Why are people put heating on before putting on a hoodie/jumper

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Seen photos and posts with people saying that they have put on their heating on. Some photos have people wearing short sleeves! Just put on a hoodie, jumper or cardi! That costs nothing. Heating - varies depending on how big the home is, type of heating, efficiency etc.

I have not had my heating on since around Easter. My energy account is about £80 in credit.

and I don't understand people who pretend to pass out of heat exhaustion when the temperature barely reach 26-28 degrees in the summer. Even at the pick of summer, it's never that hot in the UK, and yet people bitterly complain about "the heat" and being too hot, when they are just sitting down inside anyway.

so there you go.

and I don't understand people who pretend to pass out of heat exhaustion when the temperature barely reach 26-28 degrees in the summer. Even at the pick of summer, it's never that hot in the UK, and yet people bitterly complain about "the heat" and being too hot, when they are just sitting down inside anyway.

Right?! I mean I'm happy with temperatures right up into the forties as long as it's not humid, but I appreciate that other people wouldn't enjoy that at all. Yet the competitive underheaters all sneer at anyone who can't tolerate 16 degrees indoors in a t-shirt, or 13 with a jumper on.

I live alone and only put my heating on when it's really frosty. About 3 times in winter. I begrudge giving rip off companies my money. And it's not a problem to sit under a duvet when you live alone. It's actually more comfy.

15° is cold!

I'm in thick joggers, sweatshirt, fleecy slipper socks, pottering around and cooking. It's 21° in my house and I could happily be a lot warmer.

Don’t be silly. No it isn’t more comfy - and what about when you have to leave the sofa? Plus cold (and potentially damp) air will be damaging your lungs and the fabric of your house. Not putting heating on because you think it’s a rip off is a mad decision.

Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Fortunately, the "rip off" energy company has paid me more in feed in tariff so far this year than I have paid them. I make no excuse for sounding smug here because I cannot understand why anyone would martyr themselves to the cold when they don't have to.

I assume you don't WFH because sitting with a blanket wrapped round me on Teams calls is against our dress code at work and is too constrictive to be for me to work efficiently.

Heating set to come on at 18 degrees. I live on the scottish coast and the wind can make the actual temperature feel a lot lower.
Im currently wearing a hoodie.

Are you able to heat the house more when you have a guest who feels the cold? I would hate to visit a 16C home!

People feel the cold differently. That’s why. It’s like when people start complaining when it’s 25C outside, whereas I am fine. They just feel temperature differently to me. Do you understand now?

If you turn the heating on when you can wear a jumper I judge you because of the carbon emissions.

Because we're adults and we pay our own bills 💁
I haven't put the heating on yet though, I use a fake log burner heater allllll the time instead, because I'm the only one who gets cold. And no - I don't layer up first. I only layer up when I go out.

Oh no, you are judging me? How will I cope from my warm and comfortable home with perfect humidity?

I wonder where the moral superiority of having a cold home comes from? Is it to do with the puritanical attitudes in Victorian Society? Is there a religious element? British stiff upper lip? Something to do with taking cold baths and the invigorating properties of those?!

Because you just don’t see people shaking their heads saying, ‘I love being outside in hot temperatures but I simply do not understand those people who get hot and sweaty and need to remove their jumper!’

In my defence, I wear a long sleeve thermal layer, a top and a jumper, before putting the heating on. I do my best but hate being cold! I simply cannot focus on anything.

I am in England and my house get damp if I don't put the heating on. I don't put the heating just for warmth, but a lot for keeping it "dry" - and I don't have laundry inside, or dont have windows always close.

I don't care if people like their home hot or cold, but there's no superiority either way.

Depending on where you live in the UK, it is too hot when the houses are built to trap heat when it isn’t cold or doesn’t get as cold like it does in other parts.

It was a discussion at stay and play today where many of us are dreading the soon uptick in temperatures because it makes our homes warmer inside then it is outside and just opening a window doesn’t help especially when there is no breeze and yes we close the curtains.

I've had my heating on quite a lot lately. After a couple of weeks of nice weather, it's been chilly here in Scotland and I feel the cold more than most people I know. I like being toastie and I don't want to sit at home bundled up when I could just put the heating on

Yes, it's definitely Puritanical. No comfort or warmth. It's seen by some people to give moral superiority, especially on here.

The northeast is cold nearly all year round very rare we get a hot summer

It’s a bit of a miserable mentality! (Not of course including those who cannot afford heating).

Yes, these posters aren't referring to cost!

Interesting how people with pretty much the same construction feel things so different toy, isn’t it. 20 is hot to me. 16 is hot to my husband. Our daughter sleeps in 22 degrees with heated blanket and thick duvet.

It's damp air rather than temperature.

Yesterday was colder here and the thermometer said it was 18 degrees in the house. I had to open the window in the bedroom because it was far too hot at night.

Today it says 20 degrees but it's chucking it down and it feels cooler, although still not anywhere near cold enough for heating.

Even if I felt I might want it in the evening, it would make the bedroom unbearable for sleeping as it's above the living room.

If cold air damages the lungs then how the hell do people in really cold countries survive going outside? The coldest I ever experienced was minus 13 in Norway but some places are even colder

Didn't see the Norwegians all dropping dead and the cold was PAINFUL

They heat their homes.

Being out in the cold temporarily is different to permanently having a cold and potentially damp home.

NHS guidelines recommend a minimum of 18 degrees. The HSE guidelines recommend a minimum of 16 degrees for sedentary workers in the office and 13 degrees for jobs like warehouse work. I find 16 degrees too cold to work comfortably at a desk.

No-one gets a medal for being able to withstand cold.