Gas Heating In The Home

[in a mo]

What is your thermostat set at for your heating to come on in your home ,is there a temperature that is recommended as healthy in Winter conditions.
Do you switch on your Gas fire or turn on your central heating to take the chill off.
Typing in mittens
In A Mo

[bookbinder]

Our room thermostat is set on approx. 19 deg Centigrade during the day, and it is turned down to approx. 18 deg during the night. A healthy temperature? Do what feels right. Our heating is on 24/7, but then, we are retired, so home all day. When we were working, we found (by scientific research) that leaving the heating on 24/7, but turning it down when we were out, was more economical than having it come on twice a day.

[ummmm]

I have a gas fire and underfloor heating. I really dislike central heating.

[MargoTester]

19 during the day on constant. Then put on timer to come back on at 6 in the morning, so off during the night. Can't sleep if it is too hot!

[ivor4781]

ummmm
underfloor heating is "central heating"

[SlackAlice]

Downstairs, ie Lounge, Hallway and Kitchen etc the temperature is set at about 19-20C
Upstairs Bedrooms are set very low/off because neither of us can sleep if it gets too warm, we rely on Duvets to keep us warm when asleep. Bedroom doors are kept shut at all times.

All our radiators have thermostatic valves other than the bathroom one which is permanently open.

CH boiler is set to start at 6:30am and finish at 11pm.

If it gets a bit chilly then gas fire gets switched on. I do not feel the cold as much as the OH and if she's out I'll lower the temperatures downstairs.

Unfortunately, I tend to forget this and get moaned at when she comes back in again ☺☺☺

[ummmm]

Ivor....it's not the same.

The underfloor heating heats slate tiles.

[Old_Geezer]

The thermostat is always set to max as it is an unwanted control anyway. The individual radiators are set to whatever makes the rooms comfortable.

Some authority insisting one has to set a thermostat to some cold level to win their approval know what they can do with their advice.

I have left turning on the heating quite late this year as i am trying to save money, it only went on midnight last Sunday/Monday. Now it is on, it will remain on the timer until the weather gets warm again, except for periods away from home.

[Prudie]

About 21 and it's on a timer. I push it up to about 24 on really chilly evenings - but then I feel the cold. I also have a fake 'coal/log effect' gas fire but that really is only for show, it hardly throws any heat out.

[ivor4781]

it says in google it's "central heating" which i presume means the heat source is from one central point in the home ie a boiler

[woofgang]

thermostat set on 22 plus thermostatic rad valves.

[The Builder]

Picking up on Og's post, the basic roomstat is the crudest of controls. It covers only one "zone" and nothing else. It simply turns the circulation pump on when the temp. falls below your setting. Other rooms might be calling for heat, but this will be ignored until a time when the roomstat senses its trigger point.

Up to only a few years ago, it was quite normal to not fit one at all. It was made mandatory by Building Regs, in an attempt to save money on heating bills.

Circulation pumps are designed for 24/7 operation. Having it shut off every now and then simply makes it much more difficult to control each room or zone efficiently.

TRVs on each rad (thermostatic rad valves) give individual control. That's much more desirable, giving "local" control without any overall interference from an arbitary roomstat setting.