtube, which will show you how to fit the TRV's.

You don't need brute strength for plumbing, in fact, my gentler touch was far more useful than my boyfriends.

DON'T RUSH IT and you'll do a fine job.

PS. You can never use enough PTFE tape.