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What temperature do set your central heating

11 - 14 C

10%

[ 6 ]

15-17 C

22%

[ 13 ]

18 - 21C

40%

[ 24 ]

22+ C

11%

[ 7 ]

What's central heating?

15%

[ 9 ]

Total Votes : 59

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Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9970
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 09 10:02 am Post subject:
didn't vote as we have ch but no thermostat just turn it on when freezing, turn it off when only cold must get on with 'operation house warm' - its blummin cold in here this morning.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 09 1:16 pm Post subject:
We have an oil fired system, that we aren't using yet, and the log burner, that does all the rads and the longue, which are thermostatically controlled. No themostat in use yet though.

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 09 1:17 pm Post subject:
22 to 23 here, this house is like the wind tunnels F1 use if and when they DG it it will be a lot lower.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44460
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 09 1:17 pm Post subject:
off at mo

HenX

Joined: 27 Apr 2009
Posts: 1459
Location: Forest of Dean

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 09 1:48 pm Post subject:
well technically the thermostat is set to about 22C but it's only on for about an hour in the morning and then for (maybe) and hour in the evenign jsut to take the chill off upstairs. The thermometer in teh sitting room started at 10.2C before I lit the fire yesterday and was a balmy 14.5C when I went to bed. it was even warm enough to take my hat off!!

Cobnut

Joined: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 475
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 10 4:16 pm Post subject:
Mine is set to 20 if I have visitors who feel the cold, but if I’m alone it tends to be off after an initial warming up the bathroom period, and I then put loads of layers on and load up the wood burner.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 10 4:37 pm Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

didn't vote as we have ch but no thermostat

just turn it on when freezing, turn it off when only cold

must get on with 'operation house warm' - its blummin cold in here this morning.

Same here and because it's a bungalow on a still day we can have hot water or a warm house but not both.

Helen_A

Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Posts: 1548
Location: MK, Bucks.

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 10 8:07 pm Post subject:

Set to go on to around 18 in the morning for DP getting up for work (about an hour all told). Off during the day with the autoon function set to go off if it falls below 12C (hasn't done that yet even with the current weather) - the children and I are either out and about or active at home in the kitchen or on computers or we wear jumpers and sit under a blanket if we are watching something or doing mass reading!

It comes on in the evening for a couple of hours to bung the temp back up to 16/17C

We have the thermostatic things on the radiators as well, but they don't seem to work particularly well so I'm not relying on them.

Barefoot Andrew
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 10:48 am Post subject:
I've turned the heating down again because it's so cold I.e. running the heating constantly at a lower temperature from 7am-11pm. House not warm enough to be without jumper, but nor is it ever cold either. No idea whether this uses more or less energy, but purely from a comfort perspective it works for me. A.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35139
Location: Devon

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 10:49 am Post subject:
The glass in our front door just shattered - blooming draughty in here just now! Best see if I can get the rest out and clean up without bloodshed.

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 10:54 am Post subject:

The difference between what my CH thermostat is set to, and actual room temp is quite large. e.g. set at 15, but rooms are 12.

However, thick walls mean that generally, after a cold night [average -10] without the heating on, the rooms are still about 6-8C. I don't want to find out what would happen if I didn;t put the heating on for a couple of hours each morning.
Woodburner gets lit once the sun starts to go down. And then the room is 18 [and feels far too hot].

gil
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 10:55 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

The glass in our front door just shattered - blooming draughty in here just now! Best see if I can get the rest out and clean up without bloodshed.

What, just shattered, just like that ?
Because of the cold ?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 11:00 am Post subject:
My house is at the top of a hill and faces due South. At this time of year the sun (if it's out) shines directly in the windows for most of the day, which means I don't need the heating on from 9 to 5. I usually put it back on when I get back from walking the dog and then switch it off again if/when I light the woodburner. It's a different story altogether on overcast days.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 11:02 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

The glass in our front door just shattered - blooming draughty in here just now! Best see if I can get the rest out and clean up without bloodshed.

What on earth happened?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35139
Location: Devon

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 10 11:15 am Post subject:
I don't know - it was very old glass in the stained glass inner door. It's a shame because it was etched with a pattern, but it must have developed a crack because I shut it normally and a big piece just fell out and shattered on the tile porch floor. Even more annoying, the woman who came and reglazed the coloured bits for us when we moved in has gone out of business.

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