Central heating

Seasider_Matt

Seasider_Matt

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Seems to of soared. Read a page about it coating £1.68 an hour... How can this be right. I would've thought £7 a day for 24/7 heating on a 21°c thermostat....
 
The cost per hour is dependent on various things. Temperature setting, size of house, heat loss via walls, windows, floors and roof, use of room radiator thermostats, boiler efficiency.

To reduce cost: insulate, stop draughts, shut curtains, heat less of your house, less of the time (just the room you're using maybe), wear layers and adapt to a lower temperature. I used to do 19 whole house about 15 hours a day and I now do 17, downstairs only, evening only, and set radiator thermostats upstairs to a low setting. I can't afford to do what I used to do and I'm using less than half the gas I did before the price hikes, about a third I think, but still spending a bit more. £100 a month instead of £80.

Burning fossil fuels needs to come to an end asap really so it's not a bad thing in my opinion.
 
I’m hitting £40 a week for gas and around £70 for electricity but I do have an EV. That’s a lot and the gas will probably go over £50 once the freeze hits. I’m lucky in one aspect I don’t drink or smoke or over spend on things that are not necessary, sadly though there are a lot of people less fortunate and will go without food or miss other bills just to stay warm this winter.
 
My 28kw combi boiler equates to £1.87 per hour but set to a fairly low temperature. Topped up in living room and conservatory with electric heating so all considered it ain’t going to be cheap this winter !
 
ansdellmafia said:
My 28kw combi boiler equates to £1.87 per hour but set to a fairly low temperature. Topped up in living room and conservatory with electric heating so all considered it ain’t going to be cheap this winter !
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Seems quite a lot that ? Do you have a room thermostat ?
 
Mine costs 43p per hour but I have it “bent“. But as long as you don’t get caught who cares. Chances of getting caught are slim and I’d plead ignorance, pretend I didn’t know it was set up that way. One thing is for sure…We won’t be getting cold this winter 👍
 
Have a bit of a problem with damp and mould in my house. Would definitely just not have the heating on if that were an option... it's a rented house and it's not the best insulated or the most well kept by the landlord so not really sure what I can do other than have the heating on.
 
voyeur said:
The cost per hour is dependent on various things. Temperature setting, size of house, heat loss via walls, windows, floors and roof, use of room radiator thermostats, boiler efficiency.

To reduce cost: insulate, stop draughts, shut curtains, heat less of your house, less of the time (just the room you're using maybe), wear layers and adapt to a lower temperature. I used to do 19 whole house about 15 hours a day and I now do 17, downstairs only, evening only, and set radiator thermostats upstairs to a low setting. I can't afford to do what I used to do and I'm using less than half the gas I did before the price hikes, about a third I think, but still spending a bit more. £100 a month instead of £80.

Burning fossil fuels needs to come to an end asap really so it's not a bad thing in my opinion.
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I agree with the last paragraph but the problem is people are only reducing their use based on cost and ability to pay. I very much doubt that the most well off in our society will have turned down their boilers. Once again it seems that the least well off are making the biggest contribution to reducing carbon emissions through necessity and if prices were to fall I suspect most would turn the heat back up.
 
traffordtang said:
I agree with the last paragraph but the problem is people are only reducing their use based on cost and ability to pay. I very much doubt that the most well off in our society will have turned down their boilers. Once again it seems that the least well off are making the biggest contribution to reducing carbon emissions through necessity and if prices were to fall I suspect most would turn the heat back up.
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Absolutely, I agree.
 
todayistheday said:
If you are cold just switch the facker on, you only live once, the stress of saving a few quid will kill you off.
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Totally agree folk are totally obsessed yet spunk money on all other things like confetti.

My Dad for example won't put the heating on yet goes to pub twice a week,meal out once, gambles,just gone to Spain for 2 weeks and has plenty in the bank yet sits in the cold.
 
