Poll: your central heating

[godinman]

Since moving bank in with the parents it's set to a somewhat stiffling 22degrees, the house I was at previously had no heating save a small wood/coal burner and an electric oil heater. Was nicer really, I hate heat.

 

[Deathwish]

Gas CH, with a simple 2 event timer. 1hr 30 mins in the morning is good enough and from about 4pm to 9pm in the evening.

Tho currently running all day due to snow/cold/home working!

Last months bill (actual usage) was £44, that's for Nov 1st to 30th.

 

[nydryl]

I have one electric heater on in my bedroom from around 8pm until 8am.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Heating is on nearly all day because of the newborn. We're on oil.

 

[Freefaller]

On a timer, but we will manually turn it on for a "boost" occaisionally. It comes on early in the morning so we have hot water and a bit of heating on in the house. Then in the afternoon in time for us coming home. Then one last blast before bed.

At the moment we override it a few times just to get an extra 30-60 mins. However we use a very minimal amount.

We're paying about £65 pcm for gas and electricity and are currently about £70 in credit so if we need to boost the usage up over winter we'll be ok.

 

[Stelly]

Even though the misses moans about not having it enough, I have it on twice a day

Stelly

 

[vygec]

Even though the misses moans about not having it enough, I have it on twice a day

Stelly

the mrs' will always moan, even if its on all day...talking from my personal experience of course

 

[DBT85]

the mrs' will always moan, even if its on all day...talking from my personal experience of course

yep, i've not met a woman yet who doen't run a little cold.

 

[Cosimo]

A couple of hours in the morning and most of the evening.

 

[lookitsjonno]

all day with thermostat set to about 18 deg.

isn't that the most efficient rather than on/off timings? would be interesting to see a comparison.

 

[Dr Jack]

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

Not really, because then it'd heat the whole house rather than just where I am.

The central heating/insulation is also just not that good so it'd struggle to keep it warm enough in here even if the thermostat was turned up in weather like this.

 

[OLDPHART]

Central Heating, set very low, on from 6.00 in the morning till 4 > 6 at night keeps the house just right.

House is Double Glazed, Cavity Wall Insulated+Loft.

 

[Lakeland]

No central heating and ice on the insides of my windows

 

[Lakeland]

Not really, because then it'd heat the whole house rather than just where I am.

The central heating/insulation is also just not that good so it'd struggle to keep it warm enough in here even if the thermostat was turned up in weather like this.

If you have thermostatic valves you could turn the radiators right down apart from the room where you are, then your boiler would only be heating your room.

 

[Adz]

Thermostat at 20 degrees but the heating is rarely on. In the penthouse the peasants on the 'lesser' floors keep us warm .

 

[dannyjo22]

Timer on constant.

17 degrees during the day, 20-22 in the evenings. We have different temp zones so the Mrs usually has the living room at about 24-25.

I heat the whole house, I don't see the point of feeling cold in your own home.

 

[vicisthebest]

Generally the thermostat: twice a day, during morning then all evening. Have thermostat at about 21 usually but the radiators are quite old and aren't very efficient - tend to have fire on in front room too. But the thermostat is in front room so if it's warm in there, you feel it when you go to the loo or something because the heating's clicked off!

Last couple of days it's just been whenever we need it to be honest.

With Scottish Power and not sure how much gas is exactly, as we haven't had a proper bill yet (haven't been here long) but pay £77 per month for both gas and electric with them.

 

[PROTOTYPE]

Never use it at all. Slap on a jumper or two or lie down in bed!

Dam right! no need when you have a nice warm jumper

 

[dannyjo22]

all day with thermostat set to about 18 deg.

isn't that the most efficient rather than on/off timings? would be interesting to see a comparison.

It is depending on insulation etc. We did comparisons for quite a while and found that leaving the heating on at about 17 during the day used less gas than turning it off and trying to bring the temp up to 20 when we got home.

We once had a boiler failure and it took two days to get it fixed. The temp in our house dropped to 9 degrees. The guy fixed the problem by 9.30am. I flicked the stat to 22 and it took until about 6pm to get the house to 22 and the stat to trip off. Couldn't believe how long it took to get heat back into the walls etc.

Thats was an expensive day

 

[Mat]

Personally I just cover myself in pancakes but as that's not an option in the poll I will pick timer, morning and evening.