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Heating on, I am sweaty, heating off I am very cold so best resolution?
Viberduo
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I live in a small ex council flat with double glazing.
I have electric heating so when the heating is on I feel very sweaty to the point I have to keep wiping under my arms, and it luckily heats up very quickly but also with heating off I feel cold.
I basically want to just take the bite off the heating because that is a good balance but stuck between 2 extremes.
Right now i just heat up my room for a few hours then have to open window in living room to let heat out for a while as that seems bes way, this way instead of pouring with sweat I just feel clammy.
I have electric heating so when the heating is on I feel very sweaty to the point I have to keep wiping under my arms, and it luckily heats up very quickly but also with heating off I feel cold.
I basically want to just take the bite off the heating because that is a good balance but stuck between 2 extremes.
Right now i just heat up my room for a few hours then have to open window in living room to let heat out for a while as that seems bes way, this way instead of pouring with sweat I just feel clammy.
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What sort of electric heating
Don't heat the place up for so long and/or turn it down.
No thermostats?0 -
Turn down the heating a bit? Switch off the heating and buy a plug in throw? Put a jumper on instead?0
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Is there no thermostat on your heating system?0
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How weird you don't have a thermostat...
You basically need to install one in the circuit that supplies current to the heaters. Simple, cheap job for an electrician.
Or if you operate the heaters through regular plug sockets, you can get a thermostatic socket adaptor.0 -
getmore4less wrote: »What sort of electric heating
Don't heat the place up for so long and/or turn it down.
No thermostats?
Just generic heating, I think it is made worse as have a old gas fire I never use so have a vent for letting gas out that lets out the heat which I also assume causes the chill too as the other tenants in block have the same problem
Funnily enough the room that is the hottest by far is the bathroom, then the kitchen.0 -
put on a nice warm pair of socks and a big wooly jumper
. i dont see why you cant change the settings of your heater to reduce the temperature. If not just get a new one. 0 -
Buy some thermals.0
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Get a competent electrician or heating engineer to install a thermostat, timer or both.0
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Just generic heating, I think it is made worse as have a old gas fire I never use so have a vent for letting gas out that lets out the heat which I also assume causes the chill too as the other tenants in block have the same problem
Funnily enough the room that is the hottest by far is the bathroom, then the kitchen.
You need to be more specific on the type of heating no of units locations, even ratings, surprised no thermostats on the units.
Get carbon monoxide detector
Turn off the gas to the fire(attach a note) reduce the ventilation but not completely.0 -
OP, do you have storage heaters for your heating?, or do you have convector heaters ?. Without telling us, we cannot offer full advice.Never Knowingly Understood.
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