Starting to get Cold

danmc_82 · 29-08-2009, 12:25 PM

So how many of you have had your heating on yet. Quite a few people I know already have.

I was tempted this morning but £$£$£$ kept going round my mind

Miyazaki · 29-08-2009, 12:32 PM

Blimey mate. I won't put the heating on until the temp is in single digits. Even then i'll only do it if I have socks + jumper on, and even then I do it grudgingly.

It just feels like such a waste of money.

danmc_82 · 29-08-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Miyazaki

Blimey mate. I won't put the heating on until the temp is in single digits. Even then i'll only do it if I have socks + jumper on, and even then I do it grudgingly.

It just feels like such a waste of money.

Single figures

(Inside or out?) I think most people who put it on have kids as they get cold pretty easy.

If I remember from last year I think it first went on in our house mid September.

metropolis · 29-08-2009, 12:36 PM

i know what you mean about it getting colder but may i suggest putting a jumper on instead of the heating.in fact there are 3 reasons not to put the heating.

1 save the planet

2 save money

3 do not give ****ing spiders an excuse to come in and get a warm.

PoochJD · 29-08-2009, 12:38 PM

Hi,

The temperature around my local area, has still been in the low 20's (centigrade) during the day, and certainly no lower than about 12-15 degrees at night, so I certainly won't be putting the heating on anytime soon.

Is it really so cold in your neck of the woods, that you need heating on, already?!

Pooch

Singh400 · 29-08-2009, 12:44 PM

Stick a jumper on silly, some socks if need be! I say the same to people at work who already have the heating on, and then they complain when they get their bill!

bosque · 29-08-2009, 12:45 PM

We're told it's in the low 20s but it feels much colder. I think they select the highest temperature it is speculated to reach (for about 5 minutes) and then forecast the whole day's temperature on that basis.

metropolis · 29-08-2009, 12:50 PM

sometimes there is a difference between the actual temparature and percieved temperature,sometimes a cool breeze can make it feel colder than it actually is

PoochJD · 29-08-2009, 12:51 PM

Hi Bosque,

What you say may be correct, and weather predictions are simply that - predictions - but it's still not cold enough for me to warrant putting on my heating yet.

Pooch

Dony · 29-08-2009, 12:58 PM

I came home yesterday and the heating was on.

Jenn · 29-08-2009, 1:03 PM

The trouble is when you have young kids who tend to kick the blanket away in the sleep, you worry they'll get cold (and they do and wake up crying).

We haven't had the heating on yet though.

Fozzybear · 29-08-2009, 1:11 PM

It's 21.6c in my room but I feel a bit cold so put on a fleece for the first time in months and months. Might be the wind, when I went out in the garden the wind made me feel really chilly even though the sunshine (between the clouds!) was warm.

I was going to make a comment about having no central heating when I was a kid but would rather not be 'that' person! "Ecky thump, kids t'day don't know they've been born!".

branny · 29-08-2009, 2:31 PM

Heating! Blimey, I'm still wandering around in just a pair of shorts.

Then again, I dont like to be warm anyway so in mid minter I only have my heating set at 17 centigrade.

Miyazaki · 29-08-2009, 2:41 PM

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Originally Posted by danmc_82

Single figures

(Inside or out?) I think most people who put it on have kids as they get cold pretty easy.

If I remember from last year I think it first went on in our house mid September.

Either inside or out. We don't have kids, but if we did we'd buy extra thick socks for them

Usually I will put on the heating around mid October, but never put the heating on for more than 2-3 hours a day even at winter's worst.

Our bedroom doesn't have a radiator anyway as it is a converted attic. Just get an extra thick duvet and you are fine after 15 minutes anyway. I used to live at a farm where there was no central heating at all!

Rorifett · 29-08-2009, 2:42 PM

I've had the heating on a few times but my heating works so well it's literally a case of having the heating on for about 10 mins then switching it off before I start melting, I generally put it on anytime I feel a chill in the air, my knees start to get sore on the inside and my fingers are tight when I'm just about to jump on the xbox/pc.

Ahh the joys of being in my mid-20's...

Miyazaki · 29-08-2009, 2:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rorifett

I've had the heating on a few times but my heating works so well it's literally a case of having the heating on for about 10 mins then switching it off before I start melting, I generally put it on anytime I feel a chill in the air, my knees start to get sore on the inside and my fingers are tight when I'm just about to jump on the xbox/pc.

Ahh the joys of being in my mid-20's...

Get some fingerless gloves

I live in anticipation of the heaters failing at work. Early this year we got almost a whole day off as the central heating packed in and it was declared "unfit working conditions". I laughed all the way home!

Rorifett · 29-08-2009, 2:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Miyazaki

Get some fingerless gloves

Got me 2 pairs last year

Bill Hicks · 29-08-2009, 4:09 PM

I wont put my heating on until the snot forms icicles around my nose!

deckingman · 29-08-2009, 4:29 PM

Mine is automatic with 4 different settings for different times of the day and different days of the week. So, for example the first couple of hours it is set a bit higher while we getting dressed, having showers etc. Then it drops to a lower setting during the day (Monday to Friday this is very low as we are all out at work but Saturday and Sunday it is not so low). Then in the evening it goes higher while we are fairy inactive watching TV etc and at night goes to a low setting just to keep the chill off. If there is a cold spell in May, it comes on, if there is a mild spell in December it doesn't.

mjn · 29-08-2009, 4:32 PM

Still got the back door open, with a nice cooling breeze. Heating? Not until Sept/Oct at the earliest.

Jamezinho · 29-08-2009, 6:18 PM

I don't put the heating on until October. Really no need in August. I have the patio door open all the time and living in shorts at the moment.

tvbox · 29-08-2009, 6:33 PM

If you do need heating, i would recommend gas rather than electric heaters. Gas is cheaper on the bill.

Last year it was really cold so i put loads of electric heaters on, and was

at the bill for £600! (gas and electric). Gas was just £200.

BTW, i havent put the heaters on yet

Fozzybear · 29-08-2009, 7:20 PM

Definitely felt a lot warmer when I went in the garden around 6pm, not that windy by then so guess that was the difference. Would have left the door open for a while but for the kiddy party going on next door... made a change as I don't hear that much from them, they're way quieter than the kids across the road who regularly make a right racket.

**Steven** · 29-08-2009, 9:27 PM

I used my summer duvet during the brief heatwave, then straight back to my 15 tog duvet

Another month and I think I will be back to using two duvets

Thanks

Sniper Ash6 · 29-08-2009, 10:01 PM

Its definately been chilly today, i just kept a jumper on and shut my door so the heat from my computer and 360 didnt escape out

marshall_nathan · 29-08-2009, 10:08 PM

South here temp around 20 no way heating on,i agree kids[i have 3,age 5,2,and 3 mounth old]need more warm but no way heating on in august,the boys running around in the garden all day and the young lady is with mammy all the time

wayne2467 · 29-08-2009, 10:27 PM

The temps seem to be a bit lower the last few nights. Had to shut the conservatory door tonight and even put a jumper on. Heating though wont go on till October.