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What temperature have you set the thermostat on your heating at?

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ja9 · 21/10/2008 22:10

just wondering if there is a norm for this time of yr...

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bythepowerofgreyskull · 21/10/2008 22:12

we have it set at 19 all year round. it is on for 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening.

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deco · 21/10/2008 22:12

mine is on for 2 hrs in the morning at 17.5 degrees from 7am - 9am, then 10 degrees for the rest of the day, until 6 when it's back up to 17.5 for an hour.

it seems fine for us atm

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Tomsk · 21/10/2008 22:13

ours is set at 16. We turn it up slightly in the evening, perhaps to 18, but then turn it down again before we go to bed.

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cthea · 21/10/2008 22:13

22 I'm afraid, but often switch it off when I wake up during the night.

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nickytwoooohtimes · 21/10/2008 22:13

16 for an hour in the morning, 17 from 5.30 till 10.

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ja9 · 21/10/2008 22:13

cthea - you have it on all night?

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KatyMac · 21/10/2008 22:14

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ceciliaaherne · 21/10/2008 22:14

I have it set at 20 but I regularly push it up to 21 so I can sit with my back to aradiator like a big cat. Have never considered the implications befor but my bills will be HUGE this year

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stealthsquiggle · 21/10/2008 22:14

16 and we light a fire in the evening - trying to save money.

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LittleMyDancingWithTheDevil · 21/10/2008 22:15

18.5 - one hour am, two hours pm

22?

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serenity · 21/10/2008 22:15

Ours is set to come on at 6.30am and go off at 11pm - generally set at 20, but I turn it down to 16ish during school hours when I'm either at work or home alone (I'll just stick a jumper on if I get chilly)

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ja9 · 21/10/2008 22:15

goodness! so glad i asked. ours is set at 20 just now and i've been feeling it warm but didn't know what was 'normal'. have just turned it down to 18 and will see how we get on.

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nickytwoooohtimes · 21/10/2008 22:16

Oh, and we do not have it on during the day. Just a fleece instead or go to the library, lol!

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BloodshotEyeballsintheScarySky · 21/10/2008 22:16

Good God you must all have well insulated houses. Despite brand new cavity wall insulation and loft insulation etc I still have it set at 25 and I'm freezing. Sodding Victorian wind tunnel house

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NorthernLurker · 21/10/2008 22:16

set at 15-16 but if I'm feeling chilly i put it up to 20 or so then back down before I go to bed. I know if I've forgotten to do that because I wake up at 5.45 when it comes on because I'm too hot!

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Yurtgirl · 21/10/2008 22:17

How I wish we had a thermostat!

Cthea - why dont you just wear more clothes? Your heating bills must be enormous!

If we had a thermostat I would set it at 16 degrees

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Clayhead · 21/10/2008 22:19

16 for two hours in the morning and three at night.

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PsychoAxeMurdererMum · 21/10/2008 22:21

17 at the moment.

will go up in the winter tho as DD3 and I feel the cold lots, and wrapping up does not seem to help.

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stealthsquiggle · 21/10/2008 22:39

Psycho you (and definitely DD3) are excused.

Bloodshoteyeballs - our house is ancient and very badly insulated but heating is fine at 16 - it is on all the time though as should the house cool down it takes days hours to warm up again.

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BloodshotEyeballsintheScarySky · 21/10/2008 22:41

My FIL was spouting about warming the bricks but I thought he was a daft old goat making it up. Maybe there is something in it.

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lou33 · 21/10/2008 22:41

22

i feel the cold

i turn it on when its chilly and turn it off when its not

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/10/2008 22:42

its not on but it will be at 18 when we cave.

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PsychoAxeMurdererMum · 21/10/2008 22:44

stealth, I thought so!

lou.....I will be doing the same as you soon enough.

altho I might just sit in my coat all day while the children are at school, and then stick the heating on.....

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zippitippitoes · 21/10/2008 22:44

i think it s irrelevnt because it just depends where the thermostat is hoiw accurate it is how responsiove the heating is and it certainly doesnt refletc a comparable temperature in the house never mind outside

my boiler is bust and i havent switched the heating on yet anyway but no hot water is a pain

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