Post by: andyoxon on October 19, 2011, 08:56:17 pm
Post by: Ashaman42 on October 19, 2011, 08:59:33 pm
Still at least I was only putting it on to test rather than becuse it's particularly cold so that's something. Not to try and get it sorted (i.e. phone my Dad :))
Post by: Chris S on October 19, 2011, 09:02:22 pm
Bit chillier today mind, probably around 18c, but didn't see the need to turn on the heating just yet.
Post by: mike on October 19, 2011, 09:02:46 pm
Post by: Redlight on October 19, 2011, 09:10:40 pm
Post by: Jaded on October 19, 2011, 09:12:25 pm
It's for Alfie, you understand.
I was at a Council meeting last night. Two people in short sleeved shirts, the others in fleeces. The cyclist and the person who works outdoors were the two.
Post by: Wowbagger on October 19, 2011, 09:12:58 pm
... while I am in a t-shirt. I'm told it's a male-female thing.
My first mis-reading of that was "at it in a t-shirt". :o
Post by: Gus on October 19, 2011, 09:15:32 pm
Now I'm back up to my usual 18oC. :smug:
Post by: Mrs Pingu on October 19, 2011, 09:17:00 pm
Post by: perpetual dan on October 19, 2011, 09:20:13 pm
Post by: Tewdric on October 19, 2011, 09:24:23 pm
Post by: rower40 on October 19, 2011, 09:30:15 pm
Especially now I've had an email from $Thieving_Power_Company(*) to tell me that they're direct-debiting me more pounds even though I'm still in credit with them.
(*) That doesn't narrow it down very much.
Post by: diapsaon0 on October 19, 2011, 09:30:23 pm
Post by: Wowbagger on October 19, 2011, 09:37:40 pm
Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on October 19, 2011, 09:41:58 pm
Post by: andyoxon on October 19, 2011, 09:42:29 pm
Post by: AndyK on October 19, 2011, 09:42:42 pm
Post by: Biggsy on October 19, 2011, 09:47:47 pm
Post by: Kim on October 19, 2011, 09:56:10 pm
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23:13:30 <kim> heating status
23:13:31 <sian> Heating is on (thermostatic, threshold = 19.0). Average temperatures are: upstairs 17.8, downstairs 16.4, occupied 17.5, whole house 17.1, max 19.7, min 15.4
Post by: nuttycyclist on October 19, 2011, 11:12:46 pm
Our house has two temperature zones - the one immediately around Lady Redlight and everywhere else. The former appears to be considerably colder than the latter, hence the constant battle of her closing windows and turning up the heating and me doing the opposite. She will be huddled in a fleece and big slippers while I am in a t-shirt. I'm told it's a male-female thing.
Sounds like a similar situation to the Nutty house.
The weekend was fun. Hot sunshine outside, house really cold inside (I blame all this excessive insulation - it's an absolute sauna in the loft above the 12 inches or so of fibreglass woollen stuff). Mrs Nutty wanted heating on - I told her to sit in the garden :smug:
Post by: CrinklyLion on October 19, 2011, 11:25:46 pm
and i even turned on the radiator in my bedroom when kim and barakta were staying. then i shut the window last night.
Post by: Wowbagger on October 19, 2011, 11:29:36 pm
Our house has two temperature zones - the one immediately around Lady Redlight and everywhere else. The former appears to be considerably colder than the latter, hence the constant battle of her closing windows and turning up the heating and me doing the opposite. She will be huddled in a fleece and big slippers while I am in a t-shirt. I'm told it's a male-female thing.
Sounds like a similar situation to the Nutty house.
The weekend was fun. Hot sunshine outside, house really cold inside (I blame all this excessive insulation - it's an absolute sauna in the loft above the 12 inches or so of fibreglass woollen stuff). Mrs Nutty wanted heating on - I told her to sit in the garden :smug:
We were cycling along the sea front on Sunday afternoon. The tide was in and there was one bloke swimming. I really envied him. It was lovely and warm.
Post by: Biggsy on October 19, 2011, 11:35:43 pm
1. Do you have any supplementary little electric/gas heaters that you have been using a bit?
2. Is your home very, very well insulated?
Otherwise I think you're being too harsh on yourselves!
Post by: CrinklyLion on October 19, 2011, 11:40:12 pm
Post by: Mike J on October 19, 2011, 11:45:57 pm
Generally we don't put our heating on until December.
Post by: andrewc on October 20, 2011, 12:12:15 am
Top floor of a purpose built 1930'sblock of flats (http://www.minstercourt.org.uk/myrtle_gardens_liverpool.htm) with double glazing & decent loft insulation.
Post by: nuttycyclist on October 20, 2011, 01:41:23 am
Those with central heating but with it switched off (or only switched on very recently):
1. Do you have any supplementary little electric/gas heaters that you have been using a bit?
2. Is your home very, very well insulated?
Otherwise I think you're being too harsh on yourselves!
Mrs Nutty is away for the evening. The second she left the house I turned the heating off.
I hate having the place at an uncomfortable temperature. What is the point in heating the whole house when I'm only sat in one room watching TV?
Yes it got slightly cool around midnight, so I put a jumper on*. Perfectly comfortable. As opposed to when she's home and you get hot/cold spots through the house depending as to your proximity to a radiator (or that untraced draft).
* queue shock horror from those that know me. A jumper? In October?
Post by: Steph on October 20, 2011, 04:50:25 am
At work, others in woolly pillies in fleeces, me in a short-sleeved shirt. I have started wearing a long-sleeved shirt for the commute, though, but still in shorts.
