Have you turned your heating off yet?
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98elise said:
Exactly. Same with RH, cold walls, air current etc. Thermostats MEASURE temperature, but humans FEEL temperature. That's why on a cold day weather forecasters give the actual temperature and then what it feels like due to wind chill.
If money isn't an issue then yes setting it to 21 and ignoring the cost will be fine, but you will using more energy than you need to. If money is an issue then you can save a lot just by compensating for weather. Its just applying a bit of IF THEN ELSE logic and some smart systems do this for you.
My system does this. Theres a temperature probe thats outside feeding info to the boiler and adjusting the flow temp/thermostat demand automatically. If money isn't an issue then yes setting it to 21 and ignoring the cost will be fine, but you will using more energy than you need to. If money is an issue then you can save a lot just by compensating for weather. Its just applying a bit of IF THEN ELSE logic and some smart systems do this for you.
Heating set at 21C in summer is mental.
Given tropical nights are relatively rare that means you wouldn’t sit with say your patio doors open late in the evening without expecting the heating to kick in on all but the warmest nights of the year. Last summer I remember seeing my indoor stats go down to 15-16C when doors were still open but the temp had dropped outside. I wouldn’t bear that for a moment on the winter but after a warm summer day (and a few bottles of wine!) its rather refreshing.
Given tropical nights are relatively rare that means you wouldn’t sit with say your patio doors open late in the evening without expecting the heating to kick in on all but the warmest nights of the year. Last summer I remember seeing my indoor stats go down to 15-16C when doors were still open but the temp had dropped outside. I wouldn’t bear that for a moment on the winter but after a warm summer day (and a few bottles of wine!) its rather refreshing.
PositronicRay said:
Isn't this what a thermostat does?
It is in our house.Once the outside temp gets above 10 degrees overnight, the heating doesn't come on at all but I don't adjust anything come spring/summer.
Ours has been on this morning for about 60 mins, presumably to get the house back to 20 degrees which its set at until 08:30.
Our heating is on all the time though with the thermostat turned right down so it only heats when we increase it past whatever it is when it clicks 'on'. It hasn't been on all weekend and is a tolerable 14.2 in here at the moment. By the end of the afternoon yesterday it was over 16 and very comfortable.
Riley Blue said:
Our heating is on all the time though with the thermostat turned right down so it only heats when we increase it past whatever it is when it clicks 'on'. It hasn't been on all weekend and is a tolerable 14.2 in here at the moment. By the end of the afternoon yesterday it was over 16 and very comfortable.
Goes to show how different people are in terms of what they deem 'comfortable'.I am not comfortable at 16, let alone 14.2.
I have a 3 year old, I couldn't let him be in a house at 16 degrees, irrespective of the cost.
Each to their own
It was 16 in my lounge yesterday. Watched a whole film and was ok apart from cold hands.
I did have my walking clothes on though and a thin down jacket.
Added fingerless gloves helped.
I caved in after the film and whacked it up to 19c for a bit.
I must have toughened up as it was 12c in my bathroom this morning and I didn't moan
During the snap it was 5c in there.
I did have my walking clothes on though and a thin down jacket.
Added fingerless gloves helped.
I caved in after the film and whacked it up to 19c for a bit.
I must have toughened up as it was 12c in my bathroom this morning and I didn't moan
During the snap it was 5c in there.
Wagonwheel555 said:
Riley Blue said:
Our heating is on all the time though with the thermostat turned right down so it only heats when we increase it past whatever it is when it clicks 'on'. It hasn't been on all weekend and is a tolerable 14.2 in here at the moment. By the end of the afternoon yesterday it was over 16 and very comfortable.
Goes to show how different people are in terms of what they deem 'comfortable'.I am not comfortable at 16, let alone 14.2.
I have a 3 year old, I couldn't let him be in a house at 16 degrees, irrespective of the cost.
Each to their own
It's currently 14.5 in my living room, but bright outside so I've not put the heating on again. I can slightly feel it on my feet but that's it. I don't think our house has been above 16 this winter and it's been fine.
Central heating is a relatively new thing, so kids are fine with colder temps. Our childhood home didn't have central heating until I was about 5.
Edited by 98elise on Monday 20th February 09:56
Edited by 98elise on Monday 20th February 09:58
Comfort is partly conditioning.
