Have you put your heating on yet?
Discussion
talkssense said:
rossub said:
This really pisses me off. Why don’t you people realise that there are millions of heating systems out there without thermostats? I’ve never lived somewhere with a heating system that goes on and off depending on the actual room temperature.
Really? Are you in the UK? I don’t think I have ever seen a house that doesn’t either have a single thermostat in a hallway or somewhere or a number of thermostats for different zones in the home.Surely you could add a wireless thermostat fairly cheaply and make the system much more efficient?
talkssense said:
rossub said:
This really pisses me off. Why don’t you people realise that there are millions of heating systems out there without thermostats? I’ve never lived somewhere with a heating system that goes on and off depending on the actual room temperature.
Really? Are you in the UK? I don’t think I have ever seen a house that doesn’t either have a single thermostat in a hallway or somewhere or a number of thermostats for different zones in the home.Surely you could add a wireless thermostat fairly cheaply and make the system much more efficient?
We never change any settings.
Heating timers set to come on at regular intervals regardless of the time of year.
Only the thermostat stops it cooking us in summer.
We also have our bedroom window open all year round as I prefer it cold in there.
We simply keep the bedroom door closed to stop heat completely escaping.
It works out perfect for us.
Admittedly my wife occasionally gives the thermostat a nudge upwards as 21degrees isn't quite hot enough for her.
Heating timers set to come on at regular intervals regardless of the time of year.
Only the thermostat stops it cooking us in summer.
We also have our bedroom window open all year round as I prefer it cold in there.
We simply keep the bedroom door closed to stop heat completely escaping.
It works out perfect for us.
Admittedly my wife occasionally gives the thermostat a nudge upwards as 21degrees isn't quite hot enough for her.
nute said:
Thermostat is set at 18 degrees, wife kids and dog all complaining. Might have to capitulate and light the log burner next week.
I set our thermostat to 17 but it’s also on a timer so only runs 6-9am and then 5-10pm. There is an Aga that I’ve just relit that keeps the kitchen warm and a 14kw log burner in the drawing room that will heat the main section of the house when it gets cold. Jumpers and slippers are available but so long as the doors to rooms that are not used are kept closed then the house never gets cold. 
I have a mix of heating solutions: aircon system heats as well as cools (main is 5.5KW, bedroom ones are all 3KW), a few oil panel electric radiators dotted about and an Ethanol fireplace (7KW). Don't expect to need any of them until November though. Still have the aircon cooling on in the evenings at the moment; that'll probably continue into next month.
Still working out how much heating I'll need here; next purchase will be an 11KW Ethanol fireplace if what I have isn't enough. But managed ok through what was described as the worst winter in a decade last time around, certainly the previous winter was a lot warmer. (Algarve)
Still working out how much heating I'll need here; next purchase will be an 11KW Ethanol fireplace if what I have isn't enough. But managed ok through what was described as the worst winter in a decade last time around, certainly the previous winter was a lot warmer. (Algarve)
First home from work this evening and noticed it was distinctly chillier in the house than of late so I shut a couple of upstairs windows, it soon became a bit warmer.
Still to put the heating on but I can feel it won't be long coming, especially as the wife asked for the blanket this evening; she gets cold feet, I'm not a huge fan of having the heating on as it just makes the house stuffy, I much prefer it a bit fresher!
Still to put the heating on but I can feel it won't be long coming, especially as the wife asked for the blanket this evening; she gets cold feet, I'm not a huge fan of having the heating on as it just makes the house stuffy, I much prefer it a bit fresher!
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