To put the heating on AND open the windows?

[BasinHaircut]

We've reached that point in the year where we are sticking the heating on occasionally, but don't really need it on regularly yet.

It's also that point in the year when we start to see condensation on windows etc, especially in the morning, in rooms that have been slept in.

So, this morning it was a bit chilly, and DS and I are home for a lot of the day today so I thought I'd put the heating on for a bit to warm the house up. Then I opened the windows to air the place out.

To me, it seems sensible to heat up a bit and then open windows as the heat will get all of the air/moisture moving and then opening the windows will let all of the moisture in the air out once it's mobile.

I know I'm wasting a bit of heat, but it's not like the windows are open all day, just long enough to get rid of the sleep smell/stuffiness. Plus the house does still actually heat up in the time the windows are open.

DH doesn't see the point in putting the heating on until I shut the windows, but if it was left to him he just wouldn't bother airing the house at all.

Who is right?

Air changing a warm room is far more effective than a cool one.

I often start a car journey with the heating on and windows open as I hate cooked air, and it stops the condensation worsening before the air warms up. When the car is warmer so that it just needs a gentle, milder air flow, I close up again.

You've made me want to air my lounge now!

I always keep windows open in my classroom. I'm rarely ill!

I once had a headteacher that insisted on open windows across the school in mid-winter for good health rather than warm, humid, stuffy rooms to propagate germ soup

I open all the windows for an hour every morning.

However I never see anyone else doing this so guessed I was strange.

I work from home alot and feel ill if the air in the house isnt refreshed

We always have our bedroom window open, can't sleep in a stuffy room.

When I lived in a house with a condensation problem I'd leave the bathroom and extension windows open all night. It was an old house that took a while to warm up so the extension window was closed when the heating was on.

The bathroom window was permanently open - and the bathroom bloody freezing in the winter - until we bought a dehumidifier.

I open all the windows until midday only a little.but my dh goes round shutting them and moaning about heating the street and freezing
He just came home from school run and shut the barely open lounge window

I always open the bedroom windows after we've dressed. We also open the bathroom window after every shower or bath and stays open all day unless it's freezing.

PigletJohn has a formula for the length of time windows/doors should be opened to stop condensation vs having the heating on (I may have remembered wrong though). I have the back door open for at least an hour first thing so the dogs can do their wees without me having to et out of bed again. I also open up my She Shed for hlf an hour come rain, shine, frost and fog so it doesn't get condensation and mould.

^ fat fingers. Have a g and an a ^

we don't usually need morning heating but the windows get opened as soon as we get up to clear that condensation. Sun now out so all freshening and drying nicely.

if we do have the heating on I wait until it has gone off before opening up. Yes, we'll lose some warm air but also some moisture.