This is true..... I’m currently ( this winter ) conditioning myself and the wife to being cooler, daughter is away at uni so there is only us in the house. Due to a long running renovation the house isn’t as well insulated as it should be, so I don’t see the point of having the heating on only to be losing it to poor insulation. The only time we have it on is sat/ sun morning when she’s at home or when Daughter is home from uni ,anything below 25 is cold to her
We have a wood burner that heats the upstairs ( upside down house) in the evening and will get to too 20c But other than that it hovers about 12-13 most of the time. It was cold before Christmas in the cold snap and could get down to 8 and had to put he heating on a bit.
Good slippers, fleece lined joggers and a fleece hoody and I’m snug ::
But honestly we have got quite used to being a bit cooler and that’s coming from somebody who’s nesh and works outside with 5 layers on.
As winters go I don’t think it’s been too cold ( derbyshire)
Nest says we had the heating on for 25 hours in jan , down from 45 hours in December.
This is true..... I’m currently ( this winter ) conditioning myself and the wife to being cooler, daughter is away at uni so there is only us in the house. Due to a long running renovation the house isn’t as well insulated as it should be, so I don’t see the point of having the heating on only to be losing it to poor insulation. The only time we have it on is sat/ sun morning when she’s at home or when Daughter is home from uni ,anything below 25 is cold to her
We have a wood burner that heats the upstairs ( upside down house) in the evening and will get to too 20c But other than that it hovers about 12-13 most of the time. It was cold before Christmas in the cold snap and could get down to 8 and had to put he heating on a bit.
Good slippers, fleece lined joggers and a fleece hoody and I’m snug :
:But honestly we have got quite used to being a bit cooler and that’s coming from somebody who’s nesh and works outside with 5 layers on.
As winters go I don’t think it’s been too cold ( derbyshire)
Nest says we had the heating on for 25 hours in jan , down from 45 hours in December.
98elise said:
Wagonwheel555 said:
Riley Blue said:
Our heating is on all the time though with the thermostat turned right down so it only heats when we increase it past whatever it is when it clicks 'on'. It hasn't been on all weekend and is a tolerable 14.2 in here at the moment. By the end of the afternoon yesterday it was over 16 and very comfortable.
Goes to show how different people are in terms of what they deem 'comfortable'.I am not comfortable at 16, let alone 14.2.
I have a 3 year old, I couldn't let him be in a house at 16 degrees, irrespective of the cost.
Each to their own
It's currently 14.5 in my living room, but bright outside so I've not put the heating on again. I can slightly feel it on my feet but that's it. I don't think our house has been above 16 this winter and it's been fine.
Central heating is a relatively new thing, so kids are fine with colder temps. Our childhood home didn't have central heating until I was about 5.
Edited by 98elise on Monday 20th February 09:56
Edited by 98elise on Monday 20th February 09:58
This past few months we've heated our house to 16 degrees and if that hasn't been sufficient we've pulled on a fleece or worn thicker socks; we don't expect to pad about barefoot in shorts and a T-shirt during the winter.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Hard to type with them on I do have a woolly hat on though keep head warm rest of body should warm up too
I use fingerless gloves at home and at work. Thanks to work's freezing AC.Doesn't stop the tips getting cold but it helps.
Good for that Scrooge or market stall trader look
croyde said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Hard to type with them on I do have a woolly hat on though keep head warm rest of body should warm up too
I use fingerless gloves at home and at work. Thanks to work's freezing AC.Doesn't stop the tips getting cold but it helps.
Good for that Scrooge or market stall trader look
Last Visit said:
B'stard Child said:
Too Early???
Actually, the opposte. Too late. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Probably why it died on it's arse
Like I say it's only really been today where both me and the wife noticed it. Usually it's her so she does fingerless gloves and a hot water bottle despite it being 18.7 in her room I'm lucky it's 19.4 in mine
New boiler back end of this week so bigger rads in other rooms so i hope everythingshould heat a bit more evenly. The issue is the thermostat is in the lounge and that's keeping heat quite well but the rest of the house hasn't really got up to temp 17.4 in the utility and 17.1 in the main bathroom
When I was rocking full Evohome it wouldn't happen as individual rooms would call for heat but it used more gas
New boiler back end of this week so bigger rads in other rooms so i hope everythingshould heat a bit more evenly. The issue is the thermostat is in the lounge and that's keeping heat quite well but the rest of the house hasn't really got up to temp 17.4 in the utility and 17.1 in the main bathroom
When I was rocking full Evohome it wouldn't happen as individual rooms would call for heat but it used more gas
I bought some hand warmers from Tesco. £1 for a pack of 2. They look like teabags and will generate heat for about 10 hiurs each. However, I've found that using hot water from my tank, which i then boil in a kettle and fill up a hot water bottle, has proved a much cheaper and better solution.
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