[Misc] Have you had the heating on yet? [2017]

melias shoes

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• Sep 3, 2017

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happypig said:

Mine has been on all summer, set to warm the house if it drops below 14C (it hasn't). Previously mrs H would sit there and whine "can we have the heating on" but now I tell her, as she shivers under a blanket, that it's on all the time and because it's an intelligent thermostat it will come on when it thinks we need it (I've yet to tell her it's adjustable).

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She Will sus and when she does..........

 

melias shoes

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JC Footy Genius said:

And give those big spiders even more reason to set up home in the bath .. no way.

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Hope you don't kill them JC.

 

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ac gull

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #43

No heating on here yet

 

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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Boring By Sea

• Sep 3, 2017

• #44

Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

My old boiler is now obsolete, so getting a new one in a couple of weeks. It had better work!

By the way people, you do know you're supposed to turn the heating on occasionally during the summer, so stop the sludge settling and solidifying at the bottom of the system?

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We went for a Combi boiler and so far it's been an excellent choice. The thermostat works by wireless but yet to check it works- although I suspect plumber did all that on installation.

 

happypig

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #45

Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

My old boiler is now obsolete, so getting a new one in a couple of weeks. It had better work!

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My boiler is also obsolete but I'm quite fond of her

 

JC Footy Genius

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #46

melias shoes said:

Hope you don't kill them JC.

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No I don't kill them. I've already evicted two (possibly the same one). Only Wasps and flies receive a death sentence.

 

melias shoes

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• #47

JC Footy Genius said:

No I don't kill them. I've already evicted two (possibly the same one). Only Wasps and flies receive a death sentence.

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crasher

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #48

Bozza said:

Do you have a fireplace suitable for such or did she go full-on cavewoman on you?

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We do actually have a fireplace I'm pleased to say. She didn't just roll an old oil drum into the centre of the room.

 

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Bodian

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #49

crasher said:

Mrs crasher has lit a log fire in the living room. On 3 September FFS.

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We've had one for quite a few nights now. But it is regularly five degrees cooler up here than in Sussex.

 

Goring-by-Seagull

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #50

No heating at all here if we can help it. It costs money don't you know!

Especially since we got one of those smart meters - you can literally watch your bills skyrocket

 

Papak

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Jul 11, 2003

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #51

Bozza said:

I note you didn't turn it off and then have a stern word.

Admit it - you enjoyed that delicious warmth for those few minutes didn't you?

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Definition of a split second..... me having a stern word and turning the fire being turned off!

 

Stat Brother

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #52

When the temperature in Stat Towers drops below 16 degrees the heating will come on.


Simples.

 

btnbelle

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Apr 26, 2017

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #53

No heating yet, have jumpers to put on before it get properly cold. I think my cavity wall insulation helps too.

 

Papak

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Horsham

• Sep 3, 2017

• #54

On an aside - I have dual zone heating and earlier this summer the upstairs thermostat was reading 34°C. This is actually above the melting point of ear wax. FACT.

 

The Antikythera Mechanism

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #55

Turned the dyson on, in the conservatory, for the first time today,since March. Makes it a comfortable room, without heating the rest of the house, which has energy inefficient solid brick external walls. Still in t-shirt and shorts of course.

 

Super Steve Earle

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• Sep 3, 2017

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Er, just giving it a little test run at the moment, purely for research of course.

 

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1234andcounting

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #57

This global warming lark isn't all it's cracked up to be, obviously.

 

Weststander

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• Sep 3, 2017

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Close to doing it to get a couple of thick non-Tumble Driable items dry, instead of leaving them festering wet.

 

The Merry Prankster

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• Sep 3, 2017

• #59

Bozza said:

As the heating has already kicked in here, it's time to resurrect an old favourite.

I'm still in shorts and t-shirt, of course, but the central heating has made a seasonal debut "just to lift the chill off the place". This is considerably earlier than 2016.

Anyone else?

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Yep. Mother on law broke her wrist today, she's 84 and was in shock. Perfect excuse.

 

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• Sep 3, 2017

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CorgiRegisteredFriend said:

We went for a Combi boiler and so far it's been an excellent choice. The thermostat works by wireless but yet to check it works- although I suspect plumber did all that on installation.

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Yeah, that's what we're doing too. Should improve the pressure, and give us a "new" cupboard when the hot tank goes. I suspect we'll give it a good "test" before long.