Hi All,

We've just bought an old (1870) place in Snowdonia and it came with an
oil fired Stanley Super Star range in the kitchen that does the
cooking, hot water and central heating and seems to work fine. Just
want to know if its better to leave these on all the time (with regard
to the central heating) or on and off with the clock timer connected to
it. Only ask as the house has massively thick stone walls and we've
been told to leave it on constantly even when we are at work to heat
the stone up which is more efficient although we were then told to turn
it on and off when we need it by somebody else. Obviously this makes
for a colder place initially but as money (i.e oil costs) is a concern
we just want to know what the best way of using these things is. Is
there a great difference in costs in keeping it on all the time when it
only kicks in now and again to keep the CH water hot or leave it off
overnight and when we are at work even though it then uses lots more
oil to heat the CH water up to temp and to get bthe house up there too.
Thanks for any advice in advance,

Happy New Year,
Steve.