What are you all up to

Posted on 14/01/2017 21:10 by DavidKlyne

We have our heating set at 21 C from 6.30am to 11.30pm. It is set overnight at 15 C. If its going to be cold overnight I increase the overnight temperature although it seldom comes on. During the day we will nudge the temperature down if we are going out and up during the evening. About two years ago we had a Power Flush which has been pretty successful. We have TRV's in most rooms although of course they shouldn't be in the room where you have your thermostat.

David

Posted on 15/01/2017 11:37 by KjellNN

Ours is coming up on 29 years now, has never needed any boiler repairs, but I did renew all the TRVs about 10 years back, and fitted a new timer about 5 years back.

The rad in the hall is the "bypass" so has no TRV and is always on. The hallway is large, this rad is very small and has the coat hooks above it, so great for drying wet things, and for having a nice warm jacket to put on when going out.

We keep discussing getting a new, more efficient boiler, but it would take many years of fuel saving to break even, so we have kept putting it off. Seems modern boilers are not as long lived as the old ones anyway.

As we have a "granny flat" there is a separate boiler for that, so if the main one fails we would still have heating and hot water there to use.

TRVs in unused rooms and bedrooms are set to the bare minimum and doors left open to allow air circulation, we prefer a cool bedroom. Lounge/dining room, bathrooms and kitchen/diner are on 20-22 degrees. Despite the size of the house bills are reasonable, especially, as David said, as we are away for around 4 months each year at present.

In the caravan we use 13 degrees overnight on the Alde, and it does kick in for short periods in cold weather.

Posted on 15/01/2017 15:09 by ABM

Damp,  mizzley  day  --  all  grey  &  horrible  so  sitting  on  P.C. 

between  loads  of  "Washing  &  Drying"  must  get  it  out  of  the

way  'cos  to-morrow  the 'van  is  in  for  service  &  M O T

Always  a  bad  time  peering  thro'  the  window  &  seeing  a  big 

open  space  !  Still  should  be  ok  for  Aged  Sister  to  get  into  for 

her  shopping  trip  tho'  !!

Must  come  on  here  a  little  more  than  I  am  doing,  'cos  I 

turned  the  Squwark  Box  on  and  got  a  burst  of  "Oh  Come  All

Ye  Faithful"   { D S B  would  have  been  proud  of me    !!  } 

So  I've  swapped  C.D.s  for  some  of  The  Sheringham  ShantyMen 

to  remind  me  of  the  weather  over  on  the  East  Coast  !!

 

Keep  Warm  &  Dry  you  lot    !!

B

Posted on 15/01/2017 21:54 by SELL

we changed our 20 year old  boiler 2 years ago as we were having problems, when tested it was running 65% efficiently, new boiler was at 95% a big difference.