Has anyone put their central heating on yet?

[Bill Walker]

Bet our Floridian moderator is freezing his bollocks off..

@Mad Eyed Screamer

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The temperature in my kitchen this morning was 8C. Almost time to put the heating on.

My hallway was 7c, I put the heating on.

This is crazy in this day and age. Anything under 12 degrees can be detrimental to health.

It’s an utter disgrace that it’s come to this.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Bet our Floridian moderator is freezing his bollocks off..

@Mad Eyed Screamer

I was this afternoon walking around town and then waiting 15 mins for my daughter to pick me up from the station!
Dreading today's game sat high up in the 3rd tier.

 

[Bill Walker]

I was this afternoon walking around town and then waiting 15 mins for my daughter to pick me up from the station!
Dreading today's game sat high up in the 3rd tier.

Thermals mate :)

 

[mexico1970]

Thermals mate :)

Layers too mate, it really is all about layers too.

Two pairs of thinner socks a thermal underlayer and a t shirt fleece and a hat preferably wool.

Thermal kecks and a good light but waterproof pair of pants.

I have taken to wearing a face mask, not for covid but just to keep my face warm :)

 

[heslops barnet]

I’m a stubborn foc and I’ll not be putting my central heating on……..my City hugzee keeping me warm

 

[MouldensChippy]

Put the heating on.......... It never goes off in this house unless the outside temperature reches more than 23 degrees. One of the joys of having a wife originally from a sub tropical country !

Colour me skint !

 

[hammocity]

Mines on but I’ve done what Martin Lewis said, use your stopcock. So, I have turned off 3 of the rads which are in rooms we don’t use all the time and left 3 on, also don’t put the electric fire on anymore. Mrs H had an operation 4 weeks ago and is still recovering, house needs to be as warm as possible. Btw, it’s been fucking cold this winter, hate it.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Had it on for 24hrs yesterday. £8.63.
Was expecting it to be a lot more. Had it set at 17°.
It certainly took the edge off things for the day.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

This is crazy in this day and age. Anything under 12 degrees can be detrimental to health.

It’s an utter disgrace that it’s come to this.

It's actually higher than that. And depends on age and general health and underlying issues.

Ideal temperature for sleeping is 18C.

Public Health advice is minimum should be 16C, anything below you start to weaken your resistance to respiratory illness, which is not great to say the least, when a cold house is more likely to be affected by damp and mould.

 

[Bill Walker]

Fucking scandalous reading this thread how people in the UK are scared to put the heating on. I mean how do they go on in Scandinavian countries and parts of Canada where it's on average much colder than UK in winter ?

 

[m7mcfc]

Fucking right I've put it on. It's fucking freezing. I'm not going to sit in my own house dressed like I'm going out for a night at the Christmas markets.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Fucking right I've put it on. It's fucking freezing. I'm not going to sit in my own house dressed like I'm going out for a night at the Christmas markets.

Fucking Rockerfeller

 

[Blue Maverick]

Had it on for 24hrs yesterday. £8.63.
Was expecting it to be a lot more. Had it set at 17°.
It certainly took the edge off things for the day.

We reckon it’s cheaper to stick it on all day or maybe costs £1 extra than doing it for a few hours in the morning and night because as the temperature reaches max it just needs topping up over the day so doesn’t have to work as hard

 

[Bill Walker]

We reckon it’s cheaper to stick it on all day or maybe costs £1 extra than doing it for a few hours in the morning and night because as the temperature reaches max it just needs topping up over the day so doesn’t have to work as hard

I think a big factor in that is insulation.
In a poorly insulated building the heat will just fly out so the boiler will have to work a lot more of the time.
Good insulation, the heat stays in longer so the boiler can sort of relax more.

 

[blue for life]

Just had an email from Eon that my monthly direct debit is going up by £50! Made my Christmas!

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

Fucking Rockerfeller

Put the heating on full blast for a week and it would still be cheaper than a night at the Xmas Markets.

 

[m7mcfc]

Put the heating on full blast for a week and it would still be cheaper than a night at the Xmas Markets.

Too right.

 

[idahoblues]

Fucking scandalous reading this thread how people in the UK are scared to put the heating on. I mean how do they go on in Scandinavian countries and parts of Canada where it's on average much colder than UK in winter ?

Most of the Northern hemisphere is colder than the UK, they’re soft as shite

 

[Blue Maverick]

I think a big factor in that is insulation.
In a poorly insulated building the heat will just fly out so the boiler will have to work a lot more of the time.
Good insulation, the heat stays in longer so the boiler can sort of relax more.

This year I’ve insulated the loft properly, after having a new roof. Converted the attached garage to a room, with shit loads of insulation it’s definetly made the house warmer, along with getting rid of the wooden floors and putting carpet down.