People with the heating on in the middle of summer

Kichote

I was driving through Ardpartrick today or some place nearby anyway and saw a house with smoke bellowing out the chimney. It was a roasting day. 20 solid degrees, not a cloud to be seen and maybe a very light breeze. Couldnt fecking believe it

Its like some people will be cold no matter what. Why dont they just emigrate to a warm country if it's still too cold for them now?

Its remotely possible that they were testing the fireplace or trying to get rid of old papers but unlikely, you'd think they'd wait for a cold day!

Specialun

Maybe they had a young baby and wanted to heat the house

Festy

They must have money to burn.

antodeco

Maybe they elected a new pope?

HeidiHeidi

North facing house? I have one, and it can be chilly on the hottest of days! (not to the point of lighting a fire, mind you.....)

Heating the water???

bgrizzley

backboiler, heating water for washing?

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beat me to it Heidi

cruais

Or an old person...old people can never get the heat into them!

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

They might have an old style back boiler in their fireplace.

They might want hot water if that's ok with you and doesn't upset your life too much thanks.

Gongoozler

I'm gonna go with heating water...lots of people still do it like this. including some of my family. not that unusual.

bgrizzley

We run the gas off the electricity and the electricity off the gas and we save two hundred pounds a year...

michellie

Have you got enough reasons there now OP?

FizzleSticks

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OneArt

Burn the sacrificial goat in the back garden and people complain.

Burn it in the privacy of your own fireplace and you people STILL complain. Feck's sake.

Festy

OneArt wrote: »

Burn the sacrificial goat in the back garden and people complain.

Burn it in the privacy of your own fireplace and you people STILL complain. Feck's sake.

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OneArt

Festy wrote: »

Welcome to AH

Yes.

We need to heat our water

The Backwards Man

Gets chilly at night you know. . .

Oh me head

Did you see flames in through the windows by any chance?

Capt'n Midnight

Could be one of dem bleedin foridneers that don't think 20 is warm


or someone getting rid of a body,

lisatu

I had the fire lighting a bit today and id say my neighbours must have thought we were nuts, but we have a backboiler and its cheaper than turning on the immersion. Rads are turned off though.

Real Life

I know someone who has bad raynauds disease and has to have heating on all year round. You cant really be judging people like they are in the same situation as yourself, theres often good reasons for these things.
Of course in this case it may not be anything like that at all

bonzodog2

I could say they're a funny lot down in Ardpatrick, as I used to live near there, but I don't really have any evidence for that. I'd go for the back boiler & shed full of turf theory in fairness. Or maybe burning the rubbish in the grate as its illegal outside now.

jamaamaj

Probably Niall Collins house.
Can't have our TD's cold no matter what can we?

mike65

What's wrong with an immersion heater? Are there still houses without them? :eek:

demanufactured

Some Irish folk (women usually)
Think anything below 18 degrees is freezing.

Kichote

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I could say they're a funny lot down in Ardpatrick, as I used to live near there, but I don't really have any evidence for that. I'd go for the back boiler & shed full of turf theory in fairness. Or maybe burning the rubbish in the grate as its illegal outside now.

Could be a back boiler alright but even then you'd heat up one room to boiling point and I don't know who'd put up with that in this weather. Each to their own I suppose

April O Neill

Kichote wrote: »

I was driving through Ardpartrick today or some place nearby anyway and saw a house with smoke bellowing out the chimney. It was a roasting day. 20 solid degrees, not a cloud to be seen and maybe a very light breeze. Couldnt fecking believe it

Its like some people will be cold no matter what. Why dont they just emigrate to a warm country if it's still too cold for them now?

Its remotely possible that they were testing the fireplace or trying to get rid of old papers but unlikely, you'd think they'd wait for a cold day!

If they were elderly, they might not feel the warmth as well.

evolving_doors

Dat be dem mooonshiners you gone and uncovered..

You better skip county OP or you aint be gettin any older pruty soon

April O Neill

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Why would people care enough to make excuses?

Shtanto

Could be that the house is north facing (+1) or they haven't aired the place out properly. Stale air doesn't heat very well. Bay windows is what you need there. South facing if possible.

murpho999

Apart from the fire being on or not I do laugh at people here saying that temperatures of 18 to 20 degrees as a "roasting hot day".

Have you never been abroad to plus 30 degree temps?

It's pleasant at the moment but by no means hot.

starlit

Nothing wrong with it. Some people feel the cold more than others regardless of weather like myself. I would only put on heat if temps drop and is bitter during summer. Only time be at night i need bit of heat despite temps unless it roasting and heat trapped from sunshine would i not bother with extra heat. It be for my feet really at night. Rarely have socks off unless it over certain degrees at night. Same applies daytime id only wear tshirts and shorts unless it 19/20 degrees plus but then i dont like it too hot like shade too.

