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Heating on?

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TheOpalFox · 14/09/2025 16:52

Have you got the heating on yet. ? I have 😍 I hate being cold

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DelphiniumBlue · 14/09/2025 17:00

I'm contemplating it.
I'm sitting here in my living room freezing but thermometer say 19 degrees, so feel I probably shouldn't yet.

Interesting. Sometimes 18 or 19 feels warm. At other times cool. Perhaps it depends on dry/damp. Also draughts. Apparently you can be in an overheated room that still feels cold if there are draughts.

notacooldad · 21/09/2025 18:48

Nope it's still 21.5° with the window and black door open.
More of less the same for me. Its not 21.5° but windows and backdoor open.
We went walking in the hills this afternoon and I had to take my soft shell off and was walking in a t shirt.
Yesterday it was warm but I would have been drowned if I left the house between lunch time and 02:00 hrs!

jettisoned · 21/09/2025 18:09

Nope it's still 21.5° with the window and black door open.

greengreyblue · 21/09/2025 18:05

I’m sitting in the garden in the sunshine albeit with thick socks and a blanket .

WhineAndWine1 · 21/09/2025 12:28

My thermostat is set to click on at 17.5 and it’s started to click on it’s self the last few days

greengreyblue · 15/09/2025 16:46

Back door open, no heating on.

FiveBarGate · 15/09/2025 16:27

The cold feeling is definitely more connected to damp than outright temperature at this time of year.

The thermometer on my desk says it's 3 degrees warmer in here today than yesterday. But we've had torrential downpours and a jumper is needed.

Yesterday it felt really warm and I couldn't imagine needing heating (or even a jumper).

GleisZwei · 15/09/2025 15:13

ishimbob · 15/09/2025 07:58

Yep. Went on today.

And yes I have a jumper on.

No, I am not going to wear a hat or a balaclava in my own home when I have central heating.

Are you referring to my balaclava comment upthread? Lol, I made that for snowy/cold weather - the only time I've actually worn a hat inside was when our heaters were broken.

TheChosenTwo · 15/09/2025 08:18

No but only because dh has stripped
out our old boiler in anticipation of installing an air source heat pump (don’t ask me what it is, I don’t understand!), we have an immersion for the hot water (don’t really understand that either 😂) but the heat pump will be going in over the next couple of weekends - thank fuck because I’m cold and don’t do being cold in my own home! Currently the room I’m in says it’s 22 but I’m sat under my heated blanket trying to warm up again. I’m a cold person, have always felt the cold.

Rainbow1901 · 15/09/2025 08:12

DH has admitted to switching on the heating when I was out over the weekend but then the stupid man is constantly in short sleeved shirts whereas I'll throw on a cardi or jumper.
I think the cat must have been cold last night as she was on our bed when I woke up this morning. 😺

gingercat02 · 15/09/2025 08:09

Yep, DH is on blood thinners so feels the cold

ishimbob · 15/09/2025 07:58

Yep. Went on today.

And yes I have a jumper on.

No, I am not going to wear a hat or a balaclava in my own home when I have central heating.

Icequeen01 · 15/09/2025 07:52

I felt so cold the other evening that we lit our log burner. I have honestly never heard my little cat purr so loudly when she saw her beloved fire was lit! She didn’t move from it all night!

nellietheellie75 · 14/09/2025 23:02

Mines been on plenty of times. I hate being cold

bringonthebermonths · 14/09/2025 23:00

Not intentionally but I did notice the radiators were warm on Friday - set to come on below 17 but I wasn't feeling very cold so I might need to turn it down to 16. Still got all windows open and sleeping with fan on maybe 4/7 nights! I have stopped leaving the bifold doors open all day though...

To be clear I'm not being competitive I just can't stand being hot, I much prefer being snuggled under a blanket in the evenings and being able to easily remove it if I get warm than the whole house being too warm!

Itdoesntmatteranyway · 14/09/2025 22:14

Yes here in Yorkshire. House is being renovated so cold as no carpets etc. We don’t do a lot of luxuries (eating out etc) but I won’t be cold so heating is our luxury I suppose (which feels bleak to admit)

mamagogo1 · 14/09/2025 22:12

I’m sitting in a vest top and jeans - I’m no martyr it goes on when inside the house goes below 18 consistently but it’s 22 inside today

mamagogo1 · 14/09/2025 22:11

Still warm here in the sw, wet but 17 degrees today

narcASD · 14/09/2025 22:08

no but at this rate with my menopausal sweats it’ll need to be -10 before it comes on, I’ve still got the fan on in the bedroom at night.

jennygeddes · 14/09/2025 21:13

Put it on for an hour this morning when it was 17° in my poorly insulated house. Red wine and oodie means no need this evening!

HippeePrincess · 14/09/2025 21:08

no, we haven’t shut any of our windows yet, I put the summer clothes away and I popped on a cardi at some points today. Midlands so not in any way cold enough for heating til probably the end of October.

MoominMai · 14/09/2025 21:08

GleisZwei · 14/09/2025 21:03

I knitted a balaclava once, with basically eye and mouth openings.....cosy, but apparently also scary/embarrassing/ridiculous.....🤣🤣🤣

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Honestly, I’ll probably invest in a good quality balaclava this year (as I’m not skilled enough like clever you to make my own!). My house is huge and always cold. I WFH so I need a robust strategy to deal with the pending winter without bankrupting myself with fuel bills!

GleisZwei · 14/09/2025 21:03

MoominMai · 14/09/2025 20:40

Yes - the nose! How does one get around that?! One winter when the heating had broken, I actually bought a little knitted nose cover you tie sound the back of your head! 😅

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I knitted a balaclava once, with basically eye and mouth openings.....cosy, but apparently also scary/embarrassing/ridiculous.....🤣🤣🤣

AnneElliott · 14/09/2025 20:59

No - I try and hold out until October half term! But it’s still warm here - I had the backdoor open for most of the day.

Bufftailed · 14/09/2025 20:56

No way. End of October.