Winter Heating

[Shrek]

Summer is over i would check your heating system before its too late just cleaned my filter and bled the system today .

 

[JDl]

It's that time again, for us to sweep the Rayburn Flu and then up to the top of the chimney again.......

 

[Revolutions]

My flat got cold overnight. Forget heating, I’m already double-jumpering & sleeping fully clothed.

I have real issues with change. Sunglasses stay with me until way beyond summer. Winter doesn’t start until I almost freeze to death.

 

[JDl]

My flat got cold overnight. Forget heating, I’m already double-jumpering & sleeping fully clothed.

I have real issues with change. Sunglasses stay with me until way beyond summer. Winter doesn’t start until I almost freeze to death.

Ha ha me too. I find it hard to admit to myself that it's cold and I can't walk about in a t-shirt anymore until it warms back up again in another what six months, eight months? Britain.

 

[Shrek]

That time of year is fast approaching when do you put your heating on do you leave it on or turn it on when needed ?
I found it more economical to maintain the heat rather than turn it on when i get home then its on constantly for hours if i leave it on its on for a few minutes at a time ?
My house is well insulated .

 

[DougK1]

That time of year is fast approaching when do you put your heating on do you leave it on or turn it on when needed ?
I found it more economical to maintain the heat rather than turn it on when i get home then its on constantly for hours if i leave it on its on for a few minutes at a time ?
My house is well insulated .

When I was working I used to have it on timer. Since retiring, three years ago, I leave it on constant and control it by the roomstat in the lounge, turning it down when I go to bed. But it clicks in an out during the day at my 20 degree setting in cold weather.
The walls already had cavity wall insulation when I moved in, twenty years ago, when I retired I boarded and insulated the loft, I saw my gas usage drop significantly.

 

[Shrek]

When I was working I used to have it on timer. Since retiring, three years ago, I leave it on constant and control it by the roomstat in the lounge, turning it down when I go to bed. But it clicks in an out during the day at my 20 degree setting in cold weather.
The walls already had cavity wall insulation when I moved in, twenty years ago, when I retired I boarded and insulated the loft, I saw my gas usage drop significantly.

I agree Loft insulation and boarding makes a huge diifrence its also worth investing in a digital wall thermostat much more accurate if you dont already have 1 like Hive. The old analoge 1s are hit and miss .

 

[Dave_]

Since moving into my current place, a modern, well insulated apartment block, with apartments above below and either side, my heating is rarely used*

The coldest I've seen it is 17.5°, and that was when it was well below freezing outside. I live in the NE of England.

I have the stat set at 19° as I don't like a stuffy house, so even when it has come on it's on for like 10 mins then will be off again for hours.


*Thankfully. As we're all electric.

 

[Shrek]

Since moving into my current place, a modern, well insulated apartment block, with apartments above below and either side, my heating is rarely used.

The coldest I've seen it is 17.5°, and that was when it was well below freezing outside. I live in the NE of England.

I have the stat set at 19° as I don't like a stuffy house, so even when it has come on it's on for like 10 mins then will be off again for hours.

My old Victorian house my god was awful compared to my current 2012 build the heating would stay on constantly , should have insulated the loft,but was much cheaper than looking back.

 

[Dave_]

My old Victorian house my god was awful compared to my current 2012 build the heating would stay on constantly , should have insulated the loft,but was much cheaper than looking back.

Ours was the same, despite being well insulated.

The 12' ceilings didn't help matters.

 

[JDl]

That time of year is fast approaching when do you put your heating on do you leave it on or turn it on when needed ?
I found it more economical to maintain the heat rather than turn it on when i get home then its on constantly for hours if i leave it on its on for a few minutes at a time ?
My house is well insulated .

Not yet.....👍🏻

 

[DougK1]

I agree Loft insulation and boarding makes a huge diifrence its also worth investing in a digital wall thermostat much more accurate if you dont already have 1 like Hive. The old analoge 1s are hit and miss .

I'll stick with my old Honeywell roomstat. Simple is best for me 🙂

 

[Cricketbat70]

When I was working I used to have it on timer. Since retiring, three years ago, I leave it on constant and control it by the roomstat in the lounge, turning it down when I go to bed. But it clicks in an out during the day at my 20 degree setting in cold weather.
The walls already had cavity wall insulation when I moved in, twenty years ago, when I retired I boarded and insulated the loft, I saw my gas usage drop significantly.

We always set ours at 18 plenty warm enough in our house. When we first moved in we couldn't understand why a gable end terrace was so much warmer than our old smaller mid terrace, We came to the conclusion someone must have put cavity wall insulation in at some point in the past. We did wonder whether it really was set at 18° or if the Bosch wireless thermostat wasn't accurate. Any way last year we got a new Bosch boiler and had a nest thermostat fitted. Still set it at 18° .

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Not cold enough to need it at present, by some way. Have the radiators set on low throughout the house but on full in the extension when in use - it's a big room, single storey and external walls on three sides, so it doesn't hold heat like the rest of the house.

When bills were through the roof I tried leaving it on, but it used far more energy - for us at least - so just use as and when I feel it's needed.

 

[R2D2]

Hopefully I will get another winter fuel payment but with this government who knows…

 

[nopiano]

I agree Loft insulation and boarding makes a huge diifrence its also worth investing in a digital wall thermostat much more accurate if you dont already have 1 like Hive. The old analoge 1s are hit and miss .

Does the digital type actually have a better mechanism though? I thought I’d asked an electrician who said they’re all a bimetallic strip design, and it’s either a mechanical dial or digital display.

I thought my newer Amazon Echo was more accurate but it seems all over the place recently! We have two identical mechanical wall thermostats - the one upstairs is hairtrigger sharp, but the one downstairs has at least two degrees C of ‘slack’ - so we end up using it more like a switch. 😕

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

I've seen lots of lightweights out and about wearing jumpers and coats, I'm still wearing t-shirt and shorts...

 

[Shrek]

Does the digital type actually have a better mechanism though? I thought I’d asked an electrician who said they’re all a bimetallic strip design, and it’s either a mechanical dial or digital display.

I thought my newer Amazon Echo was more accurate but it seems all over the place recently! We have two identical mechanical wall thermostats - the one upstairs is hairtrigger sharp, but the one downstairs has at least two degrees C of ‘slack’ - so we end up using it more like a switch. 😕

Im sure it is a better mechanism its 100 % accurate and consistent i have had the Hive over 2 years i would not go back to my old type that was a dial type it was hit and miss like you say more of a switch.
If my heating is set to 20C at 19.9 it will come on and go off at 20.1 every time .
Its also wireless so you can move it around the house if needed. and it's not expensive British gas fit them now has standard.
have a look on the Hive web site .

 

[Shrek]

I've seen lots of lightweights out and about wearing jumpers and coats, I'm still wearing t-shirt and shorts...

im a light weight i hate the cold .

 

[nopiano]

Im sure it is a better mechanism its 100 % accurate and consistent i have had the Hive over 2 years i would not go back to my old type that was a dial type it was hit and miss like you say more of a switch.
If my heating is set to 20C at 19.9 it will come on and go off at 20.1 every time .
Its also wireless so you can move it around the house if needed.site and it's not expensive British gas fit them now has standard.
have a look on the Hive web site .

Thanks for the insight. That’s what we need!