When are you putting your heating on this year?

[CastleTower]

Just that really. Our thermostat is always on 17. It's now 15 in the house. Might turn it on? Seems early though.

We're on an older fixed tariff, thank goodness.

Right. I don’t really get it but will look into it. Thanks.

Mine went on this morning for a couple of hours and I wish I’d put it on last night my house felt really cold!

@Sunshineismyfriend The new price is still twice what it cost last winter - so people who already struggled last year may be planning to do without. It's a very sad situation.

Tried to put mine on this morning as it was 6 degrees outside.
no pressure in the boiler and topping it up hasn’t worked. Need to wait for someone to look at it 😩

It's 14 here at the moment, it dropped to 5 last night (same temperature as last Christmas Eve, won't go below 8/9 overnight for a while yet. Absolutely no need for heating at my house, in fact windows are still open overnight.

I'm off grid for heating so it doesn't go on until everyone has something on their feet, an extra layer of clothing or bedding and its still cold, not chilly, cold and only then until the house has warmed up.

I wouldn't have the heating on overnight unless someone was poorly. In the depths of winter it still only goes on for an hour or so before bed.

The idea of keeping a house at a constant 21 all winter is absolutely alien to me.

That certainly is a wee bit chilly! Whilst here in SE London I went out at 9:30 for an hour or so - walked to the shops, posted some letters - all in a T shirt! 😎

The thermostat is set at 16 at the moment, and it hasn't felt the need to come on yet. The evenings are getting cooler now though, so I reckon it might do soon.

Proper heating going to hold out till November but I’m lighting the wood stove so there’s a warm room. It’s also really drying so makes sure the house doesn’t feel damp or get mouldy.

I clicked mine on just before, plan to turn it off in an hour or two. I normally hold out for a lot longer but its cold rainy and the house felt so cold.

I thinking about putting it on now, it’s 15 degrees and I prefer the house to be around 18
I will certainly be putting it on this evening

Hopefully not at all!

Whenever the house starts to feel properly cold. I think we have a few weeks grace as there's so much sun here still.

I felt a definite drop here yesterday in the evening so we went round and closed all the windows and doors and I got the new fluffy electric throw out of it's packaging and got that going- absolute heaven. It's warm again today so probably won't resort to properly using the heating for a while but will be bleeding radiators and checking all is working with them this week and ensuring the boiler ready for winter.

Ds doesn't feel the cold but I have a jumper on.

Trying to hold out until October here.

Our house is currently 18.5 it was 18 earlier despite the chilly night it was 6 degrees at 8:30/9am. We are near Manchester and it’s currently 15 degrees and blue sky sunny.

Heating goes on when it’s colder and darker so the house feels cooler with less sun. Hopefully October but even then just boosts for an hour or so here and there when needed to keep it at 18/19 til winter kicks in! Haven’t needed it yet.

When we are cold, nothing to do with the months on the calendar

Fire is on. 17 in the house at moment & (supposedly) 14 outside. Harsh cold wind.

I am wearing 3 prs of socks, jeans, 3 layers on top, gloves and having a hot drink.

Last night I had on 6 pairs of socks, 2 sets of PJs, hat, gloves... Bedroom is above the boiler so warmest in the house. I finally resorted to a hot water bottle to get my feet to stop cramping. I really do 'feel the cold'.

Are you ill?

Scotland here....heating been on since late August. Thermostat at 18 degrees C and will crank it up when winter really starts. End of October probably.

Normally I try and wait till the the end of October, but I'll try to wait as long as possible. It's only been mildly chilly so far.

Where abouts are you?

its 18° in the house here, I'd say about 13 outside I'm already struggling to remember feeling like it would never cool down.

Yeah I think the summer really lulled us into a false sense of continued warmth!! I couldn't imagine being cold again, but the temp has certainly plummeted this week.

I still have all the doors & windows open as I like the fresh air moving through the house, but for the first in what seems like forever, I looked at the toilet seat knowing it wasn't going to be nice to sit on! I'm going in the shower soon & I kind of wish I had an electric heater in the bathroom I could put on for a few minutes!

and it's weird knowing it'll be cold when I get home tonight!

Not at all. We'll live. ( Same as last year)