Post by: Andrij on October 20, 2011, 07:11:13 am
Post by: Mrs Pingu on October 20, 2011, 07:18:12 am
Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on October 20, 2011, 08:04:46 am
Post by: asterix on October 20, 2011, 08:04:49 am
Under the controls the system is constantly on, striving to maintain our environment at a steady 18ºC. I did try to rewrite the instructions so they could be understood by someone less intelligent than Einstein but I failed and we now just leave the thing to do what it wants.
Post by: Wowbagger on October 20, 2011, 08:09:00 am
From 9 a.m. Dez will have the house to himself. I'd wager the heat goes on before very long. He's under instructions to check the header tank in the loft and bleed the radiators.
Post by: Pancho on October 20, 2011, 09:19:13 am
Basically, we start squabbling as a family at around 17.5 degrees.
Only the sitting room, kitchen and bathrooms have the radiators on.
Occasionally, we have a clothes drying crisis and have fire up the boiler to dry clothes (we are tumble drier free here). The maze of unlagged pipes, a hot water tank and the boiler itself ensure that the utility room (aka "boiler room") heats up pretty promptly and clothes are soon dry. Although a bit bonkers doing this on a wet summer day, I think we're on a sounder environmental footing than if we replaced our defunct tumble drier.
Post by: numbnuts on October 20, 2011, 09:24:00 am
Post by: Pancho on October 20, 2011, 09:28:14 am
No heating on here, I'm not saving the planet, I'm saving money :thumbsup:
You're doing both. :thumbsup:
Post by: rafletcher on October 20, 2011, 09:33:31 am
Those with central heating but with it switched off (or only switched on very recently):
1. Do you have any supplementary little electric/gas heaters that you have been using a bit?
2. Is your home very, very well insulated?
Otherwise I think you're being too harsh on yourselves!
No and no. We only have the central heating, and the house is an 1840's 9" solid brick construction end of terrace farm cottage with an empty property adjacent. Heating went on last weekend.
But we've recently had the back door replaced (it's in a 70's extension out the back) with a UPVC unit, and it's made a huge difference. We're managing with the 'stat set at 16 - though hysteresis means a range of 14-18.
This weekend we may well have our first log fire of the season (open fireplace - yes we know stoves are more efficient, we just don't like them very much). Cost of logs up from £75/load last year to £93 this, due mainly to huge consumption last winter running down stocks. Must order a double load soon. the fire means we don't have the heating on except for a short burst to warm the bathroom.
Post by: PaulR on October 20, 2011, 09:34:36 am
The other P'wits had the gas fire on in the living room one evening recently. Munching through 7kW for about three hours.
Methinks heating will be put on before the weekend. Must get bleeding and refreshing the inhibitor, checking which radiators we need to have on and balancing the system. Lots of running up and down the stairs, so I'll be warm enough not to need the heating.
Post by: Chris S on October 20, 2011, 09:38:18 am
Post by: Morrisette on October 20, 2011, 09:41:46 am
I don't find being 'a cyclist' makes any difference to my temperature regulation - it is still set to 'cold'. I wish I was one of those people who is always warm, but since I've been cold for over 30 years, I don't think it is going to happen!
Post by: Domestique on October 20, 2011, 09:45:23 am
Post by: asterix on October 20, 2011, 10:51:11 am
Once the stone walls are warmed up (after 3 days) my small 3kw paraffin stove (http://www.dry-it-out.com/inverter-5006-3kw-liquid-fuel-heater-free-fuel)will easily keep the temp up to around 18ºC. Were I to insulate the floor and 3 stone walls (fairly cheap and easy) I would need hardly any heating at all. Frozen external pipes were the main problem last year but I spent a frantic few days fixing it. (Had to wake every 2 hours during the night to run the water :( )
Working outside, long-johns are vital!
*other than ventilation for cooking and heating.
Post by: Butterfly on October 20, 2011, 10:52:35 am
Three degrees outside? OH YES THE HEATING IS ON!!
I don't find being 'a cyclist' makes any difference to my temperature regulation - it is still set to 'cold'. I wish I was one of those people who is always warm, but since I've been cold for over 30 years, I don't think it is going to happen!
I feel the same. When I was single I used to sit in my lovely sleeping bag in the evening, but now we need the heating on to keep the damp away so that clothes dry and clarion can breathe so I mostly manage with a blanket. I seriously considered a hat in bed last night though.
Post by: Phil on October 20, 2011, 11:28:03 am
My neighbours will continue to heat our house for a couple of months, then we'll probably have to run ours for a couple of hours a day December to February. Our energy bills are still eye watering though, so our neighbours must be paying thousands to keep their place so warm.
Post by: citoyen on October 20, 2011, 11:51:00 am
So it stays off overnight and during the day, unless the temperature drops dangerously low (ie cold enough to freeze the pipes), but on days like today, it comes on in the morning to make the house warm enough that I can contemplate getting out of bed.
It actually works quite well.
d.
Post by: ian on October 20, 2011, 11:52:49 am
I work from home, but never have the heating on during the day (goes off between 8.30 and 5pm), but my office is on the second floor of a tall, thin house, so all the heat rises and makes itself at home in my office. If I make the mistake of turning on the thermostat in my office, it rapidly gets warm enough in there to roast a chicken.
Interestingly, I discovered last winter that we have the coldest house on our street. When it snowed, it melted on all the roofs (of twelve identical houses) other than our house. We had a nice thick blanket of snow. Which froze. And the fell off one night, taking all our gutters with it.
Post by: andyoxon on October 20, 2011, 12:00:27 pm
We don't "put the heating on" as such - it works out for itself when it needs to come on, being operated by a zoned thermostat system, with timing bands to set different temperatures for different parts of the house for different times of the day.
So it stays off overnight and during the day, unless the temperature drops dangerously low (ie cold enough to freeze the pipes), but on days like today, it comes on in the morning to make the house warm enough that I can contemplate getting out of bed.
