How do you have your central heating set?
 

I was wondering how you all have your central heating setup and what is the best economical way to heat the house in Winter.

We've just moved into a new house and had the heating on for the first time this weekend.
Some people say it is best to have a contant temperature set so you are not having to reheat in large amounts when temperatures drop so permenently on.

Anyone do it differently?

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Seem to remember that having the hearing on all the time at a constant temperature cost more than heating when required.

I think there is something on the government website or British gas?

J

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We have it set to around the 21 mark on the thermostat when needed, then usually turn it down to about 10 to 15 at other times, apart from summer when it's set to 0 nearly all the time.

I was told it's more economical to set the thermostat to 19 or 21...?

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Turn it off in the rooms you don't use during the day.Also do you need it on when you are out of the house for long periods?

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Mine is currently set to kick in if temperature falls below 17 degrees so at times is on all the time. Then it doesnt have to reheat if it gets to zero and also stops pipes from freezing, etc.
I guess will see when the bill comes through! Fuel is so expensive now!

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We've just had a 'Hive' smart thermostat installed.

The best thing about it is that it now allows us to have different settings for weekdays & weekends.

On weekdays it is currently set to come on at 5am to heat the house to 20° before I get up for work, then switches to 16° from 07:30 until 4:30pm when it goes back to 20° until it switches off at 10:00pm. It automatically comes on at any time if the temperature goes below 5°.

The 'smart' aspect means that, not only can the settings be altered remotely using a mobile phone app or logging into the internet, but also the temperature readings for each day can be displayed, so we can see if the settings are appropriate. For example it shows currently the 16°C setting while I'm at work is fine because the insulation is good enough to maintain the temperature above this after the warm-up in the morning.

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From 9.30pm to 4.20am it's set to 16c
4.20 to 7.30 it's 19c
7.30 to 4pm it's 17c
From 4pm to 9.30 it's set to19c
If it gets a bit chilly it goes up to 20/21

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I was told by the gas engineer it uses more cubic feet of gas to heat up a cold house than one that is at a constant temp, ours is set at 20 perm, with short bursts of 23 or so if needed to top up. Obviously in the summer the temp never dips below 20 so the heating doesn't actually turn on then.

In the winter we spend £20-25/week, in the summer £5-10 (Gas Combi boiler, so hot water too) this is for a 3 bedroom well insulated large terraced house

So under £1k/Yr

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I put on a jumper. heating only goes on when it really needs to. it's not on a timer.

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Yep I turn it off at the radiator in rooms I don't use.
If we are out the house for long periods we have it on a low setting where it just kicks in if it was to get very cold.
I don't think a house should ever get too cold so a reasonable temp will prevent damp.





That is what I have always been told too.

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I had the British Gas internet control system installed late last year. Its really quite nifty.

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22 in the bedroom, 10pm to 8am.
22 / 23, in the lounge & Kitchen, 8am to 10pm.

Apart from the bathroom, all unused rooms are 16.

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We also have a programmable thermostat so:

Mon-Fri
07:00 20 degrees
09:00 18 degrees
11:30 20 degrees
13:30 18 degrees
16:30 21 degrees
23:30 15 degrees

Sat-Sun
07:30 20 degrees
10:00 19 degrees
11:30 21 degrees
13:30 18 degrees
17:00 21 degrees
23:50 15 degrees

Re: How do you have your central heating set?
 

the stat that got fitted with my new boiler starts @ 10% and has frost protection so turns on when temp drops to low

It also whistles so is really annoying when it kicks in at night and I do not think the timer works :( possibly looking into a hive