Central Heating Temperatures

jellybeard999

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Hello all,

What times/temperatures is your central heating set to come on?

I've a new heating system and I've just started putting it on, but would like an idea of what others set. :)
 
I would personally set it around your work pattern (if you work)

Have the heating come on around 5-6am til about 7-8am when you get up.

Then repeat the same an hour or two before you return from work :)

Then you can just suit yourself when you are in the house :)
 
My mum has it on about 23 C during the Winter, I think times it comes on is usually 6am and then 5pm, or it might be on all day if my mum is in. At my dads, he usually has it set a bit lower, and the heating comes on when the temperature gets below that set temp, I think its like 20 C
 
Mines set at 18C at the moment, any less and it feels just too chilly even with a jumper on. Mines on 8am - 10pm as I can't set week day on times different to weekend days.
 
Hedge said:
I would personally set it around your work pattern (if you work)

Have the heating come on around 5-6am til about 7-8am when you get up.

Then repeat the same an hour or two before you return from work :)

Then you can just suit yourself when you are in the house :)
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That's the plan, but is 2 hour intervals not a long time? Obviously it depends on the house and system, but 4 hours a day (morn/eve) sounds a long time in terms of cost?

First house and new heating system, so I'm going in a little blind here. Parents system is a bit old, so it's just timed for on/off, which is useless for bill comparison.

EDIT - going off the above, 2hrs sounds a low estimate lol
 
2 hours with heating on normally makes most houses comfortable I would say.

give it a go, if you find its not enough then set it to come on earlier.
 
my heating it always on, set to 21 during the night, 22 through the day..

probably not a good idea if your house isnt that well insulated.
 
We have ours set to 21 or 22c in the Lounge.

My mother still hasn't grasped the fact that it comes on automatically, and that the thermostat is actually reasonably accurate. I've currently got a hulking great thermometer intended for a green house next to the thermostat to show that it is in fact warm enough for the stat to not kick in yet (I know I should be more sympathetic, but we can be walking around in shorts and t-shirts sweating, and I still get complaints that "it's cold, is the thermostat working?")

It's set to come on at about 6:30am, then be on call all day through to about 9pm as my parents are at home most of the day, and I'm usually around the house at odd times.
In reality unless people are going in and out a lot, or don't bother closing the door whilst they "pop to the shed", or have a smoke by the back door (a pet peeve of mine), it's really only on for short periods of time, unless it's really cold outside.

Having the double glazing, wall insulation and loft done a few years back made a huge difference in how often/long the boiler actually kicks in for.
 
Werewolf said:
We have ours set to 21 or 22c in the Lounge.

My mother still hasn't grasped the fact that it comes on automatically, and that the thermostat is actually reasonably accurate. I've currently got a hulking great thermometer intended for a green house next to the thermostat to show that it is in fact warm enough for the stat to not kick in yet (I know I should be more sympathetic, but we can be walking around in shorts and t-shirts sweating, and I still get complaints that "it's cold, is the thermostat working?")

It's set to come on at about 6:30am, then be on call all day through to about 9pm as my parents are at home most of the day, and I'm usually around the house at odd times.
In reality unless people are going in and out a lot, or don't bother closing the door whilst they "pop to the shed", or have a smoke by the back door (a pet peeve of mine), it's really only on for short periods of time, unless it's really cold outside.

Having the double glazing, wall insulation and loft done a few years back made a huge difference in how often/long the boiler actually kicks in for.
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yeah, ours is set around 22 and the boiler never really kicks in that often.

body temp moves around a lot, when i can see the temps at 22 but i still feel cold, i just live with it, normally after a while your body temp settles.. but you cant please everyone..
 
Ours is set to 20c and it never changes. If we are still chilly at that temp then we aren't wearing the right clothes for the time of year.

Ours is set to come on between 6:30 and 8:30 in the morning and then from 4:30 until 10 at night. Once it's got up to temp in one of these zones though I don't think it comes on again until the next allotted time just because our place tends to hold its heat well. With the weather we have been having I don't actually think it has been coming on in the evening at all.

Our place is quite well insulated (cavity wall and 250mm in the loft) and the living room and main bedroom are south facing so warm up even on cold days and the back bedroom has the hot tank in so gets quite warm regardless.

I've also picked up thermostatic valves for the rads in the house not in the same room as the stat but as yet I've only fitted one which was in the bathroom on a new rad when we gutted it and started again. Once we don't need the heating next year I'll be removing all the 5 remaining old rads (no fins and all covered in at least 2 coats of paint that we know of) and replacing them with new ones and putting the stat valves on.

It'll be a few hundred quid up front but we'll be paying the fuel bill here probably for the next 30 years so I'm cool with it.
 
Its set for 19oC and comes on 05:50-06:30 and 16:00-22:00, Mon-Fri and 08:30-22:00 Sat/Sun....

I can't believe some people have it at 22+oC :eek:
 
The thermostat is set to 19 degrees. It comes on half an hour before I get up and goes off 30 minutes before I leave. I'll probably increase that to an hour before when it starts getting properly cold out. Then it comes on again at 5.30, and stays on til about 9.30 in the evening.

Generally, central heating will take 30-60 minutes to warm up a cold house (depending on outside temperatures) and can be turned off 30-60 minutes before you stop needing it.
 
Thermostat set around 19 -20c, depends on the weather outside.

Comes on a for couple of hrs in the morning before getting up for work and the same in the evening.
 
Ours is set to 21c but I should really change it as it's far too hot when left on for over an hour. We only ever put it on manually when we feel cold, which ends up being for about 30 mins in the evening at this time of year.
 
When it's set
5-6am to come on
6-7am go off

3pm to come on
11pm to go off

Set between 20-24c most of the year

I was out all night so I wasn't able to put the heating on manual overide last night, my dad hadn't set it to come on over the weekend because they're out on the canal boat, I got in at 9pm and the house was freezing, thankfully I had my girlfriend and a few blankets for warmth
 
My thermometer says it's 11.8degC in here, I'm seeing how far I can go without heat.

I know this time two years ago it was absolutely freezing.
 
1) Being the mildest October and November (so far) for over 20 years, the heating shouldn't really be on

2) When it does really need to go on, 18C is fine.
 
My thermostat is annoyingly in the hall, which is the coldest part of the house, so I just shut doors in other rooms and set it low, then manually prod the heating to come on when I'm cold, then turn it off again when it's warmed up about an hour later.
 
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