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Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:10 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
Woke up, lit a fag at about 5.30am and thought 'ok, enough's enough'. Sat there shivering my booty off. Been wanting to turn it on for a while now but hung in there like a trooper. Anyone else finally succumb?!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:14 pm
by spadesclaret
Yes. I don't sleep well and am often up in the middle of the night. The temperatures have been well down so the heating is on. Tonight I intend to be warm :-)

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:14 pm
by Dyched
how did you manage to keep something this exciting quite for nearly 16 hours.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:15 pm
by ElectroClaret
You tarts.

No heating till middle of October at the earliest.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:19 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
Got it on now. Trawden has it's own climate.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:20 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
Dyched wrote:how did you manage to keep something this exciting quite for nearly 16 hours.
My heating has just allowed my fingers to operate and tell you this ground breaking factoid! Other than that. I was busy working, but seeing as we Brits have an obsession with weather and when to put the heating on. I broke down and did.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:20 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Heating only goes in if absolutely must in deepest December through January max.

My minus 20 sleeping bag is more than sufficient, even ont sofa :-)

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:21 pm
by skibum84
What do you mean turn it on? It just comes on if it goes below a certain temperature. Different temperateures set for different times of the day.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:22 pm
by 1914tyrone
One half of our house has turned it on! The cold blooded reptile!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:25 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
1914tyrone wrote:One half of our house has turned it on! The cold blooded reptile!
:lol:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:28 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
skibum84 wrote:What do you mean turn it on? It just comes on if it goes below a certain temperature. Different temperateures set for different times of the day.
I don't know about you but I don't have my boiler set for cataclysmic temperature drops in mid July, so we turn ours off. Comes on about late September though not actually switched on to power up 'til today.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:41 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Aye, currently running at a temperature similar to Abu Dhabi at dinnertime.

Drying my clothes nicely.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:43 pm
by Sidney1st
Its on at me birds house so she's nice and warm.

Not on at the house where I'm currently living though...tight fecks.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:44 pm
by Guich
Never before October but I've popped a cardy on

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:46 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
No wonder this countries on its arse. I remember when men were men! Central Heating in September FFS!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:47 pm
by Cirrus_Minor
Yes

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:48 pm
by dpinsussex
Dont be so soft. Stick a jumper on

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:48 pm
by spadesclaret
cricketfieldclarets wrote:No wonder this countries on its arse. I remember when men were men! Central Heating in September FFS!
Men might be men but I'm not! :lol:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:48 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
Guich wrote:Never before October but I've popped a cardy on
So quintessentially British :lol:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:50 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
dpinsussex wrote:Dont be so soft. Stick a jumper on
Got both on

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:50 pm
by Leyland Claret
Not a chance until at least mid/late November! :lol: Stick another layer on if its a bit chilly! :twisted:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:50 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
cricketfieldclarets wrote:No wonder this countries on its arse. I remember when men were men! Central Heating in September FFS!
I'll bet you've never woke up to go to school and found icicles on the inside of your bedroom window.

Got ready for school rapid.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:51 pm
by Sidney1st
dpinsussex wrote:Dont be so soft. Stick a jumper on
I've put me PJ's on and I've hopped into bed..

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:52 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
cricketfieldclarets wrote:No wonder this countries on its arse. I remember when men were men! Central Heating in September FFS!
:lol: I wear thermals in summer. Can never be too warm but you can be too cold. Maybe I just have a cold heart.....

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:54 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
Bin Ont Turf wrote:I'll bet you've never woke up to go to school and found icicles on the inside of your bedroom window.

Got ready for school rapid.
We were discussing that the other day. Single pane window, ice on the inside. Happy days. Didn't mess about getting dressed those mornings. Straight down to the fire if it was on!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:55 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
Bin Ont Turf wrote:I'll bet you've never woke up to go to school and found icicles on the inside of your bedroom window.

Got ready for school rapid.
My mother said the same about being a kid in winters. Got dressed under the blankets

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:58 pm
by spadesclaret
ExistentialWanderer wrote: Single pane window, ice on the inside. Happy days. Didn't mess about getting dressed those mornings. Straight down to the fire if it was on!
As a child I became an expert at getting dressed under the bedclothes.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:01 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
spadesclaret wrote:As a child I became an expert at getting dressed under the bedclothes.
I started off that way but my Mum was a cold person too so I twigged she'd have the fire on. Which she usually did. I got dressed first obviously but was straight downstairs.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:04 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Bin Ont Turf wrote:I'll bet you've never woke up to go to school and found icicles on the inside of your bedroom window.

