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to ask if your heating is struggling in this cold snap?

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ohbigdaddio · 12/02/2021 18:14

We've just moved to a Victorian terrace and are bloody freezing. The thermostat is struggling to get to 17 degrees in the double glazed kitchen and the heating has been on all day. There's no way it's 17 degrees in other parts of the house!
Only been here a week so no idea what it's like in normal winter temperatures.
Trying to work out if it's our new house or if it's due to the unprecedented weather! We have wooden floorboards throughout all 3 floors, single glazing at front of house (conservation area so can't change this) and a lot of the house is open plan which I know will be contributing to the cold but is anyone else having this issue?

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Veuvestar · 13/02/2021 21:56

I have 24 radiators in my house and it’s still cold! I’d be lost without the log burner.
120 year old detached, 3floors. I have old lead lighted windows at the front that are v draughty
I think the cold comes from underneath, it’s definitely colder when it’s windy.

PigletJohn · 13/02/2021 22:35

Feel your radiators. Are all of them fully hot all over (except, perhaps, the ones in rooms that are already warm enough)?

Listen to your boiler. Is it continually running flat out?

Look at your gas meter. How many cubic metres of gas is it using per day?

Those points will show if your heating system is working correctly.

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