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BBbevan Sun 08-Oct-17 09:05:31

Just for an hour in the morning. We are out and about a lot in the day but if the evening is chilly we light the log burner. We have never had one before and it is superb. Even cleaning it out is fun

kittylester Sun 08-Oct-17 09:02:44

Rempstone confused is a village near us.

Temperature!!

BlueBelle Sun 08-Oct-17 09:02:10

Blimey Christine wish I had your body thermostat it would save a lot of money although I don’t have central heating and haven’t felt the need for my gas fire yet I need my jumpers and a blanket and feel the cold so much more than I used to do

kittylester Sun 08-Oct-17 09:01:53

We've got a Hive and was feeling quite smug about the remote facility Marydoll - oh dear.

With the Hive we can have different Rempstone at different times of the day. Works well for us!

harrigran Sun 08-Oct-17 08:53:35

Same as kitty and corner, heating on 24/7 365 days. It is more cost effective to run the heating on the thermostat than starting from cold each time.

Christinefrance Sun 08-Oct-17 08:48:10

We don't have central heating in our stone house, a very efficient wood burner and electric heaters if its really really cold. I don't feel the cold so it's unlikely we will have a fire before November. I have been known to sit there with the windows open when we first have a fire.
Never wear jumpers or cardigans, fortunately my husband has the same personal thermostat.

travelsafar Sun 08-Oct-17 08:39:12

Put it on this morning for an hour to remove the 'nip' in the air, also been on for an hour around 6ish in the evenings on odd occasions. I always check the thermostat we have in our hallway to see the temp if i feel chilly, if it highlites 18degree it says put your heating on, if its below 16 degrees it states this is dangerous and puts you at risk of hypothermia, heart attacks and strokes. 21degrees seems to be the perfect temperature. We find that wearing layers of clothes and being busy means we dont have to have the heating on much, but first thing and in the evening when just sitting down we do.

Anniebach Sun 08-Oct-17 08:35:01

I bought a house thermometer for my new house which has central heating. The thermometer shows humidity reading too, ashamed to say - I have no idea why I need to know this in a house ,this morning it reads - 82% , is this good , bad or doesn't matter ?

Shirleyw Sun 08-Oct-17 08:29:38

Just a couple times in the evenings to take chill off.....hope not to make a habit quite yet.

DanniRae Sun 08-Oct-17 08:28:24

Heating definitely on for a few hours in the morning and the evening. I spent too long, years ago, being cold and now things are a little easier (moneywise) I am NOT going to be cold again!!

Imperfect27 Sun 08-Oct-17 08:27:13

We have to turn ours on/off manually. Our cottage is an 1850s breezeblock with very think walls. In the summer our front room is lovely and cool, but therefore gets very cold in the winter. The heating doesn't seem to get trapped in the bricks - does travel up, but doesn't stay. It is a detached house so no neighbourly benefits!

But yes, thankfully it has been mild in Kent to date and we are now at the jumper stage. Just about to have a bath and not looking forward to the chilly bit at the end! grin

ninathenana Sun 08-Oct-17 08:22:12

Not yet, Kent has been mild so far. I have put a cardi on for a couple of evenings.
I can't work out the flippin thermostat for our boiler.

Marydoll Sun 08-Oct-17 08:10:57

Came back from holiday on Friday, thought we were very clever (smug face) putting it on remotely whilst waiting at Faro airport.
I'm waiting for the gas engineer to arrive this morning!

Greyduster Sun 08-Oct-17 08:03:06

We put ours on for the first time last night at about six. It stayed on for a couple of hours and then went off and the house was still warm when we went to bed. There a lot of things I don't like about this house, but it is warmer and cheaper to heat than the last one!

tanith Sun 08-Oct-17 08:02:37

We've only had it on a couple of times for an hour haven't really felt chilly yet.

cornergran Sun 08-Oct-17 07:48:57

Same as kitty, thermostat is set and so when it's needed on it comes. If we're out for the day we turn the thermostat down a couple of degrees, change it back when we get home. Ours is a 1980's bungalow, very easy to heat and keep warm which is as well as I am am chilly soul.

Baggs Sun 08-Oct-17 07:47:23

Yes. Ours has been coming on for an hour and, lately, for an hour and a half in the mornings and again in the evenings ever since the last warm weather spell we had, er, a couple of months ago.

Near 100% humidity makes a difference. It feels chiller (sic; chillier's too soppy for what I want to say), chill to the bones, when the local climate is doing its temperate rainforest act, which is a lot of the time because that's what our climate is.

Summer isn't really about warmth, certainly not heat, in western Scotland. It's about light.

NanKate Sun 08-Oct-17 07:32:09

Yes turned ours on two days ago and it is lovely to walk downstairs early in the morning for my cuppa and feel the warmth of the radiator in the hall.

I was fortunate to have a very happy childhood, however I remember huddling round the coal fire to keep warm and clutching a hot water bottle in bed under a blanket and eiderdown and still feeling cold, especially my nose. I just longed for the summer.

BlueBelle Sun 08-Oct-17 06:58:55

I don’t have any central heating in my big old house but have I turned any heating on yet ? No managed with a blanket when I m sitting down watching T V at night I should be alright till a cold spell breaks through

kittylester Sun 08-Oct-17 06:52:21

Ours is set at the same temperature at the sane times all year. It comes on on as and when but we can boost it as and when for any length if time.

I have noticed that it is coming on more lately.

Our house is weird as it is built of granite and takes time to get warm but then retains heat well.

Imperfect27 Sun 08-Oct-17 06:43:45

Just being nosy! Have you turned your central heating on yet?

Ours went on on Oct 7th last year (sad of me to remember!), but have held out to date. The mornings are definitely getting nippier and it won't be long now. We live 'Down Souf'' so conscious we have had milder weather than many over the past couple of weeks.

When we first give in we tend to manage with an hour in the morning and 3 hours in the evening to begin with. We live in an old cottage that is prone to damp, so we keep the spare bedroom heated along with the rest. We never put heating on in the kitchen - just benefit from the cooking heat!

I have been in and out of several houses recently where heating is most definitely on full-blast and I know this has sometimes been because of a health issue, but the heating bills must be astronomical.