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TheOpalFox · 2025-09-21T19:21:11+00:00

Anyone else tried to not have heating on? Even tho your cold? It’s 8 degrees and I’m cold but can’t afford to have heating on all the time :( what a way to live!!!

Arran2024 · 21/09/2025 22:01

It's chilly here but I just put on a big cardie and thick socks.

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 22:01

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 22:00

It can still be damp though if unheated. Unless you have your windows open 24/7 even in the depth of winter.

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Pretty much! It’ll be on for 15 minutes of a morning and evening when a frost is forecast, only enough to get hot water moving through the pipes. Never any damp.

EmpressOfTheThread · 21/09/2025 22:01

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:58

Nope. Cos we ventilate.

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No, she's saying there may be a smell if you put it on rarely, or as pp said if the radiatiors haven't been cleaned. Maybe the boiler needs to be serviced?

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 22:01

SoMentallyDrained · 21/09/2025 22:00

Why is it so cranky in here?!

Everyone’s probably too cold.

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 22:01

EmpressOfTheThread · 21/09/2025 21:59

Why Remembrance Sunday?

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Because it gets bonus points on the competitive underheating scale?

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 22:00

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 21:49

No ones uncomfortable in this house with the heating on.

I loathe cold houses and offices. My hands get too numb to do anything and l ache. I also shiver. Even with lots of layers, Akthough l hate layers too.

And the only jumpers l can wear are cotton and silk. Cottons not very warm and silk is too expensive.

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You can wear others. You choose not to!

StrongLikeMamma · 21/09/2025 22:00

Not cold enough here.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 22:00

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:58

Nope. Cos we ventilate.

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It can still be damp though if unheated. Unless you have your windows open 24/7 even in the depth of winter.

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 22:00

FancyQuoter · 21/09/2025 21:58

I don't know what you are on about.

I open my windows like most people, but "having the heating on" is not awful for you.

You might want to read about the health problems that people living in poverty and unsuitable conditions experience, and what the lack of heating actually does.

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I’ll trust the consultant over people on Mumsnet who are apparently numb when it’s 18 degrees!!!

SoMentallyDrained · 21/09/2025 22:00

Why is it so cranky in here?!

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 22:00

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:57

It is - it dries out the air and it’s awful for your lungs, sinuses and skin.

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A cold house isn't great for the respiratory system either.

EmpressOfTheThread · 21/09/2025 21:59

AzurePanda · 21/09/2025 21:57

Never put the heating on before Remembrance Sunday.

Why Remembrance Sunday?

FrangipaniBlue · 21/09/2025 21:58

cardibach · 21/09/2025 20:46

Surely anything below 20 would be abit chilly for a bath for children? At 18 I need an oodie, for instance. So you are saying your house is between 30 and 35? This seems unlikely.
What do you mean by using Ugg boots as sleepers?

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20 degrees and everyone in this house would be sitting in their underwear sweating.

18 is just about top end of comfortable to me, certainly not Oodie territory.

People like different temperatures!

FancyQuoter · 21/09/2025 21:58

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:54

Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

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I don't know what you are on about.

I open my windows like most people, but "having the heating on" is not awful for you.

You might want to read about the health problems that people living in poverty and unsuitable conditions experience, and what the lack of heating actually does.

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:58

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 21:57

It might smell of damp though if you never put the heating on.

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Nope. Cos we ventilate.

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:57

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 21:56

Not airing the house is a bad idea, however I doubt any consultant would tell you that putting heating on when it's cold is a bad idea in general.

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It is - it dries out the air and it’s awful for your lungs, sinuses and skin.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 21:57

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:54

Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

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It might smell of damp though if you never put the heating on.

AzurePanda · 21/09/2025 21:57

Never put the heating on before Remembrance Sunday.

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 21:56

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:54

Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

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Not airing the house is a bad idea, however I doubt any consultant would tell you that putting heating on when it's cold is a bad idea in general.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 21/09/2025 21:56

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:54

Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

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I’m not sure that’s true.

I know plenty of old to very old people who never open windows, Dm never did and she lived to 86

Titsywoo · 21/09/2025 21:54

Our house holds heat well so it is still 20 degrees inside even though it is 10 outside. Unlikely to need to put it on until it gets nearer 5 degrees outside.

EmpressOfTheThread · 21/09/2025 21:54

FancyQuoter · 21/09/2025 21:52

If there is a smell, either the house is dirty and dusty and someone needs to clean behind the radiators, or there's a problem with your installation. That is not normal.

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Yes, that's very true. I've never detected a smell.

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:54

FancyQuoter · 21/09/2025 21:52

If there is a smell, either the house is dirty and dusty and someone needs to clean behind the radiators, or there's a problem with your installation. That is not normal.

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Our house doesn’t smell because we don’t have it on - we open a window! Keeping your windows shut all day is awful for you. So is having the heating on. My dad’s consultant confirmed it, it’s horrendous.

sugarapplelane · 21/09/2025 21:54

I’m in the South and am still walking around in bare feet and sandals. The windows are all wide open too.
It’s certainly not heating weather yet where I am.

FancyQuoter · 21/09/2025 21:52

DontReinMeIn · 21/09/2025 21:49

No, central heating has a smell. It’s musty and makes the house smell unclean. Horrible invention

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If there is a smell, either the house is dirty and dusty and someone needs to clean behind the radiators, or there's a problem with your installation. That is not normal.