Its September and the central heatings on!

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booldawg

Its September and the central heatings on!

Post by booldawg » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:11 pm

Homebrewing is changing my life after only a week; I'd usually be suggesting the MRS put on a wooly jumper. It'd be at least October before the switch got flicked for central heating!
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dan_olo

Post by dan_olo » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:15 pm

i know the feeling... don't think i've ever paid so much attention to the temperature of my understairs cupboard before!
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Post by Andy » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:54 pm

Yeah, still wearing shorts here but tend a don a fleece in the evenings over a t-shirt :)
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Post by awalker » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:32 am

Heating will not go on till November in our house.

Maybe the occasional open fire to burn offcuts from the garden.
Like Daab an extra jumper is a lot more pocket and eco friendly

Its different for fermenting beer and wine they will always be heated when needed:D
Fermenter(s): Lambic, Wheat beer, Amrillo/Cascade Beer
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Orkney_Rob

Post by Orkney_Rob » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:12 pm

My heating doesn't usually go on until November either, but despite having moved to a very, very well insulated house we have had it on a few times now. It has been baltic up here... perhaps a good winter is on the cards!
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Beatnik69

Post by Beatnik69 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:31 pm

No heating 'til November??!!? I'm assuming none of you lads are married to or living with a woman. If I tried keeping the heating off until November I'd be bucked out of the house by SWMBO
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markbatten

Post by markbatten » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:48 pm

I'm with Beatnik!
Talking to my wife last night on the phone, she has had the heating on already (and she doesn't normally switch it on until the first frost!).
Unfortunately I live in Service accomodation and the penny pinchers don't turn it on until 1st October.
And they came round this year putting new thermostats on all the radiators so you can't turn them up past tepid!
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Post by awalker » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:51 pm

Beatnik69 wrote:No heating 'til November??!!? I'm assuming none of you lads are married to or living with a woman. If I tried keeping the heating off until November I'd be bucked out of the house by SWMBO
Its my wifes rule!

Now that winter starts in September and ends in May the fuel bill has to be reduced somewhere and I have loads of jumpers
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Post by Andy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:25 pm

Surprised SteveD hasn't posted on this one - apparently his missus keeps their place in temperature equilibrium with the Namib desert.
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delboy

Post by delboy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:16 pm

Ours has been on and off since about the middle of august, the slightest chill in the air has swmbo running for the control panel.
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Curious Brew

Post by Curious Brew » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:21 pm

Ours was on yesterday for the first time since the spring. We've all got a hideous cold here so it was heating AND jumpers on yesterday. Not a happy bunch in the CB household at the moment. :cry:
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booldawg

Post by booldawg » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:51 pm

Think turning on the central heating last night was too little too late :cry: My first ever brew has been stuck at 1018 since tuesday. Since I dont have any yeast enzyme I've gently roused the wort and added another sachet of yeast. If its still stuck come Saturday then at least I can get to the brew shop for the enzyme. I'm certain the temp didnt drop below the 20 mark.
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nicktherockstar

Post by nicktherockstar » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:02 pm

your houses must be cold ours only gets down to about 17/18 at coldest and a heater belt for an hour a day sorts that
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Orkney_Rob

Post by Orkney_Rob » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:16 pm

The secret is to have a system so feindishly complicated that it takes a pHd to operate....

That or just no instruction manual anyway :lol:
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Doug

Heating

Post by Doug » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:54 pm

My household heating is the brewbelt. We all huddle around it in an evening for warmth.

TBH if it falls below the required temp all I do with the Fermentation bucket is wrap it in fleecy. worked for me for the past 3 years.

It's all so limp all this putting on your heaters in September malarky. What is this board all full of southerners or are there some hardier folk in here.

Phaaa still t-shirt and shorts around the house weather.

:lol: :lol:
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