What temperature is your house? (No DCs)

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If you have no DCs that you need to keep warm, what is your winter “base” temperature during the day and what temperature do you heat to when at home/in the evening?

For the last two winters what used to be my “base” temperature is now the temperature I heat to but my house is suffering! And I have no idea any more what’s normal as I’ve got used to living at a lower temperature

Amazing the differences. We have a tiny open plan detached bungalow, living room faces south,so if it's sunny,great! There was already cavity wall insulation, before we retired,we had double glazing replaced. All the small pension lump sum went on solar panels. We put a lot of extra insulation in the loft.What we make in summer,is put into credit for the winter. Still have a 4.5 tog duvet on our bed, one border collie sleeps on the bed,on my legs. Bedroom window is always open if we're in,there is a dehumidifier in the conservatory, which is full of overwintering plants. No damp or mould. Just started wearing a thin lightweight jumper, mind you, I am out in all weathers with the dogs,beach yesterday,very thin jacket, cold wind, thought I don't like this, I had cold hands and get ear ache very quickly after walking, throwing a ball for the dogs, lovely and warm, jacket off in the car.

20 degrees. Any colder and it gets mouldy 🤷‍♀️. Old house.

We're in the NE of England in an old house. The teenagers walk around in next to no clothes like it's a summer day but DH and wear trousers and jumpers because we feel the cold. We have TRVs so control the temperature room by room based on typical useage. If we're using a room the thermostat is set to 19C which is fine for moving about but is cool for WFH so we have the heating at 20C for that. We let the temperature drop overnight but the bedrooms don't get below 16C unless it's very cold outside, e.g. it is 8C outside at the moment and the coldest room was just above 16C when the heating came on this morning.

There's a lot of talk on here about having the heating on for short perids of time and living with the cold but really we should all be trying to insulate our houses as much as possible and keeping them warm. The temperature in the rooms in this house that have modern insulation lose heat much more slowly and feel warmer due to the lack of drafts. Even something as simple as having a thick curtain in front of our front door made a big difference. Interlining on curtains was essential in our last house with single glazing.

@FluffyDiplodocus

Do you really need it on at 15° overnight?

(I know I run hot, but I have it off overnight & the windows open I suspect my Duvet is 10 tog - it's old & the lable faded years ago!!) and I kick it off most nights still)

if you have a baby you could use an oil filled radiator for one room.

them maybe you could afford to turn it up a bit in the morning/evening whenever you'd prefer to be a bit warmer.

its mad you can't just heat our homes to a comfortable level - the cost of fuel & general CoL is getting ridiculous 😌

Just bringing my drum out to bang!!

Something to keep in mind, whilst comparing...

18° in one home, isn't the same as 18° degrees in any other home!

it all depends where your thermostat/s is/are.

Currently 15C here so still bundling up in jumpers, not sure when I will cave with the heating (I only have individual electric heaters so will probably have them on for 1hr a day depending on what room Im in).
Its not so much the temperature as what I think I can afford!LOL😆

Im not too worried about damp as the windows have trickle vents and I use a dehumidifier to dry my laundry.
I wouldnt bother with heating overnight as I prefer to sleep in a colder room and Im lovely and toasty in the evening, watching telly under my heated blanket.

Our house has no damp or mould , but I open the windows everyday even if it’s icy outside, and I hang my washing out even in the frost . I only have my heating on from 6-9pm go to bed when cold ( usually 10pm) and turn the timer down to 5o

I just checked this morning here (the heating goes on for 2 hours in the morning at present) and it is 22C. However it goes off at night and in the day until about 4.30pm at present and I sleep with the window open in all weathers.

We never have it higher than 19, but normal temperature is 18.5.

We also don't really have it on very often, maybe 2-3 hours a day.