How long should you run the heating for?

Astria

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Wear slippers

Perhaps it helped that as soon as I finished work I went to the gym for 2 hours, so when I got home I was still sweating lol

BUFF

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

EssexHebridean

Astria said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Wear slippers

Perhaps it helped that as soon as I finished work I went to the gym for 2 hours, so when I got home I was still sweating lol

Slippers and socks always in use already! Plus a hoodie, fleece or sweatshirt over a long-sleeved top. 

BUFF said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

Goes to show how different we all are I guess - thankfully I can afford to keep our home at a sensible-for-us temperature. I really do feel for those who are going to be struggling with that aspect this winter and beyond, though. 

RelievedSheff

BUFF said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

I think we would struggle to get our house to go down to 12C!!

Ours is a very warm house and it retains the heat really well.

We have the heating on for an hour in the morning while we get up and ready for work. Set it to 19C for that. Then it is off until 5.30pm (set to 16 degrees but it won't come on at that) and at 5.30pm it comes on to 20 degrees until 9pm when it turns off over night again at 16 degrees.

We get home from work at about 6pm and in the half an hour that the heating has been on it has normally heated the house to 19 degrees already. By the time we have cooked and eaten dinner the living room will be a cosy 20 degrees.

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RelievedSheff said:

BUFF said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

I think we would struggle to get our house to go down to 12C!!

Ours is a very warm house and it retains the heat really well.

We have the heating on for an hour in the morning while we get up and ready for work. Set it to 19C for that. Then it is off until 5.30pm (set to 16 degrees but it won't come on at that) and at 5.30pm it comes on to 20 degrees until 9pm when it turns off over night again at 16 degrees.

We get home from work at about 6pm and in the half an hour that the heating has been on it has normally heated the house to 19 degrees already. By the time we have cooked and eaten dinner the living room will be a cosy 20 degrees.

Cosy?

I'd be in shorts at 20 degrees!

Just demonstrates what EH said I suppose.

getmore4less

How long have you been there?

As a rental moving may be your best option.

That temp drop over 1hr is very high.

It's going to cost to keep a decent temp.


We set our background to 15c when we are in daily occupation that's chilly don't think it's got that low yet overnight.

Aiming for around 19c during awake and in the house hours.

BUFF

EssexHebridean said:

Astria said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Wear slippers

Perhaps it helped that as soon as I finished work I went to the gym for 2 hours, so when I got home I was still sweating lol

Slippers and socks always in use already! Plus a hoodie, fleece or sweatshirt over a long-sleeved top. 

BUFF said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

Goes to show how different we all are I guess - thankfully I can afford to keep our home at a sensible-for-us temperature. I really do feel for those who are going to be struggling with that aspect this winter and beyond, though. 

Luckily, I also don't have an issue for paying for heating if required - just that I don't require it as many/most do. Anything over 18C & I'll be down to a T-shirt! 

RelievedSheff said:

BUFF said:

EssexHebridean said:

I'm neither but I'd  still disagree - I'd be shivering if trying to sit and watch TV in a room at 14 degrees, and my feet would be so cold getting to sleep would be a nightmare!  

Currently 12C in my house but not feeling cold as wearing baselayer & fleece etc.
Mind you the heating hasn't been on since Spring! 
Do think most likely to go on at some point this week though - would like to make December.

I do realise that this is extreme for 90%+ of the population but I am comfortable with this atm.

I think we would struggle to get our house to go down to 12C!!

Ours is a very warm house and it retains the heat really well.

My house was built in 1905, solid stone walls & in a Conservation Area (limits what I can do in terms of glazing & insulation).

Spoonie_Turtle

BUFF said:

Anything over 18C & I'll be down to a T-shirt! 

Whereas over 18℃ for me means I can take one fleece off (hooray!), leaving two or three layers still - including fleece - both top and bottom

Alnat1

Thermostat set to17.5C now and I I'm coping in a hoodie and long-sleeved t-shirt but I do have a doubled up fleecy throw over my legs and feet and the cat on my lap. Minus the cat and I might need the sherpa lined zippy top or heated throw. I'm being brave and trying not to go to 18C until December. I've always felt the cold, as they say up north - tha's nesh lass.

BikingBud

BUFF said:

kmb500 said:

BikingBud said:

12deg seems cold considering it is still very mild outside, how are you measuring this?

Are you aiming for 21 deg throughout the house or comfort? Are they the same thing?

Where is the thermostat and where are you spending most of the time?

What powers your heating?

Do all rooms have rads, what are the TRVs set at?

Having a rad adjacent to a stat with a TRV set high may shut off the heating before other rooms get chance to warm up,.

Where are the 2 that are not warm?

I am measuring it just by the honeywell thermostat. I assume the temp sensor for the thermostat dial is actually on the dial, not somewhere else.

I'm not aiming for any particular temperature as long as its comfortable. I just thought 21 degrees seemed like a reasonable room temperature.

Is 12 degrees cold given that it hasn't gone above 7 degrees today? I would have thought this is normal.

Heating is powered by a new-ish oil boiler that is working properly; we had a boiler service last week.

All rooms have radiators and the TRVs are set at max.

Depending upon manufacturer max. on a TRV is usually between 25 & 28C, it is not normal to actually aim to heat a room to that.
The setting on a TRV does not affect the speed at which the radiator heats up, just the temperature at which the valve closes.
Usually the only 1 that would be set to max. would be if it is in a room with a room 'stat.

Please could you explain the final part as it seems counter intuitive.

If the TRV is wide open then it will achieve a high temp in the room which will then cause the system to shut down, via room stat, before other rooms have got up to the required temp.

Whereas if the TRV is set lower only that rad will close down and allow the rest of the system to drive the other rooms up to the required TRV value and required comfort settings for those rooms.