It bit weird putting a fire on in 20 degree heat outside but i wouldnt take much notice. Everyone have a reason to put heat on. New baby or new house or elderly might need to put on a fire. Though heating for water or heat rooms that cold dont get sun in or if radiators have to be dripped.

Baralis1

In some more traditional homes in rural areas, people still use ranges for cooking and baking etc. I know I had a relative that lights the fire in the range every day and uses it to cook, boil kettles etc. It doesn't matter what the weather is like outside

Chucken

Our water is heated from the fire so a little fire every evening is fine. It gets chilly at night too

Electric Sheep

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Makes a change from the Irish houses where the heat isn't on in cold weather.

TheUsual

They were just burning the evidence of the nosey parker from the day before.
People have no respect for privacy these days.

Where did you say you lived again OP ?

stop animal cruelty

antodeco wrote: »

Maybe they elected a new pope?

hahahhaah brillant

Kichote

TheUsual wrote: »

They were just burning the evidence of the nosey parker from the day before.
People have no respect for privacy these days.

Where did you say you lived again OP ?

I'll get back to you on that one, too busy cutting up the last nosey fella on boards to start asking me personal stuff.

Chucken

Back to the thread title...It may be the "middle of summer" but we've had about 4 warm days so far! Wait until the heat leaves again on Monday!!

starlit

Think the weekend be good and be good a few days fingers cross we have another week of glorious sunshine and bit of heat even not that dry weather and sun do for us at this stage. Say we only got few warm days past few summers if sunny it was cold if not sunny was a wash out!

Think we done well this summer!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I'll admit it, I'm a cold f*cker and I'll have the heating on most days and always run the heating in the car on full too... Air-Con is wasted on me.

Cold actually physically hurts me, I feel real pain when I'm cold.

April O Neill

murpho999 wrote: »

Apart from the fire being on or not I do laugh at people here saying that temperatures of 18 to 20 degrees as a "roasting hot day".

Have you never been abroad to plus 30 degree temps?

It's pleasant at the moment but by no means hot.

Temps in the high teens and low twenties seem to feel hotter in this country than places with a drier climate, for some reason. Even people from hot countries who live here often say this.

And, some parts of the country have had 22, 23 degrees this week.

Chucken

Anastasia Wet Jumper wrote: »

I'll admit it, I'm a cold f*cker and I'll have the heating on most days and always run the heating in the car on full too... Air-Con is wasted on me.

Cold actually physically hurts me, I feel real pain when I'm cold.

We've discovered your achilles heel.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Chucken wrote: »

We've discovered your achilles heel.

Yup, the Ice Giants will have my guts for garters!.

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Kichote wrote: »

It was a roasting day. 20 solid degrees, not a cloud to be seen and maybe a very light breeze. Couldnt fecking believe it

Since when is 20 degrees roasting? Also, we have to put on the heat or we wouldn't have hot water.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

What's wrong with an immersion heater? Are there still houses without them? :eek:

Extremely hard water messes up the immersion, unfort

murpho999

April O Neill wrote: »

Temps in the high teens and low twenties seem to feel hotter in this country than places with a drier climate, for some reason. Even people from hot countries who live here often say this.

And, some parts of the country have had 22, 23 degrees this week.

Serouslly a number is a number.

20 degrees here is the exact same as 20 degrees in a hot country.

Only variable would be humidity but that's hardly unbearable.

I would by no means call the weather 'roasting' this week.

mike65

Relative humidity is important though, I cited central Italy in the mountains on the weather forum as a good comparison - 30C and pleasant due to very low humidity whereas 30 here would melt you.

Aglomerado

My mum is like this. Even on Sunday she had the heating on! My dad and I had to go to another room with radiator turned off and windows wide open to watch the hurling on TV. Some people just feel every little bit of cold unfortunately! (Whereas you could often find me wearing a tshirt in January!)

tin79

Kichote wrote: »

I was driving through Ardpartrick today or some place nearby anyway and saw a house with smoke bellowing out the chimney. It was a roasting day. 20 solid degrees, not a cloud to be seen and maybe a very light breeze. Couldnt fecking believe it

Its like some people will be cold no matter what. Why dont they just emigrate to a warm country if it's still too cold for them now?

Its remotely possible that they were testing the fireplace or trying to get rid of old papers but unlikely, you'd think they'd wait for a cold day!

Moral outrage that someone lights their fire? You must have an otherwise stress free life.

SHOVELLER

Saw someone in town yesterday with a scarf on! Reminds me of footballers wearing gloves and short sleeve jersies.

In some Civil Service buildings the heat is on as usual this week.

What cutbacks?