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Are you using your CH in the morning?

grumpycrab
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edited 10 May 2017 at 12:09PM in Energy
Our CH is still coming on in the mornings - just wondering if we're being profligate with our gas or if we need to find out why our house is so cold.

Are you using CH in the morning? 43 votes

No - house is warm enough - no gas or electric heat needed.
34% 15 votes
No - but we are using electric heaters.
0% 0 votes
Yes - CH is still coming on.
65% 28 votes
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  • FOREVER21
    FOREVER21 Posts: 1,729 Forumite
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    Yes mine is still coming on in the morning temperature set to reach 20C then switches of untill late evening when it is timed to come on again..
    We live near theNE coast and regadless of the sun shinning, we are always subject to the wind blowing from the sea.
    Have now got used to having to spend that bit extra on heating, but would not change location.

    Hopefully heating will be turned off in June for a short while.:T
  • AndyPK
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    yes! I tried one morning with it off and it wasn't nice!


    When its 4/5 Deg C outside I would say it's reasonable to have it on in the morning!
  • LuSiVe
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    Yes, but only to dry the bathroom and towels out. I'm not actually there by the time it has switched on.
  • Browntoa
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    only if the thermostat thinks its cold enough
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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,882 Forumite
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    I have storage heaters and they've been off since the end of March. It does get a bit chilly at times but a blanket helps with that. I live on the N/East of Scotland so have the cold wind
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  • bertiewhite
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    No - despite living in a Welsh stone cottage, we've not had it on in the morning for about a month now.
  • cajef
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    Yes, not a case of rolling in money but as we can afford it without hardship we would rather be comfortably warm than shivering on cold days.
  • teddysmum
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    Ours is set at 20 degrees from 9am , so if the sun isn't shining into the livingroom, the heating kicks in for a short while. My husband gets up for work, at 4.30, so uses the gas fire, if he feels cold because the setting is too low to trigger the boiler.


    I can't afford not to have the heat, as being cold causes me health problems.
  • Raxiel
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    Yes.

    Ours is on all year round but only burns gas when it's cold enough.

    We also have weather & load compensation on the thermostat so the rads only get warm enough to take the edge off the chill first thing.
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  • Ilona
    Ilona Posts: 2,449 Forumite
    No. I don't have my gch on a timer. I switch it on if I am cold. I get up at 6 - 7 am and get dressed quickly. Don't need heating. 3bed semi.

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