When are you putting the heating on this year and what temperature and general heating advice

Ally_E.

Chrysalis said:

Probably only if it snows.

October and November are normally bliss for me (unless we get an indian summer then too hot).

My ideal room temp is about 17-20C, Which usually happens when outdoor temp is about high teens low 20s, which typically is only in transitions between winter and summer so months April, May and October, November.

Unless its snowing room temp in December will usually be about 13-15 which I just stick a jumper on problem solved.  The months that are the coldest are usually January and February as weather lags the season.  (check atmosphere temp radars and will see why).  Those two months I might spend extra time under a duvet, and put extra socks on.  This is what i usually do even when energy was cheaper, and as a consequence the energy companies massively over predict my winter energy usage. 

It's interesting you said that, I just checked and we use more gas in December than we do in February, keeping in mind that there are 3 more days in December usually. We're in the South East. 

fletcher1985

no heating for me, we were lucky to get a wood burner installed last year so that will be our only heating.

Coffeekup

Ally_E. said:

It's interesting you said that, I just checked and we use more gas in December than we do in February, keeping in mind that there are 3 more days in December usually. We're in the South East. 

It's also Christmas so more people tend to be at home and at home for longer periods, so more then likely heating will be on keeping everyone cosy watching the queen's speech.

victor2

Cooking the turkey that you'll be eating for at least a week in various forms uses a lot of energy too. As does staying up and keeping the heating on to greet the New Year! 

Ally_E.

Coffeekup said:

Ally_E. said:

It's interesting you said that, I just checked and we use more gas in December than we do in February, keeping in mind that there are 3 more days in December usually. We're in the South East. 

It's also Christmas so more people tend to be at home and at home for longer periods, so more then likely heating will be on keeping everyone cosy watching the queen's speech.

We work from home, so spent same amount of time inside as usual. No changes there. I also keep track of average temperature for each month to see how that correlates with gas usage and December was 6.8C while February was 8.1C.

Mstty

victor2 said:

Cooking the turkey that you'll be eating for at least a week in various forms uses a lot of energy too. As does staying up and keeping the heating on to greet the New Year! 

I am researching the engine bay cooking method for the 5 hour trip back to family at Christmas. Trimmed down I expect we can have engine bay turkey, potatoes and parsnips, smoked exhaust brussell sprouts as well as gearbox charred carrots.

ZolaBuddy

We've been keeping a spreadsheet of our electric/gas usage per month for the last 3 years, which is useful as a trending report for working out future bills (we have fixed for the electric and SVT for gas).
We will keep the central heating at 18-19C for most of the time in the living room/home office (we work from home mostly). But we've also worked out that electric blankets and electric throws are a better more economic option than having the CH too high on really cold nights.

At the same time we need to make sure all the rooms are suitably warm enough/ventilated enough to avoid any form of contamination such as mould. Therefore 16 or 17C for those particular rooms.

I guess we can only hope for a mild winter 

ColdPensioner

I use the thermostat manually and usually only in the evening, rarely up to 18°C.

Always make sure I'm wrapped up warm and have an overblanket too.

Ours is an 'open plan' house, so we try to keep the heat downstairs using a curtain around the stair in the colder times and managing the heat flow.

Waste of time trying to get a hot handwash upstairs, by the time the hot comes through, so we don't bother.

arnoldy

sandy700 said:

My wife is complaining that she is cold  and is wanting to put the heating on today, the thermostat temperature in the lounge is showing 20.3 deg C

When us Engineers had to share the office with the Finance team they were forever trying to turn the heating up, eventually the office ended up like the Orchid house at Kew. That and with the fact they were forever bring in cakes (that we were to weak willed to resist) was possibly one of the unhealthiest times of the working career.

RelievedSheff

sandy700 said:

My wife is complaining that she is cold  and is wanting to put the heating on today, the thermostat temperature in the lounge is showing 20.3 deg C

Wish our house would cool down to 20 degrees!!

We have a 3 year old 3 bed detached house and it is still stupidly hot from the warmer weather we have had this year. With all of the windows open last night it was 24 degrees in the hallway, which is a cooler part of the house and 26 degrees in our bedroom!

We had hoped the cooler weather might have had a cooling effect on the house but we have yet to see this yet. The house retains it's heat too well.