How cold is/was your lounge this morning?
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19c
UFH in all rooms, in a newly built house stuffed to the brim with insulation. The heating just comes on for 15-20 mins here and there during the day to warm various rooms and maintain 19c. It doesn't come on overnight, and the house only loses around 1c over a cold night.
Our old house was terrible. In winter it would plummet from 19-20c down to 12-14c within about 30 minutes of the heating switching off at night. But gas was cheap back then, and it wasn't a big house, so I didn't think much of it as the energy bills seemed reasonable. But the heating really did have to be running continuously to keep the place warm.
UFH in all rooms, in a newly built house stuffed to the brim with insulation. The heating just comes on for 15-20 mins here and there during the day to warm various rooms and maintain 19c. It doesn't come on overnight, and the house only loses around 1c over a cold night.
Our old house was terrible. In winter it would plummet from 19-20c down to 12-14c within about 30 minutes of the heating switching off at night. But gas was cheap back then, and it wasn't a big house, so I didn't think much of it as the energy bills seemed reasonable. But the heating really did have to be running continuously to keep the place warm.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 21st November 14:54
I didnt check, but it felt warmer than it had been which is good. I spent the weekend sweeping the chimney and then putting a balloon up, then fixed the weather striping and added draught excluder to the patio door and that seems to have helped with the draught and comfort factor. Still have two air bricks for ventilation so shouldn't cause any condensation issues
It was 12 degrees when I came through this morning to the open plan living area this morning. Lots of glass, vaulted ceiling, and one half of it's in a largely uninsulated 200 year old stone cottage. It was also minus 5 outside.
I lit the old Stanley oil fired range and then the woodburner so was comfortably over 20 within an hour.
The glazing does mean it cools off quickly but it's definitely worth it to sit eating breakfast surrounded on 3 sides by a glorious frosty scene after a few miserable wet days.
I lit the old Stanley oil fired range and then the woodburner so was comfortably over 20 within an hour.
The glazing does mean it cools off quickly but it's definitely worth it to sit eating breakfast surrounded on 3 sides by a glorious frosty scene after a few miserable wet days.
Edited by Snow and Rocks on Monday 21st November 15:26
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