At which point do you put the heating on?

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Just went into my bedroom and the temperature is 17 5° C
I think I will be OK but wondering about rest of house with kids in it who are asleep now.
Are you holding out for a bit longer or is it on now?

Going against the grain here, I love these threads about the use of heating; it makes me feel like part of a community as we’re all struggling to find ways of reducing our energy bills. I find people’s attitudes interesting and often very reassuring. I also pick up useful information and tips with regard to how much things actually cost to run and how to cut down further.

When the cold becomes so unbearable its worth the cost. That's a personal decision though really.

I have a medical condition where I am pretty much always cold if the temperature goes below 20°. We managed for most of October without putting it on (or occasionally heating one room in the evening with a heater). Since the beginning of November, it’s gone on for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple in the evening.

Don't have a thermostat, heating was on last night for a few hours and an hour this morning but I've had turned it off. Too stuffy.

We're in the SE and there are only ever a couple of days a year when we have needed it on overnight.

We finally caved on Monday and have the hearing on for an hour in the morning when we wake up and lighting the log burner in the afternoon. Not because we were particularly cold but because the house was starting to feel damp.

No heating for us yet. It's intl get to 'put a jumper on' and it's ok level so far. I'm also terrified of the heating bill. Don't know which is worse - tumble drying the odd item at the end of hanging it up as it is Tent dry, or having the heating on a bit so the temperature of the house allows the washing to dry easier. Unsure

I was utterly miserable last night - two jumpers, 2 pairs of wool socks and slippers, DS asking to go back on holiday as it was warm there! Decided it was ridiculous to live like that. We've now got the thermostat set for 17 degrees when we're up in the morning and for when DS is home after nursery. Not the temperatures we had last year, but not so cold as to suck the enjoyment out of life. Luckily we're in the financial position that we can do that.

I never actually turn my heating off, the thermostat is in control.

if the temperature in the room it is in (I have a Hive thermostat), to below 18 then the heating comes on.

there has been on occasion, times when the temp has dropped & the heating has come on, but it feels unnecessary. I just raise the thermostat so it goes off again.
That is very rare though.

Our comes on when the temp is below 17 during the day, 18.5 in the evening and 13 at night (I.e. essentially off overnight!).

I feel the cold easily and hate it, but if I know it must be at least 17 degrees I can usually just give myself a stern talking to rather than turn it up (I already layer up and wear an oodie, I genuinely just feel the cold easily!).

Aiming to hold out till December.

Ours is set at 19 and it clicked on for the first time yesterday morning. I think this is the first time I can remember getting through the whole of October with no heating being needed. We haven't even used the wood stove yet. We've switched the heated floor in the kitchen off completely this year - hoping we won't need it even though it's the only source of heating in our kitchen. Just trying to keep our bills down as we are already paying £470 p/m at the moment ( in credit last time we checked though )

We don’t have thermostat’s in our house for some strange reason (maybe because I don’t have a boiler, just a big water tank in the bathroom).

Every room just has a dial that goes from 0-5 which I use to put the heating on in that room

This.

I put mine in if it's cold and put it off if it's not cold. It's never been on overnight though as it causes my breathing issues and sore heads (I have a respiratory condition)

I totally get that the cost of energy is influencing this thread, but there is still an element of posters just being dictated by the calendar and not the temperature, which is something I don't get.

We have been lucky that it has been very mild so far, but please don't underestimate how much damage that an unheated and unventilated home can cause with regard to damp.

If you are drying washing make sure you have windows open if you don't have a dehumidifier or tumble dryer. When I empty the tank from my tumble dryer after drying towels there are 3 litres of water. If there is no ventilation where do you think the water goes? On the walls, then it develops into mould.

Also, I'm surpried that so many homes don't have thermostats. Unless the heating system is very old surely a thermostat would have been fitted?

Jesus it's like the 4 Yorkshire men here.

14? LUXURY!

Dehumidifier. Much cheaper to run than the heating. Will also help prevent mould.

Today I plan to dig my dehumidifier out from the back of a cupboard and put it to work. Until this week I was managing to dry clothes on the line outdoors, but I think that season is over now!

Heating on overnight? Does this mean it actually runs or waiting till morning to fire up

I caved and put it on last night for the first time. The house was about 15, we have damp, and I genuinely felt so miserable from being cold. We had it on for an hour and I sat next to the radiator for most of that.

I'd be way too hot with the heating on overnight. Also, the sound of it in the radiators/boiler clicking on and off is so annoying!

When it feels chilly, no set temperature - it hasn't got to that point yet for me (I can't remember the last time I got to November without feeling the need to put heating on).

If I didn't have a dehumidifier, I'd be running the heating just to dry the laundry, though.

I wait until icicles form on my nose

Ffs - if you’re cold, put it on. If you’re not, leave it.

Why does what anyone else does matter?

Cost of energy aside, these threads do attract the competitive underheaters.

We haven’t needed it yet, house is well insulated & the heat recovery system works very well

If it was nearly adult bedtime, the kids were asleep, and the house was 17, no, I wouldn't put the heating on.

I did put the heating on yesterday evening. We happen to have an alarm clock with a thermometer on. It was 14C. The thermometer was actually quite useful to see if the AC was broken when we lived abroad. If I felt usually hot at home, check the temperature. If it was over 28C, the AC was struggling, and needed maintenance to look at it (this happened every 3-4weeks).

17 is pretty balmy this time of year!
It's 11degrees out at the moment and my back door (about 10ft away from me) is open. I do have a sweater on but I'm not thinking 'oh should I put the heat on'.
I'm at home all day, but I don't think about it really unless below 10 outside - though say 15 inside.
It's evenings and mornings - getting out of bed when it's cold is hard! I tend to set the temperature then leave it So it will automatically come on.
But heck my sister would have put the heat on once it dips to 18 out!