It actually works quite well.
d.
So just the North wing on so far..? ;)
Post by: citoyen on October 20, 2011, 12:07:28 pm
So just the North wing on so far..? ;)
The North Wing is my mother-in-law's quarters and she has her own heating controls. Being in her 80s, she has special dispensation to have the heating on in the middle of summer. ;)
d.
Post by: Pancho on October 20, 2011, 12:08:55 pm
This thread has me keeping glancing at the thermometer. In the interests of adding more complexity to my life, does anyone know of a datalogger thermometer? Or something I can plug into a PC? Or, even better, wifi into a PC?
Post by: CrinklyLion on October 20, 2011, 12:19:36 pm
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Range.aspx?search=datalogger
:D
Post by: Bledlow on October 20, 2011, 12:28:36 pm
Our house has two temperature zones - the one immediately around Lady Redlight and everywhere else. The former appears to be considerably colder than the latter, hence the constant battle of her closing windows and turning up the heating and me doing the opposite. She will be huddled in a fleece and big slippers while I am in a t-shirt. I'm told it's a male-female thing.Ours is the opposite. There's a high-temperature zone around Mrs B, which she feels compelled to cool down by opening windows & doors, sticking legs out from under quilts, etc. She will occasionally grumble that it's getting cold, but this is usually when she's wearing t-shirt & shorts & I'm shivering in a fleece & thermal underwear.
I doubt that it's a male-female thing.
Interestingly, I discovered last winter that we have the coldest house on our street. When it snowed, it melted on all the roofs (of twelve identical houses) other than our house. We had a nice thick blanket of snow. Which froze. And the fell off one night, taking all our gutters with it.Not necessarily the coldest. Maybe you have the best insulation.
Half our street lost gutters in the winter before last.
Heating went on last night. Minimum temperature -3.2, just outside the house. Light ground frost this morning.
1870s terrace house, 9" solid brick. Attic bedroom (original) & dormer, so roof insulation limited.
Post by: Wowbagger on October 20, 2011, 12:35:00 pm
Interestingly, I discovered last winter that we have the coldest house on our street. When it snowed, it melted on all the roofs (of twelve identical houses) other than our house. We had a nice thick blanket of snow. Which froze. And the fell off one night, taking all our gutters with it.
That could mean that you have the warmest house in your street because less heat is escaping into the roof space.
Post by: Jacomus on October 20, 2011, 12:39:26 pm
Window is still open at night, though I fear the nightly duelling will begin soon. Usually Emily waits until I fall asleep, shuts it, then I overheat in the night and open it, then close it when she complains in the morning. ;D
Post by: Kim on October 20, 2011, 12:41:55 pm
I find that controlling the central heating based on the bedroom temperature works better than having an electric heater in the bedroom, as those tend to wake me up as they cycle on and off.
Post by: Greenbank on October 20, 2011, 12:44:25 pm
16oC in the most of the rest of the house.
A single thermostat in the hall set to 15oC.
Those with central heating but with it switched off (or only switched on very recently):
1. Do you have any supplementary little electric/gas heaters that you have been using a bit?
2. Is your home very, very well insulated?
1. No, nothing.
2. Large detached house converted into flats. We have a flat above us and a flat below. Front windows are mostly double glazed, and behind thick curtains. Back windows are double glazed except the lounge which has drafty sash windows (next on the list to sort out) behind roman blinds.
We get a lot of our heat from the flats above and below us.
Post by: arabella on October 20, 2011, 12:49:25 pm
I try to avoid using heating until it gets to November, though may turn on the fire, not done it yet though, except when dad came for a visit (though that was May so mayn't count).
The key is not to sit in front of tv/computer etc but to be active - a nice warm bowl of washing up can help you stay warm!
I have been known to sit and knit old lady style with a blanket over my knees
Was able to leap out of my cosy bed OK this morning.
Back door will be open all day for the cat ha ha ha (though it's warming up again from last night's low (+ frost). I will build it a nest outside and then needn't feel guilty if it's the wrong side of the door when I leave in the morning.
Still looking for a cheap heat camera so I can work out my cold spots and apply insulation sensibly.
Must find some thicker trousers, curent set all seem to be summer weight, I'm sure that wasn't the case in April ...
Post by: Pancho on October 20, 2011, 12:49:39 pm
I only ever buy really cheerful bright coloured plastic ones like these
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Range.aspx?search=datalogger
:D
Just the ticket!
Post by: Pancho on October 20, 2011, 12:55:25 pm
Am very glad to hear we're not the only family that uses blankets in the sitting room rather than cranking the heating up. A few years back we bought armfuls of fleecy-type blankets for about a quid each. They've been great.
Also reminds me of going to a restaurant last winter and, after our coats were taken, being offered blankets for our knees as "heating is unethical". As it was snowing outside, I did think ethics might allow a little bit of warmth. But the food was excellent and we felt like fine-dining arctic explorers.
Post by: urban_biker on October 20, 2011, 01:02:42 pm
Post by: Majorbloodnok on October 20, 2011, 01:17:36 pm
I sat in a hoodie and shorts. She chose to be nude. I cover half my body up and have the other side of me open. Window is still open at night.
I fear the nightly duelling will begin soon.
I like your style.....then if her husband unexpectedly comes home, you can make a run for it! Good planning is essential.
Post by: Mr Larrington on October 20, 2011, 02:06:59 pm
Whisky helps, obv.
Post by: David Martin on October 20, 2011, 04:33:49 pm
The main house thermostat is set to around 18 degrees (when I control it). All radiators have their own thermostatic valves except the one in the downstairs hall (which is below the lowest living level of the house)
Post by: Majorbloodnok on October 20, 2011, 04:40:47 pm
Our heating doesn't go off because of the interesting way it is configured
Only an academic could write that....... ;)
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 20, 2011, 07:29:13 pm
I think I should go and buy some blankets.
