Minimum Overnight Room Temperature

FreeBear

wittynamegoeshere said:  If I see a brick-built house where you can see brick ends (half-bricks) in the bond pattern then it's a solid wall, which for me means don't even bother viewing.

Not always a good idea to assume a flemish or english bond is a solid wall - It could be constructed with a cavity, even if it is only ~25mm..

markin

PennyForThem_2 said:

Relating back to a comment earlier:
I am astounded and shocked that ppl seem to need their heating on all night.  WHY?

Add an electric blanket, hot water bottle, extra duvet, wear pyjams - not turn on the heating which should go off about 2 hours before retiring AND  maybe come on 30 mins before getting up......

Some houses drop like a stone within an hr of the heating being turn off, For some It may just be habit from before they got double glazing or laziness, Or don't know how to use the timer.

Alnat1

Having used this link (rights and wrongs of being nosey already debated in another post)
www.moneysupermarket.com/store/gas-and-electricity/enquiry/
and checked out usage recorded for my house and several neighbours, I can see the difference it can make by trying to use energy efficiently or not so in similar sized modern 4 bed detached houses.

We heat to 18C 6.30am-10pm and use 12000kWh of gas a year. Neighbours either side used 30000kWh and 33000kWh, one has mentioned they heat 24/7, other side we can hear/see the boiler is always on.

It could be that they both keep the temp at 24C but I'm quite sure a good proportion of it is night time heating too.

PennyForThem_2

I live in a 4 bedroomed 1920's cavity wall insulated house which although in a city, is exposed on sw side to winds and rain - the front of the house.  It faces a lake so is not sheltered by houses on other side of street.

In early 1990's I got cavity wall insulation then double glazing and loft insulation.
My current Elec usage is 1496.6 kWh pa
My current Gas usage is 7905 kWh pa

I am on a fixed tarriff (Octopus) but don't anticipate this usage going up - is this average or below a 4 bed detached house?

Mister_G

FreeBear said:

wittynamegoeshere said:  If I see a brick-built house where you can see brick ends (half-bricks) in the bond pattern then it's a solid wall, which for me means don't even bother viewing.

Not always a good idea to assume a flemish or english bond is a solid wall - It could be constructed with a cavity, even if it is only ~25mm..

Yes, our 1910 cottage has Flemish Bond external brickwork, a 4" cavity and internal brick walls. 

When we had the cavity wall insulation installed, the larger width cavity certainly fooled the installers as they had to use twice the amount of material!

FreeBear

PennyForThem_2 said:

I live in a 4 bedroomed 1920's cavity wall insulated house which although in a city, is exposed on sw side to winds and rain - the front of the house.  It faces a lake so is not sheltered by houses on other side of street.

In early 1990's I got cavity wall insulation then double glazing and loft insulation.
My current Elec usage is 1496.6 kWh pa
My current Gas usage is 7905 kWh pa

I am on a fixed tarriff (Octopus) but don't anticipate this usage going up - is this average or below a 4 bed detached house?

Typical usage for a 4 bed would be 3500KWh electricity and 15000KWh for gas - You are half that, so doing pretty well.

I'm in a 3 bed semi, currently using ~2000KWh of electricity and ~5000KWh gas - Typical usage would be 3000KWh elec & 12000KWh gas. But I do have a wood stove which helps to heat most of the house on a cold winter day.

jvjack

This relatively mild winter gone i was mostly heating downstairs living room.
Was wondering if it would be worth boring a hole through ceiling of living room that goes through bedroom floor above then put a bung in it. Then unbung it before bedtime and have it trickle out the heat overnight from below.  Maybe todays heat is affecting my thoughts and its silly idea.

Edit. There was thread about heating bedrooms and i might have posted this in wrong thread. Am looking.
Ahh found it
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6370855/radiator-in-bedrooms-do-you-use-them#latest

Chrysalis

The WHO suggest 16C as a minimum for inhabited rooms, (20C for vulnerable and elderly) I assume this means when you "not" in bed as a quilt will shield you from the cold.

Most people I expect heat their homes higher than this so there is margin, I personally wouldnt bother heating uninhabited rooms at all, and certainly not when in bed.

A lot of people are going to have to get used to making changes they are very uncomfortable with , if they dont we going to have masses of unpaid bills.  I have walked into some very warm homes where they feel like an oven due to the heating usage, some people's comfort zone is quite hot.

Chrysalis

How are you measuring humidity?

Alnat1

In the 70s we measured it by how much our clothes steamed as we held them up in front of the gas fire before getting dressed for school on a winter morning.