Has anyone put their central heating on yet?

I’m old enough to get the £250 allowance this winter, and so is my wife, but we usually get away with thermostat set at 19 degrees C here until January, and so far it has been OK. The heating comes on automatically, but we were told to make sure it is on during wet spells to avoid mold. We are on the south coast though, so it might be different in Aberdeen.
 
Eccles Blue said:
I have my heating on from 6.00 to 10.00 am and 4.30 to 10.00 pm.
I have paid £20 for an M & S Teddy Fleece hooded blanket thing, goes over your head and boy does it keep you warm. Saves heating the whole house and I wear it during the day time when the heating is off.
And it’s not one of those dead bulky ones you can’t do anything in. I do my housework, washing up, cleaning etc., whilst wearing it. Highly recommend it. Love it. Advert over, revert to normal, folks! :-)
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I was going to get one but it would be better if you put yours on and came over to do our housework etc.
I shall pay you the sum of five English pounds.
 
The heating in my bungalow drops quicker than a brick when the heating goes off.
Got a cavity wall insulation company to check my walls. The existing Insulation has voids all over the place. It will cost £3500 to have it removed and £2500 to have new insulation put in!!!!! May have to think about taking some money out of my pension pot to pay for it. Bloody ridiculous amount of money.
 
55yr old teenager said:
The heating in my bungalow drops quicker than a brick when the heating goes off.
Got a cavity wall insulation company to check my walls. The existing Insulation has voids all over the place. It will cost £3500 to have it removed and £2500 to have new insulation put in!!!!! May have to think about taking some money out of my pension pot to pay for it. Bloody ridiculous amount of money.
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If you put that crap in your walls, you'll have condensation and eventually damp.
The cavity is there for a good reason ;)
 
55yr old teenager said:
The heating in my bungalow drops quicker than a brick when the heating goes off.
Got a cavity wall insulation company to check my walls. The existing Insulation has voids all over the place. It will cost £3500 to have it removed and £2500 to have new insulation put in!!!!! May have to think about taking some money out of my pension pot to pay for it. Bloody ridiculous amount of money.
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Don't do it.
In the cold wet, damp British weather, dampness is always a problem leading to possible mold problems.

By filling the gap between the two layers of brickwork you will inevitably create a bridge between the outer and inner layers and the gap is there for a reason! It creates a barrier between hot (inside your home) and cold (the outside temperature) and between the wet outside and dry inside of your home.

If water enters the gap, it’ll run down the outer layer of your brickwork and dry out (which is why airbricks are important). If you have retrofit cavity wall insulation the water should run down through the non-absorbent insulation balls and out at the bottom. That’s the idea anyway.

In reality, especially if you live somewhere as wet as , that may not always be possible. If it’s wet and windy, the exposure to rain may not give the cavity time to dry and therefore the moisture could transfer to the inner wall and into your home.

Either live with what you have got or look at external insulation.
 
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