Reply to: First one to break? That is the heating on here.

[alreadypacked]

Still no heating in my room, but flatmate cracked when she came back from South America.

[minestrone]

Got the underfloor of the house insulated at the weekend, made a massive difference.

[SupremeSpod]

Last week I replaced the bedroom radiator, which sprang a leak last winter and out of action until now. Just in the nick of time for the recent cold snap!
First ever radiator job I've done and it was a complete **tch . Hiring professionals next time.

Don't forget to bleed your radiators!

[CheeseSlice]

Last week I replaced the bedroom radiator, which sprang a leak last winter and out of action until now. Just in the nick of time for the recent cold snap!
First ever radiator job I've done and it was a complete **tch . Hiring professionals next time.

[thunderlizard]

and it's now cool enough to keep the drinks on the shelf instead of in the fridge. Win-win!

[TimberWolf]

Boiler been knackered for a couple of months now and landlord/plumber still "waiting for the part"

Is anyone else without heating or do I win?

[Jog On]

Boiler been knackered for a couple of months now and landlord/plumber still "waiting for the part"

Is anyone else without heating or do I win?

[Sysman]

I cracked on Sunday morning as there was a cold nip in the air. It struck me as a good idea to check that the heating is in working order before it really gets cold.

Heating tested and ready for the onset of an arctic winter.

[HairyArsedBloke]

....set to a nice tropical 26 deg C.

We used to have our a/c set to drop the temperature down to 80 F (27C) and it cost us a fortune.

When the night time temp dropped to the low 20's it felt chilly. It didn't happen much, maybe in bleakest mid winter and there had been a storm or something.

[Bunk]

Jeez, you lot must be living in iceboxes.

Central heating in my house is on 24/7 365 days a year (except leap years, when it's on 366 days a year), set to a nice tropical 26 deg C.

I like to see the missus walking round the house in her undies, not 5 jumpers and thermal underwear!

The best thing is it only costs about £800 a month for the gas bill too, so all in all cheap as chips!

Yep, it's quite common for old folk to feel the cold more. My gran always had the house roasting all year.

[DimPrawn]

7 degrees forecast as the overnight low. Do I crack and put the heating on?
2 degrees forecast for Saturday night so that is a no brainer, but what is the cut off point? 6 degrees? 7?

Jeez, you lot must be living in iceboxes.

Central heating in my house is on 24/7 365 days a year (except leap years, when it's on 366 days a year), set to a nice tropical 26 deg C.

I like to see the missus walking round the house in her undies, not 5 jumpers and thermal underwear!

The best thing is it only costs about £800 a month for the gas bill too, so all in all cheap as chips!

[alreadypacked]

Still not got the heating on, mainly because I don't know where it is.
Flat mate is in South America at the moment.

[suityou01]

7 degrees forecast as the overnight low. Do I crack and put the heating on?
2 degrees forecast for Saturday night so that is a no brainer, but what is the cut off point? 6 degrees? 7?

[Troll]

Fecking useless British boilers...came downstairs this morning to find the utility room awash with central heating fluid ... yup the heat exchangers cracked again (same thing happened 5 years ago) rang Baxi who do a fixed price fix on boilers -£289 but after describing the symptoms to the Doris on the phone it seemed likely that the engineer would turn up and condemn the boiler due to its age... and charge me £90 for the privilege of doing so!

The cost of the part is £290 which I can get down for tomorrow & fit when I get home, but annoyingly I had the boiler down for replacement with a German built Viessmann jobbie – but cannot get this fitted for a few weeks (could DIY fit but the gas connection is the worry)– so it’s going to be £300 wasted when the boiler is replaced.

I also found out during talking to Baxi that the previous owners were known to them…. for a heat exchanger replacement so 3 heat exchangers in 12 years suggests a design fault!

Tip – buy a boiler with a stainless steel HE rather than cast iron

[Sysman]

Nearly succumbed when I got up yesterday. Found a warm rugby shirt instead of a short sleeved shirt. Jumpers still in the wardrobe..