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[Sir Tigger KC]

I turned my central heating on 1st December and set the thermostat at 14 degrees to see if it was tolerable.

I'm surprised that it's still at 14 and it's OK...ish.   I wear layers and thermals, and if I get chilly I give the room a quick blast with a 2.5Kw fan heater apparently costing about 14.5p for a 10 minute blast.  I have an electric blanket on my bed and two duvets, and it's lush getting in a nice hot bed! 

I'm not in the heat or eat category, but I refuse to spend thousands ££££ on heating this winter which may be a tad eccentric.....   

It will however be interesting to see what my bill is at the end of the month! 

What are you doing? 

[STEMO]

Mine is set at 20°, and the 33kW boiler has trouble keeping the house hot all day. Oh, and I leave it on all night. 

[STEMO]

But I never made any schoolboy errors 

[STEMO]

I know people, friends as well as family, who in the past have heated single rooms or let the house get cold to save on fuel bills. Unless you have to do it, I wouldn't. When I went to get a leather jacket from dads wardrobe upstairs, it was green with mould. He slept downstairs after he lost his leg and upstairs was soaking wet with the paper peeling off the walls. If you own your property, you're doing it no favours by letting it get cold and damp.

[Sir Tigger KC]

My house is south-ish facing and on sunny days gets nice and warm. 

Even on the last couple of days when it's been freezing out but very sunny, I've opened the windows to ventilate so I'm not worried about mould. 

[ronnyd]

I suppose that we are fortunate that we can afford to use the heating when we need it. Some who are less able to are those i feel most sorry for. Must admit that we turn it off at 10pm and don the thick bath robes.  If it gets really cold then it will stay on all night.  Cavity wall and thick loft insulation helps to hold the heat in.

[dave the builder]

I suppose that we are fortunate that we can afford to use the heating when we need it. Some who are less able to are those i feel most sorry for. Must admit that we turn it off at 10pm and don the thick bath robes.  If it gets really cold then it will stay on all night.  Cavity wall and thick loft insulation helps to hold the heat in.

Insulation 
No wonder it's so cold out
you're keeping all that warmth to yourself if you insulate 

[Kevin Wood]

I've done away with having it come on every morning before I get up. It always used to wake me up early anyway and, surprisingly, I don't miss it at all, it's just a little nippy when getting out of the shower but bearable.

So it's currently on from whenever mrs. KW gets too cold during the day until about 9 pm.

Thermostat keeps creeping up due to the heat pixie, but I set the boiler flow temperature so it can't use too much energy anyway. I wonder if TheBoy could recommend a locking device to fix that?

Oh, and the log burner is getting much more use this year. That keeps the downstairs toasty in the evenings and so far all the wood has been free.

[Rangie]

The thermostat used to be set at 19 degrees now down to 17, house still nice & warm throughout, in the evening when we are in the lounge the temperature hovers between 19-21 degrees , the boiler is on timer from 07.00-09.00 AM & 17.00-21.00 PM . Next bill is due in January so will be interesting to see, glad that we moved to a newer & better insulated house in 2018 , we also.have an electric blanket first time for 5 years which is very comfortable.🔥

[Drewomega]

You guys are lucky!! Since arriving back from Mallorca on Wednesday night late and a horrendous 2 fllights to Glasgow via Bristol then 2 buses from Glasgow to Aviemore (no trains) and no heating whatsoever in one of the buses I got home to find no water. I have bottled gas and electric convection heaters as backup. It has been around -10 since I got here. Saturday morning and still no water and of course no c/h. Fixed three burst pipes so far. I have managed to get water to the sink and that is as far as I have got. The portable electric heater I have to go under sink etc broke down last night as well. I just hope my gas boiler is ok. Bloody weather!!! Grrrr 

[TheBoy]

I use one of those programmable thermostats the Shitfix used to sell 20yrs ago, so the heating timer (and water) is set to 24/7, and the programmable roomstat varies between 14C overnight, 17C during weekdays if she's working at home (I override it down to 14C if she's not) and up to 19C in evening

If we have her dad over, it gets overriden to about 25C, then all the windows and doors opened when he leaves.

[YZ250]

I’m probably in a minority here judging by previous posts but we have ours set to 22C during the day as I’m home, dropping to 16C during the night. Mrs YZ goes to work at 6.15am so the heating cuts in at 5.15am and goes to the lower setting at 11pm.
I always wear shorts and T shirt when at home and I’m not wrapping up in extra layers when I don’t need to. We do obviously turn the heating down a bit if we are both going out but we turn it back up again from our phones on the way home. Hmm, I wonder why our house is the only one in the cul-de-sac with no snow on the roof.   
Having said that, I’ve just got home and it’s bloody hot in here. 

[STEMO]

I’m probably in a minority here judging by previous posts but we have ours set to 22C during the day as I’m home, dropping to 16C during the night. Mrs YZ goes to work at 6.15am so the heating cuts in at 5.15am and goes to the lower setting at 11pm.
I always wear shorts and T shirt when at home and I’m not wrapping up in extra layers when I don’t need to. We do obviously turn the heating down a bit if we are both going out but we turn it back up again from our phones on the way home. Hmm, I wonder why our house is the only one in the cul-de-sac with no snow on the roof.   
Having said that, I’ve just got home and it’s bloody hot in here. 

With reference to being the only one with no snow on the roof: If you can afford it, flaunt it. 

[YZ250]

I’m probably in a minority here judging by previous posts but we have ours set to 22C during the day as I’m home, dropping to 16C during the night. Mrs YZ goes to work at 6.15am so the heating cuts in at 5.15am and goes to the lower setting at 11pm.
I always wear shorts and T shirt when at home and I’m not wrapping up in extra layers when I don’t need to. We do obviously turn the heating down a bit if we are both going out but we turn it back up again from our phones on the way home. Hmm, I wonder why our house is the only one in the cul-de-sac with no snow on the roof.   
Having said that, I’ve just got home and it’s bloody hot in here. 

With reference to being the only one with no snow on the roof: If you can afford it, flaunt it. 

 

Either that, or my loft insulation isn’t as good as I thought.   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I turned my central heating on 1st December and set the thermostat at 14 degrees to see if it was tolerable.

I'm surprised that it's still at 14 and it's OK...ish.   I wear layers and thermals, and if I get chilly I give the room a quick blast with a 2.5Kw fan heater apparently costing about 14.5p for a 10 minute blast. I have an electric blanket on my bed and two duvets, and it's lush getting in a nice hot bed! 

I'm not in the heat or eat category, but I refuse to spend thousands ££££ on heating this winter which may be a tad eccentric.....   

It will however be interesting to see what my bill is at the end of the month! 

What are you doing? 

Replace with a buxom Darzett farm girl.

Win..win.