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.

No, YOU want your home to feel warm. I do not. I can't bear warm air around me. It makes me feel stiffled. I want warm clothes and cooler air around me.

Your health, and many others maybe, not for mine. I just roll my eyes at the suggestion of heating the body, as if heating the air that is being breathed in, is not important as well. Young children, elderly people, people with heart, and lung conditions, people with certain disabilities, etc, will need a warm environment, if they do not wish to become very ill, or end up in hospital. I agree with your earlier post.

Maybe I should have said: I don’t want to feel noticeably cold. But you are right, I don’t necessarily want to feel noticeably warm either.
I just don’t get this notion of not putting the heating on if you are cold.

Thankyou. There was ice on the car this morning so the heating has gone on.

Just to clarify, ds3 isn't 3 years old. I call him ds3 because he is my 3rd child. He's 15 and he's got an oodie so he's fine.

Our heating has been on about a week, a couple of hours morning and evening but the thermostat set to 15. Our house is oil heated and having checked the price to top up (£550 for fuel that would typically last around 8 weeks in winter, less if very cold) I may switch it off again!

Don’t forget to look at your tariffs - MSE say EDF have a good one!

We are on oil it's very expensive to top up. We aren't finding it that cold yet so will hang on for as long as we can so the oil we do have will see us through winter. My 4 year old is happy running about in just a t shirt and shorts so it can't be too bad for my children. Thermals and heated blankets for me though.

These threads are always bizarre.

Someone asks if you have your heating on yet, anyone who does not immediately gets accused of "competitive underheating" 😐

Some houses are far warmer and better insulated than others, some people prefer an ambient temperature cooler than others. Nothing "competitive" about it at all, people are just different, homes differ from each other, the temperature and climate are different in different parts of the country.

@XDownwiththissortofthingX absolutely - someone said they were keeping their heat at 15 degrees. It took two days for our house to go down to 15 degrees last year when our heating broke down. The age of the house and the insulation obviously makes a big difference.

Yep, mine is set to 15.
I live in a victorian mid terrace, and the room I spend the most time is in the middle of the house. No external walls.
My bedroom is cooler, but I sleep better in a cool room.