Cutting down heating costs

ss · 2012-12-03T17:20:12+00:00

We currently run a gas central heating system of 15 radiators with two of them turned off (frost setting). My wife is out all day and I am in all day and mostly sit in a room 12 x 6 feet, odd visit to kitchen loo etc.Would I be cheaper to turn off the central heating completely until say an hour before my wife comes home (away 7am - back 6pm) and just use say an 800 W halogen type electric heater in the small room I use.I suspect the heater will be on most of the day but would this be cheaper heating one room electric than most of the house gas? I normally have the thermostat set at 17C for most of the day and just let it run.Any thoughts on this

Dec 03, 2012 23 Replies

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geoff 13 years ago

What, with all that snow to write your name in ?

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ARW 13 years ago

So 24 hours a day then? Genesis 1:5 applies.

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Jules Richardson 13 years ago

When it's -26? F*ck that. :-)

We get lots of days like that here (northern Minnesota), along with quite a few where it'll hit -40. it's the feeling of nose hairs freezing when you step outside that always reminds me how chuffing cold it is!

cheers

Jules

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The Other Mike 13 years ago

Presumably you've never experienced the smell in the proximity of a German toilet.

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