Has anyone put their central heating on yet?

MikeF said:
This weather is making me consider move to Spain asap. I got my Irish passport recently so don’t have to jump hoops the same!! It’s fecking freezing.
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yeah exactly what I've been considering....fuck freezing Ashton. I can get an Irish passport too.

Did it cost you much?
 
Blue Maverick said:
Right a question for all you experts, where do you put your room thermostat. I have TRVs on every radiator apart from the he hallway, I’ve put the room stat in the hallway however that room will never get to temperature, looking online it says put in the coldest room (hallway) and don’t have a trv on that radiator as it will compete with the room stat.
However, if I do this, the boiler will basically be on all the time as it tries to get the hallway to temperature on the room stat. If I put it in the living room, it will easily get to to temperature and switch off, cool down then switch on as it should. The living room radiator has a TRV on it. What is the right way? The experts say coldest room no TRV but then the boiler doesn’t go off at all, living room TRV will get to temp, fucked if I know!
We are both at home all day and it actually costs £1 more to heat the house all day than a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours at night, as once it reaches temp (stat in living room) it just tops up.
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Set hall stat to 18c mate the rad in your hallway will be the bypass rad so can’t have a trv, living room should be about 21c when room stat turns boiler off
 
MikeF said:
About 400 quid all in all. Took about 11 months to come through
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Can I ask does your immediate family get one as well, I can get one via my grandmas side (although she’s dead now) , it would make life a bit easier travelling I guess.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Can I ask does your immediate family get one as well, I can get one via my grandmas side (although she’s dead now) , it would make life a bit easier travelling I guess.
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I qualified through my grandparents. You need to get hold of one of their birth certificates and marriage certificate. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I’m not sure how it works with descendants then but I imagine they’d apply through your citizenship.
 
MikeF said:
I qualified through my grandparents. You need to get hold of one of their birth certificates and marriage certificate. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I’m not sure how it works with descendants then but I imagine they’d apply through your citizenship.
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So you have dual nationality now, two passports?
 
MikeF said:
About 400 quid all in all. Took about 11 months to come through
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£400 I payed £70 or something in 2015. But I've always had one my Dad got me it when I was a kid and I'm 50 now. I'm on my 4th one. Even though I was born here and never lived in Ireland my Dad is Irish and just applied for an Irish one for me when I was about 12 as himself and my mum are Irish but have lived here since the early sixties. Never had a British passport I just renew my Irish one every 10 years.
 
-2 to start the day , warmer than the -4 yesterday , went for two hrs , then poof the heat disappears . My old boiler is doing its best , not had the offer of a free new one from my council like some of you have , bit warmer to come on paper tomorrow but will feel the same indoors
 
kaz7 said:
-2 to start the day , warmer than the -4 yesterday , went for two hrs , then poof the heat disappears . My old boiler is doing its best , not had the offer of a free new one from my council like some of you have , bit warmer to come on paper tomorrow but will feel the same indoors
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free new boiler? sign me up
 
kaz7 said:
-2 to start the day , warmer than the -4 yesterday , went for two hrs , then poof the heat disappears . My old boiler is doing its best , not had the offer of a free new one from my council like some of you have , bit warmer to come on paper tomorrow but will feel the same indoors
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Do some research and apply for it via your council website don't just wait for a letter.
 
Scottyboi said:
Do some research and apply for it via your council website don't just wait for a letter.
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I am not laying out all of my bank details and ins and outs during the month to get any help my council offers , have to do that with my health as it is , the fuckers are not getting every part of me , i have some pride left

My council are not offering free boilers anyway
 
kaz7 said:
I am not laying out all of my bank details and ins and outs during the month to get any help my council offers , have to do that with my health as it is , the fuckers are not getting every part of me , i have some pride left

My council are not offering free boilers anyway
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Loads of schemes to replace aging boilers at the moment especially if disabled. Shame I never checked before I shelled out 1.7k for a new one 2 year ago.
 
Scottyboi said:
Loads of schemes to replace aging boilers at the moment especially if disabled. Shame I never checked before I shelled out 1.7k for a new one 2 year ago.
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Just had a look at edf , when my car loan is paid off i might think about it , so long as my pips goes through this time , no that no eating less a new boiler
 
kaz7 said:
-2 to start the day , warmer than the -4 yesterday , went for two hrs , then poof the heat disappears . My old boiler is doing its best , not had the offer of a free new one from my council like some of you have , bit warmer to come on paper tomorrow but will feel the same indoors
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Free boiler scheme comes under ECO4 £4 billion of funding you need to be home owner on certain benefits and boiler you have now needs to be non condensing, your energy supplier should be able to advise you.
 
i kne albert davy said:
Free boiler scheme comes under ECO4 £4 billion of funding you need to be home owner on certain benefits and boiler you have now needs to be non condensing, your energy supplier should be able to advise you.
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Thanks , i am looking at edf , they are reduced but not free as far as i can see but will look at ECO4
 
The temperature in my kitchen this morning was 8C. Almost time to put the heating on.
 
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