Have you got a smart meter? You could try out both for a day and see what it costs
I leave on around 15 - if you let it get too cold, it gets into the bricks of the house - you then have mould and damp issues
We keep ours on a minimum of 18 and turn it up when needed, only had it on for 7 days this winter though.
Yeah I've got smart thermostat so can set it all and automate etc.
Working from home I'd just wrap up warm to be fair and try not to have it on.
Just at the minute I don't fancy everything freezing up.
That's what I do!Working from home I'd just wrap up warm to be fair and try not to have it on.
Not cheap! But if we leave it on 18c it rarely turns on most of the time. As others I work from home and weather several layers and turn it up a bit in the evenings.How cheap is gas over there?
Martin Lewis addressed this question last week and said don’t keep it on just use it when you need it as long term it costs less.Random mumsnet question.
Do people find it cheaper to have it on low all day and then crank it when they need it or off completely but then let it take much longer to get to a normal temperature when needed?
To get from 6 or 7 up to 18 takes a fair while.
Does turning off the radiators in spare rooms help much?
Yeah I've been looking at Smart TRVs to turn them off when not in use or needed.
Ours is on 15’ during the day and 19’ when most of us are in. It’s too cold to work at 15’Not cheap! But if we leave it on 18c it rarely turns on most of the time. As others I work from home and weather several layers and turn it up a bit in the evenings.
how long do you houses take to warm up? I have the heating downstairs set to come on at 5pm and it's only about now, which is 8:45 that the room is warm
don't really want to start putting the heating on at 1:30pm the bill will be ridiculous
I feel your pain. Used to have a two-bed double-bay mid terrace on Dickens Rd. Mid thirties build, no insulation to speak of. The only way it could have been worse would have been to swap with Bert next door who had the end house!I live in a 2 bed mid terrace and it's fucking freezing. No cavity walls so the only option is external insulation which costs a fortune
Have to crank the heating right up to 20 and I'm still in layers and under a duvet on the sofa
It's bonkers that solid wall construction was carried on into the 50's-60's.I feel your pain. Used to have a two-bed double-bay mid terrace on Dickens Rd. Mid thirties build, no insulation to speak of. The only way it could have been worse would have been to swap with Bert next door who had the end house!
Glad to be in a mid-sixties with insulated cavity walls now.
Yes, we took a long time to catch up. Having said that, I did have a 1919 bungalow for a few years, and that had cavity walls! It was a one-off build that I assume was built by someone with a bit of vision.It's bonkers that solid wall construction was carried on into the 50's-60's.
We lived in a 1929 constructed local authority house using cavity wall method.
Got tbh honest though didn't exactly feel toasty , single glazed and just a fire,later with about three bedroom rads off the back burner.
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