central heating

dargoon

as am now retired and therefore at home for a large portion of the day as i was wondering now that the central heating will be going on any day now what times to set on the timer- a couple of hours in the morning and then perhaps from 16.00 to 21.30 maybe. would be interested to read the views of those who have been retired for a while what they do. what sparked my interest was an article i came across which proposed having the central heating on all day albeit at a low setting.

Jonesya

What are you aiming to achieve?

If you want a warm house but at minimum cost then I think you'd want to get your boiler working as efficiently as possible, for something like a condensing boiler that might be to have the CH on most of the time but with the boiler temperature set to the lowest possible to minimise the return temperature and maximise condensing operation/efficiency.

jennifernil

We are retired 5 years now. We have it come on about 1 hour before we get up, then off 2-3 hours later, depending on the weather.

In the evening it is on from about 4pm to 10pm in very cold weather, otherwise 6-9pm, or whatever we find necessary. Every day can be different, so you need to try out what suits you.

During the day, if we are home, if it is sunny, we need no heating as our lounge is south facing. But in dull, cold weather we just put it on again as needed.

We never heat bedrooms anyway, just leave the doors open to let the heat circulate. We have also turned it right down in any other rooms we are not using, but we do keep the lounge and kitchen cosy.

Owain_Moneysaver

20 minutes at 7 am and 20 minutes at 6 pm.

If you need any more then your house is leaking heat and needs to be insulated.

southcoastrgi

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

20 minutes at 7 am and 20 minutes at 6 pm.

If you need any more then your house is leaking heat and needs to be insulated.

shall i shall i ??

no ok i wont i'll just lay on the floor & :rotfl:

T_T_2

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

20 minutes at 7 am and 20 minutes at 6 pm.

If you need any more then your house is leaking heat and needs to be insulated.

It would seem that topping up to 270mm of insulation and injecting the cavities is all that is required to make your house a passivhaus these days. A house with any kind of thermal mass would take significantly longer than 20mins for there to be any tangible effect, especially if it is left unheated for 23hrs and 20mins of the day. I'd love to know how you've achieved such results.

ed110220

T_T wrote: »

It would seem that topping up to 270mm of insulation and injecting the cavities is all that is required to make your house a passivhaus these days. A house with any kind of thermal mass would take significantly longer than 20mins for there to be any tangible effect, especially if it is left unheated for 23hrs and 20mins of the day. I'd love to know how you've achieved such results.

Either that or maybe Owain is a penguin?

Owain_Moneysaver

T_T wrote: »

It would seem that topping up to 270mm of insulation and injecting the cavities is all that is required to make your house a passivhaus these days. A house with any kind of thermal mass would take significantly longer than 20mins for there to be any tangible effect, especially if it is left unheated for 23hrs and 20mins of the day. I'd love to know how you've achieved such results.

It's not unheated for the rest of the day - the computer, TV, cooker, etc provide background heat and make the lounge about 2 deg C warmer than the rest of the flat.

Now the previous flat I had, that leaked heat. Turn off the heating and within 2 hours the thermometer had dropped about 3 degrees.

Owain_Moneysaver

ed110220 wrote: »

Either that or maybe Owain is a penguin?

No, just frugal with the heating.

fwor

I use a programmable after-market thermostat which allows you to set two levels of heat at different times of the day - nice and warm first thing in the morning, and then just warm enough for the rest of the day.

It also runs remotely via wireless from the original thermostat, which is good because you can site it where you spend most of the day, rather than having it control the temp in the hallway.

I've got a Sunvic, but there are several other good makes out there.

Mr_Ted

southcoastrgi wrote: »

shall i shall i ??

no ok i wont i'll just lay on the floor & :rotfl:

Well well well KG

So it is true leopards cant change their spots :rotfl: just names :T

Holidays over, mine that is