Turning heating off for a short while?

datlex

reeac wrote: »

No room thermostat?

The concept is based on this http://www.thechoppingcompany.com/chop-cloc/

reeac

datlex wrote: »

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Hadn't heard of that device....something for nothing, eh?

badmemory

You turn your heating off when you go out for 10 minutes? Well the calories you burn when doing that must be a good thing, otherwise I think the whole thing is pretty pointless. Thermostatic valves, a room stat & a timer set sensibly is good enough for most people. Well except for those that turn off their heating on a particular date even though there is still snow on the ground.

I should state however that I've never seen the point in turning the heating off at all. A sensible system has all the controls needed. Mine stays turned on all year round but sometimes I can go for months without it actually coming on.

You could try asking a service engineer who has the most call outs. Try getting a plumber out after 31 October, they are so busy dealing with "turned off & now back on" boilers that they only do emergencies.

Definitely agree that the older you get, no matter how mobile & active you are the colder you feel. The major problem with this is that the colder you feel the less you are likely to move. It becomes a vicious circle. You are cold so you don't move much, so then you get less able to move, so you become colder & even less able to move. Sitting watching TV under a duvet to keep warm is just about the worst case scenario for just about anyone.

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datlex wrote: »

The concept is based on this http://www.thechoppingcompany.com/chop-cloc/

Snake oil.

reeac wrote: »

Hadn't heard of that device....something for nothing, eh?

Exactly, it's a perpetual motion machine of the first kind.

poppellerant

singhini wrote: »

OMG 21 degrees


I set my thermostat to 12 degrees and only turn the heating on when I think temperatures might dip to near freezing (so avoiding frozen pipes).
If I do put the heating on it will be on permanently (to 12 degrees).


I come home from work and get changed into my pyjamas and get into bed under the duvet and I don't feel cold (watch telly in bed).
My annul gas and electricity bill is roughly £400 each (4 bed house).


I think if I was old or had young children in the house then 12 degrees aint gonna cut it (both the old and young feel the cold IMHO).

I consider both my time around the house and my health as too precious to waste in bed avoiding the cold. I can't think of anything more miserable.

PhilE

zaax wrote: »

Grief thats depressing. I heat my bedroom to 15c; and the living roon to 22c. The other rooms don't get heated.

That'll give you condensation issues in the cold rooms, which could turn to mold. You need to heat and vent your whole house.

scd3scd4

Just back from Northern Finland. Got as ,low as -26 while I was there.


They find the whole concept of turning up and down heating funny and very British. Most have underflow heating, nice large fires and a sauna. They set it and leave it. In fact the notices in the cabins asked you not to turn the heating off!!

Andy_WSM

singhini wrote: »

I come home from work and get changed into my pyjamas and get into bed under the duvet and I don't feel cold (watch telly in bed).
My annul gas and electricity bill is roughly £400 each (4 bed house).

What a miserable existence!

getmore4less

reeac wrote: »

datlex wrote: »

The concept is based on this http://www.thechoppingcompany.com/chop-cloc/

Hadn't heard of that device....something for nothing, eh?

just means it's more likely the thermostat turns the heating on in the 45 mins it is on.

Decent systems you can set the hysteresis and can control boiler cycling.

people find a tighter control on temp more comfortable anyway.

We run with the hall set to 19c with an out/overnight temp of 15c.

the living room gets a touch warmer but the OH likes it that way.

looking at a cold evening in the last week from around 3:30pm when we came in(house had preheated up to temp for that time) the boiler came on 3 times for around 30 mins each time and there were 1.5hr-2hr gaps between cycles before it gets got set to 15c at around 11:30

8hrs : on 1:30 : off 6:30 and it kept the temp between 18.8c and 19.1c.

shortcrust

I believe not heating a home to a comfortable temperature - if you can afford to - is an insult to your countless ancestors who must have frequently wept as they shivered away their winters in the freezing mud.

(only 50% joking...)