kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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When it's this cold, do you leave the heating on day and night?
We are doing that this winter, and the house is really cosy 'cos the walls don't get cold and then have to be heated up again.Some people say it's no more expensive, so we're trying it.
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jessie_1
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I do it as well, at night I just turn it down lower than I would have it on in the day
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oopsidaisy
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Reged: 08/10/2008
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Loc: Belfast
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Hi Kate.I have it on timer overnight and during the day.But at the minute I tend to leave it on most of the day.I have an Aga in my kitchen which also has a living area,so it is always boiling in here thank goodness!We tend to stay in here most of the day.Roll on the warm weather! Oopsi.
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xxxSummerxxx
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Reged: 29/03/2008
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Loc: Billericay,Essex
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On the whole i dont and to be honest i often leave the heating on lower than i really need if im the only one in the house.I think it stems back to living in a rather large cold house as a Child when mY mother was always short of cash. awwwww
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kate1
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Jessie,
And do you find it's no more expensive?
I just hate a cold house.
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chilla
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Reged: 05/09/2008
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Loc: runcorn
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No i put mine on timer for 4a.m., well I do get up at 5.15 and then it goes off around 10 p.m. There's always abattle between Mr chilla and me because he likes it distinctly tropical and I'm far more temperate!
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JustJules
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Loc: Lancashire
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Hi Kate, yes I do! My OH thinks it comes on at 4pm again but the house is freezing if that happens (sometimes of a weekend if I can't get away with it) so for years I have let him think that it goes off once we leave the house but I leave it on as a heating engineer once told me that it was more economical to leave it on low as the furnishings store all the cold and the house thus takes longer to heat up again. Our thermostat is not allowed to go beyond 15 or he moans and threatens to turn it off so it's my way of getting my own back.
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Chilla,
yes but you are at work all day, so I see that, but what if you were home all day in temperatures this low?
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Tigerfeet
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Yes, I do - otherwise the house gets really cold and takes ages to warm up.
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Chestnut
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We control the heating by the thermostat. I'm told its better to do that than to switch on and off as more expensive to fire up every time and to heat the house from scratch. We have always done it that way and we pay our bills monthly by direct debit so not really sure if its cheaper or not.
Rainbow.x
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chilla
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Loc: runcorn
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Mr chilla works from home, so it's on between4 a.m. and 10p.m. I just don't like it on in the night.
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jessie_1
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Kate it is no more expensive to run permanently as if you have it on timer and then when you come home put the heating on, it then has to start heating the house all over again, which could turn out expensive, & anyway I would rather be warm than cold!
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Secret
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Yes Kate, it is on continuously at the moment, although I do turn it down at night. It dosn't help that I have to sleep with the bedroom window open either...I feel I can't breath if I don't have it open (physcological). But I never ever have the heating on in the bedrooms.
My last heating bill was £400.00, which I have just paid....outrageous..
I'm almost starting to wish my hot flushes would re-surface....but no just had them in the summer instead. Typical!
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Lisianthus
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Loc: Sussex
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Yes, I do at the moment, as it is SO cold!
Janine XX
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dbverycherry
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Loc: Kent UK
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You bet.
Have had it on for the last few days and all day and all night at that.
I did turn the thermo down a bit.
I think it makes the boiler work twice as hard if one turns the heating completely off on such cold and freezing day as today. I feel for thsoe up north and those who have been having bad weather across Europe and also here in Kent UK.
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ChrissiFi
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Loc: Somerset
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Ours has been on constantly since Christmas eve but normally it's just between 6:00 and 7:30 and then 17:00 and 22:00. I've got a few days off this week (one day back at work yesterday was enough... truthfully we've got builders 'doing' our roof so need to be here if only to keep dogs quiet) so the heating's on but low. I'll light the fire this afternoon and probably curl up with a dvd but this morning I'm twiddling.
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Cowleygirl
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We control ours by the thermostat, also. Rainbow. Always have done, mostly because my parents have always done it. Ours is a cold house. There is not enough insulation in the loft and walls, so I am going to investigate the offers we keep receiving from British Gas etc. I don't think we will be entitled to a grant.Does anybody know about this? We were away over Christmas, and despite leaving the heating on low, it was absolutely freezing when we got back, and took ages to warm up. What a shock, 80 degrees Florida heat to Frosty England. I'm still trying to warm up a week later
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Mollymandy
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Reged: 01/08/2008
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I turn the thermostat down to 15 at night and it rarely comes on. Keep it at 20 when we are home: The house is very well insulated and our fuel bills since moving here have been the lowest we have ever had.
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OzzieKez
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Reged: 21/06/2008
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Loc: Queensland, Australia
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We keep our cooling on all the time when it's hot. At night we turn it off in the main house and have it on in the bedrooms. It's mostly set to 26 degrees!
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annemari
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Loc: Gloucestershire.
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A long time ago I jokingly said to my OH,"Make sure the house stays warm,or be prepared to send me abroad for six months!"
I think he must have taken me seriously though, as not long after he purchased a multi-fuel burner,and lights it somewhere around the beginning of October and keeps it alight until early April. 
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 The Three Musketeers were together again at Cardiff. Summer, ChattyCathy and my 'Mum' Auntie Annemari"
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