Have you put your heating on for the winter?

tanith

I'm on the outskirts of West London and we have had the heating on for an hour at 5.30 in the morning to warm the bathroom a bit for the last few days and the odd hour in the evening, but the only time our heating has ever been on 24/7 was last Winter when the temps were below freezing for wks.. its been warm most days in the house so no need for heating yet.. always open windows all round the house all through the winter and the back doors have been open the last week or so every day its just not cold and I've been out in the garden working or reading..

aurongrande_2

Lately for me I've only been putting my central heating on for the nights, and wearing a thick jumper for the days. However, I've had to put the heating on for an all-day thing over the last couple days, including today.

I live in an uninsulated block of flats, so like now, when it gets a bit windy and or wet, the heat seems to be just sucked out through the walls.

Fortunately, I rarely set my thermostat above 20C.

MillicentBystander

Since we had the cavity wall insulation and uprating of loft insulation done my weather station tells me it has to be less than 5% outside to get below 18/19c in our lounge (which has 2 outside facing walls, btw). Either the weather station is telling me porkies or my gas bill is going to be very much reduced this year. :money:

donnap83

I've had the heating on a couple of times in the evenings, but for maybe an hour or so. Use it mainly to dry clothes!

janninew

I cracked one night last week, and put it on for an hour, we had a slight frost the next morning! It hasn't been on since, I've just taken my dogs out for a walk and didn't even need a coat, its very mild here at the moment (North West). I have a bad feeling the weather is going to change very rapidly in the next few weeks and get really cold!

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Our house is maintained at 20c/21c by the CH no matter what happens outside but as the nights close in I've been lighting the stove as I love the flames.

Don't know why I bother as after an hour I always leave the room as it must be hitting nearly 30c :eek:

Wife loves that temp though...

Radsteral

i rent 2 of my rooms to 2 canadian girls.. we were ok, and as soon as a bit of cold, they said its toold, so i had to turn the heating on...
I thought in canada they survive on minus 25 degrees;)

got it on 2 hourns in morning and 2 hours in evening

Swipe

Radsteral wrote: »

i rent 2 of my rooms to 2 canadian girls.. we were ok, and as soon as a bit of cold, they said its toold, so i had to turn the heating on...
I thought in canada they survive on minus 25 degrees;)

got it on 2 hourns in morning and 2 hours in evening

They do survive well in winters of -25C but Canadian homes are very well insulated and they generally heat their homes to higher temps than we do. The same is the case in the northern parts of Scandinavia.

twiz21

Radsteral wrote: »

i rent 2 of my rooms to 2 canadian girls.. we were ok, and as soon as a bit of cold, they said its toold, so i had to turn the heating on...
I thought in canada they survive on minus 25 degrees;)

got it on 2 hourns in morning and 2 hours in evening

Swipe wrote: »

They do survive well in winters of -25C but Canadian homes are very well insulated and they generally heat their homes to higher temps than we do. The same is the case in the northern parts of Scandinavia.

My brother has lived in Toronto for 20+ years.
Once when he came over to visit one February it was freezing cold with thick snow on the ground.

He was sitting by an open window in a t-shirt and insisted it was not cold!

Radsteral

its a tricky situation.. i got a little son and i dont want him to get used to a very warm home and then as soon as he comes out , gets the cold .
I have managed to work out the vailants funny timmer( it was like a maths exam) so instead of rushing to turn on and of 6 am to 8 am and 19 to 21, it does it automatically.... but i cant get a temerature control as where do i put it ? on my ground floor or to the top floor ?
they may want it 25 degrees.. hot babes they are not