Heating

bright_side

daisiegg wrote: »

How do you all know what the temperature is in your house?

I have a little digital room thermometer, which I bought last winter cos I wasn't convinced my heating thermostat was telling me the truth. However, turns out it was, so the 'click' when I turn the heating control thingy tells me what temperature is

SingleSue

daisiegg wrote: »

How do you all know what the temperature is in your house?

I have a room thermometer......

Person_one

bright_side wrote: »

This is a very good question and I'd like to know if I am the only one who notices that 20 C outside feels very different to 20 C inside? I'd also love to know why 22 C can be lovely and warm inside, but when the temperature drops further OUTSIDE, 22 C inside isn't warm enough??

I suppose indoors you're more likely to be still, rather than moving around as you would be outside.

double_mummy

SingleSue wrote: »

I have a room thermometer......

yup me 2 left over from when the kids were babies for some random reason it was on the desk

FatVonD

We've put ours on this past week or so just for half an hour morning and evening, I would prefer to keep it off and put on more clothes but the towels weren't drying in the bathroom.

Before I adjusted it DH had actually put it on for an hour in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening because he feels the cold more than me but if he will insist on sitting around in just his pants... :rotfl:

[Deleted User]

I haven't put the heating on here yet, it's not too cold at the moment and so far I've just had to put on a jumper on or a pair of fuzzy socks on an evening.

Had loft and cavity wall insulation done a couple of months ago, and so far the house feels less cold than in similar outside temps compared to last year (or maybe I'm just imagining that!) but from a money-saving point of view I need to cut back, save the pennies and pay off my debts.

Of course, when myself and the kids have got on our jumpers, fuzzy socks and blankets on an evening and we are still a little chilly, then I will bring out the electric eco-heater and put blankets on the beds.
After that, the heating comes on lol! :cool:

jewelly

I'm just putting the heating on for an hour here and there to take the chill off when |I feel it. Like others, I'm trying to keep it off as long a possible. It's so expensive to heat a house nowadays, it's scary.

Spendless

We've had it on twice so far. You're being mean about it if they are dressed in woolly jumper, thick socks, under a duvet with a hot water bottle and still complain of cold. You're not being mean if they are dressed in t-shirts, shorts and looking like they are off on a trip to an outdoor swimming pool but would like the fire on because they are cold! I have this constant battle with husband and kids, they want the heating on cos they are cold, well urmmmmm go and dress appropriately for the weather conditions and then tell me how you feel.

lostinrates

daisiegg wrote: »

How do you all know what the temperature is in your house?

Thermostat tells you the temp where the thermostat is ( ours is wireless so if we had working heating I can effectively exert some control by putting it in a warmer or cooler room, the room where most people are.

Siting of thermostats is often not really thought about, but I think can impact on heating bills a lot. If its in a draughty hall way with a door to outside in it that's used a bit its bound to encourage heat on more than if its in a snug reception room, for example. Neither might be appropriate for the way one lives!

We also have a thermometer on our electricity usage monitor. And on the weather station and two outside thermometers, one in the garden and one in the farm yard (farmyard is dramatically hotter in summer, I like to monitor)

Edit: I forgot to answer the question.....

We don't have ch that works ...(long story) but my dog has a sore back which is aggravated by the cold so the dogs now have a small heater on as needed to keep their sleeping quarters warmer than we usually would. They love this.

I have medication which makes me a bit sensitive to the cold and gives some grim old side effects. I also have reynauds (which I only discovered that's what it was this year, ) and hypothyroidism, and I just pile on jumpers, thermal underwear and try and do stuff like iron when its colder. We wear much more ironed things in winter than in summer. :rotfl:

aileth

We only ever use heating 'boosts', e.g. just putting it on for an hour here and there to bring temp up a bit.

As we say here, I'm 'well nesh' and have put it on quite a bit at 8-9pm this week!