[Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2023/24 edition)

[BrightonCottager]

Sliced Bread - Smart Thermostats - BBC Sounds

Can Smart Thermostats save you money on energy bills?

www.bbc.co.uk

is worth a listen, especially if you're thinking of getting a 'smart' thermostat fitted. Even if you're not, it explains the concept of compensation control and adjusting the flow temperature of your boiler.

Apparently without irony, the listener they're trying to advise on saving energy admits that she sometimes forgets to turn the boiler off when they go off to the airport on one of their many 'travels'.

 

[schmunk]

Wife caved. Heating switched back to 'Auto' from 'Manual Off'. We're into winter mode.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Not yet. Will wait until its cold.

 

[Curious Orange]

Heating has been on most of the day... as I've been moving slowly around the house with my IR thermometer getting the radiators balanced. It'll be well worth the effort if I can get the study to warm quicker in the mornings!

 

[Giraffe]

Returned from Amsterdam and the house is strangely warm. I think Mrs Giraffe has been putting it on whilst I’m away. She is denying it but the signs are there. An investigation has begun.

 

[Weststander]

Returned from Amsterdam and the house is strangely warm. I think Mrs Giraffe has been putting it on whilst I’m away. She is denying it but the signs are there. An investigation has begun.

What do your before and after Amsterdam meter photo's reveal?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It might help if I could adjust any of my radiators, but the valves have been stuck solid ever since we bought the place over twenty years ago and don't budge.

They also have the tiniest inlet and outlet pipes I have ever seen.

 

[Giraffe]

What do your before and after Amsterdam meter photo's reveal?

Damn, I need to up my level.

Just been reviewing cctv footage though and it is clear she had on only one jumper.

 

[ofco8]

Yep, switched on tis week, controlled.

 

[WATFORD zero]

10th Nov, 6.40 pm, 1 hour boost. Sorry

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

It might help if I could adjust any of my radiators, but the valves have been stuck solid ever since we bought the place over twenty years ago and don't budge.

They also have the tiniest inlet and outlet pipes I have ever seen.

Sounds like Mini-bore pipework. Popular in sixties/seventies but prone to sludging up

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Sounds like Mini-bore pipework. Popular in sixties/seventies but prone to sludging up

Could well be.

Last time I had a plumber round about a leaky radiator connection, his comments about the pipework were unrepeatable. I could only stand there and bleat that I didn't put them in, they were were there when I bought the place. "It wasn't me - honest, guv".

 

[Fungus]

Damn, I need to up my level.

Just been reviewing cctv footage though and it is clear she had on only one jumper.

 

[Miximate]

Underfloor on for 2 hours this evening. Looked at my Sollis Cloud app and turned it off pretty quickly!!

 

[mile oak]

Im no longer in my birthday suit with the air con on, does that count?

 

[timbha]

Anyone caved in yet? Told the missus that if it gets much colder we’ll have to give it some consideration, however it’s nearly Spring

 

[BevBHA]

This week the thread title needs changing to has anyone turned it off yet!

 

[southstandandy]

Yes, went on yesterday for the first time. Back off today as it's somewhat milder.

 

[Giraffe]

Turned the heating off a few weeks ago but Mrs Giraffe put it back on today. Have compromised by lighting the log fire this evening.

 

[Justice]

Turned the heating off a few weeks ago but Mrs Giraffe put it back on today. Have compromised by lighting the log fire this evening.

To be fair it’s nippy in Brighton this evening