Has anyone put their central heating on yet?

[somapop]

Noticed my asthma has kicked in now it's getting colder.
But the heasters in the flat are electric wall heaters which exacerbate my asthma too (as does having damp clothes drying on furniture).

I haven't put mine on yet, but there will be times when I absolutely need too.
Work sent everyone one of those electric throws so I'll be using that a fair bit over winter I reckon.

In saying all that, I'm out most nights in shorts and t shirts when running and maintain cold showers every morning.

This flat seems naturally cold (conversely a sweat box in the summer).

 

[kaz7]

I have a large crawl space under half my place which means the place is really hot in the summer as it traps the hot air but then it traps the cold air in the winter so it is always freezing indoors and warmer outside, nothing can be done so lots of rugs on top of carpet , my bedroom is freezing but i want to be on the back garden side of the place and i live in this one room for comfort reasons

 

[SilverFox2]

Just a point on central heating.
What's the point in switching it off? If temperature is low it kicks in, if temperature high it never kicks in. Leave it on all year round then any seasonal anomalies will protect your personal space.

 

[paulchapo]

I might do tomorrow morning for a bit , just heat this one room for an hour , what has it come to ffs

Live in one room if you can. If you have a comfortable settee you can sleep on that, if not buy an air mattress or similar. Keep this one room warm. I bought an Oodie and they're very warm with a hood too. As you rightly say it's ridiculous in one of the richest countries in the world it's citizens are living like this.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Think a few are enjoying the challenge and harping on about it rather than paying a couple quid for heating

 

[paulchapo]

Think a few are enjoying the challenge and harping on about it rather than paying a couple quid for heating

I doubt anyone is enjoying worrying about putting their heating on you melt, it's a challenge nobody wants or needs. Prices have doubled just for hearing alone. Every single food item has also increased by at least 30p and people's rents and mortgages have also risen. So it's not just a couple of fucking quid for putting the heating on is it?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Think a few are enjoying the challenge and harping on about it rather than paying a couple quid for heating

I think you are underestimating the number of people frightened to put it on.

We’ll only really know if there is an excess of deaths by the spring.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I doubt anyone is enjoying worrying about putting their heating on you melt, it's a challenge nobody wants or needs. Prices have doubled just for hearing alone. Every single food item has also increased by at least 30p and people's rents and mortgages have also risen. So it's not just a couple of fucking quid for putting the heating on is it?

It’s also warmer down south, although they moan about the cold more.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Just a point on central heating.
What's the point in switching it off? If temperature is low it kicks in, if temperature high it never kicks in. Leave it on all year round then any seasonal anomalies will protect your personal space.

Who the fuck wants the c/h on at 2am?

Anyway I’m not joining this wankfest of seeing who can stand the lowest temperature.
My heating is on now and will stay on until an hour before I go to bed. If it’s cold when I’m in and awake it goes on.

 

[SilverFox2]

Who the fuck wants the c/h on at 2am?

Anyway I’m not joking this wankfest of seeing who can stand the lowest temperature.
My heating is on now and will stay on until an hour before I go to bed. If it’s cold when I’m in and awake it goes on.

Certainly we have to look at aspects of heating and because my tarrif for electricity gives best value around 2am to 6am I have timer on my immersion heater to allow temperature catchup only at that time.
I remember my mum visited us for Xmas period one year and she turned of her CH with frozen pipes resulting causing massive plaster damage on flooding so a minimum frost protect is always advisable as temperature.

 

[grunge]

Think a few are enjoying the challenge and harping on about it rather than paying a couple quid for heating

a couple of quid? I have my thermostat set to 16'c which is way lower than usual and it cost me £4 before I even got down stairs this morning.

we're hitting £7/8 a day at the moment and thats while trying to conserve. when it gets proper cold out we'll be topping £15 a day easy.

Our deal ran out just as the prices sky rocketed so we're on a standard variable rate.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

a couple of quid? I have my thermostat set to 16'c which is way lower than usual and it cost me £4 before I even got down stairs this morning.

we're hitting £7/8 a day at the moment and thats while trying to conserve. when it gets proper cold out we'll be topping £15 a day easy.

Our deal ran out just as the prices sky rocketed so we're on a standard variable rate.

We’ve turned ours down to 8 degrees and put it on manually when we want heat. Having it on overnight is pouring money down the drain.

 

[Indaparkside]

I doubt anyone is enjoying worrying about putting their heating on you melt, it's a challenge nobody wants or needs. Prices have doubled just for hearing alone. Every single food item has also increased by at least 30p and people's rents and mortgages have also risen. So it's not just a couple of fucking quid for putting the heating on is it?

In lanzarote 25 degrees today no heating neede here:)

 

[paulchapo]

Certainly we have to look at aspects of heating and because my tarrif for electricity gives best value around 2am to 6am I have timer on my immersion heater to allow temperature catchup only at that time.
I remember my mum visited us for Xmas period one year and she turned of her CH with frozen pipes resulting causing massive plaster damage on flooding so a minimum frost protect is always advisable as temperature.

Frozen pipes is something to be very careful of. This occurs when temperatures go below freezing then on rising again pipes can burst.

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

In lanzarote 25 degrees today no heating neede here:)

I hope you’ve paid a visit to Arthur’s Bar!

 

[grunge]

We’ve turned ours down to 8 degrees and put it on manually when we want heat. Having it on overnight is pouring money down the drain.

Currently its working out cheaper to just top it up over night than have a bigger blast in the morning to take it from 13/14'c upto 16.

16's about as low as we want to take it, we both work from home most of the time so need functioning fingers :)

Im thinking of taking it down to <14 over night and have the hive to kick in for 2/3 15 min bursts in the morning to bring the temp up. a few small but hot bursts should bring the ambient temp up enough.

 

[SilverFox2]

Frozen pipes is something to be very careful of. This occurs when temperatures go below freezing then on rising again pipes can burst.

Exactly what happened, insurance claim with de hydration blower heaters for a few weeks totally uninhabitable.
Eventually it was repaired but absolute nightmare.

 

[paulchapo]

Exactly what happened, insurance claim with de hydration blower heaters for a few weeks totally uninhabitable.
Eventually it was repaired but absolute nightmare.

It happened to me when I worked away in that exceptionally cold winter of 1995. I was away on the ship for a week and had rushed out without turning the water off. It was below freezing on the Wednesday and on Sunday there was a sudden thaw. I had an awful feeling something was wrong and on the news it was saying there had been a record number of bursts and floods. I got home to a burst in the loft, three ceilings down, house flooded and water still pouring out everywhere. Over 17 grand insurance claim and I was out of the house for three months until the damage was fixed.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

FFS a modern boiler has automatic frost protection. You don’t need your heating permanently on to protect your pipes.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I doubt anyone is enjoying worrying about putting their heating on you melt, it's a challenge nobody wants or needs. Prices have doubled just for hearing alone. Every single food item has also increased by at least 30p and people's rents and mortgages have also risen. So it's not just a couple of fucking quid for putting the heating on is it?

Fair enough