When do you turn your heating on?

techno12

As usual I'll probably switch it on when my wall-mounted thermometer drops below 15 deg. This usually happens around mid to late November.

It's still really warm now (to me anyway). I'm still wearing short-sleeved shirts when out and about, yet at the weekend it seemed everyone else around town was wearing Berghaus jackets and the like!

I guess I don't feel the cold as much as some, coming from the wilds of Northern England originally, and growing up in a house with no central heating.

bobobski

Interesting that everyone has their own method - I may be 27 but I'm still getting used to being an adult and "because I want to" being a valid reason to do something!

I don't program my heating - I have it "on" all day but the thermostat set to 0°C, then when I want to turn the heating on I just whack up the thermostat. No idea if that's not cost-efficient or anything but hey-ho, I only pay £35 pm for gas and electricity together! I never put the heating on in the morning as somehow it feels more wasteful to me.

zaax

My heating is on all the time, if the thermostat / room temp drops 21c the boiler comes on.

Marvel1

Mine will go on this Sunday morning - only because my nephew is staying over Sat night. Put them on last week to see all working ready. After that maybe 1 hour in mornings daily.

r2015

My heating was set at 15 deg C up until yesterday when I came back from holiday, now it is set at 21 deg C from 07:30 to 23:30 when it goes off.


The boiler never came on before I went on holiday and I read my meter before going away.


When I got back yesterday the reading had advanced by 8 m3 so in the past 12 days it must have been colder than 15 deg C in my lounge.


Now my heating will be set at 21 deg C for 16 hours a day until next year.

sarlea

zaax wrote: »

My heating is on all the time, if the thermostat / room temp drops 21c the boiler comes on.

Same here - let the central heating system decide

The_Green_Hornet

Central heating system is on 24/7/365.

Front room thermostat is set to 20c from 07:00 to 23:00 and to 10c outside those hours, and when on vacation. All other rooms (except bathroom) have thermostatic radiator valves to maintain a slightly lower temperature.

I'm all for money saving but see no need to sit in a cold house.

stan5001

Lived here for 6 years and it's always been on auto - set to 19 degrees during morning and evening and 16 at night.


It usually starts to come on some time in October (last week) and stops again in April. I've never known it to come on May - September.

Cardew

stan5001 wrote: »

Lived here for 6 years and it's always been on auto - set to 19 degrees during morning and evening and 16 at night.

Where is the thermostat situated that is set to 19C?

Surely 19c is not warm enough for most people to sit and read or watch TV?

However a thermostat in, say, the hall set to 19C might well produce 21C or more in the living room.

JuliusCaesar

The heating is set a 20 degrees and comes on whenever necessary. On a cold day in August, the heating will come on. Yes, I'm a softy, and proud of it!