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I was thinking this too. It's entirely possible that the heat loss I'm experiencing is normal for the house given it's size, abundance of windows and the fact I've not lived in it permanently yet. I may have just been spoiled by how well my parents' house retains heat.

The room which appears to suffer the most is the living room. This has a big bay window at one end and French doors at the other so understandably loses a bit of heat. But the windows have plantation shutters and there are thermal curtains at the French doors. The room doesn't feel draughty or...

Thanks for this. I did initially keep the heating at 15degrees but found it was using a lot more gas than I was expecting. It has been quite cold the last month or so I guess which is why I turned it off to an emergency temperature of 5C. As for the concrete floor, do you expect that this...

Thanks for this. I've read a few things about the "fabric" of the building. What exactly does this refer too? Is it just the walls and structure?

Yeh I have flooring. It's amtico downstairs and carpet upstairs. I do find the floor downstairs feels cold on the feet - particularly the living room. I was expecting a temperature drop of maybe 2-3 degrees overnight. Admittedly this is based on the experience in my parents home which may not...

Hi My house is a detached house with 2 floors and 3 bedrooms. Currently I don't live there permanently because I'm still sorting out a few things so am living at my parents house. I probably go to the house once a week at the moment to sort out odd bits. What I'm finding is that the home heats...