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[Waitingforthecold]

We moved in to our home this year (up until this point always been in house shares and not got involved with heating 🤣)
we generally run warm so in terms of a personal need for heating to go on we probably have quite a high threshold but we want to make sure we are looking after the house right (it’s old, probably prone to damp etc.)
so my question is, what’s you’re heating schedule? What temp do you let it get to outside before putting it on? How many hours a day? When in the day? What temp? Feels like a minefield!
I have set the heating to come on currently (it’s sitting at between 12-16 degrees outside where we are atm) thermostat set to 20 degrees, comes on 6.45-8.15am and then again 7-8.15pm. Does that sound about right?

YABU - change the schedule
YANBU - it’s fine how it is

Ours is set at 18C and is constantly on all year round. All radiators controlled by individual thermostats so unused rooms can be turned off. Converted Victorian School but this seems to keep damp at bay. We've been here years and, for us, this is cheaper than letting it get cold and then trying to get up to temperature.
Mind you it hasn't come on yet this year and we're in the north.

it depends. I have got thermostatic rad valves so they are on the frost setting in unused rooms. The hall thermostat sits on 22 but that doesn't mean all the rooms are 22. I tend to do it by whether I am comfortable in a sweatshirt and joggers. Heating comes on about an hour before I get up and again early evening till just before bed time.

This is what we do.

Also agree that good ventilation and dehumidifiers help with damp.

Can control each room so 20 in rooms we're using, 16 elsewhere and overnight ( with doors closed). 20 doesn't feel warm to me but I wfh, so not moving around much during the day. Also have one of those smart thermostats that knows if anyone is home and only hears if so. Before I had that and When everyone was at school / office had a schedule similar to yours.

If you have a baby then 20 degrees is probably fine, but in an old house you might want to consider getting a decent dehumidifier, and run it for an hour a day.

I'm at home all day and get cold easily so ours is on all day at 21c. 18 would be far too cold for me

Same here

Another vote for 18 during the day 15 at night. Dress baby for the temp, much healthier in my personal opinion. Off mostly between May & September ( depending on if we actually have a summer)We have Hive. Heating costs dropped by over a third when we started doing this as some days heating just on for very short time, just blips on to keep temp right. We are in a 1920s home, solid brick & though we didn't think we had a damp issue. I got a dehumidifier mostly to dry the clothes in winter. It's amazing & swear it has dropped heating bill even more keeping house at 55% humidity, which makes it feel warmer, plus costs very little to run.

This is what we do. 18 isn't warm enough for my soft southern bones.

If you have a baby, it's worth bearing in mind the safe sleep guidelines, which are to keep the room temperature (the room where the baby is sleeping anyway) between 16-20 C. www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/safer-sleep-basics/baby-room-temperature/