Have you put your heating on yet?

[Suzie the Fox]

Went on this morning for a couple of hours, very old house - thick walls and the back of the house gets zero sun, it was bloody freezing. Will go on again this evening for a couple of hours also. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

It's on

 

Today was too much. Hopefully not going to stay on.

 

[Daggers]

Still no.

 

And it will remain no until there's white stuff on the ground.

[Milo]

Fvck it. 
 

It’s just gone on. 
 

13 degrees in the house, and I’ve been in and out of fridges for most of today.

 

And I’m cold 

 

 

[Unabomber]

Yeah on today as it’s cold. 

[Foxdiamond]

Yesterday yes for a while in afternoon but not today so far

[Molson Canadian]

We are lucky here in Canada where i am in british columbia, we have large reserves of natural gas which is in turn is even sold to the united states (california, washington state)  our gas rates increases are not that bad yearly.  but even so have to plan for the future.  

 

When i built my house i sealed the plywood sheet seams and covered those with a membrane material and then entire house with tyveck wrap then on top of that another layer of paper/mesh then a skim coat over that then the stucco.  insulated all exterior walls. gasket lining foam on all framing uppers and lowers and then flex air barrier sheeting. attic stuffed full of insulation and all exterior venting all wrapped with insulation.  Then insulated all interior walls and floor joists.  Window ledges and surrounds all insulated double and membrane material, backer foam rod and spray foam around all window seams when in framing stage, same for all exterior doors. basement floor before being poured was insulated not a single gap. the heat isn't going on in this house  gas bill for september was 32 dollars Canadian = 26 pounds which would be attributed to the gas appliances and boiler producing hot water for sinks showers etc.  the exterior concrete foundation of the house was covered with a waterproof membrane  i have 2 gas fireplaces but don't use them so turned off the pilot lights for those. the basement heat has never been turned on in the house. just looked at the thermostats and the house is at 21.5 degrees at the moment and the weather today is heavy rain around 10 degrees. 

[Raj]

Relented yesterday when it was 16 indoors!!!

[whoareyaaa]

Last thursday

[Legend_in_blue]

Yes, although the issue still lies with the outrageous standing charges imo.  No amount of heating will change that.

[SemperEadem]

Yesterday yeah, was 13 degrees.

[urban.spaceman]

Not heating related but rocked up in London yesterday till tomorrow wearing just shorts and a short sleeve shirt and I am seriously regretting my life choices. 

[CosbehFox]

Gave in when it dropped around 15 in the house. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

I live in a relatively small 2 bedroom house which has electric storage heaters. Today I turned on the one that's in the downstairs hallway as that tends to do a reasonable job of warming up most of the house. I'm resisting turning the others on until it gets unbearable.

[Daggers]

14 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Not heating related but rocked up in London yesterday till tomorrow wearing just shorts and a short sleeve shirt and I am seriously regretting my life choices. 

Everyday is shorts day. 

[Guest Lako42]

Was forced to put it on

[ozleicester]

38 here today... fortunately opened up the aircond vents over the weekend.... cool on!

[The Fox Covert]

 9 deg outside and 16.5 deg inside most of the house, because the heating has not been on since early this morning when I got up. Home office is well insulated with dry lined outside walls and a false ceiling which is also insulated and is a comfortable 20 deg. The house is an eighteenth century cottage with thick stone walls and is double-glazed throughout. I have spent quite a lot of money to improve the heating and insulation but the kitchen, which is an outshut on the side of the house, is still rather chilly. I think the next step is probably more insulation in the kitchen roof and the best solution is probably Tyvek slab insulation between the rafters, which I could do myself.

[Molson Canadian]

 

[ajthefox]

On yesterday for the first time for an hour in the evening.

Annoyingly my timer is faulty so it was down to around 14 when I got up.

[Daggers]

I’ve put some socks on for the first time. It must be getting nippy. 

[Jattdogg]

Socks, a mans second best friend.

[Sly]

Mine kicked in yesterday morning. 
 

I thought something was on fire, then realised the heating had come on for the first time in over 6 months. 

[The Blur]

Anyone tempted to put heating on as we approach June due to chill this week?  🤣

[Greg2607]

11 minutes ago, The Blur said:

Anyone tempted to put heating on as we approach June due to chill this week?  🤣

this is madness of the highest order.