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?

Because some people like or need ot warm at night?

These faux "i just don't understaaaand why everyone is different" are fucking tedious.

I heat overnight because it was mormal in my apparently poorer than uk country to have heating on throughout to keep temperature. Turned it bit down, that's it. Even when winters were mild.
I get sinus issues if the room is too cold at night🤷🏻

Actually, I rarely heat during the day because I move and am awake. Still don't go around with "but I don't undrestaaaaand why people heat during the day when they can just move -headtilt". Because i am not a numbnuts who doesn't understand people are different.

Honestly, these threads are new undereating.
What do you mean 1 degree up? That's too much for me, couldn't do that. 0.5 a degree more than enough.🤷🏻

Our thermostat is set to 18c in the day and the heating came on for the first time this morning. It's definitely a bit chilly first thing in the morning here.

Also yes the competitive coldness is weird. Everyone has different tolerances for temperatures.

I’ve put mine on occasionally for an hour just to dry the clothes as it has been raining a lot here. Also I wore two newly washed tops which had a slight musty smell to them and I know it was because they were hanging around for ages before they dried properly.

no heating on at night (thermostat set to 14, very rarely comes on).
during daytime it's set to 19 but we only use the radiators in a couple of rooms.

We've had an hour of heating on in the morning through most of October as DS was starting the day with an asthma attack. Keeping the house comfortable meant that his airways have coped better with the transition from indoor air to the increasingly cool, damp outside.

The lounge is the room we want the warmest and we keep it at 18-22⁰C. Other rooms are cooler. There's a thermometer at knee height so reflects the temperature we experience when we sit down. The thermostat in the hall tells us nothing of use. Keeping the walls of the house warm keeps it more comfortable than having to heat up from too cold.

The thermometer is useful as it's an objective reading and makes me think about is it a layer up time or time for a 1hr boost. There comes a stage of nose-dripping where an external heat source warming the air is the only relief. Extra layers work best when you're warm enough to have the surplus body heat to trap in to begin with.

18 degrees between 5am and 9am and then again at 3pm until 10pm. Heating come on twice so far this week.

My heating is on all daytime. We have a hive so it is easy to see usage. Last year I tested having it on for a bit in the morning, then off and back on when the kids were home and it used more than the day before when it was on all day. So now it is on and we are more comfortable when working from home. I have turned the temperature down on the thermostat and it is off over night.

Our heating is “on” 24/7 but the boiler very rarely fires overnight. It fired for about 15 minutes at just after 4 this morning when the room the dog sleep in dropped to 16c.

The dog is old and I am not going to let him be cold overnight.

My Nan used to have the heating on overnight as she got so cold - she had many medical conditions/was on so much medication, some of which affected her body temperature bless her.

I have a feeling that those romping round in a bra and pants, windows open, thermostat set to 9° are the same people who told us to put butter in our coffee rather than go to the shops for milk during covid.

I have just set ours to come on regularly (had previously done a boost of an hour here and there). We do 2 hours in the morning (5 - 7) at 19 and 2.5 hours in the evening (7 - 9.30). Indoor temps have started to drop to 15/16, so it is time for us. Dd and I are quite often in during the day, but we use the log burner if we're cold and hang out in that room (it's lit right now). We also have a small orangery that opens into our kitchen that has electric underfloor heating - haven't worked out how much it will cost to have that on yet, but that is our other daytime option (that doesn't involve heating the whole house). I do really think everyone is different. I found the summer heat very difficult but am fine in the house at 17 degrees.

I set mine yesterday to come on for a 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the evening.

I must say the mornings have been lovely, it didn't come on in the evening yesterday as wasn't cold enough.

This morning though, my smart meter was already on £2.50 😩

I have a feeling that those romping round in a bra and pants, windows open, thermostat set to 9° are the same people who told us to put butter in our coffee rather than go to the shops for milk during covid.

Totally agree with this!!
I do not have my heating on. I am fucking freezing and considering putting it on. It is really cold here.

We don’t change our duvet all year otherwise we would fry

What a pointless question.

It’s a very simple answer. Because they want the room warmer than it would be if the heating was off. HTH

We have a 5 month old baby and I am not going to have him sleeping in a room that is less than 17°. Therefore if our thermostat falls below that overnight (which is does already) the heating comes on.

Turn rads off in different rooms makes very little difference in usage.as it still takes 100% power to do the same job.

Mines not been on at all yet but today is the first time I'm feeling cold despite wearing an Oodie. Thermostat says it's 16.5 degrees. Not sure I'll last the day without putting it on...

I had condensation on my windows in my bedroom this morning, not seen that for ages!

Definitely no heating on overnight here, that seems so wasteful. Me and my DH have a 10.5 tog and my 4 year old has the same, my 1 year old has a 3 tog sleeping bag, and all cosy in the mornings even if it gets below 16 in the bedrooms which it hasn't yet but will do soon. It's been super mild here and only the last day or 2 has it felt really chilly. We still only have the heating on for an hour in the morning while we all get up and out, then a couple of hours in the evening until kids bedded then the house stays reasonably warm until we go to bed. We all have cosy dressing gowns/onesies, and blankets, slippers and socks if needed but honestly hasn't felt that cold yet.

I have turned the rad off in the kitchen as only in there while cooking really and that warms up the room anyway. The bathroom is heated as otherwise it'll get damp and don't want the kids too cold at bath time, hall unheated, landing heated for the washing as it'll never dry otherwise and run a small dehumidifier up there. Bedrooms unheated all day as no one spends any time there anyway. Living room is cosy for the most part as we keep the door shut as much as possible, mainly to keep the one year old in 😜

I usually put it on when I feel cold. It's always turned off at bedtime however.
To be fair, I've not really needed it on recently as my hot flushes would heat the entire street up I swear.

I’m getting some stick for being some sort of heating puritan. I’m not. I have the heating to come on during the day (from about 0645) at around 20° (Of course it’s hardly been coming on because it’s been so mild). But at night I have a winter duvet and have an open bedroom window (the hopper) most nights of the year, unless it is really freezing. I can see that if you have some sort of chronic condition you may not want to do that.

Heating off overnight.

Literally just turned it on yesterday in the afternoon for the first time as sitting still working in room at 16 degrees had chilled me to my core. Will keep on now first thing for an hour and then from 4pm ish if I’m home working.

I have a feeling that i will be now bit dummy and everyone knows but...
My valliant gas boiler was always on green light and setting off regularly to keep warm.
I just accidentally found out that if I turn hot water and heatimg on temperature dis all the way down, it resets it and it stops the green light and unnecessary heating up😂
So many years before I realised!