Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I could do if I wanted to look like a loon. But I don't need to now I have an electric radiator beside me
Brrrr! Who's got the heating on?
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Baronage-Phase
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Attach the electric radiator to a long extension lead and tow that around the library with you as you cart books about. You'd definitely be warm then.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yeh well the heating should be on tomorrow so I'll be fine
Baronage-Phase
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Chz
Stark Raving Sane
54C water seems a bit hot, but I've got an under-10 so I'm a bit more paranoid about that. I set it to 48C, on the basis that it will take a long time for it to actually work its way past 44C (scalding temperature) due to the pipes having to warm up. I don't think I'd trust 54. But then I only go and set the radiators to 68C.
(not the same thing, I know..)
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
54C water seems a bit hot, but I've got an under-10 so I'm a bit more paranoid about that. I set it to 48C, on the basis that it will take a long time for it to actually work its way past 44C (scalding temperature) due to the pipes having to warm up. I don't think I'd trust 54. But then I only go and set the radiators to 68C.
Well the hot water temperature on this boiler will be anywhere from 40C to 60C depending what it’s doing and how long since it last ran. And then once in a while it automatically boosts up to 65C as an anti-legionella measure, since it’s apparently dangerous to let your hot water system be too cool for too long. I wouldn’t know whether your 48C is safe, but something to think about anyway.
During the night, the hot water temp frequently increases without the boiler directly heating it, as the tank sits within and fully enclosed by the larger house heating water tank, which runs more frequently and at higher temps during the night. They say you get free hot water that way, but I don’t think they’ve thought that one through, as it’s only heat the boiler already made for the house heating circuit!
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
So for those who’ve put their heating on, what indoor temps do you have? I normally go right through winter with somewhere between 20C and 21C in the lounge and any room where we spend significant time. I try to set the thermostats so it doesn’t go above that level, just on the grounds of tightfistedness really.
23C seems high to me, but my parents in their 80s must have about 25-26C as it always feels like a sauna when I visit them.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Ah, I see. Ours is on-demand, not a tank. You'd definitely want it to occasionally boost up for anti-legionella work.
I just know that 'round these parts the schools and old folks' homes usually have it set down to 44 because it's impossible to burn yourself on that, yet it's still hot enough to wash with.
I just know that 'round these parts the schools and old folks' homes usually have it set down to 44 because it's impossible to burn yourself on that, yet it's still hot enough to wash with.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I've only had the heating on for around half an hour, 2 or 3 days in the last week, I am happy with around 18-19c.
Mother's place 25c plus.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Heating isn't on yet, but the inside temperature is 22.1°C at the moment.
hegley
never odd or even
We keep the house at about 18c, which partner and I are both comfortable with - suspect the cats would be happier if it was slightly warmer though!
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Can people explain the ‘don’t put the heating / coat / thermals until x month’ please? I just don’t get it. Is it just that you don’t feel the cold or do you secretly freeze but won’t do anything about it on some sort of principle? What is the principle you are upholding?
I am interested because I hate being cold so much I have had the heating on in July before. I don’t care what month it is, I can’t stand sitting in a cold house.
I am interested because I hate being cold so much I have had the heating on in July before. I don’t care what month it is, I can’t stand sitting in a cold house.
Idaho
blah blah blah
It's easier to be parsimonious with the fuel bill if you are skint, penny pinching or have a tolerance for the cold.
I do sympathise with people who really feel the cold. I've experienced not being able to get warm when I was ill once, and it was pretty draining.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Well being skint is different I think because you have no choice regardless of what you’d like to do. But like are people saying if we had some sudden cold snap in September where it went down to freezing, they wouldn’t put the heating on purely because it’s not November or whatever? That’s the bit I don’t get.
Idaho
blah blah blah
Presumably because they expect it to get warmer again, and that to put the heating on would seem either profligate or show a lack of fibre.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It's been on since mid-September, from 7am until midnight
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
How does it show a lack of fibre though? That’s the bit that pickles my head. Is being cold some sort of sign of being tough or hardcore? It just seems silly. Nowt as queer as folk though innit.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Bit of both here. There’s definitely an element of holding out as long as possible. I hate having heating on as it makes me feel shit plus the less we have the heating on the less we give npower and the faster we clear our debt.
If it was really cold we’d put it on but I can’t imagine we will until November.
I also don’t really like being hot. Cosy yes but not hot. We’ve still got windows open and a fan on some of the time and it’s been really warm here today. People were out in sandals and shorts.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Money. We don’t put the heating on until October. If it goes on before that it gets too easy to rely on it. So it’s just a money saving rule, and we put on jumpers or blankets.
Today the heating didn’t go on until the hours of darkness, but it’s probably getting on a bit in the year for getting away with that much longer.
I don’t like being cold. But heating is expensive.
Idaho
blah blah blah
Yeah of course it's silly. Most of these arbitrary cultural shibboleths are silly. But without them there would be 25% of the threads on urban and probably no bun fights.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
I feel like I should have clarified to ask those for whom money isn’t the driving factor as I totally get that / have been there. It’s when you can afford it but don’t was more the question I guess.
Riklet
procrastinación
not got it on yet. not that cold really.
subletting a flat and im tempted. although the woman im renting it off owes over a grand to the energy company, so im a bit reluctant. on the other hand, she didnt clean it properly before I moved in and think internet is down due to non-payment... so now considering putting it on soon!
subletting a flat and im tempted. although the woman im renting it off owes over a grand to the energy company, so im a bit reluctant. on the other hand, she didnt clean it properly before I moved in and think internet is down due to non-payment... so now considering putting it on soon!
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
It's probably a mixed bag of reasons for many people I guess, so no one reason.
I have a fairly high threshold for cold so it has to get pretty cold for me to feel it. Still walking about in t-shirt or shirt while loads of people are wrapped up in coats. My parents were pretty careful with heating when I was growing up - we didn't have central heating until I was about 8, and even then it wasn't something that was used unless it had to due to the cost. We just put jumpers on, etc.
The cost to heat my flat isn't that high really, so it isn't the money - it is just that it has to get quite a bit cooler for me to consider switching it on than it is now. I'll switch it on if it gets colder of course, particularly as I work at home some days. But I'll always put a jumper or fleecy hoody on without thinking, as that was drilled into me from childhood.
If it gets particularly cold I'll happily wear an old down jacket round the house. No need for heating with that on - its like being in bed.
