What temp will you set your heating at this Winter?

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I usually set mine to a toasty 22 degrees as I'm always cold and loooove a warm house.
Obviously with the cost of heating I'll need to reasses, thinking maybe 20 but hubby says 18. What temperature do you think is comfortable during Autumn/Winter and what temperature will you be setting your heating at??

18 in the day
16 overnight
21 in the evening when we are sat doing nothing.

We are also on a fixed rate, below the current cap.

I live alone so last winter didn't have the heating on at all. I just waddled about with a mass of layers and several pairs of socks.

Before my DC left home, the heating was on a timer for an hour in the morning and two in the evening, the thermostat set at 18.

I’m sat at my desk at home now, I have jeans on, ugg boots as slippers, a T-shirt and jumper. The thermometer says it’s 20 degrees in this room.

not going to lie, I’m a bit cold.

probably because I’ve sat all day, it doesn’t feel cold walking around and im Not normally one for cracking the heat up, I’m menopausal.

it’s a worry. I’m thinking of getting a heated gilet, Martin Lewis recommends and they are cheap to run.

I'm on a fix, gas is at 6.4p/kWh until February '24.

Last year, in gas central heated mid terrace house with thick walls (house over 170 years old) we had it set to 19 during the day and down to 14-15 at night. DH wfh and I was home all day with toddler twins.

This winter we will be in a different house which is end terrace, mid 1970’s built and really badly insulated; on an estate where there is no mains gas and so every house is electric only. We have no heating in the house - well, there are 2 ancient storage heaters downstairs (one in dining room and one in hallway), but they are switched off at the mains and won’t go on as we’d be paying £hundreds a month for them not to hear the house!!

We have an oil filled radiator in the living room and another in our bedroom which all 4 of us share so we will put them on to take the chill off as needed but, other than that, it will be extra layers, blankets while sitting down and hoping we don’t freeze!!

It's normally on 18.5c for 1-2 hours in the morning, then from 5/6pm-10pm at night. If it's really cold outside, ie about freezing, I'd normally set it to 17c in the day.

We've had tough times before, so will probably adopt our approach as we did then, ie no heating on in day whatever and 2/3 hours in evening depending on how cold.

If anyone is cutting back and feeling cold, a dressing gown over clothes helps, going out for a brisk walk and/or some skipping or star jumps normally helps warm you up. My elderly DM recommends dancing!

Dunno yet. We normally have it on about 19 but it's a new build, well insulated, 3 storey townhouse with DS toasty in his room on the top floor. It doesn't actually drop below 16 even with no heating on.

18-19 usually

I'm going to see if I can get it down to 20° 24/7.
Last year I got it down to 21°. It was just about OK.

18 from 6 to 8am
13 from 8am to 4pm (we're all out all day)
18 from 4pm to 10pm
13 overnight.

In practice this means its on 4-5 hours a day in the depths of winter (we have a Nest thermostat which tracks it all).

But anyone can override it if they are eg home during the day. Or turn it up a tad above 18 if they really need to.

Mine is set at 18. I find even on cold mornings when I start rushing around I get too hot with the heating on so might not bother with it then. I usually increase it to 20 in the evening when very chilly but will try and avoid that now.

Last year, in our mid terrace 100+ year old house, we had just moved in and when the heating was on 19/20, the upstairs was lovely and warm but the downstairs freezing.

we had someone come look at the system and advised we weren’t having the heating on long enough, or high enough to heat the whole house (house over three storeys, bit of a tardis). We had the luxury of being able to afford that last year so whacked it up to 24/25 and left it on longer. I don’t think the house is very well insulated if i’m
honest.

This year I’m not sure, as I won’t let the kids be cold. If it was just me & DH we would layer up and not be fussed.
it’s already feeling nippy downstairs on an evening and in a morning.

I tried 19.5/20 last winter WFH and it was often uncomfortably cold.

Im hoping to try 19 this year with it off for more of the day and use an electric oil filled radiator in the room where I am

last year 20 all day, both WFH. We will go down to 19 and try and last as long as possible after 9am to not put heating on. However I have a chronic illness worsened by being cold. Have a log burner so will wfh from the living room if I need heating.

at least the cats will be happy with the log burner on a lot of the day!

God knows. If we have it less than 21 we have terrible mould and damp. 🤷🏻‍♀️

22 for a few hours in the morning and 19 during the day when I’m home alone then 22 from 5-10pm 16 at night

Isn't 18c inside the same wherever you live though?

We used to do 20 but last year decided to knock it down to 18. We have very good insulation though. I think 22 would make me feel a bit sick.

My bathroom is already registering 18 degrees on the thermostat and there's no way it feels cold enough to put the heating on. Are some people putting theirs on already then?

Isn't 18c inside the same wherever you live though?

if it ever gets to 18 and cuts out, if the thermostat is in am I insulated hallway or house - probably not

Why wouldn’t she be? We’re fixed until April so the rises won’t affect us until… April.

Oh and to answer the actual question… probably about 20. Both DH and I work from home, and my disabled 3 year old is at home the rest of the time so we’re not willing to go any lower.
Currently £600 in credit and fixed until April so financially covered based on last year’s usage.

This brought a tear to my eyes....we did exactly the same sort of thing for our rescue cat re lighting, heating etc, but she died of cancer 5 weeks ago 😪to think we won't have to do this anymore for her breaks my heart....Enjoy every moment with your precious cat 🤗

We've just had a new combi boiler installed, and it's the first time that DH and I have had thermostatic control. We are now at war 😉 He likes it up at 22deg, I prefer 19 or 20deg. As it's barely coming on at his setting of 22deg just now, I plan to sneakily turn it down by half a degree every couple of weeks and hope he doesn't notice ...

We haven’t switched it on yet this year though, it’s still really warm (midlands). Can’t imagine it’s got lower than 20 in our house yet.