Post by: ian on October 20, 2011, 07:33:38 pm
Interestingly, I discovered last winter that we have the coldest house on our street. When it snowed, it melted on all the roofs (of twelve identical houses) other than our house. We had a nice thick blanket of snow. Which froze. And the fell off one night, taking all our gutters with it.
That could mean that you have the warmest house in your street because less heat is escaping into the roof space.
Nah, twelve identikit newish houses. Rooms in the roof-space, which I haunt. They've all got the same insulation. Having visited a few of the neighbours' houses, they're toastier than toasted sandwich on a beach in Bermuda. "Oh, we don't turn ours off," apparently.
Post by: Ashaman42 on October 20, 2011, 07:53:03 pm
Does this make sense or should it be off-off when we're both out?
Post by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on October 20, 2011, 08:37:52 pm
Post by: Canardly on October 20, 2011, 08:47:42 pm
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 20, 2011, 09:12:44 pm
Not only did we find exactly the same in Poland (similar weather, similar housing, similar indoor temperatures) but here the coldest part of the flat is the newest, which has no neighbours on any side, above or below. It has double glazing etc. In contrast, the old bit - part of a 19th century house - has draughty sash windows but the neighbours keep it warm. Penguins know about this, when they do it, it's called huddling. House huddle ftw!I am discovering the excellent side effect of living on the third floor of a block of flats. Received heat from flats below
Likewise. With temperatures here dropping to -25, my flat has yet to drop below +19.5 so in 4 years I have yet to turn the heating on.
Post by: rogerzilla on October 20, 2011, 09:14:41 pm
Post by: unipaul on October 20, 2011, 10:02:32 pm
Post by: perpetual dan on October 20, 2011, 10:08:39 pm
Post by: Steph on October 21, 2011, 04:41:27 am
9" brick mid terraced
I try to avoid using heating until it gets to November, though may turn on the fire, not done it yet though, except when dad came for a visit (though that was May so mayn't count).
The key is not to sit in front of tv/computer etc but to be active - a nice warm bowl of washing up can help you stay warm!
I have been known to sit and knit old lady style with a blanket over my knees
Was able to leap out of my cosy bed OK this morning.
Back door will be open all day for the cat ha ha ha (though it's warming up again from last night's low (+ frost). I will build it a nest outside and then needn't feel guilty if it's the wrong side of the door when I leave in the morning.
Still looking for a cheap heat camera so I can work out my cold spots and apply insulation sensibly.
Must find some thicker trousers, curent set all seem to be summer weight, I'm sure that wasn't the case in April ...
You got a polar Buff at York, what more do you need?
Post by: tonycollinet on October 21, 2011, 06:07:24 am
Post by: Andrij on October 21, 2011, 07:06:17 am
Hair shirts - the lot a ya.
So, you've seen me topless.
There's at least one benefit to being furry.
Post by: arabella on October 21, 2011, 12:08:08 pm
You got a polar Buff at York, what more do you need?was thinking I might try a headscarf if I go out this weekend. I think I have a pink flowery one somewhere.
I have cheered up with the thought that even if I still had my lined woollen trousers they would have worn out my now. Maybe I should make some more.
Post by: perpetual dan on October 21, 2011, 12:16:56 pm
Post by: Mrs Pingu on October 21, 2011, 12:42:37 pm
The bedroom is nice and toasty now from the heat coming out of the dehumidifier (I wanted to dry it out a bit before I tackle the mould on the window with a bit of bleach) but it's too noisy on full blast to work in there.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 31, 2011, 10:21:05 pm
Post by: Gus on October 31, 2011, 10:24:05 pm
So warm today that I've turned the heating off again. Should probably have done it last night.+1 warm here too. forecast says above 10oC next 5-7 days, so I seems like I can wait to turn the heating on until sometime next week :thumbsup:
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 27, 2012, 10:09:53 pm
Post by: hellymedic on October 27, 2012, 10:18:15 pm
I had warm radiators on some chilly mornings of the 'summer' that's just past.
Post by: Feanor on October 27, 2012, 10:45:01 pm
It's never fully 'off'. It can magically sense when it needs to come on. It's called a 'Thermostat'.
Post by: Jaded on October 27, 2012, 11:38:06 pm
Promptly went to stay with friends whose wood burner made their living room 25 degrees. :facepalm:
Post by: Kim on October 27, 2012, 11:41:22 pm
likewise.
Indeed.
Though today, for the first time this year, I stopped on a ride 10k from home and turned the heating on manually so the bathroom would be a sensible temperature when I got in.
Post by: andyoxon on May 24, 2013, 09:40:57 pm
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on May 24, 2013, 09:47:10 pm
Post by: Kim on May 24, 2013, 09:47:37 pm
Post by: Mrs Pingu on May 24, 2013, 10:05:25 pm
*sitting under 4 layers of fleecy blanket*
(This after me returning from 38C in Dubai to <8C yesterday)
Post by: Kim on May 24, 2013, 10:10:18 pm
Post by: Jurek on May 24, 2013, 10:17:50 pm
Hey, I'm about to set off on a night ride!Chapeau!
Wrap up warm.
The heating at work went on automatically this afternoon.
The heating at home went on manually this evening.
Post by: ferret on May 24, 2013, 10:19:58 pm
Post by: hellymedic on May 24, 2013, 10:34:19 pm
^ this.
I don't switch the heating off.
My thermostat works fine and cares not what the calendar states.
Suits me fine.
