Have you put your heating on yet?

[Boydy]

Cba making a poll cause I'm on mobile.

I told myself I was gonna hold out till November but it's getting a bit chilly.

[Spikey M]

Less Freds.

[Boydy]

More threads. Both on tth and on me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No. There was one night last week where I thought about it.

I actually have windows open today.

[Lofty]

I have a collection of hoodies and fleeces assembled specifically to avoid the heating being abused early doors. It wont go on until the same time as I turn the outdoor tap off for the year: when it's freezing.

[niko_cee]

Yes, although it hasn't come on much as we have a digital thermostat which my wife can't easily just turn up [unlike the old twisty ones]. The boiler's also in an outhouse which stops her from fucking shit up in there as well.

[Disco]

No, normally don't other than to chase away the damp and air the place out.

[Offshore Toon]

As if. I'd be surprised if I bother before February.

[Pepe]

It's been on a couple of times, but won't go on permanently for another month or so.

[Jimmy Floyd]

No. I only ever put it on if I think the pipes might freeze. If it gets cold I have a trusty supply of hoodies.

[Shindig]

Not yet.

[Ben]

Yes. I have a baby.

[Spikey M]

Sounds like it needs to man up.

[Lewis]

I haven't, and I don't really sit with it on even 'normally' other than to briefly take the edge off (which is more for damp than anything) or if I'm drying washing. I would rather wear layers in the cold than sit around in a hot room. When I lived in Norwich my radiator got a bubble in it, and it was too much of a ballache to co-ordinate everybody turning their radiator offs through the United Nations, so, since I got the bills in my name, I just stopped paying for gas (electric oven, electric shower) and didn't have any heating for two years. I used to sit on MSN with the lads in two jumpers and builders' socks.

[Giggles]

Half an hour in the mornings. I did switch the fire on one evening last week though, but it was because I had visitors.

[Spikey M]

During the proper winter months we'll generally shove it on for an hour in the morning, but otherwise its socks and jumpers all round.

My neighbour has her heating on for 9 months of the year and on the odd occasion we've been round there it's been about 25c and they're all bowling around in t-shirts. They're going bankrupt this winter.

[Don]

Fuck off. As covered, this is still windows open season. Get some clothes, you tramp.

Also, thanks to the scaremongering, adjusted the boiler to only be on for 1 hour as opposed to the default 5 or so hours and it seems to be more than enough for 2 showers and any daily use for a household. Have to wonder how much energy is being wasted on this shit.

[Mike]

Yes. I have a baby.
This. Though I’m all for it because I’m right wimp about being cold. Bring back the heatwave.

[Magic]

Only once but it was like 3C up here one night.

The smart meter is up to £5 a day in electricity. :(

[Yevrah]

Not deliberately yet, but I came downstairs yesterday morning to a wall of heat which I realised was from my thermostat handset dipping below the minimum temperature.

[Baz]

Yes, although it hasn't come on much as we have a digital thermostat which my wife can't easily just turn up [unlike the old twisty ones]. The boiler's also in an outhouse which stops her from fucking shit up in there as well.What's the temperature that it comes on at?

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We're the opposite in my house. She wants it on 16 degrees and I want it on 22. It's not cos she's a skinflint either, she just seems to be perpetually warm.

I hate this time of year where it's not really cold enough to have the heating on but its too cold outside to have clothes on the washing line. We have a drier but I don't like putting my actual clothes in there, just towels and socks.

[Spikey M]

We hang clothes out all year round (unless it's raining or something, obviously). It still dries better out there, then it just needs a holf hour in the drier to finish it off.

Christ we've got fucking boring.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What's the temperature that it comes on at?

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We're the opposite in my house. She wants it on 16 degrees and I want it on 22. It's not cos she's a skinflint either, she just seems to be perpetually warm.

I hate this time of year where it's not really cold enough to have the heating on but its too cold outside to have clothes on the washing line. We have a drier but I don't like putting my actual clothes in there, just towels and socks.
My Nest auto-schedule seems to bounce between multiple points between 10 and 16.

I would normally just leave it on at 14 or 16 and then knock it up to 22/24 if I wanted the heating on for a bit.

[Giggles]

I’ve never rented, owned, or even been in a house that you could fit a nest in.

[Manc]

Does anyone have a Hive thermostat?

[Magic]

Yes. Set to 7C obv. :drool:

[Manc]

I'm in the market. Any others worth considering?

[Magic]

I'm in the market. Any others worth considering?

No idea. The whole smart home thing is the biggest gimmick on earth.