Got ready for school rapid.
I never woke up to go to school. I went to Barden!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:05 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
ExistentialWanderer wrote::lol: I wear thermals in summer. Can never be too warm but you can be too cold. Maybe I just have a cold heart.....
One of coldest i ever was, Turf Moor against Peterbrough a few years ago (Jay scored a class goal). I was frozen stiff!

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:05 pm
by gawthorpe_view
No point having it if you won't use it.
Programmer set at on 24/7 thermostats do the rest, it comes on when the temperature drops.
Steady temperature around 21°C with two air changes per hour is better for the fabric of your home, your comfort and your health, prevents black spot mould, condensation etc.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:09 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
cricketfieldclarets wrote:One of coldest i ever was, Turf Moor against Peterbrough a few years ago (Jay scored a class goal). I was frozen stiff!
Don't know if you're old enough to remember the Man City cup game in 1991, but that was a bloody cold day. Packed stadium and quite honestly was glad for the body warmth of those around. It was Freezing! Lost 0-1 :(

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:12 pm
by claretblue
yes....in July! :o

:)

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:13 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
gawthorpe_view wrote:No point having it if you won't use it.
Programmer set at on 24/7 thermostats do the rest, it comes on when the temperature drops.
Steady temperature around 21°C with two air changes per hour is better for the fabric of your home, your comfort and your health, prevents black spot mould, condensation etc.

Ventilation is the key to condensation.

I don't like to sleep without the bedroom window open either, even in the depths of winter.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:29 pm
by tim_noone
spadesclaret wrote:As a child I became an expert at getting dressed under the bedclothes.
And these days you dont even bother...your a tough old bird! :)

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:33 pm
by South West Claret.
Central Heating? What's that...we all wear shorts down here 12months of the year :D

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:33 pm
by CrispyClaret
Heating is on and electric blanket is on.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:34 pm
by Pstotto
I have mine on 24|7|52 at a constant 20 degrees.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:36 pm
by Pstotto
Southwestclaret sounds like one of those blokes with thick hairy legs who always wears shorts and boots no matter what.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:38 pm
by South West Claret.
Pstotto wrote:Southwestclaret sounds like one of those blokes with thick hairy legs who always wears shorts and boots no matter what.

What do you mean sounds like :)

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:41 pm
by JohnMac
Aye, today was the third time this week as well :shock:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:44 pm
by Paul Waine
ExistentialWanderer wrote:We were discussing that the other day. Single pane window, ice on the inside. Happy days. Didn't mess about getting dressed those mornings. Straight down to the fire if it was on!
Winter of 62/63 was the worst. I don't think we shifted the ice from the inside of the bedroom window for weeks. Chilblains from Jan thru the end of March - and a hot water bottle. Brrr.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:45 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
ExistentialWanderer wrote:Don't know if you're old enough to remember the Man City cup game in 1991, but that was a bloody cold day. Packed stadium and quite honestly was glad for the body warmth of those around. It was Freezing! Lost 0-1 :(
Old enough but memory not good enough thankfully :D

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:46 pm
by JohnMac
Bin Ont Turf wrote:I'll bet you've never woke up to go to school and found icicles on the inside of your bedroom window.

Got ready for school rapid.
Anyone who was at school prior to the 1970's and central heating/ double glazing will tell you different :D

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:46 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Bin Ont Turf wrote:Ventilation is the key to condensation.

I don't like to sleep without the bedroom window open either, even in the depths of winter.
Exactly the same.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:48 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
JohnMac wrote:Anyone who was at school prior to the 1970's and central heating/ double glazing will tell you different :D
Hark at the posh people :lol:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:54 pm
by JohnMac
ExistentialWanderer wrote:Hark at the posh people :lol:
I think you misread my reply, I'm one of the 'woke up with icicles hanging off my nostrils' mob :lol:

During the early 60's big freeze our 'heating' came from the horses stabled below our housing in Army quarters in Colchester.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:59 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
JohnMac wrote:I think you misread my reply, I'm one of the 'woke up with icicles hanging off my nostrils' mob :lol:

During the early 60's big freeze our 'heating' came from the horses stabled below our housing in Army quarters in Colchester.
Ahh apologies :lol: :lol:

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:51 pm
by gandhisflipflop
I second that about the Peterborough game. I got an abcess after that. Another cold game was a game I remember at Coventry around 2004 at the Ricoh arena. Absolutely freezing and we lost. I feel the cold very easily (unless I'm ******) so if it has to go on it goes on.

Re: Anyone else popped their central heating on?

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:06 am
by paulus the woodgnome
Yes. My 14 yr old daughter put the heating on 1st, followed a couple of days later by Mrs Woodgnome. I HAVE YET TO SWITCH IT ON MYSELF.