Post by: andyoxon on May 25, 2013, 12:26:18 am
Post by: Martin on May 25, 2013, 12:51:05 am
having a combi-boiler I have no cylinder in the airing cupboard; so have installed a tiny rad to do the same job all year round. Also have a heated towel rail in the bathroom. At an appointed time I set the heating to come on for a couple of hours a day just to heat the above (TRVs stop any of the other rads coming on)
still waiting for that appointed time....
Post by: Jaded on May 25, 2013, 01:10:31 am
Post by: Hot Flatus on May 25, 2013, 08:08:00 am
Post by: Jaded on May 25, 2013, 08:20:01 am
Post by: Hot Flatus on May 25, 2013, 08:22:03 am
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on May 25, 2013, 10:49:57 am
Post by: Wombat on May 25, 2013, 10:56:35 am
Post by: mattc on May 25, 2013, 01:53:09 pm
I don't switch the heating off.Same here!
My thermostat works fine and cares not what the calendar states.
Suits me fine.
(but not everyone in this house agrees - so it's been mostly OFF for about a month until last night, when we both got home wet and cold.)
Post by: rogerzilla on May 25, 2013, 02:03:15 pm
Post by: hellymedic on May 25, 2013, 02:45:00 pm
I don't switch the heating off.Same here!
My thermostat works fine and cares not what the calendar states.
Suits me fine.
(but not everyone in this house agrees - so it's been mostly OFF for about a month until last night, when we both got home wet and cold.)
David's away so I've turned the heating down.
He needs at least 21C or he moans.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on May 25, 2013, 09:41:09 pm
Post by: Wowbagger on May 30, 2013, 06:07:30 pm
Post by: bumper on May 30, 2013, 07:07:20 pm
It comes to something when on 30th May at 11 a.m. you can see the moisture in your breath condense every time you exhale.
I've just said this to my wife and she told me to stop moaning :D
I went out with a beanie on the other day because my solar panel was freezing!
Post by: SteveC on May 30, 2013, 07:38:34 pm
But we are in a tent, on top of a hill, at the edge of the Peak District.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on March 10, 2014, 10:13:13 am
Post by: Wascally Weasel on March 10, 2014, 02:09:30 pm
It's time now for a Heating off? thread. I have unblocked the air vent, uncovering the dread words IMPORTANT DO NOT BLOCK THIS VENT DANGER OF DRAGONS. They're exaggerating about the dragons, they were only small, like the one in Ivor's firebox. Spring is here.
I've been turning mine off from time to time over the last few weeks so that it doesn't come on in the morning - was a bit chilly this morning with no morning pre-heat but entirely bearable.
Post by: pcolbeck on March 10, 2014, 02:19:36 pm
Admittedly in summer I do turn off the "heat the entire 300litres" function on our heat store as the central heating will hardly ever run.
Post by: hellymedic on March 10, 2014, 05:31:19 pm
I just let the timer and the thermostat turn it on and off ...
Admittedly in summer I do turn off the "heat the entire 300litres" function on our heat store as the central heating will hardly ever run.
I don't bother turning the heating off either.
If it's cold enough to trip the thermostat, it's cold enough to have the heating on.
Even if the calendar informs me it's July.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on March 10, 2014, 05:58:31 pm
I am now thinking I might have unblocked that vent a bit early though. Have to get the dragon breathing!
Post by: Polar Bear on March 10, 2014, 06:10:13 pm
I leave her to decide whether to keep it on or not though it is nice to get out of the bath into a warm bathroom.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on March 10, 2014, 06:14:21 pm
Post by: Canardly on March 10, 2014, 08:34:38 pm
Post by: hellymedic on March 10, 2014, 08:37:55 pm
Post by: Pancho on March 10, 2014, 09:38:27 pm
[1] Did you know you can get spare thermostats that would be entirely disconnected from the central heating system. But not everyone in the house would know this fact. I have never done this - but have been seriously tempted.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 11, 2019, 06:49:39 pm
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Post by: Basil on October 11, 2019, 07:06:53 pm
Post by: Jurek on October 11, 2019, 07:17:23 pm
It was either switch the heating on last week or have Mrs B nail my balls to the sideboard.Some on here would probably pay good money for that.
I ran the heating for a couple of hours yesterday.
Stops all the mirrors in the bathroom steaming up. Y'see.
Post by: mllePB on October 11, 2019, 07:19:20 pm
The 13 tog duvet + blanket is out though.
Post by: andrewc on October 11, 2019, 08:05:21 pm
Post by: Basil on October 11, 2019, 08:13:51 pm
Yes, I shall be digging out the heavier duvet at the weekend as well. Recent nights have required pyjama thingies.
Arg
Pyjamas. Ball tanglers. :(
Post by: yorkie on October 11, 2019, 08:49:02 pm
Post by: pcolbeck on October 11, 2019, 09:09:34 pm
I just have the thermostat set at 18c and if it gets colder it comes on. It never get turned off but there again if its over 18c in the house it doesn't come on.
If we are feeling decadent we turn it up to 19c.
If the log burner is on all bets are off as the house rapidly climbs to the mid 20s.
Post by: andrewc on October 11, 2019, 09:17:20 pm
My elderly parents, with whom I live, have had the heating on for a while. It's currently set to a temperature somewhere between Nairobi and the Gates of Hell. Needless to say, I am still walking around the house in shorts and a t-shirt.
My elderly parents had a new fangled combi boiler installed last year & can't make it work properly. I guess I'm going to have to RTFM.
Post by: hellymedic on October 11, 2019, 09:25:08 pm
It does not know, or need to know, the month.
The heating switches on automatically should the temperature drop below limits set for the time.
It switches off once set temperature is reached.