I have my heating and fire on when I want it on. I won’t be cold. I’m well in credit on both gas and electric from not having anything on May to November
 
Bloodtangerine said:
Mine costs 43p per hour but I have it “bent“. But as long as you don’t get caught who cares. Chances of getting caught are slim and I’d plead ignorance, pretend I didn’t know it was set up that way. One thing is for sure…We won’t be getting cold this winter 👍
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How, please tell
 
poolseasider said:
Totally agree folk are totally obsessed yet spunk money on all other things like confetti.

My Dad for example won't put the heating on yet goes to pub twice a week,meal out once, gambles,just gone to Spain for 2 weeks and has plenty in the bank yet sits in the cold.
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Sure but that's his choice. Doesn't want to give up the things he enjoys most in life presumably. And not everyone can afford to pay for heating and eat etc.
 
voyeur said:
Sure but that's his choice. Doesn't want to give up the things he enjoys most in life presumably. And not everyone can afford to pay for heating and eat etc.
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Nope he's a tight wad with plenty in the bank and would rather not spend on heating.

And that's how it is for the majority- pubs, restaurants,cafes,music venues,sport grounds, airports etc etc are all complety rammed.
 
poolseasider said:
Nope he's a tight wad with plenty in the bank and would rather not spend on heating.

And that's how it is for the majority- pubs, restaurants,cafes,music venues,sport grounds, airports etc etc are all complety rammed.
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Well my experience of volunteering in Manchester and Bolton has shown me that some people at least just can't afford to heat their homes. And others don't have a home and now aren't allowed tents apparently FFS! There's a sliding scale, and it's not really adequate to simply say if you can't afford heating it is your own fault, or you ae a tight wad or whaever. Might be true of your dad obviosuly.
 
Set mine to 20 degrees from 7am until 7pm today as working from home and it cost me about 3 quid max for that according to my smart meter.

Admittedly I put my thermostat in the room that gets all the sun, but still regulated the temp enough to keep the whole house at a relatively decent level of warm all day.

That’s less than a costa latte, of which I used to drink 3 a day !

The first hour will be the most expensive as it will be firing the boiler up more to reach 20, then it seems to be relatively cheap just keep it there.
 
SwannDangerous said:
Have a bit of a problem with damp and mould in my house. Would definitely just not have the heating on if that were an option... it's a rented house and it's not the best insulated or the most well kept by the landlord so not really sure what I can do other than have the heating on.
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Get a decent dehumidifier, think we paid around £120 for ours and it's brilliant. We had the pointing done, then new windows/doors front and back, so where the moisture used to leave the house it was suddenly trapped inside so had condensation and mould forming.

Dehumidifier on a couple of hours a day upstairs and downstairs overnight and it's no longer an issue. It also dries washing quickly so use a maiden instead of the dryer with the dehumidifier near it overnight.
 
Lala said:
Set mine to 20 degrees from 7am until 7pm today as working from home and it cost me about 3 quid max for that according to my smart meter.

Admittedly I put my thermostat in the room that gets all the sun, but still regulated the temp enough to keep the whole house at a relatively decent level of warm all day.

That’s less than a costa latte, of which I used to drink 3 a day !

The first hour will be the most expensive as it will be firing the boiler up more to reach 20, then it seems to be relatively cheap just keep it there.
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Kept mine on yesterday from 5.30 am till 9.30 pm ticking along at 20 daytime and 21 evening and it cost £10.50 😢
 
Seasideforever said:
Kept mine on yesterday from 5.30 am till 9.30 pm ticking along at 20 daytime and 21 evening and it cost £10.50 😢
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Thats a bit longer than me and 1 degree higher, but massive difference .
I think mine maybe swayed by the fact the thermostat gets a lot of Sun heat so maybe thinks the whole house is warmer than it is. Still keeps it reasonably warm though and takes the edge off.
 
The thermostat did keep it off for quite some time ,The boiler was only actually fired for 7.5 hours for heating but it does heat the hot water cylinder as well.
 
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