Mollymandy
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Agree Annemari - would rather go hungry than be cold... Apparently (according to SIL who is an architect) - there is a massive waiting list for woodburning and multi-fuel stoves at the moment with people changing to alternative ways to heat their homes.
Also a shortage of chimney sweeps apparently (no sending your GS up those chimneys please... lol 
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cupcake
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Just found this on the moneysaving expert website:
Is it more economical to leave my heating on 24hrs in the winter?
Answer
No. It is a common misconception that it is cheaper to leave your hot water and heating on all the time. Boilers use more power initially to heat water from cold, however the cost of this is greatly exceeded by the cost of keeping the boiler running all of the time.
The best solution is to programme your heating system so that it comes on when you need it most (possibly early morning and in the evening), and goes off when you don't need it (when you are out of the house or asleep). There are a range of controls that can be used and your heating engineer will be able to provide you with the most appropriate solution.
Depending on your circumstances it may be necessary to keep the heating on all day during winter but it will cost more than if you turn the heating off when you don't need it.
Apparently it's all to do with physics and thermodynamics.. 
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BEL
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Reged: 21/02/2008
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Wondered why so many chimney sweep vans on the M42 over
the Christmas period....must be doing a roaring trade!!!!
Maybe a business to start in credit crunch times...would
not be without a log burner now..have had them in various
houses since late 90s..heating on all the time...find it
v cold in Shropshire...first time I have ever needed a
radiator on in my bedroom at night!!!always slept in cold
rooms!!!!
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dec
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when it is abnormally cold like it is now I would say don't leave your house unheated as,apart from being cold it could cause problems that you wouldn't expect.
My ex husband was a heating engineer and years ago we had a cold spell rather like the one we are experiencing now.He was called out to a lot of places where their heating pipes had actually frozen overnight.He insisted we kept ours on constantly just turning the thermostat down overnight.I was sure our gas bill would be huge but it really didn't seem to have made a difference.
Dec
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kate1
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Dec,
Thanks for that.I hope that's right, 'cos this winter we have decided to try it, 'cos people do say that it's no more expensive than having it on a timer.
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cupcake
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Hi dec. My husband is a plumber(Plumbers are also heating engineers..) I think pipes bursting has more to do with inadequate lagging. Also if your roof is really well insulated and you can get the cavity walls insulated it will help to keep the house from losing too much heat.
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Psyche
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Reged: 23/01/2007
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I'm experimenting too. Normally have it on from 5.30 to 6.30 and 4 to 10 but it seems to take ages to get back to a comfortable level so now it's on from 5.30 to 10 straight through. At the moment they owe me money so I've got a cushion to play with.
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Psyche.
So many books...so little time!.
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ChrissiFi
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Loc: Somerset
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The builders are stripping our roof tomorrow... I'm definitely keeping the heating on as even with almost a foot of insulation in the loft I think it's going to get rather cold.
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OL0212
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Oh ladies,
Can i just ask what are we supposed to do when Russia turns off the gas .
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dec
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Cupcake, it was only 1 year that my ex had lots of callouts because of freezing problems.I can't remember which year it was now but we had really arctic conditions that year.He was working round the clock keeping schools,Rest Homes going.I think it might have been very early 1980's when that happened.
Hopefully this cold spell won't last long but I can't stand the cold so need the house to be warm.We do need to top up the loft insulation though ,we have the walls done but it's freezing under our floorboards but that seems difficult and expensive to remedy.
Decx
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cupcake
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Hi again dec! Yes I remember a couple of quite bad years in the early 80's when conditions were freezing.
I remember one year in particular we had just sat down for our evening meal when there was a knock at the front door....
A neighbour had a burst pipe could my OH just 'have a quick look' so , leaving his dinner in the oven off he went. 10 miutes later another neighbour knocked our door and I said he was already across the road so the neighbour went over and got him!!! This carried on and off most of the week!!!
So many neighbours...so many burst pipes!!!!
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Aprile
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Reged: 28/07/2008
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Well I would if I could but it's packed up and no sign of it being repaired before Friday, so please think of me huddled in front of our one log fire with the damp and cold now seeping into all the old stone walls  .
On the plus side it's a good excuse to eat off a tray in front of the TV as its so cold in every other room.
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