Post by: yorkie on October 11, 2019, 10:14:06 pm
My parents had a new boiler installed earlier this year, due to the old one failing some sort of check. Broke my father's heart having to pay for a new boiler (well, for the house - if it was his steam roller he'd cough up without question!) even though the boiler was originally installed before we moved in sometime in 1981 and was probably the original from the 1960s!My elderly parents, with whom I live, have had the heating on for a while. It's currently set to a temperature somewhere between Nairobi and the Gates of Hell. Needless to say, I am still walking around the house in shorts and a t-shirt.
My elderly parents had a new fangled combi boiler installed last year & can't make it work properly. I guess I'm going to have to RTFM.
Thankfully I have yet to be called upon to sort out the heating! I only fix bikes, computers, televisions and other electronic devices around our house (and increasingly for the surrounding neighbours as well!)
Post by: ElyDave on October 12, 2019, 06:19:07 am
Still sleeping under a sheet, and heating not yet on
Post by: Andrew Br on October 12, 2019, 07:15:46 pm
Long trousers for the first time this weekend, and long sleeve base layer, but it is grimly windy here.
Still sleeping under a sheet, and heating not yet on
If your avatar is a picture of you, I can understand
why you're not cold yet.*
*Why the big pause ?
Post by: road-runner on October 12, 2019, 08:30:23 pm
Post by: ElyDave on October 12, 2019, 09:01:56 pm
Long trousers for the first time this weekend, and long sleeve base layer, but it is grimly windy here.
Still sleeping under a sheet, and heating not yet on
If your avatar is a picture of you, I can understand
why you're not cold yet.*
*Why the big pause ?
It is my nickname in the house. Sitting here in a pair of shorts while the other denizens are in dressing gowns under a blanket
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on October 13, 2019, 11:45:13 am
I dont get this when you should turn the heating on thing.I'm sure we've done lots of reasons to use and not to use thermostats. Reasons I can think of not to use a thermostat include:
I just have the thermostat set at 18c and if it gets colder it comes on. It never get turned off but there again if its over 18c in the house it doesn't come on.
Absence of thermostat
Broken thermostat
Temperature is above your setting but you feel cold.
Temperature is below your setting but you don't feel cold.
Wanting heating for a specific reason, eg drying clothes.
Not wanting heating even though it's cold because eg the house is empty or everyone's fast asleep.
Enjoying variation in temperature.
Post by: rafletcher on October 13, 2019, 11:51:54 am
Post by: Mr Larrington on October 13, 2019, 03:51:53 pm
Post by: Tail End Charlie on October 13, 2019, 04:03:08 pm
Our neighbours beneath us have their flat so warm that we have a constant 22° without having to turn our heating on.Yeah, I used to live above a cannabis farm as well! There was an added element of excitement not knowing when or if the whole place was going to go up in smoke due to the electrics being plumbed into the street light. ;D
Post by: Kim on October 13, 2019, 08:31:31 pm
Ours decided to come on properly a few days ago (red is daily minutes of heating, blue is daily average indoor temperature, green is daily average outdoor temperature):
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/heatinggraph1year.png)
(Let's disregard that pixel of heating in August. Stupid BRITISH weather.)
Post by: Andrij on October 14, 2019, 06:47:41 am
Our neighbours beneath us have their flat so warm that we have a constant 22° without having to turn our heating on.
Similar to my first downstairs neighbours. Our landlord - originally from Jamaica - often remarked to me that their flat was too warm for him.
Post by: Greenbank on October 14, 2019, 09:00:39 pm
This post refers:Ours decided to come on properly a few days ago (red is daily minutes of heating, blue is daily average indoor temperature, green is daily average outdoor temperature):
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/heatinggraph1year.png)
(Let's disregard that pixel of heating in August. Stupid BRITISH weather.)
What do you use to record whether your heating is on?
I was just going to ziptie a DS18B20 to the inlet pipe of a radiator (or the CH outflow from the boiler) and graph that. (When I eventually get around to doing a 1-wire notwork.)
Post by: Kim on October 14, 2019, 09:06:26 pm
What do you use to record whether your heating is on?
When the system decides to turn the heating on or off, it makes a note of the times, does a bit of arithmetic and throws the result at RRDtool. *handwaves*
Post by: Greenbank on October 14, 2019, 09:09:03 pm
Post by: Kim on October 14, 2019, 09:13:48 pm
Ah, right, it's because the system decides when to put it on, not a thermostat on the wall or anything else.
Yep. It's controlling a relay in parallel with the thermostat (set to 5C for frost protection) over 1-wire, so logging the times is trivial.
Post by: Mr Larrington on October 15, 2019, 12:33:33 am
Post by: Kim on October 15, 2019, 12:56:06 am
Post by: ian on October 15, 2019, 09:30:48 am
I missed this one, though the occasional incidental thump seems to be a thing, I presume the angle of light reflecting off the large pane of glass convinces them that they can fly straight on. They can't.
Post by: arabella on November 05, 2019, 08:52:40 am
Yet again I realise I haven't sorted out an infrared/thermal camera to identify the spots most in need of tackling - probably the whole house as it's victorian 9" brick etc.. If I knew what I was doing I could probably make one myself. But I don't.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on November 05, 2019, 09:24:58 am
If a brick, then you need to start with clay and cheese will only encourage mice. :D
Post by: andytheflyer on November 05, 2019, 04:26:38 pm
I only put the shorts away last week for the winter.
Post by: andrewc on November 07, 2019, 09:05:37 pm
Post by: Canardly on November 07, 2019, 10:16:49 pm
Post by: Torslanda on December 06, 2019, 12:48:47 am
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...
Post by: Greenbank on September 26, 2020, 05:11:29 pm
Post by: numbnuts on September 26, 2020, 05:47:23 pm
Post by: Basil on September 26, 2020, 06:07:26 pm
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.
