Poll: your central heating

[Haze]

if im at home all day,, do about 4x 40min blasts thro out the day

 

[Orcish-Horde]

About 20 minutes a few times a day and off all night.

 

[Biohazard]

most of the time its cold

 

[neil3k]

on all day in short bursts

on thermostats

 

[GinG]

It is on constantly at 15 degrees, when we come in we knock it up to 19 - 20.

It is the most efficient way of heating the house by keeping it on constant. The boiler then doesn't have to work so hard to heat the house up.

We are in a new build, however I don't care what the bill will be...if I have to do without 1 or 2 beers to pay the extra so be it...at least we are warm!

 

[chipperhead]

If anyones in the house 7 in the morning till 10 at night, thermostat set at 20. Can't be doing with being cold.

 

[Locky]

Mines set to 20oC, clicks in when it wants to, my house is very warm anyway with no heating on.

 

[memyselfandi]

Mine comes on for an hour in the morning and I've just up'ed it from 2 to 3 hours in the evening. I used to run it all the time on the thermostat but it's running a bit noisy at the moment to do that overnight. If I'm in all day instead of at work then I will put it on if I need to. Thermostat is currently at 17C, but I vary it between 15C and 19C depending on how I'm feeling.

I pay ~£18/month for gas (in a modern, well insulated small semi) and am normally in quite a bit of credit.

 

[Prophet]

I've only recently had central heating installed. I switch it on when I need it rather than use a timer/thermostat. My house is usually warm falling to 17*C on the coldest days. This means I only need a quick burst of heat and I'm good for the next few hours.

 

[DBT85]

ours runs via the thermostat only. Its set to 20 degrees when we are in and feeling cold and then usually 17 overnight because of the cold at the moment.

We seem fortunate that the house stays warm so once i sort out the few draughty bits in the kitchen we'll be away.

Deffo sorting the loft out next year though as the insulation just isn't thick enough at the moment. Just didn't have the time since moving in in March to get it done.

 

[Mr Jack]

I work from home; so it's on all day. The thermostat is set pretty low, and I top up the heat in my office with an electric heater.

 

[ahenners]

Usually have it on about 2hrs in a morning and same early evening. House is very well insulated so it only needs a quick blast to get the temperature back up

 

[agw_01]

My housemate is adamant that the heating stays on all the time and we regulate it with the thermostat.

It's usually set to about 20ºc for most of the day. He doesn't seem to be put off by another £350 quarterly bill and leaves it on at night as well. I always double check before I go to bed and turn it down to about 14ºc.

 

[GinG]

I work from home; so it's on all day. The thermostat is set pretty low, and I top up the heat in my office with an electric heater.

Is this not really inefficient? Would it not be cheaper to up the thermostat a bit more than use an electric heater?

 

[DBT85]

Is this not really inefficient? Would it not be cheaper to up the thermostat a bit more than use an electric heater?

Or just get thermostatic valves and have the heat turned up higher in the office. Unless the office isn't on the CH.

 

[Deadbeat]

Less than an hour first thing in the morning, less than an hour around mid-afternoon/evening. My father built the house I share with my sister, and it's ridiculously well-insulated. I can't have the heating on for more than an hour without getting overheated and needing to open a window - as it is, I always have the little top window open and the main window on the summer lock in my bedroom, right through the coldest parts of winter.

Edit: If it makes any difference, I've always preferred cold to heat. I've got a core temp slightly higher than average, and I get very warm very easily. Good for the girls, not for me.

 

[Reza86]

Sometimes its on for an hour in the morning but mainly were out all day so we just tend to put it on in 1 hour bursts through the evening from around 5 to get everything up to temperature.

But if we go away it comes on for 2 hours in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 2 hours late everning to warm the pipes and everything up properly.

 

[kefkef]

Thermostat only for 4hrs at night, a quick 1hr boost in the mornings if i'm working from home.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Don't need it, i'm sandwiched between a penthouse and someone below me, flat stays at a nice 20deg regardless of the outside temp.