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Mumsnet Discussions: Good housekeeping : Anyone else not turned their heating off yet ? (9 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By LIZS on Thu 08-May-08 17:05:49
Now the nicer weather is here I guess we can be brave enough.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By riven on Thu 08-May-08 17:10:15
shock turned mine off weeks ago cos I was fretting abou the cost.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Ripeberry on Thu 08-May-08 17:17:40
Our boiler decides by itself when to pack it in. Always does it just when the weather gets warm...lucky us.
Boiler man just had to clean out the jets as by the end of winter they always get totally cloged up due to the "dirty" bottled gas we have to use as we are out in the sticks.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Joash on Thu 08-May-08 17:24:50
We don't have any choice. We have an log burner/ stove thing in the living room (inglenook) - can't get fuel or logs for it for love nor money after mid-April every year, and as we have absolutely nowhere to stre any (nor money to stock up anyway) we freeze from then until about November.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By FruitfulOfFruit on Thu 08-May-08 17:27:37
Isn't that what the thermostat is for? If the house is warm enough, the heating doesn't come on. Or am I missing something?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By LilRedWG on Thu 08-May-08 17:28:03
Ours is still on but hasn't kicked in for a few days. I always figure that's what the thermostat is for.

I am quite supersticious (sp?) about the fact that if we have nice weather before the end of May and I switch the heating off then I'll curse it and it'll be damned cold and wet the next day. blush
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By prettymum on Thu 08-May-08 17:28:45
got the council to come switch the heating off today! the pipes are constantly hot and our flat was like a sauna! would have had it switched off earlier but the heating engineer didnt turn up!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Ripeberry on Fri 09-May-08 13:53:56
Joash, we have a log burner as well and when we can't get logs, we all go down to the beach and collect wood from there and also look through skips for bits of odd wood.
There's always loads of free wood around, we have never "bought" any logs.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By AbbeyA on Fri 09-May-08 14:09:46
Yes.


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