When does your Heating usually go on?

[SnoopZ]

My heating went on at the beginning of October for about 20mins a day first thing in the morning when I'm not at work.

Since getting my new boiler installed back in May my radiators all get red hot in 10mins, previously it would take nearly an hour to get fairly warm, so I'm hoping my bills will drop a bit this year seeing my old boiler was basically not operating very well.

[thenry]

Mine went on constant in September. My thermostat is set between 15-16. I have double radiators everywhere and a 10 year old combi boiler. My home stays warm. I can't do 20 on the thermostat. I can't breathe. Boiler temp is set to 60.

[Carth]

This time of year, usually on between 6am and 9am, then back on about 5pm until 8pm. (depending on outside temps)

Things will change as the weather does

[Sirius]

I only turn my heating on if my nose turns blue

[Jaymoss]

For drying clothes when I want to warm the house when a jumper and sleeping bag is not enough and never before November . I was homeless in my early 20s so know real cold and do not get really cold until it is freezing balls off the brass monkey

[papa smurf]

i don't have central heating

[Taf]

For us, it all depends on the weather. The thermostat makes the decision for us.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Sirius

I only turn my heating on if my nose turns blue

Are you up Smurfs arse?

Originally Posted by papa smurf

i don't have central heating

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

My heating went on at the beginning of October for about 20mins a day first thing in the morning when I'm not at work.

Since getting my new boiler installed back in May my radiators all get red hot in 10mins, previously it would take nearly an hour to get fairly warm, so I'm hoping my bills will drop a bit this year seeing my old boiler was basically not operating very well.

My Hive thermostat tells me my heating only went on for 14mins which raised the house temperature 1.5c to 21.5c, I will likely put a jumper on now and keep the heating off until I return from work at 2.30pm tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by thenry

Mine went on constant in September. My thermostat is set between 15-16. I have double radiators everywhere and a 10 year old combi boiler. My home stays warm. I can't do 20 on the thermostat. I can't breathe. Boiler temp is set to 60.

20c on a thermostat is kinda low atleast for the colder winter months, mines currently set to 20c to test my improved heating system and I should be wearing a jumper now but this will raise to either 21-22c to stop me freezing my bollocks off in the coming months. I'm hoping I will feel less cold this year now I have far more heat coming from the radiators although my stairs are in my living room with a very large patio window so it's hard to keep that room toasty.

Whenever Hive decides to turn it on.
It averaged about 1.5 hours in September, mostly in the early mornings, and early evening.
Technically its never turned off, its just that in the summer the temperature never drops low enough to trigger it.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

20c on a thermostat is kinda low atleast for the colder winter months, mines currently set to 20c to test my improved heating system and I should be wearing a jumper now but this will raise to either 21-22c to stop me freezing my bollocks off in the coming months. I'm hoping I will feel less cold this year now I have far more heat coming from the radiators although my stairs are in my living room with a very large patio window so it's hard to keep that room toasty.

I have a cold draft from my kitchen. I want to put underfloor heating in there.

20 is unbearable for me. When I got my combi boiler put in the guy who installed it told me if my boiler temp reaches around 40 that's good. Having that temperature constant is perfect and you'll get low bills. I continue to see that with 15/16 on the thermostat. The gas man took temperatures in each room then set the boiler accordingly. I have since increased the boiler temperature to 60 for the winter but with the thermostat at 15.5 I still see temperatures of around 40.

Do you have double radiators? They are beasts.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by thenry

I have a cold draft from my kitchen. I want to put underfloor heating in there.

20 is unbearable for me. When I got my combi boiler put in the guy who installed it told me if my boiler temp reaches around 40 that's good. Having that temperature constant is perfect and you'll get low bills. I continue to see that with 15/16 on the thermostat. The gas man took temperatures in each room then set the boiler accordingly. I have since increased the boiler temperature to 60 for the winter but with the thermostat at 15.5 I still see temperatures of around 40.

Do you have double radiators? They are beasts.

Single radiators here, but they all now have TRVs on since the boiler replacement, I also had my small bedroom radiator fixed and the 2nd radiator behind my living room computer desk recommissioned as I had kept that switched off for 25 years, so the house should technically be far easier to heat and keep warm, hopefully using less boiler gas time.

I never leave my heating on 24/7 and it's never on during the night, it goes off at 10pm, that seems like a waste of gas when there is no one home, but if someone is a night owl they would likely need the heating on still but I really don't see the point when I'm in bed. Heating gets turned back on remotely before I return home from work etc.

[thenry]

I'm always home. I love home. Which explains the heating staying on. I just looked at the notes from the gas man and it reads 43 increase by 5-10 for the winter.

Our house is in use 24 x 7, its very rare for no one at all to be in.

[thenry]

That's a blessing in disguise Boss