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[Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2022/23 edition)
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- Jul 10, 2003
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Mrs Wz is starting to wrap up, but I'm still in t shirt and shorts 
With slippers since yesterday
With slippers since yesterday
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Mrs Wz is starting to wrap up, but I'm still in t shirt and shorts
With slippers since yesterday
Wimp…still barefooted here
The Clamp
Well-known member
Yep, I'm getting charged for it whether I use it or not so I'm happy to stick it on when my knees get chilly.
BN41Albion
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2017
- 6,913
No way yet. Getting up to high teens again by weekend and next week too so no chance for a good while yet
- Aug 24, 2020
- 7,490
I'm struggling this morning - my phone tells me it's 6 degrees.
#staystrong #onwiththefurrybuckethat
#staystrong #onwiththefurrybuckethat
I’m still in shorts at work. Wearing my hoodie first thing though.
Marshy
Well-known member
November at the earliest.
- Aug 8, 2005
- 27,374
Mrs Giraffe has been making all the noises she normally does at this time of the year. Sitting with a blanket on in the evening. Coming in from putting something in the bin by saying how cold it is out there. If she actually asked to put the heating on I might actually have the discussion but she hasn't 
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I'm standing firm. I want to get to November before putting it on.
.I'm standing firm. I want to get to November before putting it on.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I have a wife who really feels the cold and suffers from arthritis, especially when it’s wet and rainy. Of course we have had the heating on, not much but in the early morning for a few days now.
I am hating it that she feels the need to ask if it’s OK to put the heating on, of course it is
She is the thrifty one with money in this household so it’s just her natural instinct to try and save money.
I am hating it that she feels the need to ask if it’s OK to put the heating on, of course it is
She is the thrifty one with money in this household so it’s just her natural instinct to try and save money.
Via the Huge Energy app it looks like our heating first kicked in on September 30th last year. We've resisted thus far this year, but it looked like there had been a light frost last night when I walked the dog on the Downs around 7:30 this morning.
Whilst also looking at Hugo I can see that we'll use about 200kWh of gas in September - basically a bit of water heating twice a day.
This is pretty much the same as on a single day last winter when the heating was doing its thing.
Whilst also looking at Hugo I can see that we'll use about 200kWh of gas in September - basically a bit of water heating twice a day.
This is pretty much the same as on a single day last winter when the heating was doing its thing.
- Feb 22, 2014
- 2,871
Put the heating on? I haven't even put a vest on yet. Viva Espana!
schmunk
Well-used member
Have you not been showering this month? Our usage (admittedly for 6) from just hot water and hob will be about 800KwH...
Haven't even ordered any oil yet. Tank is empty.
Log burner has been used a few times. Loads of free wood around me to burn.
Log burner has been used a few times. Loads of free wood around me to burn.
There’s only three of us, but 15 minutes of boiler time each morning and early evening has done us fine.
No, but wearing jeans rather than shorts today, for the first time in about 6 months.
Tony Towner's Fridge
Well-known member
I had a new central heating boiler installed last month, the old one we put in in 1993 and was seriously inefficient. New boiler is an ideal 24Kw unit (bought British and comes out well in customer and equipment reviews). Paying dividends already. My CH used to cost £1.60 per hour to run, now, even with the increase cost to 7.5ppkwh (due to go up to 10.2p on Saturday) the CH costs £48p per hour to run. 93% efficient boiler paying dividends.Large sandstone walled house takes a lot of heating in the winter.
I also have been a wee bit more careful of when to put on the water and the heating. HIVE certainly helps (HIVE/NEST are a total no brainer for anyone who wants to save money) and the net result with all this is is that this year my September spend is down from £90 last September to £75 this September for gas and electricity.
An hour a day to take the morning chill away from the living areas and to heat a big tank of water. At least this energy crisis is making folk think about maybe keeping a slightly cooler house?
Log burner will be in use mid Oct to keep the downstairs warm, at a fraction of the cost of electricity or gas.
TNBA
TTF
I also have been a wee bit more careful of when to put on the water and the heating. HIVE certainly helps (HIVE/NEST are a total no brainer for anyone who wants to save money) and the net result with all this is is that this year my September spend is down from £90 last September to £75 this September for gas and electricity.
An hour a day to take the morning chill away from the living areas and to heat a big tank of water. At least this energy crisis is making folk think about maybe keeping a slightly cooler house?
Log burner will be in use mid Oct to keep the downstairs warm, at a fraction of the cost of electricity or gas.
TNBA
TTF
- Aug 8, 2005
- 27,374
Which is entirely the reason this has been created.