Winter 2022/23 - It's too cold :(

Felon · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:11

This weather is weird, woke up this morning and it was freezing, now it's sort of weird and warm and just really wet, flooding everywhere.

McBain · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:28

12 degrees tomorrow, get the shorts out

rumple9 · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:39

dLockers said:
No idea, looks outrageously overkill lol. I went for this, it works well:

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Yes £50 isn't too bad. The one I posted has wifi so I was thinking I would be able to switch it on from my phone on the way home from work or set a schdule for the morning etc ???

bainbridge · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:43

It's been raining all day in Bristol. The head fell off the snowman in the garden this evening and will probably be gone by the morning.

robfosters · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:45

Nearly ten degrees now. Hallelujah!

We've had the heating on and it’s 25 degrees indoors now. Stripped off and everything

kona786 · 18 Dec 2022 at 22:51

rumple9 said:
Yes £50 isn't too bad. The one I posted has wifi so I was thinking I would be able to switch it on from my phone on the way home from work or set a schdule for the morning etc ???

Do you not leave a few top windows cracked open to ventilate the place when you're not home?

rumple9 · 18 Dec 2022 at 23:06

Well I just looked at my account and during the last 7 days during this cold snap I used 166.39kwh / £19.30 in gas (which includes standing charge 28.5p and daily shower), so would it be worthwhile me spending money on a 2500w oil heater at 33p per kwh to run?

robfosters · 18 Dec 2022 at 23:15

rumple9 said:
Well I just looked at my account and during the last 7 days during this cold snap I used 166.39kwh / £19.30 in gas (which includes standing charge 28.5p and daily shower), so would it be worthwhile me spending money on a 2500w oil heater at 33p per kwh to run?

Blimey, I use that in one day. Do you ever have your CH on?

Neil79 · 18 Dec 2022 at 23:18

robfosters said:
Blimey, I use that in one day. Do you ever have your CH on?

And I use £12 a day IF i turn any heating on,

Which I have to, all storage heaters, eco7, bad insulation

rumple9 · 18 Dec 2022 at 23:36

robfosters said:
Blimey, I use that in one day. Do you ever have your CH on?

That is the central heating cost (incl daily shower) - I just put it on and turn it off as and when needed

chrcoluk · 19 Dec 2022 at 02:11

200sols said:
Heating a single room you may be right, but central heating heats an entire house, a 2kw device doesn't.

Well I did say not multiple
Dont think i have ever seen anyone say they are buying a heater, oil rad or whatever to heat a home. Its pretty much always just them or a room.

But @AndyCr15 and @dLockers understood it so no worries.

chrcoluk · 19 Dec 2022 at 02:15

So weather started warming up here about 4 hours ago, 4C rise in that time.

Rroff · 19 Dec 2022 at 02:16

chrcoluk said:
So weather started warming up here about 4 hours ago, 4C rise in that time.

It is already nearly 14C here (a few hours ago it was at zero).

explicit4u · 19 Dec 2022 at 06:50

It’s not even remotely cold, almost feels tropical with the humidity.

+18c swing from my commute on Friday :eek:

Richie · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:11

robfosters said:
Blimey, I use that in one day. Do you ever have your CH on?

I think you'll find you're the outlier given you run your heating at around 22oC which is unbelievably hot for a house.

dlockers · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:17

This is in spite of being super frugal and the hall never being above 15 degrees:

Interestingly Fri, Sat and Sun were with the heating on fixed timer for longer periods versus other days where it only came on when we boosted it.

200sols · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:21

Richie said:
I think you'll find you're the outlier given you run your heating at around 22oC which is unbelievably hot for a house.

No, somebody using £19 in gas over a week long cold snap is definitely the outlier.

Richie · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:25

200sols said:
No, somebody using £19 in gas over a week long cold snap is definitely the outlier.

I just checked my meter reading right now. I've used £38 in 18 days or £2/day (start of Dec)... I didn't remember the reading from 7-10 days ago.

200sols · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:50

Richie said:
I just checked my meter reading right now. I've used £38 in 18 days or £2/day (start of Dec)... I didn't remember the reading from 7-10 days ago.

Its amazing, this forum is full of people who use no gas. You are all well below the average in this country. You are the outliers.

robj20 · 19 Dec 2022 at 07:52

My average gas usage seems to be around £5 per day including SC.
The absolute most I used was £6.59 on the Thursday.