If you have a room thermometer, how warm are your rooms?

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My thermostat is in the hall and that's the coldest place in the house so I pay no mind to it. The heating is off now as I'm in debt to the fuel company and not wanting to use the heating unless absolutely necessary. We are using hot water bottles at night, minimising using the oven, the hot water is only on for an hour a day, I've got thermal curtains over the draughty front door and patio door and when the heating was being used I had half the radiators switched off.

I've ordered some room thermometers to see just how cold the main rooms are when we are complaining it's cold. If you have them, what is the temperature in your living room and bedrooms?

(It’s often warmer, lately, but that’s when the heating kicks in)

No heating on here - 17 in the main room, 14 in the bedrooms. It's just about right for me.

We only ever have the radiator in the living room on now and it has to be glacial to put it on. Double glazing has saved us. We had single pane sash and they were pretty but the living room and bedroom were always cold.

We have an open fire and every walk now we will collect dry wood for the winter.

Thick fleecy blankets on the sofa, layers, scarf.

It's 20 degrees in living room at the moment.

I'm dreading October with the next price increase though.

Always around 21.5 in all rooms. Heating on all day & night, but I’m not in the UK and it’s standard here. It sounds absolutely horrible not being able to have the heating on for more than a couple of hours a day. Reading here I’m wondering what is going on in the UK at the moment, it’s sad.

Currently about 20 degrees. Yesterday I checked it and it was 23 downstairs.

The heating isn’t on at the moment but may have popped on over night if the temp dropped below 18. Its a well insulated terrace.

Usually 11 or 12 degrees

I may add that half of our country’s energy comes from renewables, many houses have heat pumps combined with low-flow temperature underfloor heating, and so our carbon emissions are also lower. It’s freezing outside but always warm inside.

11C morning, 14C now pretty much whole house. Wow you all have warm houses!

14.9 degrees in the kitchen/dining room. 14 in the hall. 15.3 in the living room.

21 day / 19.5 night. Our gas bill is going to be crazy high, but can’t imagine sitting in 15-16 🥶

Felt cold so have just turned heating on. Thermostat says it's 14.7 in the kitchen- where we were and 15 in the bedroom.

I am sat in leggings and thin jumper, could have put more clothes on but am breastfeeding a newborn and it's such a faff wearing bulky layers.

The thermostat says 17 degrees in the living room and the thermostat in our bedroom say 16. I’m not cold right now as I’ve just got back from a dog walk but I’m happiest at 21 degrees. Like hell am I having the heating on anymore though, we’ll just have to be cold 😢.

I have a 'nest' system for my heating & hot water. It's set on eco mode at the moment & only comes when the temperature drops to 19°. Temperature is currently about 21°. Heating last came on night before last

Between 8 and 12 degrees currently, electric blankets on the bed so nice and cosy once under the covers. Light the stove in the evening so the living room is cosy. It's a rambling old farmhouse, so heating is crazy expensive. It's fine to live with once you get used to it. Fleece onesies with a thick long fleece dressing gown and slipper keeps me toasty warm even when it's really cold. We have a heated throw on the sofa and electric blankets on the beds.

Thermometer in the lounge has been at 17/18c lately but today the outside temperature has shot up to 7c with sun shining and its warmed up the house a lot, thermometer is saying 21c now.

We don't have to worry about the cost of heating at the moment because we just started a new fixed rate electric contract at a very reasonable price and have electric radiators in most rooms, but I've been trying to cut back and keep heating down anyway so the last couple of weeks have felt very cold to me with 17/18c inside (I know that's not cold to everyone but I feel very cold in it, I'm too used to warm Finnish houses now!).

13.4 in the hallway. I dread to think
What it is first thing but I'll find out tomorrow. I think we have adjusted to having a colder house. The oven has just gone on the bake bread and a roast dinner and that will warm the place up. The sun is shining in on the south facing back of the house. I'm dreading next winter.

thermostat is in the hall, which feeler cooler than the sitting room and my bedroom, but less cool than the dining room - sitting room is south facing and double glazed, dining room is north facing and single glazed.

thermostat is showing 15.5. It's fine for now as I'm pottering about doing various chores, but when I sit down I'll stick the heating on.

I don't know what room temps are around the house normally as the only thermometer is on my alarm clock in the bedroom which is usually around 18°c. However, after Storm Arwen when we had no power for 3 days- and therefore no heating in all but the living room (wood burner there) it got down to 7°c in our bedroom (directly above the living room) and 5°c in DS's room (directly above the garage). It wasn't pleasant but we survived - only by spending most of the day in the living room though!

Currently in my living room, 26 - heating was only on for an hour this morning 8-9 set at 18. Sun has warmed up the room nicely plus unusually our living room is upstairs which really helps

half of our country’s energy comes from renewables

Less than half (43%) of the UK's electricity is from fossil fuels but much of the country use gas for heating. Much of the rental stock is run down and the cost of insulating the old housing stock is expensive. Heat pumps are only an option with well insulated houses.

14.7 when I woke up this morning.

It's currently 16.6. I'm wearing slippers and using a fleece blanket and drinking a cup of tea. It's cold but not freezing.

Back when we first moved in here we kept the temperatures above 23/24 degrees and that was "normal" for a long time.

Over time we've shifted, and now it's more likely to hover around 16/17 degrees. If it sinks much below that we might turn the heating on for a bit bit usually we wear more layers, drink hot drinks, move as much as possible, do exercise, cover ourselves with blankets etc ... and we're fine.

I know that it isn't possible or desirable for everyone, especially if you're elderly or vulnerable - but I also think that many regular people would be surprised at how they could adapt to lower temperatures too. It's how humans survive and thrive in such different climates after all, we're adaptable creatures.

Currently living room is 9 degrees. We have layers on and blankets. Can't afford heating on.

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half of our country’s energy comes from renewables

Less than half (43%) of the UK's electricity is from fossil fuels but much of the country use gas for heating. Much of the rental stock is run down and the cost of insulating the old housing stock is expensive. Heat pumps are only an option with well insulated houses.

Houses here are generally well insulated due to the cold weather, sometimes down to -30. But during summer when it’s hot our house is almost unbearable..

West facing sitting room now 13 degrees, sun behind the clouds. I'm comfortable in jeans, long sleeved top and a lightweight merino jumper. DS is in joggers, t-shirt and fake oodie. No blankets yet.