Being able to turn your heating on/off remotely is quite good but one thermostat for the whole house is pointless.

[Dave.]

No, I've just started wearing socks and a jumper in the house. Far too warm for heating.

[mo]

At the moment we're using Hive to flick the heating on for a half hour boost in the morning and early evening, when the kids go to bed. My wife lives in her dressing gown now (opposite problem to Baz's wife it seems) and I don't feel it as much.

[Lofty]

Only once but it was like 3C up here one night.

The smart meter is up to £5 a day in electricity. :(

How are you managing £5 a day in electric? I run a tropical fish tank, normal range of appliances, pretty much have tv/radio on all day working from home and only get above 15p an hour if the air fryer etc is on. What voltage is your drilldo pulling?

[Giggles]

You want to see what a Brewzilla pulls :drool:

[Lofty]

I can imagine, another reason I decided against because it would live in my shed but I'm not confident in the electrical wiring enough to leave anything on in there longer than a few minutes.

[Giggles]

I can imagine, another reason I decided against because it would live in my shed but I'm not confident in the electrical wiring enough to leave anything on in there longer than a few minutes.

I'm the same with mine, the wiring is horrendous so I brew in the kitchen. I'm in the process of rewiring them and putting in a 16 amp socket for the brewing along with some sinks and a waterproof floor in one of them.

[Boydy]

I've caved. Just stuck it on.

[Magic]

How are you managing £5 a day in electric? I run a tropical fish tank, normal range of appliances, pretty much have tv/radio on all day working from home and only get above 15p an hour if the air fryer etc is on. What voltage is your drilldo pulling?

Well the oven is over £1 per hour, for example.

[Yevrah]

Got a roaring fire going, it was fucking freezing so it had to be done.

[Giggles]

I can smell turf coming down the hill from the neighbours. Wish I’d kept my fire when I smell it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My window is still open.

Being a fat bastard who is sick has it perks I guess.

[Mike]

This house has a proper fire in one room and a log burner in the other. Got to get a chimney sweep in before we use them though. Can’t wait!

[Dave.]

I put my heating on the other day purely to see if it works. Don't want a situation where the wife and I are actually freezing, the heating needs to go on and nothing works. That would be a disaster.

[Shindig]

I haven't put the fire on since I've moved. I don't fancy the potential carbon monoxide diet. I'll probably be putting the heating on tonight. My bill's a £360 increase. I am £360 in credit on my account.

[Giggles]

Or you could do like Mike and get the chimney cleaned.

[Lewis]

The government energy handout has ended up paying me seven quid this month, so I might warm the absolute fuck out of the gaff if we're going down the toilet.

[Ben]

LNG is down to 38p per therm from a high of 550p earlier in the year so don’t feel too bad. Actually do, because those energy companies are still making a mint at our expense.

[randomlegend]

Ours hasn't gone on yet but I think it will over the next few days, starting to get chilly.

Still got £550 credit on the account so we've reduced the payments even more.

[-james-]

Mine is on. I'm not walking around my home with a fucking coat on.

[igor_balis]

You heard of a jumper bro?

[randomlegend]

Jumpers have too low xWarmth for James.

[Manc]

My thermostat is knackered. :moop:

[SvN]

I buckled and put it on yesterday.

[-james-]

I'm at an Airbnb with family this weekend and oh my christ. Heating on full whack all day and they're still huddling up to radiators. I'm sat here in short sleeves breaking into a sweat. It's not even because they're not paying for it, they do this at home as well. Is it a symptom of being old?

[SincereTheRebel]

Yeah. Old people love heat. When i was younger. We used to bring our own fan to my grandparents house. It was that bad. We used to sing into it all day long :lol:

[Foe]

One of my flatmates at uni used to live on sauna like conditions. Remember me and the other dude in the flat pleading with him to stop wearing shorts so we could turn the heating down. It was brutal. Too hot is so much worse than too cold. Easy to put more layers on, if you’re uncomfortably hot the game is a bogey.

[Lofty]

Old people feel the cold more. My stepdad has even given in to it at age 74 and that fucker took his own daily meter readings with pen and paper for decades, he was so resistant to putting the heating on.

[niko_cee]

Just inadvertently launched a load of dried chilli dust into my eye. Not really sure how it happened, think it was blowback having finished filling a jar from a bag of it. Bad times.

Edit, this was meant to be in the moaning health thread. Oh well, it is heat related. Don't heat your house with dried chilli.

[Spikey M]

They (Tories) do say it's cheaper to heat the person than it is to heat the home.

[Baz]

I’ve got an Oodie.

[Don]

I've got Lothes.