Anyone else put their heating on?

Mine went on for first time Wednesday evening. Haven’t had it on in morning yet. Just evenings.

We run ours throughout the year on low and yes it has come on several times recently. When the stair lift was fitted on a warm day in June the fitter had the front door open and the through draught to the back door must have made the thermostat in the hall think it was cold and the radiators came on. The poor fitter was perspiring from every pore.

Underfloor heating, and it's recommended that it's on 24/7. Living areas set at 22, but never drops below that from May - till round about now. It has come on a few times in the last couple of weeks, overnight, when the temp drops to it's lowest.The bedrooms are set at 18. If I was going around in bare feet, even in summer, I'd be running to the toilet frequently. I can only go bare footed in sandals in really warm weather.

There are only ever two or three weeks a year when we don't need any heating on at all. The difference in average temperatures between those in southern parts of the UK and those in northern parts is quite large.

Not to mention the damp.

No need for heating yet in our eco house. Have just swapped 2 tog duvet for 4 tog though.

Down here in Exeter the wind has been cold but it's been on average about 16, so not too bad. No heating except if the temp drops and then it switches on.

We don't have a central thermostat so the CH goes on when I'm cold and off when I'm not. . It was 3.5deg when I got in this evening so that's definitely CH time.

I'm happier when its cool during the day ,I get more done but this week the heating has been on after 7 ,mainly because GD2 has been here after school and she's always freezing or starving .

Attempted to put heating on for the first time yesterday morning-boiler wasn’t in agreement! Not only no heat but the hot water failed too! Here I am today £170 worse off but at least I’m warm and clean I suppose.
Thinking now of boiler insurance as the boiler must be in advanced middle age ( much like yours truly) and is sure to expire in the next few years ( unlike yours truly I sincerely hope!).Any recommendations or suggestions?
Thanks

My new boiler in my new house will be 1 year old in january, it needs servicing in 12 months every year from new to keep in with the 8 year guarantee. I have always had my boilers serviced in late summer, heating engineers get rushed off their feet in mid winter. I have had it serviced 4 months early, a week ago, lately found out that a 2 way valve was a bit stuck after being static all summer, was shown how to sort that. So now I am fully ready for winter. I asked about the condensate pipe, mine runs inside so no chance of it freezing. Check where yours is, man told me about rip-off plumbers called out last year, charging £100 to just de-frost the condensate pipe. All it needs is a kettle of hot water

Now I am tweaking temperatures in various zones, these new houses have zones and many have underfloor heating. You have to get close up to the thermostats to be able to read them, I am setting them once and for all, doubt I will adjust them all year, nice and cosy for me and it kicked on downstairs today at 5am. Got to allow for the ufh to take quite a while to warm and then cool

oh and another common fault that stops ch working, is the water pressure. Look at the dial, it should be around 1.2 when ch is off, it just needs a little tap turning on the raise pressure a bit. Another potential rip off, this was the first thing my decent kind plumber showed me

To answer the op, yes ch is on and minimum downstairs is 22, upstairs still needs fiddling but not kicked on up there yet, I like it cooler for sleeping at 18-19. I might adjust the timings for it to get warmer at 7am so I can get a shower in a nice warm room. Multi fuel stove is set with kindling, logs and briquettes, to be cosy on a dull day

Gabriella54. How else do we heat our house? We have no gas in our village. We use solar for most of our electric needs, cut old and damaged trees down in our garden for logs. We are replacing an open fire which burns coal for another new and efficient log burner in an effort to stop burning fossil fuels. Logs are renewable energy ad surely better than coal?

Still no heating on at ours yet! Rain today but not cold.

Am I wrong about climate change in that in isn’t the logs you burn per se (or where you get them from) but the smoke (emissions) that should be of concern?

Confused dot com!

Fir trees are very bad for wood burners. Tars the chimney up.

And on an open fire they pop and spit. And tar the chimney up.

This from The Guardian last year:

“The fuel:
Experts say the burning of wet or unseasoned wood and smoky solid fuels is the main problem. Wet wood contains moisture that creates smoke and harmful particulates when burned. Properly seasoned wood should have a moisture content of 20% or less.

One politically easy measure would be to ban the sale of wood that does not have the “ready to burn” logo. This would outlaw poor-quality logs bought from garage forecourts and DIY outlets. It would also force small log providers to become “Woodsure approved”, at a cost of £300-£400.

It’s a brave person who spends thousands on a wood-burning stove in London. That said, if you still want one, make sure your model is on the Defra-approved list.“

Cambia the newer cleanburn wood burners, when properly run, are excellent. That is why they are allowed in Smoke Free zones.

Well seasoned wood is essential. You don't need kiln dried. You can get a moisture reader which you stick in a log to test moisture content. It should be below, I think, 23%.

this is ours

I think that the worst pollution comes from people burning any old wood in their stoves in centres of mass population. My stove is new, stovax multi fuel and burns very cleanly but I do take care to use a stove thermometer and to use the correct fuel. I only get a small amount of smoke out of the flue, when it initially starts up

I had to send my monthly reading into octopus today, electricity is exactly the same but gas is now up 4 x from the reading last month. To be expected

I can't afford to have heating on during the day, so wearing lots of fleeces, thick socks, and woolly slippers.
One of the things that hit me when I got divorced was how cold I was in bed with no one next to me. The bed feels cold now, and thinking of buying a hottie to go with my thick pjs. Not sure how I'll cope when it really gets cold.

Our heating has been on for a few weeks and I keep it at 19 deg unless it's really cold. I've had my fleece bedding on for 3 weeks too - it's wonderful especially getting up during the night as the heating goes off at 9pm.

I've left our other property today and turned it down to 14.5 while we're not there - the insurance specified it has to be on if the house is empty.

I just had my octopus bill and am very surprised to see that the total is £45 for the month. I haven`t skimped, in fact the heating engineer ran the hot water a long time when he was servicing the boiler. I know it isn`t cold winter yet but personally I am going into winter with a surplus as my direct debits are too high for me

I am sorry you are cold wishI, a bed that goes cold is horrible, so it needs insulating below as well as above. Newspapers/cardboard under the mattress and/or an old duvet under your sheet. Wear a hat, seriously a lot of heat is lost through the scalp

I have fleece bedding too, cozee home, I love it, such a pleasure to get into

cragftyone - Wear a hat, seriously a lot of heat is lost through the scalp
I know the theory, but I'm not sure I want to go that far!

who cares. Be cold

I use mine as and when though I don't use it too often at present as I won't feel the benefit if it's a bad winter.