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[PhilM]

Also, the lower your return temperature, the more the water in your boiler will condense. More condense means more heat retention and efficiency.
@PhilM keep checking if your radiators are warm. You don't want it to lower too much while it's this cold.

Cheers mate, I will do. They’re still warm although noticeably cooler than before or at least in the living room near me; it’s not cold though, and the room is still pleasant.

We’ve got Hive, so I can usually see how long it takes to get from 14C up to a comfortable room temperature, so I’ll check over the next day or so.

 

[bernie inn]

I know it's a fair few years off, but nuclear fusion is hoped to be the answer to the production of hydrogen. Once that barrier is overcome, it'll become standard.

No they won’t.

yes they will

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

We`re in the same boat mate, with our house mate.

We`re running on just under £15 quid a day for both the gas and leccy and that`s with the central heating on for only six hours a day.

We`ve had to move our youngest into our room, until it warms up, as his room is just too cold to sleep in at the mo.

Bloody hell, £15 quid a day!!!

I'll stop moaning about mine now. We're doing about £8-9 and I'll have the hearing on from half 7 to half 10 because at least one of us is usually home working.

Not looking forward to April if prices dont drop (govt sceme ends). I had a notification from my energy supplier about ofgem's Jan rates reassuring me they are nullified by the govt price guarantee:



If the jan prices hold or even increase after the next Ofgem review it is going to suck badly from April. Double the current cost on electricity per kwh, ffs. Something has to give.

 

[Brennan]

yes they will

Nope.

Hydrogen cars will be a part of the automotive mix in future but to say they will “replace” EVs is clearly untrue.

EVs are cheaper to make, cheaper to own, and the infrastructure is cheaper to build but also far more advanced in most Western nations than Hydrogen.

 

[COYBL25]

Bloody hell, £15 quid a day!!!

I'll stop moaning about mine now. We're doing about £8-9 and I'll have the hearing on from half 7 to half 10 because at least one of us is usually home working.

Not looking forward to April if prices dont drop (govt sceme ends). I had a notification from my energy supplier about ofgem's Jan rates reassuring me they nullified by the govt price guarantee:
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If the jan prices hold or even increase after the next OFGEM review it is going to suck badly from April. Double the current cost on electricity per kwh, ffs. Something has to give.

We live in quite a big Victorian house mate, which I`ve made pretty much draught free, secondary galzing, draught excluders, doors all fit properly etc

The problem with old houses, like ours, is that it takes a good couple of hours to heat up from cold and in the good old days, we `d have the heating on for 6 hrs in the evening and two hours in the morning, so there was always an ambient temp to start with.

If we did that now, with the gas and leccy, I reckon it`d be tipping is towards £20 a day !

This is the first year, we`ve ever had to move the little fella in with us, even when he was a small baby, as his room, even with the radiator, isn`t getting past 13 degrees.

Like you say, something has to give, as we`ve still got January and February to come !!!!

 

[Goat]

Can anybody suggest a decent heater?

Home alone tonight and im freezing, but no choice to put the heating on to warm a whole house when im sitting in 1 room all night.............

 

[Brennan]

Can anybody suggest a decent heater?

Home alone tonight and im freezing, but no choice to put the heating on to warm a whole house when im sitting in 1 room all night.............

If you want consistent heat over a long period get yourself an oil filled radiator. Take about 25 minutes to warm up but stay warm for ages.

 

[Kurt.]

Can anybody suggest a decent heater?

Home alone tonight and im freezing, but no choice to put the heating on to warm a whole house when im sitting in 1 room all night.............

I’ve got a couple of halogen heaters … cheap as chips to run

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

We live in quite a big Victorian house mate, which I`ve made pretty much draught free, secondary galzing, draught excluders, doors all fit properly etc

The problem with old houses, like ours, is that it takes a good couple of hours to heat up from cold and in the good old days, we `d have the heating on for 6 hrs in the evening and two hours in the morning, so there was always an ambient temp to start with.

If we did that now, with the gas and leccy, I reckon it`d be tipping is towards £20 a day !