Post by: Kim on September 26, 2020, 06:13:34 pm
Post by: Mrs Pingu on September 26, 2020, 06:32:20 pm
Wood burning stove's not been on yet though (but I did make some kindling today).
Post by: Mrs Pingu on September 26, 2020, 06:36:48 pm
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.
Post by: Jurek on September 26, 2020, 06:39:41 pm
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.
Post by: SteveC on September 26, 2020, 06:41:01 pm
Post by: SoreTween on September 26, 2020, 06:55:31 pm
Post by: Wowbagger on September 26, 2020, 06:58:12 pm
Post by: hellymedic on September 26, 2020, 07:13:02 pm
My thermostat decides, I observe.
Post by: andrewc on September 26, 2020, 07:14:32 pm
Post by: rafletcher on September 26, 2020, 07:19:03 pm
Post by: Ham on September 26, 2020, 07:38:44 pm
Post by: Andrew Br on September 26, 2020, 08:28:43 pm
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.
Post by: Jurek on September 26, 2020, 08:31:31 pm
I also live alone.
Other than the voices in my heads.
Post by: hellymedic on September 26, 2020, 09:34:51 pm
Post by: quixoticgeek on September 26, 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...
J
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on September 26, 2020, 09:59:42 pm
Riding in shorts today though. But with a jacket too.
Post by: Andrij on September 26, 2020, 10:59:46 pm
Post by: Tim Hall on September 26, 2020, 11:29:07 pm
[checks calendar] No.[checks thermometer] Yes.
Post by: Legs on September 27, 2020, 07:42:52 am
Post by: Jaded on September 27, 2020, 08:51:20 am
Post by: citoyen on September 27, 2020, 10:16:06 am
Ours stays “on” year round, governed by the thermostat in the living room. Started coming on in the mornings on Thursday.
Same here. Ours kicked in this morning for the first time since whenever last winter stopped.
I put the heating on manually on Friday during the day because my office was f-f-f-f-freezing.
Post by: SteveC on September 27, 2020, 10:31:53 am
MrsC and I have just been discussing turning the gas fire in the living room on this evening....but in the end we didn't.
Post by: Mr Larrington on September 27, 2020, 11:15:54 am
Post by: robgul on September 27, 2020, 12:00:54 pm
I’ve been wearing socks with my sandals for a week or so now...
... in that case you're very much "on trend" from what I've seen in a couple of press articles today - even David Beckham was pictured in sandals and socks so you're in good (??) company.
Post by: andytheflyer on September 27, 2020, 07:09:07 pm
My wife, who has some Italian heritage, also has cancer, and is a bit down atm. Normally (and before she was ill), she'd want the heating on in late August, so well done to her for hanging out for so long.
Post by: cycleman on September 27, 2020, 07:51:13 pm
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on September 27, 2020, 08:40:17 pm
[checks YACF][checks calendar] No.[checks thermometer] Yes.
[sets thermostat to 25 degrees and timer to December]
[sells boiler for scrap and emigrates to Barbados]
Post by: quixoticgeek on September 28, 2020, 12:05:23 am
Turned the radiators on in the living room today. Made everything much more comfortable.
J
Post by: Jaded on September 28, 2020, 07:27:44 am
Post by: tonyh on September 28, 2020, 08:57:27 am
Post by: road-runner on September 28, 2020, 09:48:25 am
Post by: orienteer on September 28, 2020, 10:07:14 am
Post by: Legs on September 28, 2020, 10:15:04 am
Post by: fboab on September 28, 2020, 11:32:18 am
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on September 28, 2020, 01:57:38 pm
So the people on the ground floor are heating the whole block? :demon:I don't know what they do in Slovakia where road-runner is, but in Poland when I lived in a flat, there was a complicated system whereby different flats paid different rates per unit of heat. Discounted rates for being on a corner, for instance. We were on the second or third floor IIRC, definitely not on a corner, and the whole building was clad in some sort of polystyrene, so I'm not sure if our heating bill was reduced from not very much to even less or increased to still not very much.
Post by: road-runner on September 28, 2020, 04:25:21 pm
I don't know what they do in Slovakia where road-runner is ...Nor do I! That is an interesting method in Poland, Cudzo.
Post by: SteveC on September 28, 2020, 05:48:36 pm
We did this afternoon.MrsC and I have just been discussing turning the gas fire in the living room on this evening....but in the end we didn't.
Post by: Mr Larrington on September 28, 2020, 06:03:54 pm
Post by: phantasmagoriana on September 28, 2020, 06:15:45 pm
Post by: andytheflyer on September 28, 2020, 06:21:22 pm
Post by: CommuteTooFar on September 28, 2020, 06:51:18 pm
Post by: spesh on November 05, 2020, 02:53:54 pm
Post by: Mr Larrington on November 05, 2020, 06:26:42 pm
Post by: rafletcher on November 06, 2020, 09:45:19 am
Post by: ian on November 06, 2020, 09:54:37 am
Post by: De Sisti on November 06, 2020, 10:11:27 am
Been on for weeks, though I've nudged it up to 20 degrees a few days back. It's been cold at night for the last few days – I can judge the temperature by the condensation I have to tediously wipe off the windows (ginormous 60s-era picture windows with crappy double glazing makes for an efficient dehumidifier).I have the same problem with my windows (although I have asked a trusted tradesman mate to price up my house for modern double glaze windows). I may use my dehumidifier (but it is a bit noisy).
Post by: ian on November 06, 2020, 10:29:13 am
Post by: bhoot on November 26, 2020, 05:15:26 pm
Post by: Mr Larrington on November 26, 2020, 06:34:16 pm
Post by: Hot Flatus on November 26, 2020, 06:39:27 pm
Post by: Mr Larrington on December 02, 2020, 07:04:02 pm
Post by: andrewc on December 08, 2020, 08:54:06 am
Post by: ian on December 08, 2020, 09:34:06 am
Post by: ElyDave on December 08, 2020, 10:50:20 am
This week in my unheated office, I have had to transition from short to troos
Post by: citoyen on December 08, 2020, 11:15:36 am
Don't know why I'm feeling the badly so much today. Probably a sign of impending illness...
