Central Heating - do you leave it on whilst at work?
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Pickled Piper said:
That's neat. We have a Siemens electronic programmable thermostat. So the heating stays on all the time and the thermostat regulates to a lower programmed setting at night and when we are out. It doesn't have the smart feature you mention.
Electronic programmable thermostats are definitely the way to go. The old fashioned mechanical stats are next to useless.
pp
Presume it is something like this: Electronic programmable thermostats are definitely the way to go. The old fashioned mechanical stats are next to useless.
pp
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Controls/Programmable-Room...
If so, did you fit it yourself? Does it simply replace the existing stat, or do you also have to change the boiler controls (i.e. CH / HW / Timed / On / Off etc.)?
MK4 Slowride said:
coolcatmaz said:
I also have the added advantage of my heating costs being included in my rent 
So does my tennant who also gets cold a lot.To be fair, I leave it on about 13 degrees during the day and turn it up to 17 degrees at night when I'm there and they still make a good profit from me
Crusoe said:
coolcatmaz said:
My cottage and their farmhouse get very very cold quickly and probably one of the reasons i have been ill for 6 weeks now.
Cold doesn't make you ill, try opening a window 
no need with the amount of drafts coming in through them and the front doors. Stone walls and flag stone flooring ensures the place stays cold
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I have one of these - ideal, you leave the CH on 24/7 and set a temperature for each time of the day. Mine goes 16 > 21 > 10 > 20 > 16 throught the day....
There are even better ones available now (sorry don't know the brand) that 'predict' the cooling effect on the room (outside temp etc) and hence adjust the time to come on so its 21 @ 9am for example rather than turning on at 9am and taking 20 mins to get to 21... very interesting.
Also as I have a combi boiler the heating can't run whilst the hot water is running as it makes the water tepid - so I have it set to reach temp before I have a shower in the morning.
I have one of these - ideal, you leave the CH on 24/7 and set a temperature for each time of the day. Mine goes 16 > 21 > 10 > 20 > 16 throught the day....
There are even better ones available now (sorry don't know the brand) that 'predict' the cooling effect on the room (outside temp etc) and hence adjust the time to come on so its 21 @ 9am for example rather than turning on at 9am and taking 20 mins to get to 21... very interesting.
Also as I have a combi boiler the heating can't run whilst the hot water is running as it makes the water tepid - so I have it set to reach temp before I have a shower in the morning.
miniman said:
Pickled Piper said:
That's neat. We have a Siemens electronic programmable thermostat. So the heating stays on all the time and the thermostat regulates to a lower programmed setting at night and when we are out. It doesn't have the smart feature you mention.
Electronic programmable thermostats are definitely the way to go. The old fashioned mechanical stats are next to useless.
pp
Presume it is something like this: Electronic programmable thermostats are definitely the way to go. The old fashioned mechanical stats are next to useless.
pp
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Controls/Programmable-Room...
If so, did you fit it yourself? Does it simply replace the existing stat, or do you also have to change the boiler controls (i.e. CH / HW / Timed / On / Off etc.)?
pp
Just to confirm, some of you put your heating on when there is nobody there? What a waste. Unless it's well below zero for several hours you aren't going to get any problems with frozen pipes and even then having it on for a few minutes during the night would be enough to heat up the system and stop it freezing. Surely if you put your heating on just before you get home the house will be warm when you get in?
In the morning the timer is set to come on at 5.40am and go off at 7.20am when we leave for work. In the evening it comes on at 5pm and goes off at 10pm. Big old stone house from the 1870s. Doesn't matter what you do, in the winter the house never gets above 17C. In the summer though, you can go for weeks without the heating, much better on the wallet.
When the wife is home though, she'll flip the switch and the heating is on all the time. Me, I'll just put on another sweater. Ours is a Vaillant boiler and thermostat and even if the boiler is on it will have a 15min period of 'overrun' every 2 hrs when the pump goes and the hot water circulates but doesn't burn any gas. Previous owner had the boiler out on a limb in an outhouse and didn't have a thermostat - the boiler was raging or off, no inbetween. Saved a 1/3 by sorting the boiler.
RickH
When the wife is home though, she'll flip the switch and the heating is on all the time. Me, I'll just put on another sweater. Ours is a Vaillant boiler and thermostat and even if the boiler is on it will have a 15min period of 'overrun' every 2 hrs when the pump goes and the hot water circulates but doesn't burn any gas. Previous owner had the boiler out on a limb in an outhouse and didn't have a thermostat - the boiler was raging or off, no inbetween. Saved a 1/3 by sorting the boiler.
RickH
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