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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #150 on: 07 November, 2019, 10:16:49 pm »
Cold here. 6 degree atm. Heating very much on.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #151 on: 06 December, 2019, 12:48:47 am »
Not right now. Boiler FUBAR.

Ah well. Replacement being fitted tomorrow sez builder.

Given it should have been done while we were in France in August, along with the remodelling of the bathroom and we haven't actually got a shower yet, I'm not holding my breath...
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #152 on: 26 September, 2020, 05:11:29 pm »
Heating on today. Thermostat dipped below 17.5oC.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #153 on: 26 September, 2020, 05:47:23 pm »
Yes I hate to be cold

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #154 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:07:26 pm »
Yesterday would not have been a good day for the boiler to fail. So of course it did.
Astonishingly, not only did I manage to contact the famously impossible to contact plumber/boiler chappy, but he actually came within the promised 2 hours.
All good now.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #155 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:13:34 pm »
Heating's been coming on in dribs and drabs since the end of August, but it's been getting going properly as the indoor temperature's taken a dive over the last couple of days.

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #156 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:32:20 pm »
I put mine on this week, swapped from shorts to jeans and had a blanket over my lap in my office garret.
Wood burning stove's not been on yet though (but I did make some kindling today).
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #157 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:36:48 pm »
Also, how long does it take for the stink to burn off a new oil filled radiator?
I bought one for my garret which I have had turned on full in the wash house (so I don't stink out our flat) a couple of times for 2-3 hours in total and it still stinks. Don't really want to be stuck in my tiny loft with that until the stench has gone.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #158 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:39:41 pm »
6°C this morning woke me up.
Turns out that according to Ventusky it 'Feels like' 2°C.
No wonder it woke me up.
Summer weather windows now shut and the CH is on.

Re: Heating on?
« Reply #159 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:41:01 pm »
MrsC and I have just been discussing turning the gas fire in the living room on this evening.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #160 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:55:31 pm »
Warm radiators this morning, poo :-(
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #161 on: 26 September, 2020, 06:58:12 pm »
I normally try to leave our heating off until November. Sod that...
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #162 on: 26 September, 2020, 07:13:02 pm »
Warm radiators today, yesterday and at the end of August.

My thermostat decides, I observe.

Re: Heating on?
« Reply #163 on: 26 September, 2020, 07:14:32 pm »
Not yet,  but I am wearing a fleece top & trousers.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #164 on: 26 September, 2020, 07:19:03 pm »
Ours stays “on” year round, governed by the thermostat in the living room. Started coming on in the mornings on Thursday.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #165 on: 26 September, 2020, 07:38:44 pm »
Who thought installing a "nest" stat, and putting the app on Mrs ham's phone was a good idea? Own up now.

Re: Heating on?
« Reply #166 on: 26 September, 2020, 08:28:43 pm »
You're either all lightweights or I'm 'kin hard because the most I've had to do on a few days so far is put a jumper on.
I'm still in shorts, I WFH*.
Rides are a different matter; it's getting cold out there.

*I also live alone. That might be a factor.




Re: Heating on?
« Reply #167 on: 26 September, 2020, 08:31:31 pm »
I'm still in shorts.
I also live alone.
Other than the voices in my heads.

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #168 on: 26 September, 2020, 09:34:51 pm »
Some of us have bidey-ins we can blame for our high thermostat settings...

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #169 on: 26 September, 2020, 09:37:17 pm »

I'm thinking that the heating might be a good idea.

I feel the cold too much, and today I went back to bed in the middle of the day, as the allure of a warm duvet appealed more than fighting with bleeding radiators...

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #170 on: 26 September, 2020, 09:59:42 pm »
Yes, the boy's just asked for it. Claims to be a bit ill. Of course he's only wearing thin cotton clothing (serious point even if made in grumpkin style). Also, we had it on yesterday evening for a short while. Then it was me who put it on. Well, it makes sense to test it before winter gets here (new boiler this spring).

Riding in shorts today though. But with a jacket too.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #171 on: 26 September, 2020, 10:59:46 pm »
[checks calendar]  No.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #172 on: 26 September, 2020, 11:29:07 pm »
[checks calendar]  No.
[checks thermometer] Yes.
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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #173 on: 27 September, 2020, 07:42:52 am »
Half the house just has sheets of OSB nailed over the windows and doors, so we’ve got the wood burner lit.

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Re: Heating on?
« Reply #174 on: 27 September, 2020, 08:51:20 am »
I’ve been wearing socks with my sandals for a week or so now...
It is simpler than it looks.