Post by: Kim on December 08, 2020, 12:01:21 pm
As I've got a bit of a sniffle & a koff I put the storage heater in the bedroom on for a few hours last night. First time it's been on in several years so it stank the place out. It made the bedroom a bit warmer , which is probably why I had strange dreams & overslept.
This year I actually remembered to run the fan heaters at full power aimed out of an open window for a minute before using them in earnest.
Not so practical with a storage heater, unfortunately.
Post by: hellymedic on December 08, 2020, 03:13:19 pm
Not only do I have the heating on today, I also have two hot water bottles.
Don't know why I'm feeling the badly so much today. Probably a sign of impending illness...
Hasn't the outdoor temperature in SE England dropped from about 10C last week to 3C today?
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on December 08, 2020, 03:40:27 pm
Not only do I have the heating on today, I also have two hot water bottles.
Don't know why I'm feeling the badly so much today. Probably a sign of impending illness...
Hasn't the outdoor temperature in SE England dropped from about 10C last week to 3C today?
3C?
It has been 0 or lower here for a few days.
No heating in my 'office'.
Post by: Jurek on December 08, 2020, 03:45:18 pm
Last night's foray to the Co-Op was errrr.... character forming.
Post by: phantasmagoriana on December 08, 2020, 03:54:46 pm
Trousers on!
This week in my unheated office, I have had to transition from short to troos
I made the switch from non-lined Craghoppers Pro Stretch to the fleecy winter lined version several weeks ago - and that's with the heating on!
I've discovered the window beside my desk is not totally draught-free...
Post by: hellymedic on December 08, 2020, 03:56:07 pm
Not only do I have the heating on today, I also have two hot water bottles.
Don't know why I'm feeling the badly so much today. Probably a sign of impending illness...
Hasn't the outdoor temperature in SE England dropped from about 10C last week to 3C today?
3C?
It has been 0 or lower here for a few days.
No heating in my 'office'.
I think we're Souther than you...
Post by: rafletcher on December 08, 2020, 04:21:35 pm
I think we're Souther than you...
And in an urban heat island too...
Around the Vale of Aylesbury it was somewhere near 0 in the fog from Thursday pm until mid-morning today. My Sunday morning ride was definitely cool.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on December 18, 2020, 09:52:22 pm
Post by: quixoticgeek on February 07, 2021, 12:26:15 pm
Been having a lot of issues with the bleed valve on one of our radiators being seized. The radiator has been full of air for months. Which has meant over driving the other one in the room to compensate. After soaking the valve in WD40, and a bit of a brute force, I managed to get it open. It took 17 minutes for all the air to come out. I think this was the last go of the valve, as it was a complete bitch to close it again. The plumbing is technically maintained by the building mangelement company, so I have to wait for them to come and fix it. I've been waiting for weeks. But with -10°C - -13°C on the forecast, I needed both working.
Temp has gone up 0.7°C since I got it working.
J
Post by: grams on February 07, 2021, 12:30:37 pm
Presumably the downstairs neighbour has their heat on roasting...
Post by: Canardly on February 07, 2021, 12:32:24 pm
Been having a lot of issues with the bleed valve on one of our radiators being seized. The radiator has been full of air for months. Which has meant over driving the other one in the room to compensate. After soaking the valve in WD40, and a bit of a brute force, I managed to get it open. It took 17 minutes for all the air to come out. I think this was the last go of the valve, as it was a complete bitch to close it again. The plumbing is technically maintained by the building mangelement company, so I have to wait for them to come and fix it. I've been waiting for weeks. But with -10°C - -13°C on the forecast, I needed both working.
Temp has gone up 0.7°C since I got it working.
J
Sometimes you can blow an air pocket through by turning off all the other rads and switching on the heating/pump.
Post by: quixoticgeek on February 07, 2021, 12:42:32 pm
Sometimes you can blow an air pocket through by turning off all the other rads and switching on the heating/pump.
Unfortunately it's a communal system I only have access to the radiators themselves. The rest is hidden down in some basement somewhere, along with the heat exchanger.
The upside is that my heating is derived from waste heat from a local power plant, the pipework is routed under the cycle lanes, which helps keep them clearer of ice.
But the downside of being the top floor is that all the air for the apartments below me collect in my radiators.
The other radiator in the room is making a trickling sound. When I try to bleed it, water comes out. This has been diagnosed to: radiator not level any more. Hopefully if building manglement ever get a plumber out to me, they can fix that at the same time...
J
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on February 07, 2021, 12:51:05 pm
But the downside of being the top floor is that all the air for the apartments below me collect in my radiators.The upside of the being the top floor is that all the hot air from the apartments below you collects in your flat.
The downside of being the ground floor is that all the hot air from your apartment escapes to the higher flats.
Best to live on a middle floor and get other people's heat while all your air escapes!
Post by: quixoticgeek on February 07, 2021, 12:56:01 pm
Talking to my housemate, she points out that the the reason there's a stack of paper under one end of the radiator is because it was sagging... I added some more cardboard to lift it up a bit. But that wasn't enough. I ended up using a lever to lift it up and bleed it. Not pretty. From what I can tell both brackets on that end have bent.
I got some air out, the trickling sound has reduced a lot. I'll give it another go in a bit.
Am glad I have welding gauntlets*. These radiators are hot now!
J
* I use them as oven gloves, as they are more effective as oven gloves than any thing sold as oven gloves!