To think 17 degrees C is too low a thermostat setting.

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Mines set at 17°C. However it's myself and DS (7) living here so sometimes - like now when he's playing Wii Sports it's warm enough. I do over ride it to 18/19°C when we're stationary, not in kitchen with oven on, having a bath etc.

I am lucky my flat is only 5 years old and very insulated.

With a 9 month old I'm sure I would want it warmer. (lived abroad until DS 22 months so no experience of this sorry.)

We put our heating on manually when we feel cold, put it on pretty high for a nice quick warm up, then turn it right down again as soon as the house feels warm and leave it off when we go to bed. Our house is still warm enough from the sun and the hour or so we had the heating on this morning. And we have double glazing and are in a terrace, so that helps. I will put it on when the dc are having showers and going to bed for an hour or two, then off by 9.30pm and that will keep us warm enough til bedtime. If we put the heating on a timer I am absolutely sure we would use it more.

Ours set to 18 in the day, off at night. DS12mo doesn't care and much prefers to be outside in all weathers anyway.

I don't understand this thing of putting it up higher in cold weather - do people just not understand how a thermostat works?

Ours is set to 15 degrees, but the kids are 7 and 10, and move a lot, and we have a very well insulated house, so haven't had the heating on yet.

Yep 17 and I try not to move it. I wear a massive jumper when I am chilling on the sofa.
Your DH is NBU.
I wonder how my sibs and I survived as babies in a house with no central heating??!

'He wants to save money'
Is that for food on the table and roof over your heads or just 'to save money'?

I cant stand cold and i would rather eat baked beans, never buy clothes or go out etc. I agree with the poster who said that he should cut down on something else.

15 here, was that even with a baby. We survived.
If you don't like it then that's good enough, though, you don't need to use the baby to justify.
Maybe try it for a spell before saying no?

Ours is on about 14 but is in the coldest part of the house. This makes it about 19 in the main living areas. Odd that we havrme to turn ours down the colder it gets

Turn radiators off in the rooms you are not using, like the hallway, spare bedroom etc.

ours is at 18, but rarely goes on atm as the house keeps its heat really well. Goes on in the morning for about 30 mins automatically. Currently not on, hallway is 20degrees without it (coldest part of house other than kitchen).

Ours is set at 18, thats usually fine, although we sometimes put electric fire on for 1/2 hr in the evening, especially if the kids are having a bath.

Ours is set to 16 but like SazZaVoom it's in the coldest part of the house so the other rooms (that we bother heating) are much warmer. We have a woodburner and had cavity wall insulation put in two years ago - it made a big difference and there was some sort of council grant for it at the time.

Thanks for the sympathy squeaky. I will admit I am a big wimp when it comes to cold. Which is why I am wearing thermals, a wooly jumper and ugg style slipper boots. Am still freezing.
He just wants to save money which I agree with but think he is taking the piss with 17 degrees.

Ours is set to 18 at the moment and it's nice. Though it's a terrace and holds the heat well, and I think the neighbours must have theirs racked right up, 'cos our house has been toasty until this week.

17 a tad cool... but 20 is too hot. YOU'RE ALL KILLING THE PLANET! [hsad]

If you can insulate the house more it will save money and keep you warmer. With a 9 month old baby, 17 is not ok. Can you buy a plug in efficient heater for the room you're in with her, so that that one room is kept at 20?

17 is the usual max in this house, but not for babies or older people that aren't very mobile.

Should mention it is not 17 in the hallway meaning living areas are a bit warmer. It is a roving thermostat and is in the living room, so the living room is 17 degrees.

Feeling guilty about the planet though.

Stopping the heat from eascaping usually works out a lot cheaper than just putting the thermostat up alone.

I want a roving thermostat.

Ours ticks over at about 16 all the time and we never have it on a timer or switch it off. It's on now and the house (large, old and Victorian) is warm enough for us. When the children were small I used to have a plug in radiator in the kitchen/family room and we have an open fire in the sitting room if we are using it for cold nights. I don't think we feel the cold much though and to heat this house more would cost a fortune and DH and I are congenitally mean careful.

I didn't have central heating as a child and remember the insides of the windows freezing in the winter. It didn't do me any harm - I was a bit chilly sometimes but was usually told to put on a jumper.

I opened this thread with relish as I love a competitive freezing thread. I'm quite disappointed that it has not been very competitive though. :(

Does your DH mean to keep it at 17 all Winter or just for now? Ours is set at 17 at the moment as it's only Autumn now but once winter sets in i'm sure DH will up it to 18 possibly 19 (it's him who wants to save money here too but I don't mind at the moment as not too cold)

We are sorting out new windows and doors. It is a big old victorian house so can be drafty. Windows should be sorted in 2 weeks so hopefully dh will feel happier about putting heating on if he knows it will not escape.

legally in a day nursery if the temp goes below 18 you have to send children home so 17 is too cold IMO

Last year we had it set to 18 at night and when we were at work and 22 (!!!) when we were awake and in the house. It cost a small fortune, DD was only a year old and we felt it was unfair to have her come home to a chilly house after a day spent in a nice warm creche.

This year we can't afford to heat the house as much so I think we're going to go for 16° and 19°. There's a great thread in chat about keeping warm.