To put the heating on?

[QuestionableMouse]

Currently 6° in my house. Rain is coming down in buckets. I'm seriously thinking about sticking the heating on for a bit but it feels slightly ridiculous given that it's June and supposedly summer!

I reckon you are near me - we took a picture similar to yours yesterday, on the kids first car trip since lockdown.
Yes, its miserable, and I can totally believe the 14C once the thermometer was reset. Our well insulated house is about 18 today.
Enjoy the heating.

It's about 115 years old. Have new windows and doors but it's brick built so no way of adding cavity wall insulation or the like.

Downstairs is all hard floors (quarry tile in the kitchen/bathroom/hall and hardwood in the living room) which doesn't help. The tiles are beautiful but freezing and I've been thinking about some lino/vinyl flooring over them.

I’ve switched mine to constant as it is cold and very wet here.
Will light the fire also this afternoon.
Thinking back just a week or so when it was so hot and no rain for weeks on end it seems crazy but I was cold !

@RedCatBlueCat I live in County Durham. That pic was from last year. I'd booked to go back and lockdown happened. Feel like I'm never going to get a day at the seaside in the sun 😂😂

I had an argument with DH about this yesterday. I put it on, he said 'you can't it's June'.

Fuck that, if I'm cold and it's cold outside it's going on.

Just has a cold wait for dh in a Durham car park but it's warmer than 6C so your kitchen can't be that cold.

@QuestionableMouse, I'm also in County Durham. If you will, I will!

Just caught up. Rain just started here.

And I definitely will! Hands still icy cold.

We had the heating on yesterday, when it's cold I dont care what seasons it alleges to be! I have the window open today though, it's a bit cool maybe, but the fresh air is nice.

SE here and i put it in for an hour this morning the kids were freezing

I lit a fire to cheer my self up. Wondering now what time it is acceptable to have a glass of port.

Port isn't my tipple but have one now. It'll warm you up.

Wish I had a proper fire. I have a useless faux coal gas thing that is horrible to light and only warms the area directly in front of it. 😂😂😂

@PickAChew I find Durham cold on a normal day! My house is on a bit of a hill so the wind really hits it.

weeping I think fire time coincides with tipple time usually. Unless you have early (!) morning fires in which case that would be coffee time. After then it saves firewood to have a little extra warmth from a glass 🥃

I put mine on in August if I feel cold.

Mine was 18C and it's on now.

I put mine on about an hour ago. Raining and cold here.

@MrsJBaptiste I blame my parents!!!

We occasionally have a fire in August. We live near a forest and it came make the jouse feel damp. If you need a fire or heating, just do it!

Why would anyone sit in a cold house wondering if it's all right to put the heating on because it should be warm outside, and in, but isn't.

If it's cold, it's cold regardless of the month.

I took the dog for a walk earlier wearing the coat I walk her in in the winter. It's overcast and there's a strong cold wind.

My house is very cold most of the time and I'm a chilly person so my heating is on probably more than a lot of people consider reasonable.

If I'm sitting in my house in at least one jumper and I'm cold the heating goes on, if I'm still cold, I put it up higher.

I'm buggered if I'm going to freeze because it's June. Wanting to be warm doesn't indicate a lack of moral fibre.

You cant be more than an hour from me, Mouse.
You will get back there for Seaview fish n chips.
Enjoy the heating and looking at your photos of the tram and pier.

If you can, get your house insulated, cavity walls & your loft. If you are on benefits, you can get grants to get it done. You may have already got your loft insulated from years ago, by today's standards it isn't deep enough & may need additional insulation on top.

I LOVE saltburn. A seaside gem

The trouble with old houses is that you do have to let them breathe. Stone is not at home to cavity wall insulation, floor boards with ventilation do strike cold even through thick underlay and carpet when the wind is in the wrong direction, and chimneys give open access to the elements at times. I love my house, but it is colder than a modern house.

If i didn't owe nearly a thousand pounds to the electric company id have my heating back on!