It's cold but it's July - should I turn the heating on?

mmmmikey

Which camp are you in

MP1995

You forgot to add, do you have a heatpump and are you tryng to get in the top 10 on heatpumpmonitor.org then the answer is yes for the scop.

Reed_Richards

I never turn my heating off.  Why should I; everything is thermostatically controlled?  If the house gets too cold then the heating comes on.  If the house is warm enough because it's warm outside then the heating stays off.  Either way, it's automatic.

Swipe

No way - man up, put some warmer clothes - it's July, heating is NOT allowed

Even though it's cold, it's not cold enough for me to have the heating on. Make sure you let the sun shine in if you can and open the internal doors and it'll soon warm up your home.

Swipe

No way - man up, put some warmer clothes - it's July, heating is NOT allowed

Reed_Richards said:

I never turn my heating off.  Why should I; everything is thermostatically controlled?  If the house gets too cold then the heating comes on.  If the house is warm enough because it's warm outside then the heating stays off.  Either way, it's automatic.

Maybe that should have been the third poll option

fatbelly

No way - man up, put some warmer clothes - it's July, heating is NOT allowed

My house is 6 or 7 degrees warmer than outside. No heating but we do have an East facing conservatory attached to the living room. At this time of year even on a cloudy day it feeds warm air into the house most of the day

Spoonie_Turtle

We've turned our heat pump heating off to see if it helps with the vampire load.  Otherwise it would still be thermostatically controlled and coming on if it got below 18℃ in the house. 

But at the same time, we are a house of wearing layers anyway (central heating is a fairly recent development for us!) and I can understand people defaulting to having the heating off in what's supposed to be summer.  

The poll needs a third option: do what's right for you and your heating system.

njkmr

No way - man up, put some warmer clothes - it's July, heating is NOT allowed

I do switch it on for 10 mins here and there just to keep combi boiler working correctly.
When I've purposely left it off for the summer period I have found the boiler causes issue when asked to work again, ie stuck valve or springs a leak somewhere so it's more economical to keep it doing a bit weekly or monthly at least.
As any extra cost is usually cheaper than a replacement part of repair.
IMO.

Scot_39

Of course you should, if you're cold you're cold, doesn't matter what time of year it is

It's not a bad idea to cycle / run your GCH every couple of months - to prevent things like the pump seizing up over a long summer.

(If your lucky a "gentle" tap with a screwdriver in the right place to nudge shaft in the bearings will get it spinning again - if not - you might be looking at a replacement - after months of idle.)

So go ahead - put it on for a few hours - it's not like it's fighting a freezing external temperature - so going to cost a lot.

My parent's never used to switch their heating off as such - the thermostat was the on / off switch.  

And in Scotland - even in summer - it's not always warm enough for the elderly or sick. 

bristolleedsfan

njkmr said:

I do switch it on for 10 mins here and there just to keep combi boiler working correctly.
When I've purposely left it off for the summer period I have found the boiler causes issue when asked to work again, ie stuck valve or springs a leak somewhere so it's more economical to keep it doing a bit weekly or monthly at least.
As any extra cost is usually cheaper than a replacement part of repair.
IMO.

Leave boiler on, water and heating modes turned off.

JohnSwift10

Of course you should, if you're cold you're cold, doesn't matter what time of year it is

And in Scotland - even in summer - it's not always warm enough for the elderly or sick.

My wife turned the heating on today because the temperature dropped to 17 deg C in the house about midday.