Winter is coming - are people ready?

Qyburn

Keu said:
Having heating on at night seems a real luxury when I am asleep, but I get the idea is to not have to heat from a lower base line. 

That's the point of an optimiser, or optimum start function. It decides how early it needs to start heating to reach target temperature at the target time. Commercial buildings have had that for decades, even dating back to pneumatic or electro mechanical controls.

You can simulate the function with a smart stat if you can create enough time zones, but would be a right fiddle.

FreeBear

EssexHebridean said: MrEH also wants to get one of those gadgets that lets you make bricks out of newspaper - as he reads a broadsheet daily we never have any shortage of that. ely will. 

You need a lot of force to compress the soggy bits of paper. Most of those presses are of flimsy construction and bend way too easy.

Once you have a pile of bricks, they need to be left somewhere for several months to dry out properly. So no good making some now to use at Christmas.

They don't burn very well, and you get a considerable amount of ash - Save your time & energy and use properly seasoned wood.

ArbitraryRandom

EssexHebridean said:

MrEH also wants to get one of those gadgets that lets you make bricks out of newspaper - as he reads a broadsheet daily we never have any shortage of that. 

I looked at one of those but I don't get a paper and you're not supposed to use glossy junk mail. This was the thread I read at the time:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/36210/making-paper-bricks-logs/p1

Dandytf

Only part 'ready'
DQ Electric strg heater, App Managed in living room.
1st time this year I practiced with 18c temps during summer, much more useful than hoped for.
Now 19/20 or occasional 21.choice of timed hours/days.
Continually checking WHD via SP -a few weeks away for applying.
Next year hope to Install Dimplex maybe Panel Heater in Bedroom and Minimum Sized Kitchen Panel Heater.
I've become Smart IHD addict, the data and convenience astound me.
forgot to Add , SP Fixed Flexi Aug'24 prob choose the Oct 24 Tariff soon, seems energy costs are to rise again for some years.