This is the first year, we`ve ever had to move the little fella in with us, even when he was a small baby, as his room, even with the radiator, isn`t getting past 13 degrees.

Like you say, something has to give, as we`ve still got January and February to come !!!!

Ours is a solid brick semi built in the 1930s, suffers the same thing. Whilst away last week. We'd put the boiler on 'winter mode' where it kicks in at 5c to prevent pipes etc freezing. Got back about 10 on Tuesday and the thermostat reckoned the house was 5.9c. It took 19 hours to get up to 18.5c. That's with new doors, windows and the loft insulation renewed.

Ideally I'd get external wall insulation but was quoted in the region of 10k lol. Even with today's gas prices it'd take many years to recoup that. Not to mention not having £10k knocking around.

It's looking increasingly like we all need to do this (any good in lieu of heating @MaupsGoat?)...

 

[allezlesbleus]

Can anybody suggest a decent heater?

Home alone tonight and im freezing, but no choice to put the heating on to warm a whole house when im sitting in 1 room all night.............

Try a sleeping bag with a hot water bottle mate.
About four years ago we were without a boiler/central heating for about a month in January. Lots of layers made a difference but the hot water bottle was a life saver!!!

 

[COYBL25]

Ours is a solid brick semi built in the 1930s, suffers the same thing. Whilst away last week. We'd put the boiler on 'winter mode' where it kicks in at 5c to prevent pipes etc freezing. Got back about 10 on Tuesday and the thermostat reckoned the house was 5.9c. It took 19 hours to get up to 18.5c. That's with new doors, windows and the loft insulation renewed.

Ideally I'd get external wall insulation but was quoted in the region of 10k lol. Even with today's gas prices it'd take many years to recoup that. Not to mention not having £10k knocking around.

It's looking increasingly like we all need to do this (any good in lieu of heating @MaupsGoat?)...

Yep, the only way to keep a solid brick house warm, even with everything else, is to keep the central heating or fires on.

We`ve got living flame gas fires and they haven`t been on once this Winter lol

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Yep, the only way to keep a solid brick house warm, even with everything else, is to keep the central heating or fires on.

We`ve got living flame gas fires and they haven`t been on once this Winter lol

Having said all this, the last place I rented prior to buying was all Electric. The cost to heat it was expensive back then, so dread to think what it is now.

Small mercies.

 

[bernie inn]

Nope.

Hydrogen cars will be a part of the automotive mix in future but to say they will “replace” EVs is clearly untrue.

EVs are cheaper to make, cheaper to own, and the infrastructure is cheaper to build but also far more advanced in most Western nations than Hydrogen.

Yet battery cost, manufacture and disposal, are prohibitive. Hydrogen fuel cell will negate the need for the batteries, the infrastructure will come whilst we are transitioning from ICE to Hydrogen, this is where battery electric will come to the fore. After that they will diminish, there will still be battery electrics I’m sure but the dominant power source in the relatively near future will be hydrogen

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Ours is a solid brick semi built in the 1930s, suffers the same thing. Whilst away last week. We'd put the boiler on 'winter mode' where it kicks in at 5c to prevent pipes etc freezing. Got back about 10 on Tuesday and the thermostat reckoned the house was 5.9c. It took 19 hours to get up to 18.5c. That's with new doors, windows and the loft insulation renewed.

Ideally I'd get external wall insulation but was quoted in the region of 10k lol. Even with today's gas prices it'd take many years to recoup that. Not to mention not having £10k knocking around.

It's looking increasingly like we all need to do this (any good in lieu of heating @MaupsGoat?)...

10k is very reasonable for a semi detached house. That includes the new facade?

 

[Buckers]

Can anybody suggest a decent heater?

Home alone tonight and im freezing, but no choice to put the heating on to warm a whole house when im sitting in 1 room all night.............

We have a few oil filled radiators that my recently deceased mother in law owned. During the cold snap our heating oil waxed up and we lost heating and hot water for a few days. The oil filled radiators were a godsend, not sure how much they cost to run but we had no choice it’s been that cold. I’d definitely recommend them for their ability to heat a room.