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Anyone trying not to have heating on

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TheOpalFox · 21/09/2025 20:21

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!!!

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Wigtopia · 21/09/2025 21:05

Not cold enough for the heating where I am but is just cool enough to have a jumper and slippers on

Plastictreees · 21/09/2025 21:05

I’m in Scotland and haven’t put the heating on yet. It’s still 19 degrees inside the house. I never put the heating on until October, but I am someone who enjoys things to be on the cooler side and fresh air.

padso · 21/09/2025 21:04

@rainbowunicorn I just didn't realise so many people had home thermometers. I am
going to buy one though and check every room 😆

DisabledDemon · 21/09/2025 21:04

It'll be 5 degrees tonight and 4 degrees tomorrow night. The electric blanket will be going on!

Otherwise, we're trying to keep the heating off for as long as possible and I'll be breaking out the socks tomorrow.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 21/09/2025 21:03

It’s “feels like 2” here in Aberdeen, so the heating has been on in the living room from about 5. The other radiators are still turned right down though.

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 21:03

LGBirmingham · 21/09/2025 21:01

Where do you live? I've only just started wearing a jumper outside this weekend. We don't have heating on because it is still pretty warm.

Our temps just have gone from being able to walk around outside in a t-shirt to being in single figures, partly due to the change in wind direction! It's still bright but getting quite chilly!

spicetails · 21/09/2025 21:03

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 21:01

While your intent wasn't perhaps to feel superior, read back to how you replied to my post and consider how it could be interpreted. As it is, I'm not offended in the slightest though, I'll take note of the opinions of those who actually live in my house. ✌️

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Everyone’s perfectly happy in my house - I’m the only one with yhd windows wide open in my room.

Cheers.

BrightLightTonight · 21/09/2025 21:03

I still have windows open and wearing a T-shirt. Based East Anglia.

cardibach · 21/09/2025 21:03

spicetails · 21/09/2025 20:55

Just horribly suffering from perimenopause, but apparently being finally comfortable and to sleep makes me morally superior.

Im just thankful I’m not on the floor frok exhaustion, finally.

I guess some people just prefer to be offended by everything.

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Nobody is offended.
If menopause is making you sweaty and exhausted, medicate it. You don’t have to put up with that.

SouthernBelle21 · 21/09/2025 21:02

Spirallingdownwards · 21/09/2025 20:26

It's not cold enough here to need the hearing on yet. Where are you?

To be honest, saying "it's not cold enough" is pretty silly. Who are you to say what temperature people feel comfortable at? If they feel the chill and it's making them wish they could get the heating on, who are you to decide it's not cold enough?

Worralorra · 21/09/2025 21:02

It’s 11 degrees outside, and 22 inside. Had the patio doors open all day and one window in bedroom is on nightlock to let some fresh air in…
Still using the summer duvet - will change it once the night temperature gets down to below 5 (I’m always too hot!) and the heating is set to come on if the inside dips below 17…

rainbowunicorn · 21/09/2025 21:02

padso · 21/09/2025 20:57

@rainbowunicorn I have a thermostat but can't remember what it's set to & it's in my hall so I don't know the temperature in other rooms. Is it really that baffling to you?

No, not at all but your question was how people knew how hot it was inside their houses. It sounded like you weren't aware of people having a home thermometer thats all.

TheFormidableMrsC · 21/09/2025 21:02

I’m really cold tonight. I’ve got a blanket and a cardigan because I can’t turn it on yet! I’m in the SE and it’s been lovely and warm here today.

cardibach · 21/09/2025 21:01

EmpressOfTheThread · 21/09/2025 20:54

Modern tumble dryers are very eco friendly and economical. I also don't like damp clothing hanging around the house. I like it washed, dried and put away.

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It doesn’t hang around. Dries overnight. Maybe a little longer before the ehat comes on. No space or desire for a tumble drier. Made the decision they were a waste decades ago.

spicetails · 21/09/2025 21:01

AInightingale · 21/09/2025 20:59

I can highly recommend the menopause. Wrecks everything else in your life, but doesn't half cut down the heating bills.

This is very true.

Echobelly · 21/09/2025 21:01

Nah, I put in on today for early morning/later evening for the minute - I do that once the nights start getting colder. Otherwise you get this annoying patch where it's not warm enough to dry laundry outside, but it takes forever to dry inside because it's not that warm and the heating isn't on. At least this way the laundry dries a bit faster.

Muffsies · 21/09/2025 21:01

I grew up in a home without central heating, and my first house had two storage heaters, and nothing else. I didn't get central heating installed until 2013 just before my 3rd child was born.

I can recommend brushed cotton sheets, cellular blankets, hot water bottles and heatpads, which you can buy on amazon. They are very safe, effective and cheap to run. I bought some for all of my elderly relatives so they can keep warm without having to turn the heating up.

LGBirmingham · 21/09/2025 21:01

Where do you live? I've only just started wearing a jumper outside this weekend. We don't have heating on because it is still pretty warm.

Tastaturen · 21/09/2025 21:01

spicetails · 21/09/2025 20:55

Just horribly suffering from perimenopause, but apparently being finally comfortable and to sleep makes me morally superior.

Im just thankful I’m not on the floor frok exhaustion, finally.

I guess some people just prefer to be offended by everything.

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While your intent wasn't perhaps to feel superior, read back to how you replied to my post and consider how it could be interpreted. As it is, I'm not offended in the slightest though, I'll take note of the opinions of those who actually live in my house. ✌️

spicetails · 21/09/2025 21:00

cardibach · 21/09/2025 20:59

And other people in your house? The house itself? Medicate it if it’s making you that grumpy. I’m 60, but the way.

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Hi, are you my GP? If you are please check my records - you’ll find I’m medicated.

AInightingale · 21/09/2025 20:59

I can highly recommend the menopause. Wrecks everything else in your life, but doesn't half cut down the heating bills.

spicetails · 21/09/2025 20:59

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 21/09/2025 20:51

Thanks to perimenopause I’ve been pouring sweat today 😂

Careful, people will accuse you of being ‘superior’

padso · 21/09/2025 20:59

Is it normal to walk around your home with a thermometer checking the temperature, I confess i only bought a room plug in thing for the baby & it was donated to the charity shop a long time ago. 🤷🏻‍♀️

cardibach · 21/09/2025 20:59

spicetails · 21/09/2025 20:52

No capes here, just sweaty red faced grumpy fed up perimenopausal woman sick of being held hostage by the shittiness of being female, and thanking the Gods for summer (aka 11th circle of hell) finally fucking the fuck off to the far end of fuck.
K?

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And other people in your house? The house itself? Medicate it if it’s making you that grumpy. I’m 60, but the way.

Dontcallmescarface · 21/09/2025 20:58

Bippybop · 21/09/2025 20:47

Get a tumble dryer its life changing.

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No room for a tumble dryer.