To ask how cold your house gets with no heating?

[JaceLancs]

Quite a few threads recently and I am wondering how cold peoples houses get without heating
Im in the damp north west and quite near the coast so can be windy
3 bed semi built in the 60s
deep loft insulation plus boarded out, cavity wall insulation and double glazed windows and doors
We use draft excluders and thick curtains including door curtain
Without any heating on at all it rarely gets below 12, my old boiler had no thermostat and could only set by timer so we used to leave switched off between bonfire night and Easter or 1st April if a late Easter and although I have a newer boiler now still do same
DP lives in a terrace house further inland and has no heating at all - he benefits from either side and it rarely drops below 9-10

OP I think you should have mentioned a timeframe to be honest. How cold does a house become without heaing in what, an hour, a day, a month?

Oldish house. Around 13, at the coldest, during the day. I haven't checked overnight.

I live in a 200 year old house and currently the lowest I’ve seen it drop too is 14.5, which by the sounds of it isn’t too bad! I live in North West Wales and not too far from the coast, although not directly by it.

And following my above post, this is what I see at 7am at this time of year.

SW Edwardian mid terrace between two houses who im presuming are like saunas as the lowest ours has been overnight is 17° and it's currently 19.5° - we haven't had the heating on at all yet as it hasn't been needed.

West coast of Ireland. Old stone farmhouse. Often hovers around 12 degrees by day and often see frosty breath at night when going for a wee in middle of night. Thats now when the weather is wet and stormy but fairly mild so dreading January!

Some home insurance policies specify a minimum temperature in your home. It’s worth checking what yours is as if the house isn’t heated it could invalidate your policy.

I should point out that it's currently 17.2 as I had the heating on earlier today.

Mid 1700s stone house North East rural area, Regularly falling to 7 degrees indoors at night now . By coldest mid-winter there will be ice patterns on the inside of the old windows, and liquids in kitchen and pantry will freeze, and olive oil and honey seem to permanently change to a cloudy, solid crystalised state, never to go back to how they were.

London. Top floor flat on the end of a block, so neighbours only on one side. Double glazing. Went and stayed with my sister for a week with the central heating turned off. Got back yesterday afternoon and the thermostat showed 19 degrees. Feeling very fortunate. The heating is staying off for as long as it’s bearable

30 year old house so not new but not old. In October it was 14° in the house so the heating was on. I'm in central Scotland.

I have it on every day but way less than I did this time last year.

How many threads about heating, temperatures and gas bills does mumsnet need?! So many every single day.

Never tried no heating but parts of my house are regularly only 12 degrees with 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the evening

Central London a flat
set to come on at 16 degrees which has been once so far thick year for about an hours

My boiler broke down just before Xmas 3-4 years ago - it took 3 visits from the engineer to get it fixed and we had no heating for 7 days - he also had to wait for parts to be delivered - the house fell to 10C - a house built around 1964 - we have no other form of heating in the house. We used a 2 burner camping gas stove in the living room (lots of condensation!) and the gas rings on the hob in the kitchen - that's when I went out and bought a small portable oil filled radiator to help heat the place - we were frozen.

I feel like I'm about to find out as our boiler has broken and will have to be replaced. We have a fire and are using electric radiators sparingly. Currently dropping to 13.5 upstairs and feels colder in our top floor guest room which we don't use except for guests and storage. House is old and a bit draughty and it's 2°C outside at night.

The variation and not by geography is amazing!
I have lived in this house for years but when we moved in it had been empty for nearly 2 years and the very first winter we struggled to get it warm even with heating
After that DC were young and I only worked pt so had heating on more frequently if it was low outside

I'm in the south, but I am still baffled that it is 15 degrees throughout most of my house most of the time. We haven't had the heating on yet. It has been mostly below that temperature outdoors for weeks now. Why is the house not colder? Where is the heat coming from?

I can only identify a few possible sources. Cooking, the dishwasher, washing machine. That can't be keeping the chill off the entire house.

It's a 1930s semi and fairly well ventilated. Surely by now the indoor temperature should have reached whatever the average outdoor temperature is?

Modern flat, rarely drops below 20 degrees and I haven't had the heating on yet because it's been a mild winter so far.
It does drop when we have a week or so of frost and snow, from past winters' experience, only then do I put any radiators on....usually about February time.

I’m not sure. I’m in the NW of England and in a flat. My landlord controls the temp of all the flats. All I know is last year got so cold I had ice on the inside of my windows. I have a heated blanket for when it gets like this.

I’m in the south west and I couldn’t say what temperature it is but I still have the small windows open day and night. No heating on, obviously.

Victorian semi. We have the heating on for 2 hours in the morning and one hour in the evening (no thermostat just timer). Temperature is about 12-13 before the heating clocks in and goes up to about 15.

Regularly drops to 11 in the sitting room. Double fronted terrace early 19th century in Cumbria. Am amazed so much of you have such warm homes with no heating on.

Mid terrace property, west midlands - currently heating off, I feel cold, temperature in our hallway where the thermostat is is reading 16c.

Once we're upstairs in bed that is likely to drop a few degrees further.

Last winter down here it got as low as 8c, but it was a fair bit colder and windy outside.

But it's not just how cold it is in your house, its what you're doing in your house, how long you are in your house and your own body.

I am in my house all day, every day bar appointments and very occasional trips out.

I am sat in a chair all day, except a few hours in the evening on the sofa under a blanket.

The exercise I get is hauling my ass up the stairs a couple of times a day for the loo, otherwise I am sat down, not moving, almost all the time.

I also have problems regulating my own body temp, so once cold I can't get warm simply by putting on more clothing, I am just then, cold... in more clothing. It was pretty freaky this summer in 40degree heat and I was sat here not sweating at all, warm, but not that warm... dry as a bone. Everyone else dripping and panting. It clearly WAS hot and was affecting me, my ankles ballooned.. but I didn't really feel it!

So for me... 16c is uncomfortable and unpleasant, I get very tense and tight and that triggers painful muscle spasms, its kicked off another bout of gastroparesis (literally ANYTHING will kick that off, hurrah, stomach full of knives, I haven't shit in days)... and it's not something I can solve by running about or putting on another jumper.

My DP on the other hand is fine, not bothered in the slightest, but he is a hot person who can move around.

This is tricky as the room the thermostat is in (dining room) is fairly warm anyway. It only has 1/2 an external wall.
It rarely drops below 17°
The other rooms in the house though 🥶