Heating overnight instead of during the day or evening

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For context I'm in an exceptionally cold house: no central heating and single-glazed windows.

Although the advice is to heat during the day and evening and then let temperatures drop overnight for sleeping, I'm finding that I can cope better by having the freezing cold in the house during the day and evening, and then to run an electric heater overnight to be warm when asleep.

That's kind of opposite to what they say but since starting that a few days ago I feel less "generally ill" from the cold and much better, even though it's hard to go out from the cosy bedroom into the icy house ion the morning! 😃

Anyone else do it the same way round as me?
And why am I finding this better against the prevailing advice?

If your house has central heating it's not a comparable situation, @Vimto1 .

My mum doesn't have central heating but her house isn't cold at all. What matters is whether you heat your house or not, regardless of method. I have no idea why you would be jealous of the method, only of a warm house.

For me, the temperature at night is irrelevant because I am warm and cosy in bed. If that doesn't work for you, then you need to heat your house at night.

or not the house, but the room

I think you just have to do what's right for you. Admittedly my DM is elderly, but she can't stand having cold air around her in bed - she'd rather have it on low at night and minimal heating in the day. Also, when she wakes up the property isn't stone cold so that's her time to get dressed, have a quick wash.

I'm sure you do, but obviously try and take onboard whatever hot drinks or food you can, keep moving around house and obviously putting a dressing gown/blanket over you when needed.

Actually I'm in the middle of a renovation so no central heating and I live up North.

But that's not the point, you asked if anyone else was doing it. I said no and explained why.

Again, why so rude?

What heating were you using during the day? Some of the symptoms you describe could be the effects of lack of ventilation with a gas heater?

You know that although many of us have central heating, that some of us can't afford to put it on right?

Do what ever suits you.

Would it be worth looking at the temperature over the course of a few days and seeing whether your method is actually keeping heat in the house somehow, in a way that daytime heating isn't?

Wonder if something is happening in your specific circumstances that are making this work for you.

Also, I suppose most people don't heat their houses at night because it feels like a waste, because we don't feel the benefit while we're asleep. If you are feeling the benefit it makes sense to do that.

No central heating here, just electric wall heaters. I have been leaving one heater (in the living room/kitchen) on day and night since weather dropped cold (mainly to protect pipes in kitchen), and 1 heater on upstairs landing with bathroom door open. Had to do this as bathroom was getting damp and again worried about pipes.
Whatever works for you is all you need to think about.
Currently paying around £90 a month to keep those 2 heaters on all the time.