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Originally Posted by Taf
In our household, once the heating is activated, if you go through a door, you shut it behind you. Turning off radiators is not the best idea. If you have TRVs (thermostatic radiator valves) turn them down low, even to the frost protection level, to stop them freezing.
Warm, humid air entering a cold room will soon cause damp and mould.
Our heating during the coldest periods of the year, comes on for 2 hours before we get up, then runs until midday when it goes off for an hour whilst we are cooking with a window open to let the damp air out. It then runs again until it's time to cook the evening meal. And no heating after 9pm, so the choice is to put on a jumper or get under your quilt.
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Our house, an ex-1930s council house had terrible condensation issues in the winter so we did similar, opening the windows. Last year, we got a dehumidifier and it has transformed things. We don’t need to have the windows open and the house is quicker to heat. We also noticed that we didn’t need the heating in during the day last winter.
I think it’s a combination of dry air ‘feeling’ warmer, dry air being quicker to heat and not wasting heating power evaporating water.