To think 19 isn't too cold for heating

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DH is constantly turning the heating up saying he feels cold. Any more than 19 and I get too warm, but he would prefer 22, night and day. I only wear leggings and a t/shirt, he will wear a couple of layers and still complain. We use a summer duvet, we have it set at 20.5 as the compromise but neither of us are comfortable with that temp. What temp do you think is reasonable. It's a new build that retains heat very well.

19 is cosy! Why you'd want it higher than that is beyond me but a lot of people seem to.

Ours is 20 during the day, 18 evening (as soon as I cook it gets boiling downstairs) and overnight for the baby.

19 is not cosy! I would be wearing my dressing gown over all my clothes if the house was 19 & my hands would be in agony

19 Is not cosy!

19 is fine for me, that's the highest I would put mine at. It only comes on overnight if it drops below 5c (never happened as apartment new build!) and during the day if it drops below 15c
I get really cold in bed weirdly but I'm fine in the living room

19 degrees in our house. I might prefer it a bit higher, but choose a quiet life

Ours is usually set to 13 or 14°C for a few hours morning and evening, never on overnight. We always wear jumpers though, if it's warm enough to take my jumper off I'll turn it down

I have raynaud's and have done since childhood I'm always cold. Arms even covered in summer. I get warm in a heatwave. I would be freezing in your house op that would even be with an extra jumper and warm socks under slippers.

My heating is set to 22 and I have my warm socks extra jumper and still need to hug the radiator.
I have been in houses where I have had to keep my coat on and frankly can't wait to leave as they are naturkt warm people and have their heating on lower.

18 for us in the evening. Goes off at night and weekdays, although it comes on automatically if the temp drops to 7 indoors.

Our house is 19 when the heating has been on so no. It's 15 otherwise.

A cool house with a direct heat source like a wood burner is the best. So you can feel cool and comfortable but go and get a good heat from the fire of you want.

18-21 as the actual daytime temperature I consider to be the normal range. In some houses the thermostat might need to be outside that due to uneven heating or inaccuracy.

If you disagree then you are just going to have to compromise.

A lot of people, myself included, are in the wasteful habit of just wearing a T-shirt or shirt in winter. It would be more sensible to drop the heating a couple of degrees and put a jumper on.

We have 2 heating circuits, upstairs is set at 18, downstairs 19/20.

Both are off overnight and window open all year round.

18 in the morning and early evening here then nothing at night. We do wear jumpers, thick socks, slippers and a dressing gown in the house though. And have blankets and hot water bottles if watching TV. 15 tog duvets but bedroom windows open a crack.

I just don't like the air being hot, the (adult)kids sometimes sneak the dial up to 20.

If Granny is coming over we have to suffer at 25 and she still keeps her coat on.

I'm a naturally warm person and ours is at 22°. But I live in NI so the drafts are bitterly cold which seems to make a difference. In summer I'd be horrified if the room temp was 22.

About 22 during the day, and off at night. If I had my way I'd have the bedroom window open all year as well. As it is, I spend half the night with no covers (I don't wear night clothes either) and we use a summer weight duvet.

My heating has 2 settings- on or off. It's timed to come on twice a day and I switch it on outside those times if it's cold. I hate jumpers and they don't solve the problem of cold air which is bad for DS's asthma. Plus it's so much easier to cool down if you get a bit warm than to warm up once you've got chilled right through. I don't like too much heating at night though as I feel sluggish the next day. Electric blanket is a must though, getting into a cold bed is awful.

18/19 is usually fine but I have felt cold at that this winter.
I have no heating on in my room and the general thermostat is set on 12 at night and when we are out.We have a boost in the mornings aswe like warm bathrooms and towels.

19 in the day, cooler at night - not sure what it's set to, bedroom is 15.5 at the moment which is fine. We have the fire on in the living room in the evening so it's cosy to sit in but the rest of the house can cool down. 22 sounds too warm for sleeping to me.

Ours is 19 when we're in the house, sometimes knock it up to 20 if I'm feeling particularly wild.

Lowest is a chilly 18 degrees over night. Never turn it off in winter, live abroad and the pipes would simply freeze

The humidity counts for a lot too. Can make a house seem awful chilly.

The bigger the room the more heat you need.
Most people have a lower bedroom temperature.
Ours is set to 17 and comes on automatically if the room temp goes under 15.5. But we have small rooms.
It also depends where you have your thermostat and if it measure that room temp. A small room will heat up quicker and might read 22 when the bigger rooms are actually 17. A large room may say

Have you got the thermostat in the right place?

If it measures a small room the rest of the house may be at a much lower temp and vice versa.

Which room do you use most and want at an ideal temp? Put the thermo there.

Bedrooms tend to be at a lower temp in the night but the size of rooms and where you place the thermos have impact.

If the thermo says 22 it doesn't mean all rooms are 22. They may be much lower or much higher. You need to also balance your radiators so the heat gets to where you want it on your system.

Got to be above 18 generally but if I'm sitting for hours watching movies in pyjamas in winter? About 21 is ideal.