Thermostat at 18 degrees

I wear warm clothes. 13.5 degrees is way too cold for a house unless you are a polar bear. No amount of warm clothes and blankets would keep me warm enough to WFH in those temperatures The minimum temperature recommended for the workplace is 16 degrees for an office.

How do you manage in summer when it is a warm and pleasant 23 degrees outside?

I'd freeze in the UK.

22 during the day and 16 at night

Our thermostat is always set at 18 degrees and my daughter grew up in this house. We always wear a couple of layers and slippers, so maybe that makes it a liveable temperature We are always busy too and rarely sit down in front of the tv

Well my thermostat and the actual room temperatures don’t seem to add up in winter. I feel cold if it’s below 20. But last week when it was freezing outside I needed my thermostat on 25 to get my house up to 20. But the week before when it was warmer I had my thermostat on 20 and the house stayed at about 20. I don’t have it on at all at night. Goes off from 10pm until 5:30am. When it’s really cold outside it’s still only getting up to 18/19 on a morning when I get up around 7 when the heating has come on at 5:30. Currently over winter I’ve left it on all day to keep the house at around 20 as when I was timing it off at 9 when we all go out and to come back on at 3 ready for kids coming home about 4, it was still not reaching 20 by bedtime on colder days. Once we get to April I think I’ll have it a couple of hours on a morning only. Then come summer it’s just off as the house gets up to 25 on its own!! Old 1900s house. New windows though. All laminate floors though which o think makes it colder.

I’d die if my heating was on 18 all night 😱 I love a warm bed but cold room to sleep in!

No/ not if My house is warm with enough clothes.
during the day my house is set for 13.5 and it’s been fine. I just wear warm pyjamas. I am not cold and I am the type who used to really feel the cold. I have just got used to it.
houses hotter than 18 make me feel like I can’t breathe.

same here

18 is my max, but currently set at 15 any hotter and I get headaches, I'd rather be to cold than to hot but everyone is different but I pay the bills so that's the end of the story really.

Good work with keeping the bills low 😉

We have ours set to 18 most days. I find it depends what you are doing. I find 18 fine if I am actively moving around most of the day. It is a bit chilly if sitting working at a desk but I regularly do at 18 with my heated blanket on.

Mine sits between 14 to 17. Occasionally it gets to 18. I grew up in a cold farmhouse so I don't like it too hot

I agree. I reach a point where no matter how many layers I am wearing I just feel chilled to the bone if it is under 18 degrees. I need the ambient temperature to be at least 18 degrees or I just can't function.

We don't have the heating on at night.

Mines at 18- for the hours it’s on - a few in morning a few in evening , and couldn’t bear any hotter . Sitting here in pyjamas with vest top and bare feet and I’m plenty warm enough .

You do know how thermostats work right?

I agree with this. Totally depends if the thermostat is in a colder or warmer part of the house

My house doesn't get above 15. I hate the cold but I am definitely acclimatising gradually. And I use a heated blanket which is a godsend. At 18 I'd need to take off at least one layer. We do try to get it warmer when we have guests but its a real struggle.
Anyway, I think 18 is fine but I'd go for 19 or 20 if I had guests (if I could!)

Side note: my house is lush in summer, so cool compared to outside. I think it might be built on a block of ice or something.

Way too cold for me, mines always on at least 22, but I’d rather 24. I blame my mum who had the house so warm growing up!

Ps. Weird question but do those who have it much colder not get the feeling of having freezing noses and ears? I know a jumper and a blanket help but I find when it's colder my nose is cold and starts running and my ears always feel frozen!

I think 21.5-22 is ideal! 18 is suitable for night time only.

No working boiler in my home , I do have log burner, I live in two sets of thermals, and layers, no heat upstairs, tbh so many duvets it’s bonkers , just looking forward to spring!
in the past I had heating actually you get accustomed to being cold

It depends on the house, and where the thermostat is in the house. Ours is in our draughty hallway, 17.5/18 is the maximum we set it too. In other places we've lived, would go as high as 21. It's a pointless comparison to make between houses IMO and that's not even factoring for personal preference.

is everyone in the house comfortable? Can the bill payer(s) afford it. If yes then crack on surely?

Between 18 and 20 is fine for us. It's set to 12° overnight though

I agree our thermostat is set to 18 for morning & getting home from work/school. 16 for overnight & during the day but the house sits around 17+ anyway. It’s a Victorian house but holds its heat really well & the main living room & kitchen r south facing which is great in winter hell in summer. I used to have a friend who’d sit in my house with one of those light weight hikers coats on over her jumper & sometimes a scarf 🙄 the rest of us would be in a light jumper at most & the thermostat would b reading 19+ in the coldest room in the house, so definitely higher where we’d be sat 🙄

lol- mine is never above 15. I can’t stand houses hotter than that!

Mines never been higher than 17. Can't stand having the heating on in general and would much rather wear a dressing gown or be cosy in a blanket.