Has anyone dared to turn their heating on yet?

I have, at last, settled on my what is my living room comfy temperature, nice all day and it is 21 so no more tweaking of the thermostat. Thermostat is 20.5 but same as all thermostats, there is a certain % accuracy.

Is a gas fire given an efficiency rating? A boiler is given one on servicing. I know that my 3 year old ariston is 99.9% efficient. Overall efficiency does depend on house insulation. Could well be cheaper to heat one room via a gas fire than a whole house via ch

I don’t know what figures you can base that on, M0nica
I have just had mine (2 years old) serviced and the engineer commented on how effective they are.

Shinamae Your gas fire probably consumed more gas than your central heating would have had it come on.

I haven’t had the central heating on yet. It did drop very chilly last night so I put my gas fire on low for an hour & lit some candles to make it feel warm & cosy. I’m sitting with a lovely thick soft fleece over me in an evening & I’m putting a hot water bottle in my bed.

The heating will have to go on at some point though, I can’t stand to feel cold. I will set it at a lower temp than usual & switch off some radiators to try & save a bit of money.

I have turned off all the radiators I think we can do without, but am lighting a fire every night, that’s not actually a cheap alternative as the last load of logs I had last weekend, was £400 quite a rise on last year.

The potential sabotage of the norway gas pipeline to uk is concerning. I have just bought myself a small ecofan for my stove and will use that to distribute warm air into the hall and from there it will rise upstairs

I think my heating kicked in for a a short while last night, it was comfy in my lounge at 20 when I got up and two pipes in my hall cupboard were still warm

My central heating has still not kicked in, it is set at 15°. I have however had my gas fire on in my sitting room for 45 minutes this morning and it has really warmed me up…?.. I am in a mid terraced house which was built in the 50s and it certainly does hold its heat..

I was at the temperature that I don`t want to go below when I came downstairs. These modern digital thermostats are not 100 accurate, don`t expect them to be. Thermostat was on 19 and I have raised all of them to 19.5, knowing full well that the temperature differential before kicking in is 1 degree. I expect that to be reached by tomorrow morning and thereafter it will constantly maintain that 19.5 via the underfloor heating

Depends on the sun today. Bear in mind that thermostats may not accurately record the actual room temperature. I have an adjustment in mine, in advanced settings and can go up or down to the proper temperature in the room, which I did some days ago. I have a weather station which is very accurate on indoor temperature measurement and can compare

From now on any adjustment will be on how I feel rather than a number. Mine is on timed automatic now but there is a button I can press with a manual overide and there is also the off button

I’ve put mine on this morning just for two hours to warm the place up.

Put the heating on last night. I was very cold although my oh was fine. I was wearing three layers including two jumpers and thick socks and still couldn't get warm. The electric throw was fine but as soon as I went to the kitchen I was cold so on went the heating for a short while. It took the chill off the kitchen and the bedroom which are north facing. It will be going on again tonight not prepared to sit in the house and shiver. It's oil fired heating.

Ours came on this morning- for the first time this autumn - the thermostat set to 17.

I am on throes of the necessary summer to winter clothing turnaround, just having a break. I am trying to sort a few layering sets too, just in case the temperature does an indian summer

Bedroom temperature is falling during the day too, at this rate, heating will come on tomorrow via thermostat

Mine kicked-in this morning for the first time in months - the thermostat is set at 21C. It's 10C outside.

I'll check tonight on my Nest thingy how long the boiler is actually in action.

The weather changed yesterday, suddenly there was a bitterly cold wind, the heating came on and stayed on for a while, and I didn't open the french window doors. I had had them open all day on Saturday and Sunday.

I was wearing a pretty summer dress and light sweater yesterday and felt really cold, so dress wise, today is the start of winter, and over the next few weeks, every time I get a another winter outfit out of the storage wardrobe, I will launder and put each summer outfit in the storage wardrobe.

Yes been turning it on since Sunday. Not for long though!

my first time growing howgate wonder. It is a gorgeous apple and the branches are obviously solid and sturdy. Nice tree

House temperature is down a full degree this morning and I think It will be at 19 inside by friday when my heating might start. I have acclimatised quite well. I need to think about clothing changeover, tomorrow when I have a full free day. This time I will concentrate on what I can easily layer as well as full-on winter clothes

karmalady

An howgate wonder apple fell on my tree today, it weighed 932g, so I made 4 crumbles with topping that I have already made and frozen. They are all in the oven now, I decided that evening is quite a good time to be having heat from the oven

I have a l sleeved cotton t shirt on and tbh am feeling a chill down my back. Bit by bit, the cold weather is approaching

That's my sort of energy efficiency, Karmalady, good (homegrown) food and heating combined!

My biggest apple this year isn't worth picking, so I am envious too

An howgate wonder apple fell on my tree today, it weighed 932g, so I made 4 crumbles with topping that I have already made and frozen. They are all in the oven now, I decided that evening is quite a good time to be having heat from the oven

I have a l sleeved cotton t shirt on and tbh am feeling a chill down my back. Bit by bit, the cold weather is approaching

The heating came on this morning - for about 10 minutes, enough to make the towel rail feel tepid but no more.

I am still having my French windows open all day, open by 10.00am and not closed until after 6.00pm. The back of the house faces south and in the current calm conditions, there is no breeze. the temperature is the same in and out.

I actually got bitten by something when out gardening this afternoon.

I think early next week I’ll give in, it’s definitely cooler today, not too bad with the sun, but clouding over, plus the wind, a definite brrrr.
Electric blanket is going on the bed tomorrow.

Callistemon21

East and West, Norah

In our home corner rooms technically face 2 directions. Some room is always SW to my way of thinking.

I may be wrong, of course.

East and West, Norah

I've reversed my summer heatwave regime now.
Back then I was closing all the curtains to keep the sum out, but now I'm opening them the minute the sun is on the windows then closing the upstairs ones as they yo into the shade again.

We've been lucky so far in this part of northants, as there has been some sun almost every day, and the house temperature hasn't dropped below 20° yet.
Sadly, I think that might end this coming week, with cooler daytime temperatures forecast.

Callistemon21

^The best rooms face South in winter, north in summer^.

None of ours face North or South! ?

Which direction do your rooms face?

I guess there are other choices than N or S - SE and SW are also good in winter, to me SW is preferable, given no choice of South.

The best rooms face South in winter, north in summer.

None of ours face North or South! ?