Do you keep your heating on at night?

[EatTrout]

We were poor growing up and didn't have heating till I was quite old. I suspect that has rubbed off on me a bit and even though I've got a good job and am doing ok, I always turn the heating off at night. My dc never complained. They are now adults themselves and also don't leave the heating on overnight.

Dp, however, thinks we are all total heathens. He claims to be freezing at night, his kids can't believe we turn it off. DD's boyfriend is also horrified by this. They argue that we are unusual in this respect.

Do people leave their heating on all night? Surely it's quite expensive to do so? I can understand if you're in a very cold house and you have a baby who you need to keep warm but barring that, are we the odd ones out here? If you are all leaving your heating on I may contemplate turning ours on at night when we have visitors

Sounds lovely. We have one open fire, but you'd be warmer lighting a match! Looks nice, though.

Yes we do! We have a air source heat pump so it's lovely and warm all the time. I love it.

your house, your rules, your money, and I presume your planet too?

I put my thermostat on 17 at night , it only comes on for short periods when it is freezing or below but it stops the house getting too cold for us and warms up quicker.

I put my thermostat on 17 at night , it only comes on for short periods when it is freezing or below but it stops the house getting too cold for us and warms up quicker.

Definitely no heating overnight. If I'm cold I get a blanket or heavier duvet.
I also have the window open slightly unless it's below zero.

Off at night. Can’t stand noises at night, pipes etc. and hate hot houses.

Please don't overfill your bottle or use boiling water, you can get seriously burnt if it bursts. There was a woman on This Morning a few months ago who got serious burns.

My husband used to be very concerned about electric blankets but the fires are caused by people not using them properly or damaging them. Now he wouldn't be without his electric blanket.

If you get a decent quality one (we have had Dreamland blankets for over a decade) you will be fine. Millions of people use them.

We look forward to going to bed in winter because the bed is so toasty.

Do you drive a car, travel by air, use any sort of fuel to heat your home, eat, use any electronics, wear clothes? Yes? I thought so. My house, my rules, my money just like everyone else on the planet. Now off you pop and quote everyone else on the thread that heats their homes ☺️

I have never known anyone who has their heating on at night - that is a wierd thing to do.

Bedrooms should be cooler to get a good night's sleep.

You could both have your heating on at night but also choose to have it at a lower temperature though. Our heating never goes off but us 20/21 downstairs snd about 18 upstairs.

Mine is at 16 overnight, it has come on a few nights for a bit. It has helped me sleep better. If it gets very cold at around 5am I find it hard to stay asleep these days.

Electric blankets cause about 43 fires a year and so aren't anywhere near as dangerous as the other household appliances listed here.

www.furniturerentalonline.co.uk/blog/which-household-appliances-cause-the-most-fires/

I hate being hot at night. Heating off and windows open, no matter the temperature.

Good God no, who can afford to have the heating running all night, and why would you need it anyway if you're in a warm bed

Unless you have a young baby or an unwell person in the house, I don't understand why you would need it on at night while you are sleeping under a duvet. For most people a duvet is enough, but if not you can always have extra blankets, thick PJs, hot water bottle and fleecy bedding. I am cold most of the time over winter, but even I am fine tucked up under the covers.

Never have heating on at night. Your body temp is supposed to drop so you can sleep properly. I have a decent duvet anyway. Thermostat drops to 13 from 10 till 6. DS gets really hot and sleeps with the window open even in the coldest depths of winter.

Because I prefer it to being piled under covers and STILL having a cold face, especially my nose. Nobody has to understand the choices of other people.

Oh I bet you have known at least one someone......I mean unless you are the bedroom inspector how would you know? Personally I think its weird (e before i) to have views on the temperature of other people's bedrooms

Bloody hell I thought I was tough but 16.5c is hard core😀

Exactly. How hot do people keep their houses? You just turn down the bedroom radiators to keep the room on the cool rather than cold side.

No, and I'm always cold haha ..... I switch mine off when I go to bed - I can't stand waking up to a hot house; I always get a headache if I've left it on overnight

We have it on a frost setting at night, best to do this as if a real cold snap and your pipes freeze it’s a massive problem.

Ours is set to 16 at night- previously we didn’t have it on at all overnight but we have a friend staying with her baby over Xmas so I wanted to check we could have it on a bit at night in advance of that. I am now addicted to the house being toasty all night that I can’t see how I can go back!