Have you put your heating on yet?

[Wolfox]

I had a nasty bill and a couple more to come before the winter is out…

 

I brought a thermal curtain to go across the front door and some more smart thermostats as the hallway, stairs and landing as they appear to be the warmest part of the house and account for ~25% of the houses total m2

 

Beyond that temperatures have gone down on stats and we keep the front room warm with an open fire…. I’m really out of ideas now….

 

I never used to think about energy bills in my previous more modern house…. All that has changed since moving into an old place… I still love my home, but don’t love the bills!!!

[FoxesDeb]

15 hours ago, Izzy said:

Same here mate. We used 875 kwh in November and 1300 kwh in December so about 50% increase.

 

I think it's mainly down to us using our electric radiators more this month as it was so cold. Everything else has stayed pretty much the same usage.

 

I guess the only other thing that can be done is freeze to death, but for the sake of an extra couple of hundred quid a month for a few months of the year, it is what it is...

 

Blimey, are you using the log burner too? 

 

Is there any sign of the prices coming down in the UK yet?

[Izzy]

5 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

Blimey, are you using the log burner too? 

 

Is there any sign of the prices coming down in the UK yet?

Yeah we're using the log burner every evening!

 

It means we don't need to use the radiator in the lounge/conservatory/hall but we're spending way more on logs than I thought we would 

 

I've just had an e-mail from E-On to say prices are going UP from Jan 1st from 35.056p (per kWh) to 35.134p.

 

Hardly worth the extra communication but it's still increasing rather than decreasing. Madness that only a coupe of years ago we were paying 12p per kWh so effectively the price has trebled.

[Parafox]

Yes, tonight and this morning. 

 

Chilly AF.

[Guest Lako42]

Boiler goes off at the start of May and doesn't come on again until Oct even if there is a new ice age. 

[SystonFox]

18 hours ago, Parafox said:

Yes, tonight and this morning. 

 

Chilly AF.

i've got shorts and flip flops on whassup with yers?

[FoyleFox]

First heating operation of the winter tonight. Suspect it'll be kicking in regularly over the next few days. 

[Parafox]

Heating on at 7pm. Cos it's... chilly 

 

Mrs P saying she's too warm. Turn it down.

 

It's set to come on at 15 degrees FFS. At 15 degrees you'd put a coat on if you went outside.

 

I go to bed later than her and she has the bedroom window open!!!!

 

F*** off with your Menopausal hot sweats. I'm COLD.

Edited 14 October 2023 by Parafox

[Jattdogg]

Mines on for the last week. Keep mine at 21 degrees which for englanders is too hot. In canada, fook that i need warmth lol.

[Nick]

Yeah, lit first fire on Friday night. 
 

Heating programmed for an hour at dawn and before bed.

 

Temperature in the Dales is dropping now and wind gust up to 40mph pretty much an everyday kinda thing.

[Thefox81]

Not yet. Mid november for me. Still pottering round the house in shorts and t-shirt

[Guest Lako42]

Heating on, ****ing wimps. 

 

Did wake up to moisture on the inside of the windows this morning though

[Trav Le Bleu]

3 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

Heating on, ****ing wimps. 

 

Did wake up to moisture on the inside of the windows this morning though

Yeah, same here. Though the moisture is probably more down to any damp you brought in with you yesterday, which in my case, was a lot!

Edited 14 October 2023 by Trav Le Bleu

[Free Falling Foxes]

7 hours ago, Parafox said:

Heating on at 7pm. Cos it's... chilly 

 

Mrs P saying she's too warm. Turn it down.

 

It's set to come on at 15 degrees FFS. At 15 degrees you'd put a coat on if you went outside.

 

I go to bed later than her and she has the bedroom window open!!!!

 

F*** off with your Menopausal hot sweats. I'm COLD.

Tis the opposite in our house. Several times already since before the end of August, I'm sitting with a T shirt on whilst Mrs. FFF complains she's cold. She has even put her dressing gown on over her clothes and curled up on the sofa. She has also lit a fire half a dozen times already.

Our front room is like a bloody furnace sometimes. I made the mistake once of putting a thermometer in our lounge to prove it was hot (27 degrees iirc) but got short shrift. 'I don't care what it shows, I'm cold'

Edited 14 October 2023 by Free Falling Foxes

[Daggers]

Heating on? Fvck off.

 

Can you see snow yet?

[fox_up_north]

Ran my radiators yesterday and pushed the PSI just to check them. All good. Might get a cradle for the coal fire. 

[Trumpet]

Woke up to the living room being 18c. Felt cool, but with the sun out all day it should warm the house nicely. Windows open for a bit to get some fresh air in.

[FoyleFox]

12 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

First heating operation of the winter tonight. Suspect it'll be kicking in regularly over the next few days. 

Apparently not! It should've done, as it was only 18c this morning, but the stupid @#!%&@ Hive was and remains offline. In theory the Hive system is great, but in reality it's an absolute pain in the Ar$e.

[Zear0]

8 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

Mines on for the last week. Keep mine at 21 degrees which for englanders is too hot. In canada, fook that i need warmth lol.

Literally clenched reading this. 

[Nalis]

On 30/09/2022 at 11:32, foxy boxing said:

Government advice - if it's cold put extra layers on to stay warm.   while they live in their heated second homes. 

Know this is from last year but have to laugh at government advice during the cost of living crisis like your quote plus not buying branded foods, as if this is a completely new idea people havent thought of let alone lived through, completely out of touch.

[Jattdogg]

7 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Literally clenched reading this. 

I dont think our bills are as high as yours might be for heating/cooling so not as much an impact £$ wise. 

[FoyleFox]

9 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

Mines on for the last week. Keep mine at 21 degrees which for englanders is too hot. In canada, fook that i need warmth lol.

No it isn't, not in our house, anyway. Last year, due to costs, I negotiated a 20c compromise.

[CPepFox]

Heat not on yet, but probably start tomorrow. Stat set at 18.5 or 66F. Going to be very cool next few days and nights. 

[fox_up_north]

Stuck it on for an hour last night. Will see what the Octopus app tells me. They also gave me £87 gas credit. Will ring them because that feels...off.

[HarryDee8]

I always try to put the heating on for around 20.5 degrees. Then try to leave it constant at that level