Have you got your heating on yet?

Because you don't actually feel cold if you dress appropriately? It is expensive, no good for the environment

I'm not talking a hat and scarf. I'm more than warm enough at 17 degrees in long sleeve pyjamas and a dressing gown.

My inslaws sit around in T shirts and nighties and wonder why they are cold

Sounds like my house as a child in the 80s 😂
We had no central heating, just an open fire in the front room and one of those gas bottle heaters. We all had to wear 2 pairs of socks in bed, hot water bottles all round and in the morning we had to run downstairs to sit by the gas fire while mum got our breakfast before school.
The downstairs bathroom used to have ice on the inside of the windows. The wind used to howl through the single glazing.
Despite all that, I had a bloody brilliant childhood in the Cotswolds countryside. Just a very chilly one in winter. It didn't help that we occasionally had the electricity go out for a few days at a time. It just seemed very normal then, all my friends had the same life.

Just for light relief, we visited a stately home today. There was a lovely little room (about the size of my sitting room tbh) which they used to have a fire in and the narrative said it was the only room they could keep warm back in the 50s, so they all settled in there of an evening, then they had to put their overcoats on to leave the room and run upstairs to bed.

I've had it on a couple of times for a 45 minute boost, when it's felt particularly cold. Haven't needed it on regularly.

God yes!
Also have our open fire going right now

I put my heating on when I feel cold, not by the calendar l
If I feel chilly in June it goes on, If I'm warm in December it doesn't.

Outdoors maybe but not indoors! It’s the indoor temperature that’s relevant imho (because you don’t put on a raincoat to sit in your lounge when it’s raining outside…. If you do need to do that I’m concerned about your roof 😂)
It’s 17c in my house which is a bit of a nip but time for a chunky jumper and cosy socks not the heating. Not yet! Hoovering, exercise, baking are also excellent “I’m not putting the heating on yet” activities.

My heating is on all year round, set to 18 degrees. Obviously in the summer months it doesn’t come on. When the temperature drops below 18 degrees, it comes on. I never want to be colder than 18 degrees in my house.

This is surely just an individual thing? My husband, due to a significant health condition now needs a warm house as it’s really bad for his joints for him to be cold. I also feel the cold. I’m also vastly in credit on our utility bill. Our house is probably warmer than our neighbours house. I’m honestly not worried about the temperature of his house and I’m sure as hell he gives no shits about the temperature of ours! These threads baffle me 😊

This is what I was referring to earlier. Not everybody copes with heat and cold in the same way.

If my husband was left to his own devices, our thermostat would probably be set at 14. At the other extreme he seems perfectly happy to have the house at 30 during the summer.

It really does depend where you live. We're in a southern county and it doesn't need it. I have had thick bedsocks and winter knitwear on already, but the days seem quite variable, this afternoon was lovely. I did check what temperature the thermostat was clicking at tonight and it's about 18 degrees.

We are away for half-term and my aim is not to put it on until we get back. So a Halloween heating switch on I guess.

I was really crotchety when I went to Tesco's on Friday and dragged my coat out of the cupboard. I'd forgotten how when I bend over the trolley one of the buttons always seems to get caught in between the trolley gaps and I have to detach myself. Yay, another 6 months of this I thought, as I turned my attention fully on my first world problems.

I've had mine on for the past month. I can't stand to be cold . My is set at 24 and I have warm clothes on. I'm really cold sensitive

I do understand if someone doesn't put the heating on because of finances, but if you are cold put it on. Why wait til a certain time? If there was a heatwave in February I wouldn't think oh no, the heating isn't going off until March.

Put it on when you're cold and turn it off when you're warm.

I'll be honest though, I would definitely have the heating on more if I could afford it!

Cost.

Because it’s not cold at 19 or 18 or 17 degrees… If it hits 15 and I feel cold, then the heating will go on.

I've been putting ours on for an hour in the morning but we're in an old house and it gets damp and mouldy quickly when it starts to get cold. So it's more on for the houses benefit than ours at the moment.

But in the UK our central heating thermostat is set at 17.

No but don't go by what other people do because if a person has health and / or mobility problems or a baby and it's difficult to get clothes dry after washing them then naturally it makes sense to keep a house fairly warm.

Occasionally. It’s on now. I’m cold…

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No it’s currently 21.7 degrees in my bedroom without using any heating at all this autumn

Yes - go by temp not date

I've had mine on throughout September. I hate being cold. Currently it's nice and toasty in here. Won't tell you what temp it is😂I'd be like an icicle if it was below 20

Windows open during the day to air out but need the heating on in the evening for a couple of hours. This house is colder inside than outside sometimes.