Have you put your heating on yet?

Have you put your heating on yet?

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sherman

14,381 posts

230 months

Friday 3rd May 2024
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I just moved the timer on the thermostat so the heating comes on at 8pm instead of 6pm. It wont come on until after the sun goes away most nights.
Im not turning it off until we are at least half way through May.

Im also changing the duvet to the summer downy.
Winter was a 10.5 tog
Summer downy will be a 4.5 tog

We do have a 15 tog downy but it hasnt been a bad enough winter in about 5 years for that

Trustmeimadoctor

14,154 posts

170 months

Saturday 4th May 2024
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With our heating on more now we haven't swapped from the summer duvet at all just put on a brushed cover rather than a cooler one

Sheets Tabuer

20,279 posts

230 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Must resist again......

12c 23rd of May FFS!!!!!!

Trustmeimadoctor

14,154 posts

170 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Ii turned mind of on the 11th and just thoughing it out at the moment we are down to 18.5 in the living room

colin79666

2,062 posts

128 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Had mine off since the end of April. Returned from a short break in Berlin last night, left Berlin at over 25 degrees C and sunshine to 11 degrees C and rain. Heating back on for a boost today!

djc206

13,147 posts

140 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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I had the aircon running the other night! Heating was last on 4th May for about half an hour. I doubt the house has dropped below 20C since then.

Puzzles

2,852 posts

126 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Still showing as 22 on the thermostat at the moment

DT1975

819 posts

43 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Just back from the Maldives and the missus whacks the thermostat up. WTF....the heating is now well and truly off. If she wants it on she can meddle with the controller (doesn't have a scoobie so best of luck) ...thermostat showing 19C ambient.

ninepoint2

3,698 posts

175 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Heating back on tonight

Gas1883

1,513 posts

63 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Been on most evenings this week , mrs feels cold so fine with that , though I did query why all the windows were on night vent , apparently fresh air for the cat 😂😂.

okgo

40,426 posts

213 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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Why can’t women grasp thermostats?

B'stard Child

30,211 posts

261 months

Thursday 23rd May 2024
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ninepoint2 said:
Heating back on tonight
Mine too - house down to 17 deg inside - 1 hr boost got it back to 19.5 and cost me 26p

.:ian:.

2,533 posts

218 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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Noticed the stat was showing 17.5 yesterday, but its nice and warm in my office on the top floor so the heating is staying off!

oblio

5,492 posts

242 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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My Mrs suggested turning the heating off a couple of weeks ago! Amazing for her as she feels the cold. We haven't used the log burner for some weeks as well. Also we changed to the summer duvet last week: now 7.5t from the 10.5t one.

Scabutz

8,437 posts

95 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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Blimey weather has not been great but people have the heating on? Mines not been on in weeks.

Might have put a jumper on yesterday but that's it.

macron

11,727 posts

181 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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Is it worth shopping for energy right now?

Hateful British Gas sent me a "please fix your tariff" email yesterday, just as the cap is predicted to fall. Cannot wait to get away from them but with no EV to worry about are they all just the same charging everything they can?

Scabutz

8,437 posts

95 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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macron said:
Is it worth shopping for energy right now?

Hateful British Gas sent me a "please fix your tariff" email yesterday, just as the cap is predicted to fall. Cannot wait to get away from them but with no EV to worry about are they all just the same charging everything they can?
They are all baking in the predicted changes to the cap so don't think you'll find a competitive advantage.

Only thing I've found with Ovo is their PowerMove if you can do it is worth a good chunk. Winter it was easy and I got £15/month credit. The spring one is hard though and I've not managed it.

MikeGTi

2,585 posts

216 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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macron said:
Is it worth shopping for energy right now?

Hateful British Gas sent me a "please fix your tariff" email yesterday, just as the cap is predicted to fall. Cannot wait to get away from them but with no EV to worry about are they all just the same charging everything they can?
I think the price cap is set to come down in July isn't it? I'm not sure when that'll be reflected in tarriffs though.

TimmyMallett

3,041 posts

127 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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okgo said:
Why can’t women grasp thermostats?
Tiny hands?




I have to say, the price cap on the news coming down today is all well and good but the forecast (from Cornwall Insight as it always seemed to be touted as a good indicator) is that it will, understandably with demand increasing, go back up Q4 to 6.29 for gas units (I tend to focus on that as it's my main consumption)

Has anyone seen any sort of forecast vs actual to see how this company performs in it's market forecast? I'd be interested to see how far they are off the resulting price cap, as right now, a fixed rate of 5.2p on gas for a year with Ovo my current supplier is looking rather attractive compared to a 'forecast' 6.2p for Q4....


Edited by TimmyMallett on Friday 24th May 08:47


Edited by TimmyMallett on Friday 24th May 08:47

HTP99

23,981 posts

155 months

Friday 24th May 2024
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okgo said:
Why can’t women grasp thermostats?
I don't get it either, its not hard, in the winter I frequently come home to the thermostat up really high "to heat the house quicker", she is convinced it does as it was cold when she came in from work, the fact that the heating is generally timed to come on around when she gets home/just before, seems to escape her no matter how often I tell her, it is just coincidence as she has maybe arrived home a bit earlier than normal "oh it's cold I'll whack the thermostat up to heat the house quicker" when in fact the heating has just turned on around when she has got in.

Of course the thermostat is then left on really high until I get in to a bloody sauna, as she has forgotten to turn it back down!!

It is a constant battle and after 28 years of me trying to educate her, she still doesn't get it!!