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For turning the heating on

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WorriedDogMum87 · 13/11/2025 11:07

I’m sitting here in a 100% wool jumper, a long 100% wool dress, and sheepskin boots with real wool inside and I am STILL cold.

maybe I’d feel better still if I wore gloves, a hat, and a scarf but why would I have to do that inside my own house? I’m not in Antarctica.

So I’ve turned the heating on. So sue me.

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WorriedDogMum87 · 13/11/2025 12:01

Katherineryan1986 · 13/11/2025 11:49

I don’t know why people have an issue with putting the heating on if they can afford the bills! Our heating is on 24/7 365 days a year. It’s set to 21 deg and just comes on and off as the thermostat sees fit. I have been told that this method is the most economical way to run it but I haven’t done the maths myself. I can see that if you let your house get cold and then the boiler has to work hard to get it up to temperature this would probably use more energy than if the house was at a constant temperature and the boiler is just coming on to top up.

I didn’t know that. I turn it on year round several times most days but I’m in Scotland

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Katherineryan1986 · 13/11/2025 11:49

I don’t know why people have an issue with putting the heating on if they can afford the bills! Our heating is on 24/7 365 days a year. It’s set to 21 deg and just comes on and off as the thermostat sees fit. I have been told that this method is the most economical way to run it but I haven’t done the maths myself. I can see that if you let your house get cold and then the boiler has to work hard to get it up to temperature this would probably use more energy than if the house was at a constant temperature and the boiler is just coming on to top up.

FrangipaniBlue · 13/11/2025 11:38

Eh?

LadyKenya · 13/11/2025 11:37

You have to pay the heating bills, as you know, so what is the issue?

Noorandapples · 13/11/2025 11:32

The obsession with being a martyr with the heating off is so british. My mum would sit in a freezing house with hat, scarf, fingerless gloves, coat, boots. But could afford 2 cars. Just turn the heating on.

MumChp · 13/11/2025 11:25

Good for you...

WonderlandWasAllAHoax · 13/11/2025 11:19

Why would anyone care that you have the heating on in November?

Melsy88 · 13/11/2025 11:15

Why would anyone sue you? Or even care whether you have put your heating on or not?!

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 13/11/2025 11:11

Good for you. Mines been on a timer.. 3 times a day/ evening scince end of September. Can't stand being cold.
My illness makes it worse.
Im wearing a lounge suit.. fluffy socks and slippers. Sometimes l wear my fingerless gloves.

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