Anyone else still not got their heating on?

[GeorgeandTimmy21]

It's soo cold and I'm struggling to dry the washing. But only ds3 and me are feeling the cold, everyone else is fine.

If the two of you are cold (and I'm not surprised) why isn't the heating on? Apologies if you simply can't afford to put it on.

I lived in a house with no heating except a gas fire in one room for many years. I think being cold is miserable.

We've had it on a few times - maybe 4 or 5 - but don't have it on regularly.

It’s winter - put the heating on !!

You don't get a prize for being cold.
Mine's been on for weeks.

Why on earth isn't the heating on?

I don't think you will find that many who don't have it coming on at least for some of the time in November. Don't put up with being cold and uncomfortable in your own home!

Using the heating a couple of times a day also does help reduce the possibility of damp setting in in winter months, including helping to dry washing.

Agree about some heating being necessary for preventing damp. We tumble dry our washing and use a dehumidifier.

Put the heating on if you are cold!

I always make sure I have warm clothes on, and sit under a blanket, but if I am still cold the heating goes on!

Get a heated airer and cover for your clothes. Makes the world of difference. Clothes are dry in less than a day. Also heats the room it's in, so I have mine on in the office when I am WFH so I don't need the heating on then

If you and your child are cold, put the heating on. It’s really dropped over the last week or so where I am.

Is there a reason why you can’t put it on OP?

Me. I haven't used the central heating for years. I live in an Edwardian house, large rooms, high ceilings etc.
Log burner once or twice a week if it's perishing. Otherwise it's warm clothes and a heated throw.

It’s been brassic where I am, lots of horrible damp mist that hangs about which makes it worse and It’s predicted to be minus 1 to 2 degrees at the end of this week.

DS has never felt the cold so we always had the radiators off in his room. But he can be striding around in shorts when it’s really very cold. DH is the opposite and is nesh and I’m somewhere in the middle. So some slight thermostat wars. DS and I are slim but DH is a bit skinny, eats loads but as I joke there is no fat on him to keep him warm.

I haven’t put mine on yet but I have had the fire on. I’m in the north of England but I don’t think it’s that cold yet….? It’s not a financial thing, I think I run warm maybe?

Do you mean it’s brass monkeys? Brassic means skint where I am from (edited to say maybe it’s a regional thing to say brassic for cold and I just don’t know it????).

I’m being really thrifty with the heat this year but I’m still putting it on. I set room temp for 19 degrees in the morning, and 19 degrees from 6pm. So in our newish, insulated house it is hardly coming on at all. The kids are moaning with that but I’ve bought them all dressing gowns. No more walking around in a t-shirt with the heat blasting….

I appreciate you might live in an old house but surely there is a middle ground between no heat and loads of heat that you can afford. Getting the room temperature thermostat thing, saved us money instantly.

This week has been gradually getting colder. 5 degrees this morning. Tonight it is supposed to go below freezing. So yes its going on in morning and evening.

Brassic must be regional then as it seemed normal to me

DS is only 3 - you should have the rooms he is in heated to at least 18 if you can at all afford it.

and if you can’t I’d be asking serious questions about how you spend your money

I’ve lit the fire most nights - my wood is free though from my neighbour who has more than she can burn.

Heated throws otherwise do the job effectively and cheaply. And thick jumpers and base layers when it comes to that.

Forecast says minus 3 tomorrow morning (NW England). Yes, my heating is on. I grew up in a house with very little heating. It was miserable and I was ill a lot which I think was due to damp (constant sore throat and aching neck in the winter).
I'm so glad I don't have to live like that any more.

Who is everyone? Do you mean other people in the household? Being so cold is not good for a 3 year old child.

Brassic is cockney rhyming slang - boracic lint - skint. Not sure it's regional unless an entire region has got mixed up with brass monkey.

OP - if you're keeping the heating off because you can't afford it, then I'm so sorry, that's absolutely rubbish. Please consider heating at least one room to a reasonable temperature if you can though.

Heated throws do not heat the air that is going into that child’s lungs

plesse heat that air to 18 and not with wood fires

it’s like encouraging a child to eat their veg and be active and living away from wood and car particulates - it’s helping build the child good long term health

I don’t have a child in the house luckily, so not a problem in this house. I wasn’t offering advice, merely answering the question.

Mine's on 16 degrees constantly 24/7, it's a Victorian house. I put it up to 18 in the evenings if we're sat. I've got a dry soon and a good dehumidifier. I hate winter.

I'm fortunate ( I suppose) in that I get the £200 WFA. But I need to save that for January- there's no more where that came from.

Might you get the energy £100 for bands A-D? That’s probably going to be my January energy bill.

I don't know if the cost of heating the issue for the OP, as she has not intimated that, but so many people are going to be struggling with the cost of heating this Winter.