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Heating problem

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satonawall · 07/01/2013 18:08

I'm going on holiday for a couple of weeks soon. In my previous house my central heating thermostat started at zero and I turned it to just above this so that if the temperature dropped to this the boiler kicked in and heated the house. The thermostat in my current house starts at ten degrees. I only want the heating on if the temperature is approaching freezing. Any ideas please?

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ilovepowerhoop · 07/01/2013 18:55

it is probably unlikely that the internal house temperature will drop below 10 degrees so I would just set it to that temperature and the heating will not kick in anyway

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satonawall · 07/01/2013 19:58

The thermostat starts at 10 degrees, so turning it on means a temperature of 12 degrees+. I don't want to waste money on heating the house to that temperature when it's not necessary. Is there a reason why the thermostat starts at this temperature?

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sleepyhead · 07/01/2013 20:02

Mine starts at 5 degrees to protect against frozen pipes. I've no idea if it could have been set higher, the heating engineer did all that for us before he left Blush.

Can you turn it off altogether if you're going to be away?

sleepyhead · 07/01/2013 20:03

I agree though that it's not likely to get below 10 degrees inside - certainly not for long periods anyway.

Indith · 07/01/2013 20:03

I don't know about the thermostat but if you don't want to leave it on (do you not have a timer to just put it on an hour or so a day?) then turn it off and if the weather is due to be cold just turn the water off and drain the system so you don't get burst pipes. Our heating runs off the fire so impossible to leave it on and that's what we do.

ilovepowerhoop · 07/01/2013 20:22

Ours starts at 10 too. I just think it is highly unlikely that your internal house temperature will drop below 10 degrees at this time of year so the heating would not go on anyway.

PigletJohn · 09/01/2013 02:45

If you read your home insurance policy, you eill probably find it requires you to set the heating to 12 and the timer to 24 hours, and turn off the msin stopcock.

I have had a frost-burst pipe and (if you have a loft tank) would add, turn on the bath taps after turning off the stopcock, to drain the tank.

If you ever have a burst, you will take the possibility very seriously.

Lofts get very cold.

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