Keeping your home warm / heating / energy crisis / insulation etc

17°c and a boost when I feel cold. The rest of the family can slap on another layer.

Why wouldn't these apps allow you to define your own comfort temp?

I wish there was a better summer setting. I don't want the heating on at night when it drops to 15c I want it to stay cool

They do - can't you just adjust your schedule?

Rewriting all my schedules? No thanks. There's an "away" mode that can leave the hot water on but it seems like a bodge

I dunno, its like 5 minutes work?

Tado is such a fan favourite in here and I dont get it, I was really unimpressed by it.

Anyone have any insights into what energy prices are going to look like later this year? Seen a few headlines saying wholesale prices are dropping. Will this translate into lower consumer costs? My 2 year fixed is due to end in October...

I know they are certainly coming down but not sure by much or if they'll be at pre-war levels.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/03/martin-lewis-standing-charge-energy-price-guarantee/

This may help a little, haven't read/watched the whole thing but Martin Lewis is usually pretty clear.

thanks for this, seems like a wait and see.

Martin Lewis is pretty good. Cornwall Insights too if you don’t mind a little more technical detail. Tl;Dr at the moment is that EPG will be coming to an end in July (this is what is currently capping prices at £2.5k representative), and we’ll go back to regular price caps set by OFGEM. at the same time prices will fall anyway as part of this quarterly price cap to around £2.2k representative but then May rise again as we enter winter (as is often the case). Yes wholesale prices have fallen, but they are still volatile so no guarantee they will follow the “normal” path of lower in summer and higher in winter. The price cap mechanism has also changed (quarterly not 6-monthly) so price cap tariffs (variable tariffs) are likely to change more frequently. If your 2 year fix is coming to an end in October then you’ll see much higher rates vs two years ago, so just keep a look out over summer for a supplier that has a good deal or aligns with your values. Lots of suppliers expanding out to other areas/bundling products together which can offer better value for consumers but not always. Also keep an eye out for what your current supplier is doing, may well be that you can get a good deal by sticking rather than switching as it’s pretty costly at the moment for a supplier to get a new customer in (Ofgem have banned new customer only tariffs, ie a supplier can’t offer a cheaper price to just new customers) and there’s not much differentiation in the market so existing customer deals seem more competitive than have historically been the case.

Do people still have their heating on?

Turned ours off a week or two ago but some chilly morning and 17.5 degrees inside are temping me. It’s MAY!

Put a jumper on 17.5C is pleasant.

Huh. 17.5 is what we heat to in the winter... I supplement with a small heater wherever I am.

Knew this’d be the wrong place to ask. I’ll talk to my soft mates.

Well, we haven't turned ours off and last night it kicked in for the first time in weeks so it must have been cold.

I actually really feel the cold so I'm well over this whole late summer thing. But then I think about half of Europe in a heatwave.

partner must have 22.5º-23º so i went back on last 2 evenings, i wouldn’t have bothered.
This is why I insisted on internal insulation and secondary glazing as i'm paying half the bills.

We’re well insulated but I’ve had the big back doors open a lot while working in the garden the last few days so I guess any heat has sneaked out.

Was supposed to be 18c yesterday, couldn’t feel my hands after a ride in Kent!

They walking round in shorts and t-shirt? I couldn't get my house that warm even if I wanted to!

23 would kill me I reckon. Still getting to grips with out ASHP setup but 20c in the larder seems to be about right. I’m sure the rest of the house is a degree or so less as the fridge and stuff is in there.

No but i am!
grew up in a no cavity bedroom with crittall windows and no heating in the upstairs so don’t like it too warm.

Wild huh. My wife likes it warmer than I do, so I got her a huge polartec fleece jumper and down gilet.

Our larder is set lower than the the rest of the rooms so its cooler, generally its 2-3 degrees lower in temperature than the rest of the house. 20 degrees is our household temp, but would be too warm for food storage.

Our larder is a walk in cupboard with no rad 🤷🏽‍♀️

17.5? That's what my thermostats are set to in winter.

Yeah yeah you’re all martyrs