Who's got the heating on?

[miss direct]

My boiler doesn't work....I'm not in the UK at the moment, but imagine I'll have snow to greet me and a freezing flat when I get back.

 

[og ogilby]

I need to put it on to dry clothes on the radiators.

 

[dessiato]

We leave it on all year round and let it decide, it's pretty good. It's started to come on in the morning and late evenings in the past week or so. It's still on now ('m sat by the radiator) which is the longest it has stayed on so far.

When I lived in the UK that's what we did. Set it to 18° or there abouts, and let it do its thing. We did a similar thing with the a/c, set it to 25°, I think. An integrated automatic system would have been better.

 

[Chz]

I let the thermostat make these decisions for me.

Basically I voted yes because it's always "on". Whether it's actually fired up the boiler to warm the radiators is a mystery to me. I suspect not, living in a concrete maisonette. It takes a while for all the heat to leak out.

 

[equationgirl]

I put it on this morning as it's quite chilly here. But I turn it off if it's too hot. Plus blanket is on the bed.

 

[ruffneck23]

As mentioned on the chuffed thread, I got my heater out today, thinking it was broken but it appears to be working fine... now I'm too hot

 

[WouldBe]

Not yet. I'm waiting for a delivery of seagulls to chuck in the wood burner.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I'm going to dig out my winter quilt and pyjamas.

 

[weltweit]

I haven't put it on yet but it is colder than it has been for a while. Yesterday I was on a long zoom call and I wore my jacket to keep the chill at bay.

I'm wearing my dressing gown at the moment.

 

[MickiQ]

Not yet. I'm waiting for a delivery of seagulls to chuck in the wood burner.

Go out and shoot some, the fuckers are hardly an endangered species

I'm going to dig out my winter quilt and pyjamas.

We have a summer duvet 10tog on Mrs Q's side and 4.5 tog on mine which we're still using. We have a 13.5 tog in the attic which I get out when we get into the deeps of winter.

 

[sojourner]

Got the coal effect gas fire on cos the fella's ill and feeling cold. Had blankies out for a while now.

 

[krtek a houby]

It'll be another month or so before the toilet seat is on.

 

[Elpenor]

My dad switched the heating on today. I’m dreading being back at home with my storage heaters!

 

[Plumdaff]

I have invested in a heated airer and it's already showing its worth.

Did consider putting the heating on today but it's September so on principle went for some winter pyjamas and socks with slippers.

This entire post comes to you from middle age.

 

[Gin n tonic]

Not here right now

 

[krtek a houby]

I have invested in a heated airer and it's already showing its worth.

Did consider putting the heating on today but it's September so on principle went for some winter pyjamas and socks with slippers.

This entire post comes to you from middle age.

Waving right back at middle age direction!

(this post coming from a typhoony October morning, where temperatures have dropped to 19 c)

 

[Epona]

I put on my pyjama bottoms tonight

 

[fishfinger]

We turned the heating on last night.

 

[danny la rouge]

We turned the heating on last night.

In September? Are you mad?

 

[Sue]

It's only just October (and it's not even cold here (London) at least).

 

[gentlegreen]

I've used the electric blanket and fan heater a bit recently, and may even have to close the windows at some point ...
Going by last year's meter readings, I should get through October without spending much on heating - but last year I had the advantage of being at work and then getting warmed-up by my cycle ride home ...

 

[girasol]

It turned itself on automagically two mornings ago but hasn't done so ever since.

 

[Riklet]

I would more, but I'm a lodger and my housemate is a cheap-skate and also notices everything... amazing eye for detail. She hasn't put it on and I'm getting my own place soon so I cant be arsed to discuss it.

So if it's cold I put it on sneakily for an hour when she's out for several hours. It's currently 17.5 degrees in the house! Not exactly warm. I'm hoping my new place is better insulated... I will def be using the heating a few hours a day though.

 

[baldrick]

Not yet. I'm wfh today in the kitchen which is the coldest room in the house by some distance and so far a jumper and some big socks are sufficient. Hands are a bit chilly so I might dig out the fingerless gloves.

 

[Dovydaitis]

I’ve put a jumper on today. The dining room aka my office is a very cold room, lovely in the summer when the rest of the house is roasting.

 

[Sasaferrato]

An hour in the evening.

Except for last night, when I forgot, and awoke at 3 am feeling distinctly hot.

 

[davesgcr]

Couple of small wood fires in the log burner. (all free wood in any case)

 

[fishfinger]

In September? Are you mad?

Probably, but we were both feeling very chilly last night

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Probably, but we were both feeling very chilly last night

I find a liberal spraying of deep heat works wonders to avoid the need for heating.

 

[fishfinger]

I find a liberal spraying of deep heat works wonders to avoid the need for heating.

Unfortunately, we haven't got any deep heat. It would have been very welcome, as I have stiff shoulder and neck muscles at the mo'