[Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2022/23 edition)

[The Clamp]

Log Store is pretty full! Part of the joy of winter months is hunkering down by a log fire in the evening.

More to the point we have a shed load of building work done at Jakarta Towers over the years (some planned, some - er - unplanned).

Every time we have work done more & more insulation seems to go in, plus every single window is now double glazed.

As consequence the house is definitely warmer than when we moved here in 2001. A decent combi boiler bought around 10 years ago hasn't harmed either

Good work.

I miss a log fire. As you say, one of the joys of a winter time.

 

[banjo]

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[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The last few winters since being back in a rented place I have been very careful. Rarely putting the heating on for fear the landlord would raise the rent to cover excess usage.

My bills are included in the rent.

I’m saving for a live aboard boat to get out of the rental market and retire early to spend my days travelling the waterways of Britain and France so I don’t want to spend anything more right now than I absolutely have to. Within reason, obviously. I don’t want to live in a hovel.

Anyway they raised it last month to pass on their costs to their 450 ( yes, 450) tenants making sure that they don’t have to pay an extra penny while we pay all the extra costs. They are also pocketing all the government help, as far as I know. It’s certainly not coming to us.

So now they can go **** themselves. The heating is on anytime I feel chilly. No more winters in blankets for me.

Quite.

Best wishes for your plans

 

[LamieRobertson]

The last few winters since being back in a rented place I have been very careful. Rarely putting the heating on for fear the landlord would raise the rent to cover excess usage.

My bills are included in the rent.

I’m saving for a live aboard boat to get out of the rental market and retire early to spend my days travelling the waterways of Britain and France so I don’t want to spend anything more right now than I absolutely have to. Within reason, obviously. I don’t want to live in a hovel.

Anyway they raised it last month to pass on their costs to their 450 ( yes, 450) tenants making sure that they don’t have to pay an extra penny while we pay all the extra costs. They are also pocketing all the government help, as far as I know. It’s certainly not coming to us.

So now they can go **** themselves. The heating is on anytime I feel chilly. No more winters in blankets for me.

Excellent all round to your place! Do you serve food and drink as well?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Good work.

I miss a log fire. As you say, one of the joys of a winter time.

I havnt got a log fire …but the fire pit might be used a few times, as ive a few customers that have trees that need felling (dead ones..the trees not the customers)…i might have to look at buying a few bits so i can cook and heat water over it

 

[The Clamp]

Excellent all round to your place! Do you serve food and drink as well?

Haha! I’ll rustle up a prawn ring and a cheese hedgehog. Do people still like cocktail sausages? 80% rusk okay?

Drinks wise I have some Hoffmeister and a Party7.

Let’s get this ****ing party started.

 

[The Clamp]

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What a lovely house.

 

[banjo]

What a lovely house.

Thank you.

 

[The Clamp]

Quite.

Best wishes for your plans

Cheers mate!

 

[Icy Gull]

Depressed to see that my gas central heating alone in our house is now eating £3 an hour

 

[KZNSeagull]

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Ready.

You've left the door wide open

 

[banjo]

You've left the door wide open

it’s not cold yet.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Dunno about turning the heating on yet...might need to update the thread to have you shut your windows and stopped wearing shorts and a t-shirt yet??

Barmy weather out there today, just walked the dog and it is hotter than it was in August.

 

[schmunk]

Heating has been "on" all month but I don't think it's come on at all. Currently using ca. 30% less gas this month than October 2021, but the cost is about 170% higher... (i.e. unit cost is 270/70 = ca. 4x)

 

[Fungus]

Depressed to see that my gas central heating alone in our house is now eating £3 an hour

How do you manage that?! We spent £1.83 on gas yesterday, a fairly typical October day. (Plus standing charge.)

Or are you talking about business premises?

 

[Icy Gull]

How do you manage that?! We spent £1.83 on gas yesterday, a fairly typical October day. (Plus standing charge.)

Or are you talking about business premises?

Nope 1.5 hours in quite a large house

 

[Bozza]

Nope 1.5 hours in quite a large house

We've managed to keep our October gas usage down to 239 kWh thus far. Most days it's been on twice a day for 15 minutes for hot water and we put the heating on for three chilly mornings just to warm things a little. Assuming we don't need the heating again in the next few days, we'll be at about 240 kWh for the whole month.

We didn't track gas usage this time last year, but the Hugo Energy app allows me to look back and I can see we used more around five times that last October with 1.212 kWh.

Looking into the middle of winter we had a few days nudging 200 kWh in a single 24 hours. Gas is something like 10p/kWh right now isn't it? If we use our heating to the same degree, it's going to be pricey even with the capped price in place!

 

[KZNSeagull]

Not turned the heating on at all yet, even though we have had a couple of cold mornings and 1 frost. We have the log fire going in the lounge on non sunny days like today, the 2 back bedrooms and kitchen are south facing so they warm up nicely when the sun comes out. Our bedroom is freezing cold, but as we only sleep in there we are not that bothered at the moment. The thermostat is in the hallway where there is a draught which we are trying to find the source of and the lowest temp I have observed in there is 16 so far. Will just carry on like this until the days are consistently in single figures outside but when we do turn the heating on, I will set the temp to 17 to see how we get on.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

It seems my use of a gas guzzling, bunny hugger annoying 4x4's over the last 30 years has managed to change the climate enough that I shouldn't need to use the GCH until next year!
Firmly tongue in cheek, but every cloud etc

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Some people here are harder than me.