Ground floor flat freezing cold compared to my old property?

G_M

dekaspace wrote: »

Not that I notice, well I have a control unit next to boiler that allows you to set auto manual, or 1 hour bursts of heating but thats set to normal.
there will almost certainly also be a thermostat on/in the boiler to control the temperature to which the boiler heats water.

This is not the same as a room thermostat that switches the boiler on/off when the air in the room reaches a set temperature.

try opening the boiler door.

I have a feeling most of the heat is lost due to an upstairs neighbour leaving the back door to the building (right next to my front door) open all the time letting out the heat as whenever I close that back door the temp seems higher in my flat.
Seems logical!
Invite upstairs neighbour round for tea and cake, ask him to keep the door closed, and explain why.

Or put a polite notice on the door?


I wear shorts or pyjama bottoms

and you look just lovely!

SailorSam

I've never lived in a flat. But i've started to think about downsizing, and viewed flats on the Internet. Certainly look as if i'd save a lot of money and be easier to look after. The modern ones i've looked at were maximum of 3 stories high.

G_M

sparky130a wrote: »

And i got banned for this....?

The mods are unpredictable and have no sense of humour, as I've learned to my cost.

zagubov

I lived in two different flats in the same part of London. When I was in the 2nd floor flat I never worried about heat. I usually wanted to cool down.
In the basement flat it was the other way round- I was always having to switch the heating up.

SnooksNJ

dekaspace wrote: »

I assumed my new flat would be warmer or at least similar as its double glazed and old one was single glazed though upstairs)

Is it because I have only been in it a week? Had heating on all last night and felt like it wasn't on at all, I normally sit in just t shirt indoors and am crispy, in new flat I am wearing jacket and dressing gown and feeling freezing.

Fun fact. Hot air rises.

dekaspace

SnooksNJ wrote: »

Fun fact. Hot air rises.

I already knew that, however I have lived on flats on ground floor, and above before and been warmer in ground floor flats even if single glazed and bigger than ones double glazed and upstairs.

I even lived in a flat where there was a massive hole in wall for an extractor fan that was never installed (just plastic grill on both sides) that was warmer than this property.

It has got a little better, but that being said if I turn heating off it gets cold very quickly, rather than at previous flats where I could have heating on and it would stay warm all day after it was turned off (even the one with the large hole and on ground floor)

sparky130a

dekaspace wrote: »

I already knew that, however I have lived on flats on ground floor, and above before and been warmer in ground floor flats even if single glazed and bigger than ones double glazed and upstairs.

I even lived in a flat where there was a massive hole in wall for an extractor fan that was never installed (just plastic grill on both sides) that was warmer than this property.

It has got a little better, but that being said if I turn heating off it gets cold very quickly, rather than at previous flats where I could have heating on and it would stay warm all day after it was turned off (even the one with the large hole and on ground floor)

I'm at a loss as to what your point on this forum is.

If it's so bad complain to the council. Or wear more. Straight choice.

dekaspace

sparky130a wrote: »

I'm at a loss as to what your point on this forum is.

If it's so bad complain to the council. Or wear more. Straight choice.

Can't tell if trolling or ignorant but your reply comes across as a little rude and you having low posts makes me think you are a previous user.

For one I ask questions when I have a query, and why shouldn't I?

But it was in part to guage opinions on things like variations in properties as I knew before I posted ground floor flats can be colder, and that heat rises etc. as well as to explain my previous property only outright differences were that it was one floor up, and single glazed, and yet somehow that having draughts was far far warmer than somewhere which is double glazed.

ripplyuk

It sounds like it's poorly insulated, if it cools down really quickly. Or, is there any signs of a damp problem? I lived in a damp house before and it was cold if the heat was turned off at all. Even with the heat on, it never really felt warm.

Could you try keeping the heating on constant for a few days, and seeing if it holds heat better once the walls have warmed up properly?

The council might be able to help with insulation, draught excluders etc. Or there are grant schemes for people on a low income.

dekaspace

ripplyuk wrote: »

It sounds like it's poorly insulated, if it cools down really quickly. Or, is there any signs of a damp problem? I lived in a damp house before and it was cold if the heat was turned off at all. Even with the heat on, it never really felt warm.

Could you try keeping the heating on constant for a few days, and seeing if it holds heat better once the walls have warmed up properly?

The council might be able to help with insulation, draught excluders etc. Or there are grant schemes for people on a low income.

Its a council flat and double glazed (quite recently it looks or I mean in last 10 years)

It feels more like theres a draught, though that may be as I say the back door to block being open all the time (I close it and next time I check even 30 minutes later its open again)

Not sure if its the walls, I heard the kids play yesterday thumping about and it felt like it was hollow walls as the noise travelled down as if it was in same room.