when to put heating on?

rossireps

hi
does this sounds sensible please?
i have expensive electric heating and was thinking of putting it on say 3pm till 7 or something then after that i dont usually do much so can snuggle under the electric blanket,to watch tv etc. being in most of the time im wondering if this would be better than,having it on 5pm till 10. i also have heater in bedroom on an hr before bed to make it warm. thanks

good_advice

Hello rossi, Having the heating on earlier does sound sensible.
Here we have gas CH . 2 hours early morning and then 6-8 pm.
Here thought the heating and hot water are on the same timer.

With the cold and snow, I have had the heating on more.

After dinner, you could have a bath and then watch tv or read in the bedroom.

rossireps

good_advice wrote: »

Hello rossi, Having the heating on earlier does sound sensible.
Here we have gas CH . 2 hours early morning and then 6-8 pm.
Here thought the heating and hot water are on the same timer.

With the cold and snow, I have had the heating on more.

After dinner, you could have a bath and then watch tv or read in the bedroom.

thankyou for replying
think ill do that as im more active during day and just watch tv in the eves really . also the heated duvet uses so little it doesnt matter. ive done well only putting heating in this last week,mainly cos of the flipping damp in here.

HappyMJ

If you are in the house then the heating should be on....at the very minimum the room you are in should be at least 18 degrees especially if you are sitting around watching telly or reading. If you are moving about doing housework then the room temperature can be a little cooler.

sniggings

HappyMJ wrote: »

If you are in the house then the heating should be on....at the very minimum the room you are in should be at least 18 degrees especially if you are sitting around watching telly or reading. If you are moving about doing housework then the room temperature can be a little cooler.

maybe true but some people just can't afford to do that.

HappyMJ

sniggings wrote: »

maybe true but some people just can't afford to do that.

...hypothermia and associated illnesses are much more costly than the utility bill... there are cheap ways of keeping warm. The OP uses electric blankets which is very cheap. A traditional bar heater directs heat directly at a person and could be cheaper than heating a large space with a convector heater.

Heating one room at a time is also a way of cutting costs and still keeping warm.

18 degrees is still on the cold side but it should be the minimum room should be. More vulnerable people should have the room temperature at 21 degrees.

Even 16 hours a day a 1200W bar heater at 12p/kWh would cost £16 per week...which isn't really that much when divided out over the year it's £8 a week or about 10% of JSA income.

Torry_Quine

Why do you need to put the heating on in the bedroom for an hour? Surely you are going to be straight into bed.

Ben84

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Why do you need to put the heating on in the bedroom for an hour? Surely you are going to be straight into bed.

I actually thought everyone left the heating on all night in cold weather, until I saw many people on this site seeming confused anyone needs heating while sleeping!

One of these days, I think I'm going to move to California and leave my clanky old boiler and its gas bills behind

Torry_Quine

Ben84 wrote: »

I actually thought everyone left the heating on all night in cold weather, until I saw many people on this site seeming confused anyone needs heating while sleeping!

One of these days, I think I'm going to move to California and leave my clanky old boiler and its gas bills behind

I only have the heating on in the bedroom when the temperature is a few degrees below zero! Even then it's low down just to stop freezing. I couldn't sleep if it was a heated bedroom, never mind afford it. :rotfl:I have never understoo why a bedroom needs to be warm when you only use it to sleep in. :rotfl:

Horseunderwater

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I only have the heating on in the bedroom when the temperature is a few degrees below zero! Even then it's low down just to stop freezing. I couldn't sleep if it was a heated bedroom, never mind afford it. :rotfl:I have never understoo why a bedroom needs to be warm when you only use it to sleep in. :rotfl:

Then you should get diabetic neuropathy or neuralgia as it also called. I scream in agony nearly every night as any cover on my legs or feet hurts, so I have to sleep with no covers on most of the time, so heating is on 17 hours a day at 21 deg C. I wish it was not so, but my life is what it is. Oh and my GP Pharmacy did not deliver my painkillers so it will 9 times worse tonight! And in case you do not understand what it is - nerve pain that makes it feel like somebody is using a red hot needle at all nerve endings, feet feel very cold, but are warm to touch on outer skin and if you shiver, you get associated pain all over your body. Far worse than pins and needles. And when you stand up, pain shoots up your legs. So my OH who is nearest to radiator has to suffer, while I suffer with my illness. At nearly 49 years old I never thought I would end up like this. But happen it has. Now almost totally disabled and I am fighting it as much as I can, but I want to chop my legs off - SO PLEASE DO NOT SAY SUCH DAFT THINGS.

Torry_Quine

Horseunderwater wrote: »

Then you should get diabetic neuropathy or neuralgia as it also called. I scream in agony nearly every night as any cover on my legs or feet hurts, so I have to sleep with no covers on most of the time, so heating is on 17 hours a day at 21 deg C. I wish it was not so, but my life is what it is. Oh and my GP Pharmacy did not deliver my painkillers so it will 9 times worse tonight! And in case you do not understand what it is - nerve pain that makes it feel like somebody is using a red hot needle at all nerve endings, feet feel very cold, but are warm to touch on outer skin and if you shiver, you get associated pain all over your body. Far worse than pins and needles. And when you stand up, pain shoots up your legs. So my OH who is nearest to radiator has to suffer, while I suffer with my illness. At nearly 49 years old I never thought I would end up like this. But happen it has. Now almost totally disabled and I am fighting it as much as I can, but I want to chop my legs off - SO PLEASE DO NOT SAY SUCH DAFT THINGS.

I know exactly what it is, actually. However we weren't talking about someone with a medical condition which has my sympathy as it must be a dreadful thing to live with. There was no need to shout though.

Couple of thoughts try to make sure that you order your pain-relief well before you will run out. In hospital when the bed-covers have to be kept off they put what is called a blanket support on the bed as it lifts the bedding up. This may help.
http://www.mobilitysmart.cc/beds-acessories-c-123/bed-assists/bed-blanket-support-cradle.html

For the vast majority of people without a health or age-related condition I will continue to say that temperatures of 21C are not needed, I don't even have that in my living-room.

Hope you get slept tonight.