Heating Settings at Night

The only time I've ever had the heating on at night was when the temperature dropped to -18°c.

We had no electricity (and therefore no heating) for 4 days a couple of years ago. The temperature on day 4 had dropped to 7°c in our bedroom and we managed just fine.

Off at night. If it’s been on in the evening it doesn’t drop below about 10 anyway even if very cold. If you’re away and not using the heating you’d need to set it to the frost protection setting. If you have an old house/ single glazing etc may need it on during the night. It soon heats up from 10 to 18 in a better insulated house so don’t think there’s any need to do what you’re doing

Well unless you have asthma which is triggered by breathing in the cold air and nothing to do with how many blankets etc you put on! Wouldn't be very healthy in this house let me tell ya!

I've read (but not checked out the research behind it) that the optimum temperature to sleep at is 16-18 degrees

So it isn't really as straightforward as - it's healthier without heating - it really depends on your houses temperature (not that you were saying this @Desecratedcoconut I mean this more generally)

Off at night. I’ve never liked heating on through the night. Also, the click of the thermostat in my bedroom is very loud and would wake me up.

I keep seeing this. By what mechanism is this healthier and is there a great decline in health over summer?

Always off at night. it's healthier and better for you to sleep in a cool room, but be warm under the duvet.

We don’t have a thermostat so the heating in the winter just comes on on a timer. If I’m cold during the day I just over ride the timer. Heating is never on at night.

Ours is set to come on if it drops below 15° but that only happens 2 or 3 nights a year. We live in a row house so the neighbours on either side must insulate us pretty well.

You're thinking about using more energy to warm up the house is wrong I think. Ours is completely off at night, I can't stand it too warm.

I have mine set to come on between 2am-3am in the winter to take the chill off the babies room because his room seems to get really cold.

Ours has frost protection set at 9°. It’s never come on overnight that I am aware of.

Mine stays on at the same temperature day and night. I live in a cold country, you can't put the heating off at night or you risk damage to the house as well as being really really cold. But even this time of year, when its not going below zero, I wouldn't let the temperature drop at night, its horrible getting up in a cold house.

14-15 overnight.

13 overnight as we are both retired and well remember the days as children, before ch, when you woke up to frozen windows inside and having to get dressed by the gas cooker 😂 (Plus we need the en-suite quite a bit during the night these days.)

Daytime at present it is only set at 15 but our house is detached yet very well insulated plus our front large bay window is south facing so keeps our sitting room and hallway pretty warm. After 6.00pm we normally drop the ch to 13 as we like to have the gas fire on low which seems to keep the house really warm and cosy.

Ours is set to 16 overnight and rarely clicks on.

I don't have the heating on at night atall. And barely ever in the day either due to utility costs. I put it on sometimes if the washing needs help drying when it's very cold. We have a little fan heater we use to warm up if really cold.

I think it probably defends on the home as a PP said. It takes far too long for our house to warm
up, so having the heating “on” all the time in cold weather but in reality it only flicks on every now and again, gets the house up a degree then goes off after 30 mins or so. It would take hours to get the house from 14 to 18.

We don't have our heating on at night. Ever. Windows open a crack too all year round too.

15 overnight and then 18 during the day. We aren’t a cold family so it suits us. Will do a manual boost if it does feel cool.

We have UFH in our extension and will turn that on when it’s much colder. It’s expensive to run if the ambient temp is too cold though. It cost £20 to heat for 3 days over a long weekend away when we’d turned off the main CH but forgotten the UFH. The CH was on ‘frost prevention’ mode so didn’t kick in until it was 12c…UFH was set to 18c so worked like crazy to keep the temps up 🙈😢

I'm not sure your logic is right when it comes to conserving energy.
We have ours set to 15 at night, but even in the middle of winter it rarely comes on because it rarely gets below that.

Off at night.
Usually on a timer - 0530 - 0800, 1400-1600 and 2000-2100. But we boost it for an hour if needed at other times.

Currently off, but manually boosting for an hour the last 2 days.

We have it off at night.

It’s off overnight, and the radiator in my bedroom is never on.

I never have the heating on overnight but everyone is different and houses hole on to the heat differently.

I do also sleep with a window open, regardless of the weather though.

We have the heating timed to come on at 5-6am and then again at 6-7pm but I'll put it on again in the evening if we are cold and have already put an extra layer on and some socks etc.