How long does your house put the heating on for?

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  1. mint123456's Avatar
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    How long does your house put the heating on for?
    As the title says. Me and my housemate seem to have different ideas.
  2. pinkmonkey3's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    from about 6pm to late. Depends on weather conditions. Winter nights we keep it on longer.
  3. ElfManiac's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    When it's cold.
    Generally from about now until we go to bed, but it's been warmer the last few days and we haven't had it on at all.
  4. mint123456's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Okay, sounds about similar to how I say it should be on, 6pm-10pm and an hour in the morning. They want it on all afternoon until the early hours! = approx. 13 hours.
  5. Dan1909's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    We used to have ours on 24/7, set to 21 so it would only actually come on when it dropped below that.

    Although we paid a flat rate for our bills, to it didn't matter how much we used it .
  6. fl4mers's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Got the thermostat set to 19 degrees, so whenever it dips below that the heat will come on.
  7. dews1290's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Dude its a student house, the boiler is generally broken.
  8. Wltsm's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    During the cold weather ours was on 24 hours a day. I've had my radiator off throughout this, and my window open at times, even when there has been snow on the ground.

    Can't say I get on with my flatmates too well anymore, really not looking forward to the bill coming up. Don't think they know the meaning of money...
  9. illyas's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    sorry for hijacking your page, but how do i make a new page i have a question? new to TSR so need help
  10. thekiwifruit01's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    (Original post by Dan1909)
    We used to have ours on 24/7, set to 21 so it would only actually come on when it dropped below that.

    Although we paid a flat rate for our bills, to it didn't matter how much we used it .
    Exactly the same here!
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Couple of hours a day in the morning and evening/ all night depending on how pissed the person operating the device is.
  12. abba_zabba's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    What the **** is heating?
  13. caseyhayes's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    6-7am
    9-10pm
  14. Pride's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    (Original post by illyas)
    sorry for hijacking your page, but how do i make a new page i have a question? new to TSR so need help
    go on the forum you want to post in, click create new thread or something like that.
  15. StrangeCloud's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Not enough.
  16. nicatre's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Usually 6am-9am and 8pm-10pm, duration the same it just changes in temperature through the year.
  17. happydinosaur's Avatar
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    Re: How long does your house put the heating on for?
    Normally for a couple of hours in the morning and then most of the evening sometimes all night.

    Bills are included in my rent though and my landlord is rubbish at paying the bills so doesn't seem to care about how much gas/electric we use.
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