To ask what's your heating situation?

This is where the heatpump is a good idea.
No arguments as the temperature is just constant the whole day (our drops between midnight and 6am) You can have diff temperatures for different rooms if you want. This is our first winter with ours and working a treat so far.
I wouldn’t recommend ripping out a perfectly good boiler for one however when it does to boilers needing replacing I’d recommend everyone looks into it (admitting that not all houses are suitable for conversion. Works best with modern houses with good insulation)

I'm on a mission to stop family from turning on fire/heating every 10 seconds

Downstairs our underfloor heating clicks on at 18 in the day and 16 overnight. Upstairs the radiators are on for a couple of hours morning and evening. I work up there so sometimes boost it for an hour during the day.

We also have a couple of woodburners we use to be cosy in the evening but haven't used either of them yet. Our house is 350 years old so gets draughty and needs the heat.

Hiya- most councils are doing a boiler replacement scheme for low income households. Please look this up! They will do everything necessary at no cost to you.

Thermostat set to 17 during the day and about 12 at night. We have a combi boiler. If we have guests or we feel cold we will up it to 18 or 19 but not has to do that yer. Luckily the house gets a lot of sun and is generally a warm house (1950s semi). We have had issues with our energy supplier randomly telling us we need to pay £250+ so we won't go into debt this winter - how they think we can afford it as we're on universal credit I don't know! Anyway we've got the warm home discount so that should help and we have £350 credit. At the moment we're paying £102 a month (dual) and we've agreed to make lump sum payments if necessary.

We have just moved house, so have been keeping on eye on our gas usage. Our thermostat is set at 17 degrees (though it is by the front door, so may not be accurate) and boiler is set on low (radiators are a barely warm when the heating comes on). We switch the heating on from about 3-4 o'clock in the afternoon, depending on when we feel the need, and then it is on almost constantly until we switch it off at around 9. We haven't put it on in the morning yet, the house feels on the cooler side, but not horribly cold. In 3 weeks we have used 16 kWh gas. For context, it is a 2-bed ex-council house. Even with us not needing a huge amount of heat, based on this and experimenting in our old house after the energy prices went up, having the boiler set on low definitely works. (comparable to driving a car at different speeds - you will always get there, but difference is in the time and fuel it takes).

Currently renting an Annexe with storage heaters.
Living alone and working three jobs just to pay the bills. Heating has not gone on yet.
I work all day so when i get home, I do an online class like combat/zumba or a quick jog on a mini treadmill to warm up before I go to bed. (2 duvets and a hot water bottle)
Trying to keep it going like this before I have to switch on any of the ancient storage heaters.
Fingers crossed ....it's working for the moment :)

22 degrees would feel suffocating to me. I'd be stripping down to a t-shirt and opening all the windows.

Ours comes on at 18.5 - we had it on for 90 minutes this morning and the house is still at 18.3 now and it doesn't feel cold in the slightest.

It's quite the assumption that people are spanking all their money on holidays and new cars in preference to heating. We holiday with my mother as we're fortunate that she lives by the sea and our car was second hand quite some years ago and was paid for outright. No finance.

I prioritise paying my mortgage and food bills...

I know plenty people who have it above 18 but if I even had mine on 19° or 20° it would feel like a sauna lol x

18 degrees is fine. I mean you would be happy sitting outside in a light jumper in a warm Spring day 18 degrees wouldn't you?

I tend to run warm, wear warm clothes in winter and don't spend a lot of time sitting still sit down much so don't need a whole lot of heat. Heating for us is mainly about keeping the fabric of the house warm and dry.

Should add it's a new boiler but house is 1930s terrace. We spent quite a lot of time doing as much insulation as possible last winter

We've been putting ours on around 5pm till 9pm at 18.5c

We budget our payments to make sure we have a good credit balance for the colder months. Both retired, so we spend quite a bit of time at home, and keeping reasonably warm is a priority. Heating’s been on in the mornings and evenings at about 18/19 for a couple of weeks. We wear fleecy hoodies, and I put a blanket over my legs when I sit and watch TV or read.

Although we’re on a low income, I’m fairly adept at managing the finances, so we won’t be cold.

it is not on yet unless i put it on briefly

I do think 22 is hot for heating. That's suitable for my 90 year old grandmother who sits most of the day.

18, or 16 feels on because it would drop to 7 or 8 in my house without heating. It's a significant difference. If you live in a well insulated flat it may stay that warm without heating.

Quite right! Humans actually had fireplaces before they had houses! I prioritise my simple hovel being warm through the colder months as a basic necessity of contentment...and I too will forgo having a car, holidays (and many other superfluous things) if it means that I can curl up in front of a roaring fire with a good book!
That said, I am enjoying it to excess whilst I still can - how long until Big Brother can use live satellite data to identify illicit combustion activities in real time and send in the AI police drones ro eliminate the perpetrators (in our global quest for net zero😬)!

Were rural so out heating is electric. Log fire in kitchen, large lounge with radiators at 26 my side of the room, 20 ish dh side.

I like the bedroom warm but with fresh air. I think it’s in 24 but the windows cracked.

It stays on all day. I prioritise not freezing my arse off in a damp house over holidays and new cars.

If you can afford it who cares??

I am shocked to read all the other responses. I have my heating on morning couple hours evening 5/6 hours at 22 degrees. I can’t see how 18 even feels on? Maybe my system is rubbish I am thinking though it is fairly new 😳 either that or I just like it hot which is also true 🤣

Mine is similar to you. It’s set to come on 730-9am to 18° and 6-9pm, also 18°. I’ve got a 4 month old and this keeps the place warm. Occasionally if we’re in during the day, I might boost it for half an hour in the afternoon to make sure it stays up around 18° :-)

No heating bills. Have been in a new build flat (in London) since 2016 and never needed to turn it on. The building is very energy efficient.
One the coldest day, it's maybe 18 in here, so a jumper is fine. Otherwise over 20 in the winter.

I only turned ours on again for winter last Sunday, we'd been away for the weekend and it was about 15.5 indoors when we get back home, which is too cold for me. It's set to 20 degrees and it's on for about 2 hours in the morning when the kids are getting ready for school and then from 4 until about 9:30pm, weekends possibly slightly different. If it's a particularly cold day, as in close to freezing outside during the day, I will turn it on for a couple of extra hours because I can't bear being frozen. The husband grumbles about the heating though, so this is a rarity.

I think there is some science - damp air takes more energy to heat up than dry air, so if you can pull some of that moisture from the air the heating will work more efficiently.

I grew up in a Victorian house and opening windows every day, even briefly (and, tbh, having poorly fitting single glazing and open chimneys 😂) was a key part of the battle to keep damp at bay. There has to be airflow to move moisture out of the house.