Have you got your central heating on yet?

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Yes or no? & where in the country are you?

No. But I won't last much longer. South East

Never have it off ☹️ The joys of being in the very North of Scotland...

It will be -2c tonight here in East Berks, so yes.

Wenttoseainasieve You must live in the wrong bit, not gone below 6 degrees here.

This is so exciting! I can't wait to find out which MNer is going to win Heating Refuser, Winter 2018/19.

Mine's on. I'm never going to get that trophy.

Yes!! South West. Had it on the past month

Fuck yes. East Anglia. It’s been on for weeks, house still very cold though (hard to heat). I’m wearing lots of layers and have additional plug in oil filled radiator on the go. And a heated throw 😳

Ah, the regular competitive MN who can be a martyr to the cold debate

"No. But I won't last much longer. South East"

Well bully for you. Do you want a medal?

Ours has a thermostat and comes on when it is cold, and doesn’t when it isn’t. Not difficult to get your head round is it?

It has been 3 degrees here in South Yorkshire today, so of course the heating has been on. I’m not “well ‘ard innit”

Yes, it has been about 6-8c here the last couple of days. 2c overnight.

It has been on for a few weeks here and there.

Maybe those people live in new or really well insulated houses or flats? My oldest daughter never needs the heating on in her triple glazed cozy flat it just magically stays warm

I would if I had any. Fucking storage heaters seemed like such a good idea when we viewed this place IN JULY. I've had to buy a special blanket for sitting on the sofa and I may not survive the winter.

Yep, full blast. Also have thermal socks on and am drinking ovaltine right now. It’s freezing

I’m in the south east. Unless you’ve got a south facing house with super insulation, why would you keep the heating off???

Been on in the morning for a month, evening for this week, plus that cold snap a month ago. Midlands, it's freezing tonight, literally (forecast is minus 2)

Freezing here in north east, my heating set to 18. Turn it off completely for bed and back on again to 18 next morning.

Anything above 18 is uncomfortable! How people heat to 25 baffles me

Yes. We had a tiny bit of snow this morning (South East) but it’s been on most days for a couple of weeks now.

@ginghambox it's freezing in Lancashire! Mines been set to 24 since September

"Anything above 18 is uncomfortable!"

No it isn't. 18 degrees for sitting still and watching TV is too cool for me. It's fine for moving around in though. Ours is set at 21.

Been down to -7 here. Can't afford to have the heating on much so the house is regularly 12 or 13 degrees during the day. We have the thermostat on at 16 in the evening.

It was 1C and I had to, not exactly scrape, more move out of the way, a thin layer of ice of the car early this am, in SW London. Heating was certainly on in the house.

By mid afternoon, car external temp reading 16 on way home and turned central heating way down as vigourous bit of stair cleaning made me hot - and I got two lines worth of washing dried outside in the sun.

It’s all a bit mixed atm. Thermostat set to just below 20C this evening and very comfortable - we don’t have it on overnight, ever - plus point of solid Victorian terraced house.

Going to seek out the gloves and hats later.

@sossages I've lived with storage heaters for 4 years. Layers are your friend! We have 2 duvets in the winter and use plug in heaters.

Can't afford to move (I rent) so we put up with it. I actually paid to have carpet put in DS's bedroom (with landlord permission - the rest of the flat is laminate) just so at least his room would be a bit warmer.

It's set at 18, but we use blankets as well because it never gets that warm due to large old house and my refusal to have heating on for more than an hour in the am and 3 in the afternoon/evening due to high cost. Have coal fire for sub zero

Ours is on constantly, if it goes below 15 degrees in summer it comes on and 22 degrees in winter during the day. We have open fires that are lit at night in the kitchen and sitting room so it rarely clicks on at night.

Yes in a poorly insulated student house in York

Yes, it snowed last night! We're in the south east.

Yes on timer, 20o c unless I boost it.