Has anyone dared to turn their heating on yet?

In France wood is sold by a known quantity, a cubic metre or a stere.

Ask your wood supplier for the price per metre cubed.

Ds hought some wood a couple of weeks ago. If I remember rightly, it was well over £100 for a cubic meter, and he shopped around.

We paid 65€ for a cubic metre of wood this year. Getting a sweep (required annually for the insurance) is proving much more difficult!
We have just put the underfloor heating on so it is very cosy.

I put the heating on today at 4 pm as the whole house was cold. I'd been wearing double jumpers all day plus thick socks and trousers. However my oh was furious said I could sit under electric throw and turned it off at 5.30. Ive been sat in kitchen since which is the warmest room. He says he doesn't feel cold however the real reason is he doesn't want me to use the oil before winter sets in. Any suggestions to make him see sense before I murder him .

yes tonight I put the heating on because it got really very chilly in the house , with the wind and heavy rain going on outside.. turned it off after 2 hours, not because it was very warm.. altho' it was comfortable, but for fear of the bill

I am determined to hold out until tomorrow (October).

Rather than heat the whole house I just put the gas fire on in the lounge in the afternoon but then I am just getting over Covid. I will use the central heating once it gets a little colder.

Blondiescot
It’s hard to describe, it’s just a guy I’ve been using for a few years, who just brings a trailer load.
Last year it was £320.
So this week alone, I’ve spent £900 on oil, and £400 on logs.

Monica
He’s a farmer, he just chucks it in his trailer, I’m not sure he’d know!
I want to support him, but shall be shopping around for the next load.

dawntreader1 I have said it before and I will say it again I just put the gas fire on in the lounge in the afternoon you may be using more gas that way than you would if you put the CH on.

We are currently in France, in Normandy, where we heat the house with electric wall heaters and a wood-burning stove in the living room. However we have just replaced our wood burner wood burner, which rotted away in the 18 months we couldn't get over here during COVID.

The new wood-burner meets all current rules for emissions and efficiency, andwe used it yesterday for the very first time. Last night I tamped the draft down and put some big pieces of wood on it before going to bed and when I came downstairs this morning some 10 hours later, it was still smouldering so I put some kindling o nit, upped the draft and it is now merrily burning away, so, with a bit of luck the 24/7 heat from the stove will be ssufficient to keep the house warm for the next week.

Our wood is almost free. We had two very large poplar trees come down last winter, which DH paid our neighbour to cut and stack in the barn for us and we now have enough wood to last us many years.

Sara1954

Blondiescot
It’s hard to describe, it’s just a guy I’ve been using for a few years, who just brings a trailer load.
Last year it was £320.
So this week alone, I’ve spent £900 on oil, and £400 on logs.

A trailer load makes sense. I just wondered whether you were paying that for something like a trailer load or a smaller quantity.

First thing I did on coming downstairs this morning was check the smart meter to see what the base line price per day had changed to. It is showing exactly the same standing charges and rates per KwH as yesterday. Dare I hope?

I had a call from my daughter last night ,her eldest daughterw as giggling in the background.She's had a msg form her sister ...in another room ..saying Make your life savings available to put in Dads account,mum just turned on the heating,followed by "Dad" msging HEATING!! its still September.
Dad has been in Scotland for 12 years now but his southern approach to heating seems to still be with him .Heating has always gone on when its cold ,not by the calendar.lol

the one msging is 11

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We tend to focus on keeping our house warm as the cold on old bones brings us to a grinding halt. We will sacrifice many luxuries to keep our heating on when it is cold.

original post Sept 2022

why Rapchika post on an old thread about heating on or off

Spam.

Having turned off the heating in the bedrooms that aren’t used I’ve realised I have mould growing in the windows so that was a false economy!