Have you put your heating on yet?

FLAPJACK

Funny how the utility firms always ask you for your postcode....as someone here said it depends on where you live if you have the heating on already.

I'm sure it couldn't be the case that a more Northerly postcode would have more expensive utilities than a Southern one surely!

spaceboy

Not yet no. But we have single glazing and two small chldren so I expect it will be going on soon...

I do work in council houses and in the middle of summer it was amazing how many tenants had their boilers on full blast in the middle of the day! I actually turned a boiler off once when I was working upstairs as the temperature was unbareable. Boiler was in an upstairs cupboard and tenant was downstairs with the kitchen door open...

Andy_WSM

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned NO ONE should have heating on yet unless for extreme health (struggling to identify significant heat-related illness) x

Is that the law?

I had heating on in JUNE last Summer (what passed off for an excuse of Summer). It goes on automatically when the room temperature drops below 18C, in exactly the same way the air conditioner will go on when the room temperature is above 24C.

What's the point in having heating / cooling if I can't use it "because it's not the right month" - nuts!

Andy_WSM

FLAPJACK wrote: »

I'm sure it couldn't be the case that a more Northerly postcode would have more expensive utilities than a Southern one surely!

Extreme North, South & Wales generally pay more than other areas as I believe the cost reflects the higher distribution costs. My electricity here is about 10% more expensive than my friends that live in Bradford (small compensation for him I'm sure )

kayester

condensation on windows this morning.
my son is in the attick so i think i will need to get him to share a bedroom with my daughter soon as getting cold up there

spaceboy

We have started using our dehumidifier again.

Candy53

Well, I've kept saying 'not yet', but today it's freezing cold here. Forget Autumn! It seems to be going straight into Winter.

I'm sat here with ice cold hands and face, so the heating will be going on shortly. Trouble is, we have an outside vent in the living room, as we have a back boiler, and the wind is puthering in.


Candy

lee111s

My winter duvet will be going on tonight, woke up a little cold last night, temp outside was 6 degrees according to my iPhone app.

I've tested the heating this morning only for 10 minutes to make sure that the rads work so that when the real cold comes I know it's working. I have a combi boiler and it's set to summer mode so no heating on since April...would be just my luck something wouldn't be working when it's freezing but all is well. I'm happy to sit with a duvet on in the evening if needs be to keep a little bit warmer. I don't see the point in heating the whole house at the moment, it's just not THAT cold yet.

My other half will say otherwise but it's my house and I pay the bills so she'll just have to get used to it!

matelodave

I'm afraid so, it went on yesterday as the whinging about the cold had started. But the controls are pretty good so it only actually heats when it's needed

SuiDreams

Heating on for half an hour yesterday morning, then switched off again, New upstairs windows coming next week, definate heat difference between upstairs and downstairs now, shows definate improvement with the new windows and doors already intalled.