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[Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2023/24 edition)
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Weststander
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Can I be a Monday night quarterback? I know installers here will attack my opinion. In an existing building it's often rubbish - it gets blocked by rubble that shouldn't be there, pug 'snots' and wall ties. I know this from builder friends and family, they don't rate it. But it can help to an extent with other better measures.
Other better solutions:
1. Suspended floors - open up all flooring and either friction fit 6" of Celotex/Kingspan between all joists leaving no gaps, or pack with 6" of mineral wool held in chicken wire. Leave no gaps.
2. Solid floors - a Celotex/Kingspan solution above them.
3. New double or triple glazing, external doors.
4. Carefully plug all air gaps. This is vital.
5. 9" of loft insulation
A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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Regretfully just a few minutes ago.
I thought I should when I noticed that opening the fridge door helped warm the room up.
I thought I should when I noticed that opening the fridge door helped warm the room up.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Well, put it on, just to try it like......bloody thing wouldn't go back off! Had a new control box fitted at the start of the year and now the same problem again.
All this electrickery nonsense. life was so much easier when we used to burn witches to keep warm
All this electrickery nonsense. life was so much easier when we used to burn witches to keep warm
DarrenFreemansPerm
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The coolest it’s dropped to in our house is 18°c, tis a tad chilly but jumper and trousers should see us into November.
Jam The Man
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Heated gilet is the way to go!
- Jul 10, 2003
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I've actually put on long trousers this evening. But please don't tell @LamieRobertson, I know I'd be such a disappointment amongst proper gardeners 
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Improper gardeners might call you a wuss as well......big boy trousers in October indeedI've actually put on long trousers this evening. But please don't tell @LamieRobertson, I know I'd be such a disappointment amongst proper gardeners
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Shorts all year round here, even in my icebox of a home.
The legs were out for the pre-dawn walk with the dog over the Downs this morning as ever. I find if my top half is wrapped up appropriately, my legs don't feel the cold.
The legs were out for the pre-dawn walk with the dog over the Downs this morning as ever. I find if my top half is wrapped up appropriately, my legs don't feel the cold.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I went to Leonardslee Gardens yesterday afternoon ….shorts and t shirt in a cold wind….madness I should have worn socks as well
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Has Mrs WZ made you a mug of hot chocolate yet?I've actually put on long trousers this evening. But please don't tell @LamieRobertson, I know I'd be such a disappointment amongst proper gardeners
I’ll admit to taking a fleece today…..just in case…but it remained in the van …..temps rise again Wednesday 18c? ….but rainy…..then fall away at the wkd
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Weststander
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Lovely place. We went this time last year on a sunny Sunday, my first time ever I think.
Was it too cold for the Wallabies?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
It was my first time to….I shall certainly return during Winter…umm feeding time for them ended just b4 I arrived so didn’t see them
S'hampton Seagull
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On in the morning, it's going on in the morning! 
Mine isn’t working
FFS Electrical problem though, Nest thermostat decided to pack up just as October went from late summer temperatures to cold on Saturday evening.
Glad I’ve got an immersion heater in my Megaflow.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
These people are a big help for old people like yourself….take careMine isn’t working
Electrical problem though, Nest thermostat decided to pack up just as October went from late summer temperatures to cold on Saturday evening.
Glad I’ve got an immersion heater in my
How to keep warm and healthy in winter | Age UK
As we get older, changes to our bodies mean that cold weather and winter bugs affect us more than they used to. Age UK tell us how to stay healthy in winter.
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These people are a big help for old people like yourself….take care
How to keep warm and healthy in winter | Age UK
As we get older, changes to our bodies mean that cold weather and winter bugs affect us more than they used to. Age UK tell us how to stay healthy in winter.
- Aug 8, 2005
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Got this text from Mrs Giraffe at 7.30pm tonight “It’s 19 degrees in the living room so I’ve put the heating on. I’ve set an alarm to turn it off in an hour”
I was upstairs putting the 3 year old to bed. I immediately rushed downstairs and lit the log burner and turned the heating off. No need for it until December. That’s my aim. For the planet. And my bank statement.
I was upstairs putting the 3 year old to bed. I immediately rushed downstairs and lit the log burner and turned the heating off. No need for it until December. That’s my aim. For the planet. And my bank statement.
Weststander
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You sound like my Dad. Their hallway wall thermostat the scene of a game, my Mum turns the CH on, my Dad turns it off when she’s not looking.