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Thermostat at 18 degrees

290 replies

SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 19:21

My sister is telling me I’m a freak - but any hotter is awful, surely?

YABU - team sister
YANBU - me and the correct answer

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Autumn1990 · 19/02/2025 20:55

The thermometer on the kitchen wall is usually 16-20 in the day and 23 in the evening. Solid fuel powered central heating so not as straightforward as choosing a temperature. House is always lovely and warm

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SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 20:54

MumCanIHaveASnackPlease · 19/02/2025 20:53

18 is FREEZING. 21 is ideal.

No no NO.

21 is stifling.

Unless you’re on a beach. Maybe you live on a beach?

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Jaehee · 19/02/2025 20:54

I wouldn’t normally have the heating on at all as I have a heat pad, but I’ve suddenly started getting chilblains so I’ve been setting it to 20C for a couple of hours in the evening.

Never had heating on at night.

MumCanIHaveASnackPlease · 19/02/2025 20:53

18 is FREEZING. 21 is ideal.

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SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 20:53

YourAzureEagle · 19/02/2025 20:52

we do 24, nice and cosy

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Any advances on 24?

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YourAzureEagle · 19/02/2025 20:52

SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 19:38

😱

How do you breathe.

😂

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we do 24, nice and cosy

recklessgran · 19/02/2025 20:52

Our thermostat is in the hall and we keep it on 24 during the day but off at night. Upstairs is always freezing and our sitting room is often registering 26. Lucky to be able to afford to keep warm how we like it in our retirement.

MotionofTime · 19/02/2025 20:52

God, I live in a freezer compared to most - house is usually 12 degrees.

Fiorenzsay · 19/02/2025 20:51

Ours is 22.5! In a very well insulated new build.

I feel the cold, my husband overheats in a second but this works for us.

Generally use an hour in the morning and evening if it's really cold.

NaomiTroll · 19/02/2025 20:51

Can only afford to heat my house to go above 11 degrees once or twice a day, so 18 sounds positively balmy.

Doggymummar · 19/02/2025 20:51

Mine comes on at 18 but I don't have an upper temperature switch off. I guess that means it goes off at 19? Not sure

Purplecatshopaholic · 19/02/2025 20:49

Ooft, too cold for me during the day, although I have it at 18 at night. Funny how different we are re what’s a normal temp in our homes.

MiddleAgedDread · 19/02/2025 20:47

It depends what you’re doing……if you’re on the go doing housework etc then 18 Is fine. For working from home it’s bearable if you’re wearing a decent number of clothes, for sitting watching tv it’s getting chilly and might need a blanket, and for overnight in bed it’s warm IMO.

abracadabra1980 · 19/02/2025 20:47

I vote you are living in an igloo.

SailingYachty · 19/02/2025 20:47

21/22 here, 18 at night! And yes I am wearing thick jumpers.

FlowerUser · 19/02/2025 20:46

Another2Cats · 19/02/2025 20:44

We do the same, (why heat the house at night?).

But there is a huge difference between modern homes with lots of insulation (they lose very little heat over night) and your typical Victorian built home.

We currently live in an old Victorian farmhouse without double glazing and, back when it was very cold in January, I woke up early one morning before the heating came on and, going down into the kitchen, the temperature there was 7 degrees C.

That really does show how much heat old houses can lose over night.

We haven't done anything to improve the house as we bought it a couple of years ago with the intention of knocking it down and rebuilding.

So we're just suffering with it until the builders start on-site later this year (it's taken us quite a long time to get planning and then to get the builders to be available)

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And if it gets colder overnight your pipes can freeze then burst, causing flooding. Cheaper to heat to at least 10C than need an emergency plumber.

RaveToTheGrave1 · 19/02/2025 20:45

Mine kicks in if it gets to 19, has to be on 19 or 20 for me to be comfy

Another2Cats · 19/02/2025 20:44

SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 19:38

Ohhh…
I have no heating at all on at night 😂😂

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We do the same, (why heat the house at night?).

But there is a huge difference between modern homes with lots of insulation (they lose very little heat over night) and your typical Victorian built home.

We currently live in an old Victorian farmhouse without double glazing and, back when it was very cold in January, I woke up early one morning before the heating came on and, going down into the kitchen, the temperature there was 7 degrees C.

That really does show how much heat old houses can lose over night.

We haven't done anything to improve the house as we bought it a couple of years ago with the intention of knocking it down and rebuilding.

So we're just suffering with it until the builders start on-site later this year (it's taken us quite a long time to get planning and then to get the builders to be available)

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SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 20:43

Svolvaer · 19/02/2025 20:43

I’m with you all the way!

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Are both of you my sister?

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Svolvaer · 19/02/2025 20:43

Vettrianofan · 19/02/2025 19:37

23 is perfect 😊

I’m with you all the way!

FlowerUser · 19/02/2025 20:41

I have cold-induced asthma so it's 21C during the day and 16C at night.

I am prepared to reduce spending on many things except heat.

VeryVeryCross · 19/02/2025 20:40

In this house 20 feels too warm and I have ro turn it down.

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SmileEachDay · 19/02/2025 20:38

whatonearthisgoingonnow · 19/02/2025 20:36

Not everyone is menopausal.

I get depressed at anything less than 22, and I never want to get out of bed if it's cold.

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I’m not menopausal!

Unless thermostats are an indicator 😱

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/02/2025 20:37

21 during the day, but heating is always off at night.

soupyspoon · 19/02/2025 20:37

No one is unreasonble, its an unreasonable way of referring to differences in how people want to live

I am in pain at the moment due to feeling so cold, our thermostat reads 20 and Im in the living room with the wood burner

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