Freezing conditions to last into spring offer fulltimers a electric hook up

hope you get your op tezz and that all goes well

gwaygway.....yesi remember the paraffin stoves.......we had a yorkist range fire and obviously upstairs was the hot watertank in a huge cupboard which seemed to keep the bedrooms aired......and of course the coal fire gave out a different kind of heat.....it seemed to keep the whole house warm.

then this tall paraffin heater was bought.....to keep the large landing warmer......when I think back..that was dangerous.....and the smell. ohhh,

mum and dad then bought a gas heater for the hall which coud be kept on 24/7. what a difference that made.......lovely and warm thru the night.

I think we do need more warmth as the years pounce upon us.......plus our clothing has changed over the years,
 
Windows open in Harrow,

Had grilled pork chops boiled potatoes cabbage and brussel sprouts for lunch, so ventilation has been essential !

Will soon do the washing up (wife) and,

will close the windows after I have had a bath.

Heating going on tonight !

:banana:
 
harrow said:
Good luck, hope you get your operation done,

I was in hospital January 2017 and the heating was boiling hot, absolutely ridiculous, no wonder the nhs has no money.

We won't put the heating on until this afternoon.

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Get your heating sorted real proper,is thermostats and leave on 24/7,mother in law same as you,on of on of ,can't get through that it burnes more fuel doing catch up,bit like car in tragic compared to one running steady on m/way which will return more mpg.
 
Modern condensing gas boilers are designed to modulate the heat output,

when it fires, the burner is on the lowest that it can go it gradually ramps up to full power

and when it is approaching the set flow temperature it modulates all the way down, you can tell tell by the fan noise, the display and the pump speed.

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harrow said:
Modern condensing gas boilers are designed to modulate the heat output,

when it fires, the burner is on the lowest that it can go it gradually ramps up to full power

and when it is approaching the set flow temperature it modulates all the way down, you can tell tell by the fan noise, the display and the pump speed.

:juggle::juggle::juggle:
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you seemed to be clued up on this boiker/central heating lark........

however, do you not feel the cold with no heating on in the morning......
do you also have a gas fire harrow? you must have some other form of heat.

no white stuff here yet....very cold tho.
 
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Central heating in our house is very rarely on as the log burner in the living room is on 2/47 and heats the whole house.
Not had any snow here yet but you can smell it in the air!
 
trixie88 said:
you seemed to be clued up on this boiker/central heating lark........

however, do you not feel the cold with no heating on in the morning......
do you also have a gas fire harrow? you must have some other form of heat.

no white stuff here yet....very cold tho.
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No absolutely no heating on in the morning at all, had a bath about 2pm with the front and back windows wide open to let the steam out.

I have the heating on now and it is a toasty 18c in the through lounge and that is plenty warm enough for me.

But the summer is too hot for harrow !

How can people afford to have the heating on all day ?
 
runnach said:
I have both on, log burner and GCH...........
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Us too Terry.

The log burner keeps the lounge really toasty, but the heat also spreads throughout the bungalow, and we can leave the radiators to kick in on the thermostat when needed.

It's bitterly cold outside now and we have had a sprinkling of snow with more to come overnight.
 
trixie88 said:
you seemed to be clued up on this boiker/central heating lark........

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Well old central heating boilers only had one speed, they are either going full blast or nothing.

Modern boilers adjust the boiler burner according to load, they monitor the water flow temperature and adjust the burner according to demand and of course they are condensing now.

However new boilers while efficient do not seem to have a long life expectancy and my advice to get a boiler with a long guarantee external filter having it serviced as required to comply with that guarantee.

I used to have a baxi back boiler, nearly 40 years old, but it needed cleaning and a descale which would be half the cost of a new boiler.

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harrow said:
Windows open in Harrow,

Had grilled pork chops boiled potatoes cabbage and brussel sprouts for lunch, so ventilation has been essential !

Will soon do the washing up (wife) and,

will close the windows after I have had a bath.

Heating going on tonight !

