Nope? What he didn't say it or its not true? Nope ain't no answer man
central heating chat
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London Female
Über Member
My daughter regularly turns the heating up to 25 and I just got home from work to find it switched to "on constantly" at 25. Now knows why I couldn't sleep last night. I shall be turning it back to "timed" and down to 18.
No heating here yet, though Mrs P-xxx has commenced the annual 'feely a bit chilly' thing recently.
I told her it was because she wasn't using the hoover briskly enough! That got her roiled up sufficiently to create its own heat so we don't have to turn the boiler on yet
I told her it was because she wasn't using the hoover briskly enough! That got her roiled up sufficiently to create its own heat so we don't have to turn the boiler on yet
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
No heating here yet, though Mrs P-xxx has commenced the annual 'feely a bit chilly' thing recently.
I told her it was because she wasn't using the hoover briskly enough! That got her roiled up sufficiently to create its own heat so we don't have to turn the boiler on yet
You are a brave man and to think i stuck up for you recently. Best you cuddle up and keep her warm
Puddles
Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
- Location
- Hamble, Southampton
You are a brave man and to think i stuck up for you recently. Best you cuddle up and keep her warm
I shall attempt the cuddle thing with Mrs P-xxx......But...... Having had a decent Jalfrezi, a bottle of Shiraz and a few cans of Murphy's Stout, I'm certain she'll find a way to avoid my advances .. lol
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
My Dad told me that radiators only work from late October to early April.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Our house is big (which is one of the many reasons I'm always skint) and heating is a massive cost...therefore we (well, I) hold out as long as poss... mid October, I reckon, this year. And so beginneth the thermostat wars, wherein I make sure it isn't above 18 every time I walk past it. And Mrs F/the kids switch it up again.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I have a similar problem Fnaar, I pay all the bills in the household as nobody will give hubby a job on account of him buggering off early to go to dialysis 3 times a week. He turns the thermostat up and I keep it down to 18. I have told him that if he wants it higher that I need help with the bills. Its going to be a problem this year. Last year we had the wood burner so it was free to heat the home.
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
I've got rid of the problem altogether. I've moved in with someone else 
Once the heating went on in the old house it stayed on at a comfy minimum until the weather warmed up. It was cheaper than on/off running.
Once the heating went on in the old house it stayed on at a comfy minimum until the weather warmed up. It was cheaper than on/off running.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
On here - not often off as Mrs SD is always cold.
We are 'ready for winter' - we have an open fire in the lounge which we feed with coal and logs and oil central heating. The latter costs an eye-watering amount when we fill the tank up every 7-8 months (about £1400 last month) plus coal has now gone up to £16 a bag (we peak at 2ish bags a week when it gets really cold) so it's an expensive hobby this heating malarky.
Just ordered a double load of logs too - they'll last us through the winter and are not too bad at £130.
House is too big for the two of us but we like where it is!
We are 'ready for winter' - we have an open fire in the lounge which we feed with coal and logs and oil central heating. The latter costs an eye-watering amount when we fill the tank up every 7-8 months (about £1400 last month) plus coal has now gone up to £16 a bag (we peak at 2ish bags a week when it gets really cold) so it's an expensive hobby this heating malarky.
Just ordered a double load of logs too - they'll last us through the winter and are not too bad at £130.
House is too big for the two of us but we like where it is!
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
- Location
- Reading
How much would you say you spend on heating per day? I just wonder whether I may save money by spending the evening in a pub.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
<wags finger>as long as you spend it on winter fuel and not chocolate, sweets or the Downton Abbey DVD boxed set</wags finger>
Puddles
Do I need to get the spray plaster out?
- Location
- Hamble, Southampton
We have been lucky so far, the garden was so over grown and had a number of already chopped down trees in it, so that was logs for quite a while, then they have been snipping back and chopping the dangerous trees down on the main road, Hubby is enough of a Jock to simply ask them what they do with them (nothing) and can he have them (yes) when he has passed them on the school run. So the tree men type people have sawn them into great big rounds and Hubby has loaded up the car and brought them home, or carried big branches home. Then he sets about them with an axe and I can't think why but watching him chop the logs seems to give have an adverse effect on me in the hot flush department, which in turn means less heating is needed 