:banana:
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What in the washing up water.:scared::lol-049:
 
harrow said:
Modern condensing gas boilers are designed to modulate the heat output,

when it fires, the burner is on the lowest that it can go it gradually ramps up to full power

and when it is approaching the set flow temperature it modulates all the way down, you can tell tell by the fan noise, the display and the pump speed.

:juggle::juggle::juggle:
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They still have to have a room and tank stat,they work by using the return water to condence the air which in turn reheats the water flow .
they say they save up to 30%,remember the word upto,anyway if you consider they have a 7 year life span the savings are swallowed up on fitting a new unit .also only ones with a stainless steel exchanger are worth buying,most have a cheap alloy one which burnes out after a few years.
I have a old type boiler which a heat tank can be fitted around the hot exhaust to capture excess heat for the returning cool water,some folk wind copper pipe and lag it to do the same job,works out as good as any fancy boiler.
What you are talking about is the varable pumps which set the speed acording to water flow,slow in cold water and speed up in warm water,the burners work the same topping out at whatever the set boiler over heat cut out,people confuse this with a wall stat which should be in the living room.
 
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New van bought, well new to us and EC500 power supply unit bust....great. Autotrail Frontier. But...perfect timing with weather. Unit now out being repaired by SARGENT electrics.
 
-3.5c outside in Harrow,

its going to be a cold night !

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I forgot to mention that my house is now heated with a central heating boiler on gas BUT the biggest contributors to heat are the two wood burning stoves downstairs. I had to buy my own wood to supply the fuel and it requires my hard work cutting the downed trees and others that are about to come down. They need cutting to length then splitting into logs and putting in our two logstore to dry out to a suitable moisture of under 18% preferable down to explosive wood of 10%, much better but burns faster with more heat. Trouble is the equipment I had to buy to run the wood, chainsaws many, splitter diesel, quad bike massive, and trailer tiny.. trouble is also the word for the wood which is on a 35 degree slope hence the big quad to get up and down with 1/4 tonnes of logs, hairy sometimes but might be alright in the frozen ground time, but in the wet distinctly dodgy. four wheels going fowards and the whole lot going backwards.. Said quad also has a four foot snowplough which I bought 5 years ago and haven't seen ANY snow since. until tomorrow maybe, but the weather map shows it missing us here, until Thursday.
 
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I forgot to mention that my house is now heated with a central heating boiler on gas BUT the biggest contributors to heat are the two wood burning stoves downstairs. I had to buy my own wood to supply the fuel and it requires my hard work cutting the downed trees and others that are about to come down. They need cutting to length then splitting into logs and putting in our two logstore to dry out to a suitable moisture of under 18% preferable down to explosive wood of 10%, much better but burns faster with more heat. Trouble is the equipment I had to buy to run the wood, chainsaws many, splitter diesel, quad bike massive, and trailer tiny.. trouble is also the word for the wood which is on a 35 degree slope hence the big quad to get up and down with 1/4 tonnes of logs, hairy sometimes but might be alright in the frozen ground time, but in the wet distinctly dodgy. four wheels going fowards and the whole lot going backwards.. Said quad also has a four foot snowplough which I bought 5 years ago and haven't seen ANY snow since. until tomorrow maybe, but the weather map shows it missing us here, until Thursday.
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I could not be a-sed with all that,just like to sit on my bum with oil heating sitting at 21c typing cr-p on here.
 
My wife is disabled and feels the cold, our central heating is on 24/7 365, and has a thermostat in the lounge, the bungalow is a bit draughty but usually around 20/22c and yes it does cost an arm and a leg but at least my ears have some respite! :rolleyes2::banana::banana:
 
Heading down to min 6c tonight,id better be a good boy or i may be out in it.:scared:
 
Anyone who cuts their own firewood with a chainsaw get one of these. You can even cut on concrete without damaging your chain. I think mines great. A Chainsaw Buddy.[video=youtube;TQ9cMFbeuYw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9cMFbeuYw[/video]
 
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I've just got an inch of free insulation land on my roof,seems to work better than the insulation that was fitted 30+ years ago!
 
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